The evening world. Newspaper, September 30, 1919, Page 12

_ 1 ; | SN ee eee ' — a elation here submitted by L. W. Gammon, man- ager of the Protective Department, showing an increase of robbery and fraud. ing of crimes against m burglaries were yaembers and forty-six against non- imembers. members numbered twenty-seven and 000,000,000, of non-members twenty-three. Mem- bers lost $98,892.29 while non-mem-| 5} 12 THEFT AND FRAUD IN BANKS GAINING, REPORT DSTLSES American Association Told Total Losses for Year * Amount to $213,398. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 90.—At the open- tng of the forty-fifth annual conven- thon of the American Bankers’ Asso- to-day a report was The report covered a complete list~ mbers of the association and a tial list of crimes against non-m since September, 1918. Fifty “su ful” perpetrated against Attempts at burglary of bers were known to have lost at least $114,496.39, Fifty-one hold-ups of members and their employees caused losses of $424 ; similar crimes cost non-members $271,733.54. Data re- garding non-members was incom- plete and difficult of verifications as to amounts of losses, The summary shows that since the association es- tablished non-members are known to have lost | its protective service 1791 $3,707,795 and 663 members $536,390. “During the period covered by the | | Teport,” Mr 3ammon said, “there has ‘been a marked increase in the num- Be Yes—You Can Squéeze Them! How much more sen- sible to avoid such tor- tores. Avoid them by getting into comfortable, -looking Educator They're shaped fike your feet. Plenty et toe room. They let the feet grow as they should, RICE @ HUTCHINS DUCATOR, SHOE® Sted sbUCATOn so hs bs ost 0 Kdvcaies, | CHIN! for Men, Women, Children Ine., BosTON 1 | ber of orimes against members of this Association, particularly in vault bur- Glaries, safe deposit boxes and day- Meht hold-ups. All classes of crime | have materially increased in the last | Year owing to unsettled ‘conditions, and I do not look for any Jet-up in crime for some time to come.” Commenting on war finances, Pros- ident Robert F. Maddox said in his opening address: “When we consider that | of the war to the United States from April 6, 1917, to June 30, 1919, was $30,167,000,000, and that we only ixsued $21,475,000,000 of bonds to meet this expenditure, relying upon taxes to make up the difference, a large part of which has already been paid; and that we now hold the obligations of $21,000,000,000. ‘The deposits of the national banks on June 40, 1919, were approximately — $16,000,000,000 | and | | While the deposits of the State banks H }are not obtainable at this time, es- Umating their in proportion ag that banks, it is safe to assume that th deposits are now approximately $18,- making @ total for all banks of $33,000,000,000, or an in- | crease for the war period of about 000,000,000. | With bank deposits during the war | period increasing 67 per cent., and our circulation increasing 65 per cent, .t | \is not surprising that the Bureau of | Labor at Washington has estimated the increase ving cost at 70 per cent. “That the peak of high prices has been passed seems to be indicated by | reports showing that their inex | number of commodity prices declined from Aug. 1 to Sept. WOMAN WHO LURED GIRL Her Companion Must Serve Nine Years in Sing Sing. Kate Mahler, twenty-one years old, of No. 276 Hast Third Street, and William Finkel, twenty-one years old, a clerk of No .210 West 17th Street, were sen- tenced to Sing Sing prison to-day by Judge Wadhama, ‘The woman was found guilty b ya jury on the com- plaint of Rose Bloom, thirteen years old, of No, 280 East Third Street, and Fin- kel pleaded guilty. He received a sen- tence of nine years, while the woman was sentenced to from five to ten years, Acting Superintendent Thomas Moore of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to children, told the court that the deefndants were ex-convicts and that the Mahler woman had made it a practice to parade in front of public schools “looking for pretty little girls whom she would then ture to her apart- ment and turn over to Finkel. On April 4, Mr, Moore said, little Rose Bloom walked out of Public Schoo! No. ‘188, at Lewis and Third Streets, and | was seen by the Mahler woman, The latter coaxed her to her apartment | where dFinkel was in waiting, Superior Tailore i ke y ine Chiffon the season;— specially tailored garment is the cost | a 47-49-51 West 42d Street Most Exceptional Dress Sale A series of wonderful purchases enables us to present the Season's Foremost Values in - Stunning Fall Dresses , Specially arranged for this important event in two most attractive grou ps at 5 Tailored * Fine Men’s Wear Serge | Smart Taffeta | i i“ © D250 02 mguaite Crepe Meteor {i The dresses in this important offering embrace every fashionable style note of narrow belts—chle collara and new shades, ALL SIZES FOR MISSES AS WELL AS WOMEN CAFE OWNER ASKS ASKS$200,000 SWANN TO PUNISH IN SUIT FOR LOSS. - POLICE WRECKERS OF WIFES LOVE Raymond C, Keller, tist-| Soldier, Brings Action Against Theatrical Man. Accuses Inspector Boettler of “Unlawful and Oppres- sive” Action. s , Louis Damassek, proprictor of a| George E, Lothrop er. a Boston| our allies for approximately | | | ste, ‘ri 1ce,| theatrical manager and producer, h | $10,000,000,000, which in time will | "st#urant at No. 14 St. M Ee ki | | be paid; it would seem that, con-|Which, after a Sunday morning visit | been named defendant in a sult sidering the magnitude of our en-|by Police Inspector Bill Hoettler and {$200.00 damages brought by Ra gugoments, the war has been most! nis men, ix suid to have looked as if; Mond C, Keller, a New York artist, | wisely financed and the burden of ‘: i who alleges that Lothrop alienated future Government requirements can|* Kansas cyclone had called, appealed the altack th rife, 3 » Kell i} be eusily borne to-day to District Attorney Swann | the affection of his wite, Jane Keller “On June 30, 1914, the deposits of all| for the punishment of Boettler, De. | The Kellers were married April the banks of this country were about | tectives Max Low, ‘Thomas W. Gray | 1918 Summons and compla <eller's wand Others” on the ground that the ummons and complaint in Keller orderly conduct and dismissed the| plaintiff and gained it for himself, case. }und destroyed her affection for the No attempt on Sunday, | piaintift.” Damaszek to serve @ warrant! Keller says that his feelings hav on him or arrest any of his patrons. | been injured and his home disrupted Boettler was present in person, he | and that he has sustained damages to | and the alleged of | the amount sued for, | According to information gleaned at the law of Weiss is| Louis Bleir, ys for the p was made says, smashing Inspector said ‘Ready. Inspector Hoettler refused, as the police custom, to answer any questions, His reply to ali questions about the raid was: “I have nothing ces of John J tol in- the defendant, tho plaintiff is at pres- to say. ent residing at an Art League House Mr, Damaagek told the reporter and his home address is No, 425 West | early that he was “going through.” | i in ever si ow He sald he was going to find out how |!!8th Street. Mr. Meyer says ho will far the police could go “wrecking|fle on behalf of Mr places" when they couldn't “get ar | rests or convictions.” John Damaszek, a nephew of the cecal Proprietor, ahd interested with him in| the business, said to the reporter: | ae inoore co cere bentes The question here isn't whether | The Phil Spatz Association and the there was any violation of the law in |Neighbors’ Association will hold a eral denial of the allegations in the complaint |this movement to find out if there is , rhe col ee abe indiana” | Dowling will speak. ‘The committee | leonsists of Er ) iam Lap Satlor for A and Robbery. | Joseph Mil nerich, Harry A sentence of twenty years in Sing | Lest 1 ank’ Spi od yeate aS August Ofliensios, Mra. Carrie Bianc Sing was imposed yesterday by County | Sirs. Barbara Smith and Miss Hattie | Judge McDermott in Brooklyn upon | Carey. | Harry Sexton, twenty-two, @ sailor of ————— No. 683 Fresh Pond Koad, convicted of Dedicaten Ita New Home. robbery and assault as a second of- 0.—Th fender, It was charged that two months , Sept. 30.—The new ‘Sexton and three other men went United States Bureau to the home of John D. Twyman, an & group of buildings in. the aged street cleaner, beat him ‘and Kast End district war dedicated yester- robbed him of $200. day UU, Tomorrow, Wednesday, a Tricotine with Rat-tail Embroidery Fine Wool Jersey Georgette Crepe d Tricotine | Beaded and Emb’d Georgette | Beautiful Charmeuse Taffeta Rich, Heavy Satin featuring those distinctive touches for which the custom noted—narrow shoulders—samart straight lines— new agent for the I power at a fair price if such an emer- tiff, and Maurice Meyer, attorney for |jyn stre |der the twenty-six lines of the System, Mr Lothrop a gen- |, pany have franchises which give them Ithe right to « |most of them in excess of five cents Under Brooklyn Heights Company when self-operated under jating the | Metropolitan Av See THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1919. ' j power, when needed, to (he Brooklyn Rway. City Tints at reasonable. price Wirmingtian Age-Hera'd.) From the San Francis Chronicle) Mr. Watson said that all present ‘ome of the old-fashioned | The his fresh young face | fares and trans arrangements |man who used to push a nbulator #isht jasm, was Interviews | would be continued in ct Until | about the atrecte? ngt 4 man, who had lived Judge Mayer instructed the officers |" ur iw nim the other da 110 years, And the colored man, with And receivers, The Brooklyn City | Wine Wan he dane? fame perched on his doorstep, in a Teo) CY lon Cla comin pune: We Ma) He Ww inking his flivver while,straw hat and with ready pencil, was 5 or the coming year, he said, sia beat nd the present rates of fare “could | his wife held the twine eee alice ecdiduine wine o definitely under’ this condition, | AN BASY WARK. Lincoln, Mut ‘since 1 ined de African General Manager Porter of the From the Chiladertita Built Methodist’ Church Ah doan’ ‘member Brookiyn City Company will report! sic ire a bil for a frock that youlsen’ iter Se meek to-morrow, it was stated, and consider |) in) cave months Which one — with other officials of the road the | 008! Old Franchises of Companies Permit Charge of More Than a Nickel for Trip. In preparation for the ending of | the lease of the Brooklyn City Rail- road Company, owner of twenty-six surface jines in Brooklyn, to the] Brooklyn Heights Ratiway Compony | (the Jittle line which acted a B lin Transit v operating T. of the Company the City Rapid Garrison, company the Brooklyn Brooklyn and Receiver * . p “and oer" on th ground that iM yt were hal to-any nie Bapreme |S Willems tome Prone vt owe pire acer evion rote ool 6A English Regimental Mr, @wann turned the complaint over rt. In Keller's affidavit it is al- \8 Rn » Now acting general man- women who responded so loyally dur- | ‘ to Anwintant District Attorney Talley. | ‘ed that on Aug. 1, 1918 he went|ager for the receiver, General Man- ing the war, he said that because of | S rf’ the Thin ! ‘Phe restauratear intunaten that ciig| {0 France as an enlisted member of lager F. P. Royce; Secretary Watson tne law which prohibits the employ: Ca S g ° visitation was the result of hie vor, {tte American Expeditionary Forces | of the Brooklyn City lines and law i sigh | and that on March 25, this year, he yers met in Brooklyn to-day for a | ent between 10 o'clock at night and tory over Boettler in the upper court | way discharged with the rank of continuous session until the Brook- 6 o'clock in the morning and pre-| $] 50 following @ raid in July, when Da- | sergeant lyn City lines are extracted from the, Yents women from being employed as | be maszek was found guilty of dis-) typ0n information and belief, he! rest for self-operation guards on other than continuous orderly conduct by 4 Magistrate, Al- «wears that while “plaintiff was still! According to these officials there #hifta, some readjustments were ' though sentence was suspended, the | vorying the United States Govern-!will be no increase of fares or sus- Necessary, | With a brown ora gray ora blue or Festaurant man appealed, and in the | mont, the defendant, well knowing!pensions of transfers until after a He declared that consecutive runs : tes Court of General Measions. he says,| jane Kellar to be his wite, by gifts of| hearing before Federal Judge Mayer Were given to the employees ions in | any solid color suit, one of these udge Wadhams declared that there | money, jewelry, and other presents |Oct. 8. The [roo eights Com- the service, and that the company : ‘ : ; wan absolutely no evidence of dis-|entranged her affection. trom. the |pany will continue te act ar operating had not deemed it wise to deny old English Regimental Scarfs will give oklyn City lines un- Ul business matters connected with ° the transfer completed, A con- ‘We |tract has been in existence since last *#ents Jun between the Brooklyn City Iway and the B. R. T. compelling B. R. T, to furnish all ni cessary gency as this should arrive As to the burdens to which Brook t car patrons may expect un- | independent operations of the Brooklyn City Williams to-day said be remem red the indivi of the Brooklyn City ‘it mu bia Com- | At of the former Dra:t Boards of the city ge varying far the contracts made with t and t the first place, although there was no|welcome home party Tuesday night) B. R. T. those controlling companies violation in No. 14. ‘The question is, /on South Fifth Street, between Have-|were limited to a tive-cent fare and | warded \Can the police destroy property and|meyer Stre and Marcy Avenue. |certain transfer agreements wh bie assault citizens without warrant? County Judge Howard P. Nash, Mor- ff b “The other proprietors are back of| gan T. Donnelly and George J, §.|"0t i the least binding upon the jines their origi- al franchises.” Mr, Williains named the following routes as entitled to charge 15-cent fal under independent operation: tbush Avenue, from Park Row to Bergen Beach, and the 39th Street ferry-Fort Hamilton line, The fol- lowing could charge 10 cents: Gates Avenue, from ark Row to Fresh Pond Road; Myrtle Avenue, from Park Row to Cooper Avenui Avenue, from De nue U; 7 lancey Flushing mer Street, f Malt and y Street to Ave Avenue, from De- Ma Street; Maspeth; Lori- ireenpoint ferry to rd Avenue, from to 67th Street; Union Ferry to| ani mpkins to Avenue to Strcet bone Borough Hall Avenue, from Greenpoint Fresh Pond Road. | If the Brooklyn City Railway chooses to exercise its option of oper- Brooklyn Queens County and Suburban lines it could charge | also ten cents on the Broadway and nue lines and fifteen cents on the Reid Avenue lines THROUGH ROUTES INDEPEND- ENT OF TRANSFER AGREEMENT, All of these through rates would be independent of any trausfer ments so that an ordinary trip in Brooklyn might cost from ten to thirty-fy ts if it involved one or two changes of cars. “Under the original franchises,” Mr. Williams added, “there w.ll not only be no obligation on the Brooklyn city to maintain transfers at two} s with other lines, but they are not obligated to give’ transfers be- en their own lines. 8 to the right of the various Lines of the Brooklyn City to use — the Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges, Mr, Williams said the Brooklyn Heights had never availed itself of the offer of the city to permit the company to regard its tracks over the bridges as extensions of its original routes and a determination must be reached between the city authorities on the privilege of using the bridge “Regarding other subsidiaries of the B. R. T. system than thofe included in the of the Brooklyn City lines Villiams said, “it 4s only to be said that the B, R, 'T, defaulted in its payment to the Nassau Com- pany July 1. three months’ grace ends to-day, It is for the bondholders to determine whether they will exer- cise their privilege of foreclosing th mortgage and take over the opera- | tions of those lines, ‘The other four or fi of the B. R. xactly similar problems before agree- his whole trouble began with guration of the free trans- em in 189, At that time only 10 per cent, of the passengers u: transfers, In the intervenin, the use of transfers increased until £0 per cent. of the traffic in Brooklyn was paid for by transfers. The free transfers last year cost the com pany $3,700,000."" CITY RAILWAY SAFEGUARDED AGAINST PRESENT SITUATION, erah G. Watson, Secretary of the Brooklyn City lway Company, said that ever since the first lease to the Brooklyn Heights company was made the company had safeguarded itself against the present situation and have never lost control of a means by which it could operate its |own lines, Last June the B, R. T. |had to have certain property ad- ljacent to the powerhouses in Wille jlamsburg. A deal was arranged by {which the Brooklyn City Company transferred this land to the B. R, T.! NARD—West 42d Street—RENA re taking in exchange other Witliam: | burg property and a perpetual agree- iment by the B R T to furnish policies to be of the road ds Lil A Was one I wore the BR. T. NOT DISCHARGING | uct" ine | ALLITS WOMEN EMPLOYEES Seven Hundred Have Been Retained | as Ticket Agents Says the Frederick P ager of the B. Rt. T. the impression that the RB. R. getting rid of all of its women em- men the preference runs in order to make places for women. i women ticket agents and an extra list of fifty,” he said about Women ticket a however, from 6 o'clock in the morn- | ing until 10 at night, working in two | shifts, 6 to 2 and 2 to 10." | ASK REWARD FOR CROWDER. a meeting yesterday of members a movement Major rank of Lieutenant General, which pro- motion he other officers had bi A petition to create the higher office | will be sent to Congress. € originate draft was made immediat was that? adopted for the control FRANKLIN SIMON MEN'S SHOPS 2 to 8 WEST 38th STREET General Manager. | Man- | to-day corrected Royce, General With a Solid Color Suit T. was just the right relief. It's a flash of color at the window, so to speak. Shows you're no drab, colorless per- sonality. The combinations are taken from the colors of English regiments and thev look great. CARMOOR : ticket regular | are employing women have retained 700 “We had to release | 160 agents and 100 guards. | gents are employed, | a | Boards Want Him igher Rank. to Get was started Crowder the to gain for) permanent — — Gen. => rankfin Simon Ete Aas FIFTH AVENUE refused some time ago until n suitably re- . Crowder | which the! y effective, the system A Remarkable Attraction Just in Time for Our Birthday On Sale Tomorrow at 9 A. M. 1740 GBage@~ Army Blankets, *4.65 Acquired by Gimbels in a Sealed Bid Purchase from Quartermasters’ Corps at Boston Last Month The mere statement that they are “Beacon” should sell them, for the standard of these blankets is firmly ished in every shopper's mind, —they are Beacon Army lank- ets, bought greatly underprice from the Zone Supply Officer of the U. S. Q. M. at Boston, and our price of but a trifle above the present quotation on these blankets from the makers. Size Khaki color, with dark Khaki border and United States Navy Blue with black border. Woven of a fine grade imported cotton — all new; fresh from. their wrappings. Also 5-Lb. Wool and Cotton Army Blankets Here is another “Army Blanket Sale"—just as exceptional as our last one—only not so many of them, unfortunately. 5.6 5) Size 62x84 inches—full 5 pounds and hard to duplicate for consi A superior mixture of wool and cotton that will wear for years and years—in fact, far longer than the average, Dark oxford grey. Very much under price ably more than our special Birthday price Be Here Early—Army Blankets Go Fast! Come early—these sales are usually “a rush”. as quantifies are limited (only about 2,500 in all), we cannot undertake to fill mail orders, for the whole lot will be gone by noon, Customers’ attention is directed to a direct stairway to the sale aisle on the second floor inside the vestibule on the 32d and 33d st. doorways—near Broadway. GIMBELS BLANKET SECTIO