The evening world. Newspaper, August 11, 1919, Page 1

2 Ae to] J J , > © 1 t 8 6 ° b CLS la Vide PRICE TWO C ARNEGIE DIES atl diet ' DAUGHTER ENTS. SUDDENLY MAKES VAIN RACE TO REACH HIS BEDSIDE. ‘Ironmaster Was One of the World’s Greatest Philanthropists— Health Began to Fail Two Years Ago— Amasseda Fortune of$500,000,000. Covright A010,.7 The Prem ExMhing New York Wertd), . SENATE ACTS ° HYLAN CHARGES (Special to The Bvening World.) LENOX, Mass., Aug, 11.—Andrew ‘Carnegie died at 7.40 o'clock this morning at his summer home, Shadow Brook, two miles west of Lenox, of bronchial pneumonia, in -his eighty-fourth year.The symp- toms of the fatal illness developed early yesterday afternoon. Physicians Weré summoned and remained in attendance to the end. At Mr, Carnegie’s bedside were his wife and his secretary, John J. /Poynton. “His daugiter, Mrs. Roswell Miller, who has made frequent {trips to Shadow Brook from her home at Millbrook, N. Y., during the ‘summer, was unable to reach here in time to see her father alive. She ‘arrived at Shadow Brook a few minutes after Mr. Carnegie breathed his last. Mr. Brook estate in October, 1916, for - $350,000, and spent tho summer and vwhtumm months on the estate there-| Rafter, Previously, the advent of war hhying prevented him from visiting his estate in Scotland, he had spent his summers in Maine and in 1916 he lived for a while at Noroton, Conn, He came to the Berkshires on the advice of his physicians, who pre- scribed a mountain climate, Shadow Brook is half way up Bald Head Mountain in @ retired district. Mr, Carnegie bad been quite weak all summer and Mrs. Carnegie did no entertaining, Tho retired iron mas- ter spent his days on the wide piazza ef his mansion, looking down on Lake Matkeenac. From the day he entered Shadow Brook grounds late in May he did not venture outside the gates, mor did he spend any time on the Yake in an electric launch which ‘pt been specially built and furnished short cruises, y close friends believe the war ‘indirectly responsible for Mr. Car, “g's death, Hooked by the former German Kaiser ixto believing Germany’ was sincerely interested in preserving world peace, Mr, Carnegie saw his ideals and beliefs shattered by Ger- man treachery, and the reaction, it is said, broke his heart, Mr, Carnegie complained of a cold last Friday and his nurses kept him in his room. In his weakened con- Edition the approach of pneumonia as unsuspected until full symp- ma developed i LEGRAMS OF CONDOLENCE 5 DELUGE FAMILY, WE Two hours aftgr the,news of Mr. rnegie’s death was flashed through- (Continued on Third Page.) INGE OF WALES NEARS ST JOHNS, SAYS WIRELESS attleship Bringing Royal Visitor Only Fifteen Miles Off New- foundland at 8 A, M.’ IST. JOHN'S, N. F., Aug. 11.—The itish battleship Renown, bringing Prince of Wales to Newfoundland, as sighted at 8 A. M., loeal time, to- y from the Cape St. Francis Light- use at the southern entrance of pneeption Bay, ? fenown and her escort, the Dragon, were avout fifteen f™: proceeding slowly, Carnegie bought the Shadowe———— DOOLING DENIES RECEIVING $12,000 FOR MEANS’ TRIAL aan) en Says Charge That Chicago Bank Gave Him Large Sum Is Maliciously False. ‘With regan to the published re- ports of charges brought against him before the Grand Jury of Concord, N. C., because of his conduct in the course of the prosecution of Gaston W. Me&ns for the murder of Mrs, Maude A. King in 1917, Assistant Dise trict Attorney John'T. Dooling sald to-day: “I know nothing of what bas bap- pened at Concord and therefore am unable to answer any statement in respect to what is transpiring there. “In respect to the published state- ments as to what evidence is alleged to be presented before the Grand Jury I will say: “1—That it is maliciously false, with respect to the statement that I ad- mitted recelving honey but that I did not state positively be- fure the Commissioner the amount I received from the Northern Trust Company of Chicago. It is a mall- cious He that I admitted receiving $12,000 at any time, whether in don- twenty-one years @ sure who! representatives of the Burns De- the | or nection with the Means trail, King estate or for any other pur-! Hedges; pose. I received nothing from’ the’ insinuates pactising | During that time it has been words, if Mr. to represent clients on| ~ behalf I have received and dis- | barsed large sums of me I un-| jderstand inquiries have been made! the officers of the Tithe Guarantee d Trust Company, in which I bank, (Continued on Second Page) Ce CONSPIRACY FOR B-CENT CAR FARE NEAR BEER AND HOME BREWS ALLOWED IN SENATE'S REPORT vo atgsam ce! MODIFYING DRASTIC DRY LAW gate Hedges and Traction Officials. THREATS MADE TO HIM. Declares He Believes Re- ceiver’s Letter’ Violates Penal Code. Mayor Hylan complained to- day to District Attorney Swann that officials high in the man- agement of the New York trac- tien companies have entered a conspiracy with others te compel city offidiate to consent to an 8- cont fare “The Mayor,” Mr. Swann said, “in- forms me that in a letter he will set forth the facts as he understands them and ask that they be submitted to the Grand Jury for investigation and a finding.” - ‘The ietter given out in the Mayor's office was as follows: Dear Gir: “Herewith I hand you & series of letters as follows: No. 1— From Job BE. Hedges, receiver, New York Rattways Company, dated Aug. 8, 1019; No. 3—#rom T. M. Fazaker- ley, President, New York Railways Company, dated Aug. §, 1919; No. s— From Interborough Rapid it Company, dated Aug. 9, 1919; Ni From Job %. Hedges, receiver, New York Railways Company, dated Aug. 9, 1919, ‘Taken together they seem to have a single inspiration and a common parj amounting to griminal con- spiracy, to compel the city authori- ties, by threats of one kind and an- other, to give the railway companies extra fare, There is no strike at the Present time, and there has not been any In Manhattan. “There is a strong intimation that 4 strike might be profitable for the employees as well as for the railway companies, The supplication of the receiver of the New York Railways Company, the Interborough Rapid ‘Transit Company, and of the Presi- dent of the Brotherhood of the New York Rallwaye Employees for police protection does not ring true to me. Tt sounds as though someone tn au- thority has said to the men, ‘You go ahead and strike and make plenty of trouble and the city will have to give us increased fares which we can di- vide up." Furthermore, I have a strong notion that the letter of Receiver Hedges under date of Aug..9 constitutes a distinct threat to me of the kind that is prohibited by the Penal Law, Beo- tions No, 530 and No, 860, In his letter Mr, Hedges threatens to ask the Governor for the removal of “any public official” who fails to perform his duty “in full sincerity,” in other words, to please Mr. and in another patagraph and suggests that the Northern ‘Trust Company of Chicago |only way I can escape the humilia- at any time tion and trouble of defending such “2—With respect to my bank ac-| charges is to have the Police De- count, I am and have been for more’ partment garry out Receiver Hedges's ideas of public service, In other Hedges has his way __(Continuert on Second Page.) THE WORTD TRAVEL BUREAU, Areade, Pulitser (World) Bullding, 55-63 Pare Row, N. ¥, City. ‘Telephone Beekman 4000, Check room for bagenge and parcele open day oa Bight, Money andere an@ travellers’ checks for Will Not tolertere With $car- | GIRL OF FOUR RIDES HIGH. age and Personal Use of In#., IN PLANE DISGUSTED AT ’ toxicants in Residences, ’ NOT LOOPING THE LOOP FUNDS TO ENFORCE ACT Restrictions Attachedtto Clause Concerning the Right of . Search and Seizure, WASHINGTON, Aug. 11—Pronibi- tion enforpenrtnit Tertsthtinn advardcse | ;another step in Congress to-day when | the Senate Judictary Committee be- gan consideration of the bill passed by the House last June as amended and liberalized by the‘Judiciary Sub- Committee, Although the general House plan for enforcement of war time and cen- wtitutional Prohibition remains in the dill, the sub-committee eliminated | several drastic Ho modified others. sub-committee first revised the ate Enforcement Bi and then” incorporated their amendments in the House Bill, re- rovisions and porting the Jatter as amendeg by unanimous vote to the full committes. Like the Hoi the Senate sub- Committee adopted the plan. of hav- ing separate sections in the bill to deal with war time and constitutional Prohibition, The sub-committee left-unchanged the House definition of intoxicating beverages as those containing oas- half of one per cent. or more of aloohol. NO MIRGINIAM WAIBELL Virginia Waibel Gets 14-Minute Trip 1,600 Feet Up and Will INTERFERENCE WITH IN- Ride Again Next Sunday. TOXICANTS IN HOMES, i a As revised, thogbill-will not inter- OUR FT FABOUD: 'VIRe GINIA WAIBEL went up 1,600 feet in an airplane yesterday and came down dis- gusted because she had not looped the loop. She sat on the lap of her father, John, No, 879 Van Buren Street, Brooklyn. Gilbert Budwing, Chief Test Pilot of the Acro, Mail; Service, operated the plane. The little girl had a fourteen- minute ride from the Queens Vil- lage Aerodrome. She is going to fly again next Sunday, ps Ps nD NEWBURGER WON'T RUN IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES Justice Will Rely on Republicans and Independent Voters to Elect Him to Bench, Justice” Joseph B. Newburger, who was turned down for renomination by Tammany Hall to make way for Irwin Untefmyer, has filed with the Bourd of Elections hin declination of an in- fere with storage and personal use of intoxicants in the homes of in- dividuals, Probably the most liberal amend- ment to the House bill is « provision exempting from penalties any person | “manufacturing non-intoxicating cider and fruit juices exclusively for use in his house.” This would permit home manufacture of ght wines and older for personal consumption and the amendment, except by implication in connection with the definition of intoxicants, does not define “non-in- toxicating” beverages. Stricken from the House bill waa| the provision making it unlawful for| persons to be intoxicated or to drink liquor on trains, street cars, jitneys, boats or other puiblic conveyances, Another liberalization is a provision that reports of manufacture, sales and transportation of liquor, made to the Internal Revenue Collector, should not be open to inspection of the general public, but kept solely for scrutiny of the Commissioner, his | agents, court ,or other officers, vitation by petition to be a candidate SEARCH WARRANT PROVISION |!" the Democratic primaries. He has MADE LESS DRASTIC. accepted the Republican and Bar As- waitin tae noclation designations and will run {oF @ house search warrant provision| lection as an. Independent also was made less drastic, tho sub-| Justice Newburger's friends in committee amending the search and|™MAny tial savived fim thi selaure section so as to provide that |{Untermyer, fl search warrants may be issued only |$Mnosed to Untermyer in any, event, ig. under the usual practice provided by | — ® existing Federal law and not on mere! TAKE BELL-ANS BEFORE MEALS suspicion that liquor is being stored | $24 fee how fine Good Digestion maxes for unlawful purposes, | ot Reha Instead of the House bill's unlimited | sist the ved jhe provision for funds to enforce prohi- | rneelys lor iy 4 hy Moncey) ast 13, 2040 css, Ham, ee dition, the sub-committee fixed $3,500,- | Laon, broiled, with Preven tried Ne WILSON REFUSES TO GIVE SENATE SHANTUNG FACTS Says Bliss Letter Contains Confidential References to Other Governments. SENDS U.S, LEAGUE PLAN President Tells Lodge He Can- not Comply With Request for Documents. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—President ‘Wilson to-day refused to send the Sen- ate a copy of Gen. Bliss’s letter con- oe the Shantung settlement on the ground that it contained eonfi- dential references ‘to other Govern- ments. ‘ President Wilson to-day sent to Chairman Lodge of the Senate For- eign Relations Committee the in- formal draft ef the League of Nations covenant presented by the American | Peace Commissioners ‘at Paris, and | also the formal report of the Commis- | ston on the Le gue of Nations, President Wilson also wrote Chair- man Lodge it would not be possible ‘to comply with the committee's re- \duest for the documents used by the | American Peace Commissioners at Puris In negotiating the peace treaty. ,WILSON’S LETTER IN REPLY TO SENATE RESOLUTION. The Pesident’s lettgr to the Senate read: . “I have received the resotutions of the Senate, dated July 16 and July 17, asking “First, for a copy of any treaty purporting to have been projected between Germany and Japan, such ;|as was referred to in the press de- spatch Inclosed together with any In- formation in regard to it which may be in possession of the State Depart- ment, or any information concerning any negotiations between Japan and Germany during the progress of the war, In reply to this resolution, I have the honor to report that I know of no such negotiations, I have heard the rumors that I referred to, but was never able to satisfy myself that there was any substantial foun- dation for them, “Second, requesting a copy of any letter or written protest by the mem- bers of the American Peaco,Commis- sion or any officials attached thereto against the disposition or adjustment which was made in reference to Shantung, and particularly a copy of a letter written by Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, member of the Peace Commis- sion on behalf of himself, Hon. Rob- ert Lansing, Secretary of State, and Hon, Henry White, members of the Peace Commission, protesting against the provisions of the treaty with ref- erence to Shantung. In reply to this request let mo say that Gen. Bliss did write me a letter in which he took very strong grounds against the proposed Shantung settlement, and that his objections were concurred in by the Secretary of State and Mr. | Henry Write. “But the letter cannot properly be described as @ protest ugainst the final Shantung decision, because it waa written before that decision had been arrived’ at and in response to |my request that my colleagues on the commjasion apprise me of thoir judgment In that matter, The firal decision was very materially quall- fled by the policy which Japan under- |took to pursue with regard to the (Continued on Tenth Page.) FOR RACING SEE PAGE 10 BLL TO UGENSE Ble FOO CONCERNS STIRS SENATE: HUGE PROFITS: REVEALED et Borah Tells of 82 Corporations Whose Incomes Total Over $1,000,000,000 a Year—Time for Prosecutions, He Says—House Committee Busy. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—The real battle in, Congress to reduce the cost of living began in the Senate to-day when Senator Kellogg of Minnesota introduced a bill to license large corporations under the Federal Trade Commission, This was along the lines of one of the Sugg: made by President Wilson to Congress in his méssage last. With Kellogg’s resolution, another Senate move to reduée:p put under way’ when Senator Cummins, Chairman of the Senate Inter- state Commerce Committee, appointed a sub-committee to frame meas- ures recommended, The sub-committee is made up of Senators Town- — send, LaFollette, Watson, Underwood and Smith of South Carolina, eee Mr, Kellogg's dill would require all GRAND JURY ASKED TOINQUIRE INTO “MILK PRICE RAISE Swann Also Requests an In- vestigation on Food Hoarding in City, District Attorney Swann announced this afternoon that he had asked Su- preme Court Justice Weeks for per- mission to present to the special Grand Jury now in session ‘evidence against the distributors in the New York Mile Conference Buard tending to show conspiracy on their part in increasing the price of milk to con- sumers, Mr, Swann also asked the court to corporations with capital or assets of $10,000,000 to operaf® under Federal leense, The Federal Trade Commis- sion would be authorised to revoke leenses of corporations attempting monopolies or other activities in res straint of trade. Kellogg, in present~ ing his bill, suggested that it might be amended to reach emailer ‘con- cerns, “It ls my opinion that prosecution unger the present Anti-Trust Act is not a sufficient remedy,” Kellogy stated. “There should be « depart- ment of the Government having power of supervision, not necessarily inter- fering with the business of the country Dut possessing the power to inyesti- gate, publish facts and take tmme- diate action to revoke @ Meense if a! corporation abuses its power, “With this power in the Federal Government there will be less lileeli~ hood of price fixing agreements.” The bill also regulates the insue Of Stock and seourities by such corpora~ ‘ons and requires all stook issued we be tulfy covered with property or money. permit him to present any evidence! EIGHTY-TWO CONCERNS. WITH $1,000,009,000. that may egme into his hands relative to profiteering or of hoarding food stuffs by warehouses tn this city. Justice Weeks took the matter an- der advisement and will let Mr, Swann know whether in his judg- ment these matters may, under the law, properly come within the scope of the extragrdinary Grand Jury in- ventigation, The Special Grand Jury which con- vened to-day wis ordered by Gov. Smith to investigate the evidence pro- duced by the Lusk Committee which has been inquiring into Bolsheviki activities, MACHINE GUNS QUELL RAGE RIOT IN JAMAICA West Indian Troops, Aided by Marines, End Disorder— Casualties Not Stated. PANAMA Saturday, Aug. %—A race riot reported to have occurred at Kingston, Jamaica, on Wednesday, July 40 was suppressed only after West In- dian troope and fifty marines with ma- chine guns were called out, according to news of the affair received here to- bac ey roports made no mention of tatives arrived here to-day, sh EARNINGS OF, Senator Boroh read figures stating that earnings of 62 concerns whieh totalled $426,000,000 befote the "war Jumped to over $1,000,000,000 in 1916 and have remained around that figute since, “If these figures are true somebody ought to be prosecuted,” Borah said. “Information on this can be found In Government departments and if it is accurate the Attorney General wili have something to begin with.” Senator . Brundegee, Connecticut, produced a letter frow 4 gonstituent who said the farmers were adding tv the cost pf living and suggesting that wheat be brought down to $1 a bushel This drew an angry retort from Senator Nelsgn, Minnesota, “Something elxe enters into che evnt of Ilving besides flour and bread,” tie said, “The increase in the gost o¢ flour is nothing compared to that of boots and shoes." " 5 Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska eald: “Phere will be no relief stil Con@!~ © tions return to normal amd they ean not start to vecome normal Wait E> peace treaty is ratified.” > Senator Brandegee ¢hallengwa thh; statement, A delegation of farmers’ launed & arive to,