The evening world. Newspaper, January 30, 1920, Page 2

a Nves with little more garments than the costume attributed to Aphrodite, They were unhurt and were cured for in one of the apartment houses. SWANN BEGINS INVESTIGATION OF fps .R. T. PURCHASES WilMam Seyfried was one of the | painters burned in their efforts to save some of the works of art and to | extinguish the flames, He, as weil | as others, was treated by Dr. Archer of the Fire Department. “It bas been an irreparable loss to as,” eaid Superintendent Greenly. “Valued tapestries and bronzes and ues, ae well as the work of 1), { T antiq ob alles neal bh Oho? Hears Testimony of Three the country are gone forever. To-} Former Officials—Others ae eck ck ae hone for tes! To Be Summoned. firet time, and now they can gaze a aly on their ruins District , Attorn Swann to-day “The fire is the worst thing that began an inquiry into the purchas- ever happened to us but I have ing department of the Interborough already started the call for a meeting 5), pid Transit Company for the pure of the Architectural League for this afternoon. New York will have some kind of an exhibition, The loss in money ts $600,000, so far as can tbe crime in connection with eetimated, but what value the owners borough department that set op their exhibits is not known.” | millions of dolla Fire Chief Kenlon believes that the | annually.” fire was caused by the explosion of a| The witnesses who appeared before Pose, there he said, have been of learning whether irregulafities or a the purchases worth of supplies Inter, painter's torch. | Mr. Swann tn answer to subpoenas rea Lager ha hog were; David W. Ross, former Vice struck on tho knee, and while his in- 5, hy Hent, Dr. Archer re. \ President of the company and head of the purchasing department; Frank |J. Delaney, former chief clerk to tho purchasing department; Mansfred Fuhrer, formerly Ross's assistant; R. R. McDonald and W. G. Strait, both of whom are now employed by the com- pany &s Superintendents of Economy, stationed at 98th Street and Third Avenue. | Mr. Swann said he bad learned that Ross, Delansy and Fuhrer were called | before President Hadley and the di- rectors of the I. R. T. a week ago, ; essa and then “allowed to re- fused to take any chances and sent) tim to Bellevue for an X-ray exam- imation. SUBWAY DEFICIT SHOWN DESPITE Loss Indicated for a Month In collusion in the purchase of sup- Ji Charge of $350,000 to Ele- Levee the supply department disposes * vated Operation. of great sums, and the pubic is keen- ly interested in Unterborough dinances | just now, (Mr. @wann sent for wit- nesses. After examining the five al- Svtwey profits increaged to $527,- $80 a month tn December, wocording te the ¢innacial statement of the In- terboroush Rapid Transit Company, semt out over the stock tickers to-day, . The profits of operating the sub- | ‘way, are tumed into an apparent defi- tt of $22,170, by the company’s #tate- ment, which charges $350,000 a month lows in operatige the Manhattan Piv~ vated aguinet the money-making wubway, Even on this showing, the deficit for December ie $202,483 tess than the deficit for December 1918 The detailed figures, compared with December, 1918, show: Groas ingome, $4,668,268; increase, $886,044; net af- tor taxes are paid, $1,583,760; in- erease, $568,822; total income, $1,637, 748; increame $352,971; deficit aft paying oharges (which Inolude rent- als and the Manhattan Elevated doti- wit guarantee) $22,170; decrease of deficit over that of December 1918, | $202, 433. The statement gives the last six months of 1918 a: Gross income, $24,200.226, inoreage over correspond~ img six months in 1918, $4, total income, $7,999,419, increase, §1,- 166,686; “deficit” after charges, $1,- 920,306, @ deorease from the corre- sponding ix months in i9it of $570,765, Exxolusive of the $350,000 monthly ae on the elevated, this would show @ Gurplus of $179,634, indicating the amproved Business on the subway now is paying more monthiy than t wprevious earnings for #x months. “These figures justify one of our Strongest contentions that the sud- way is making money carrying pas sengers for @ 5-cent fare,” said As. sistant Corporation Counsel John F. Collins, after studying the statement. Brook Trout, Sacre! Get TooMuch Fire Dainty Specially Prepared by Zealous Chef for Epicure Patron, but Grease-Pot Overturns and Engines | Clang. At 1 o'clock this afteroon M. Emile, proprietor of the Cafe des Beaux Arts, at 40th Street and Sixth Avenue, bounced into the big kitchen with a tray containing six orders of trout, “Chef,” said M. Tmile, addressing himself to M. Jean Faur, “ple to give this your personal attention. The gentleman is a moving picture im- presario; he wants more fire.” “It ts well,” said M. Emile. ‘The gentleman in the private dining feom killed time with a story of the Ife, history and antecedants of the trout, “Every day,” he said, “a man brings them to this restaurant from Paradise Brook, which feeds the Tunkhannock River, wp near Mount Pocono, Px Clang! clang! Clankety-clang- clang! | Everybody rushed to the wndow to | #ee the firemen. M. Emile returned to the private) dining room to make apology. “I am so sorry,” he said, ‘but in giving the trout more fire M. Faur overturned a pail of his wonderful oe and the firemen are her®. The ire ig nothing; t s over. WIll Mon- sieur take something els? Pitty ook haz sendwich ‘The fire dida't amount to much. ‘orook | The trout | ready named he announced that sub- | | Poeas had been issued for the later | ppearance of the head store keeper | ‘of the combined Interborough and | | New York City Railways companies, the division store keepers, and many employees of the purchasing depart- | | ment. Ho said it might take a week to do all the questioning he has out- ned. “My purpose ts merely to learn! | whether a crime has been committed,” | said Mr, Swann, “and 1 am beginning to sea light ahead, Tam especially in- teresed in the meeting that took place when these three men were allowed to resign. [want to know what the suo- |Ject was on which they were ques- | tioned ‘before their resignations, what W | charges, if any, they wore called upon to explain, ‘The information I received ac Shonts and had been associated wit force a require at Judiciary Committee assurance — \Fire That Destroyed Fine ats Society Building, oes lied We Wiped Out Famous Exhibits Worth $500, 30, 1920. ' ooo LLNESS HANDICAPS WORK OF SELECTING A NEWBERRY JURY sitions One Member Faints on Way, to Court — Three Defend- ants Are Also ¢ on Sick List. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan n—| ranks of| and jurors in the trial of Illness to-day depleted the defendants Truman H. Newberry and 134 others on electon fraud char n Unted States Dstret Court here Wl S. Purple of Brutus, a juror | wccepted by both sides, fainted while! Jenroute to the courtroom Judge es-{ sions excused him } | Threg defendants were exc used be- | cause of illness, They were Lewis} Burr, George W. John and Mel Deo. Bight men were examined before a| juror was finally found satisfactory to both sides to occupy Chair No. 2 in the jury box. Hiness, prejudice, friendship the defendants and activity im the political campaign in 1918, when the alleged frauds took place, caused the Court to excuse the panel with the six peremptory challenges allowed by the coudt when examination of the panel was resumed at 2 P, M. to-day. ‘The defense used six of its ten chal- lenges. ‘Senator Newberry gave close atten- tion to the examination of the jurors (Continued From First Page.) session promises to be the most in- teresting that has been held for years. SPEAKER ANXIOUS TO AVERT DEBATE AND VOTE. possible partiamenta in order to Tt will least seventy-six votes to Fvery ex- dient will be sprung debate and a vote ke the trial out of the hands of the and rescind the of the Assembly on Jan. 7, hen the Socialists were expelled, and tion 0 Speaker has more than reasonable lapsed. Soon, Mr. enty-six votes took that the se’ to-day will scrve ax a guide in he “7 impossible of attainment to that | urhter conduc of the inquiry.” end, but the Speaker does not want An explanation of the resignation “ebate and he does not want a vote of Vice President Ross, said to 0 the floor of the Assembly have come from officials, is that! To avert a debate and vote he will jhe and President Hedly had been have to use the steam roller in a way unable to agree on the amount th of time the purchasing department, W!!! have its effect upon the Republi- under Mr, Ross's control, shoutd de- &#n Party of the State vote to its work. Mr. Ross was a A pilin to hokd a session of the right hand man of the late President ("itl to-morrow and thus rush the SWEET RUSHES 10 ALBANY TO TRY 10 HEAD OFF BOLT emies as teachers in the public | ‘Always at Lunch,” Declares Repre- esac sentative Rucker, Opposing nen | Claessens and Solomon, the records will probably stir up a row which Austria, the Scandinavian countries, ernment, Mr. Lee was put on the stand by the prosecution He is supposed to know the of the rise of the Russian Soviet, and the attitude of the prosecution 1a that the history of the rise of the Soviet government in Russia will be followed in this country if soolalistic doctrines are allowed to spread, LEE SAYS KERENSKY GOVERN- MENT COLLAPSED. The prosecution failed to establish by Mr. Lee that Lenine and Trotzky overthrew the Kerensky Government. Ho said the Kerensky Government history became so reactionary that it col- Lee's testimony the aspect of a history of the attitude of the Socialist Party toward war in all European countries.) Questioned by Assemblyman Cuvil- lier and Seymour Stedman, counsel for the defense, Mr. Lee said the So-) clalist Party in France, rmany, Italy, the Balkan countries and) Great Britain opposed the war | throughout and that the Socialist | Party of the United § ates openly and closing up of the embarrassing situa- | publicly fought against the country him for many years, It was said tion was regrettfully cancelled by the | entering the war and worked for that this difference of opinion “was SWeet contingent during the noon | peace during the war. |the sole reason for his resignation.” recess to-day, It was found impos- | ‘The object of the defense in bring- | No time has been set for calling “ible to obtain the presence of John | ing out this line of testimony was to {members of the J. P. Morgan fiem| B. Stanchticld here to-morrow, and | show that the Socialist Party of the and John D. Rockefeller to testify, Mr. Stanchfield’s services are con United States acted consistently in| |before the Board of Estimate in re- | sidered nocessary in the presentation | opposing the participation of the! gard .o Interborough finances, From. of the eviience of at least two ir- |) United States in the war |the members of the Morgan firm 11) portant witnesses Mr, Lee, although called by the ig hoped to learn how much it has! There is a reason for haste aside prosecution, was really a witness for) received for floating Interborough! trom the desire to have the prosecu- | the defense, Counsel for the prosecu- | aecurities, jon closed before Monday night. | tion after a time camo to a realiza- “The date of their appearance has! spanker Sweet and the Republican tion of this condition and spread ob- not been decided,” said Mayor Hylan,! jeaders have discovered that the | jections all over the record, but to “but we will certainly have them) jongor tho trial lasts the more em- no avail, Deputy Attorney General here. 1 have instructed Corporation| jv :rassment it creates for the party, | Archibald Stgvenson took an active Counsel Burr to prepare invitations | qynoudy ihe organization is threat-| vocal part in the proceedings for the! and if these are not complied With | oned with u nerious spli ‘first time, but was unable to turn| Rabpoengelwill- ce: jepued The Speaker finds t h selecting aside a flood of explanation of Soc- | ar the Socialist Assamblymen as issues |talist principles, | TIPS COST MORE THAN SOUP, | ‘or nis own political advancement he| Mr. Lee, in anawer to a question, | core picked up five hot potatoes and he is|said that if he were elected Gover- | Quit Dieting, Physt-| anxious to drop them just as soon as|nmor he would certainly try to carry jan Declare: political expediency will permit out the principles of the Socialist | Dr. Patrick Joseph York, a Brooklyn | ApLER's BID INVOKED GY COL. |Party. At this Assemblyman Cuvil- . testifying to-day at the trial = Balen Baitoma ta GoRalnido Whane “na'| ROOSEVELT. jer made loud noises indicative of In- ‘of Mrs, Rosa Spang, widow of| Published reports thal Majority |dignation, dismay and scorn, ‘The s Spans, (ittaburgh ate! million Leader Adler instigated the revolt of | witness pointed out that if he were | who left $2,000,000 to charity, sald | Col, Roosevelt am notsin tine with | elected Governor on a Socialist ticket | dat Mis. Spang discontinued & soup) the facte, Assemblyman Adier’s ald (that would in iteelf be indisstive that | where she was living, because cost | Was invoked by Col, Roosevelt. |the people deserved a Socalist Gov- more for, waiters’ ipa than (a Ud | Neither will say how the ne,rotiations | ernment. Dr. cited to him while he from February to M York told of poems Mrs. Spang re- Was attending her 1914, and dk she was not} to clared it compete hig opinion that i, nt to make a HAVANA ENTRIES. i. are as follows: or mat » ice Mies Ahan wi Ee | state Manon, Minis Non: iMeckare, | H 1; Syort Fowie we Nie | hi appointing a committee, aded by | i ehonge Charles BE. Hughes, to né& to the nine, IW), Linu 104 Bins trial, ee | Tie aid of the I #0On vanian F i * ra nin Great New York w turally If MCovwtone, 10s: ean fall to Col, Roosevelt in any move TH RACESix furkmes four-yarokis; | PR 1c atee SOUD——* Red. 00) * Acmiaamerlor Barnes wing Gd, 100, *Aqchamatiw 1G; laude Pal, Ks. The Judiciary mittee took a Hountel,” 103°. * Precious Jewel, 100; Tan’ Rang sj 100, Lady danpian, tos; once bmbry, 110: | sort of # mental Cook's tour of BIRTH HACE THe Bermoda Handicap: ovo | Europe under the guldance of mules p p a nnon | to-day rn of the trint With the pure proving that Lenine and ¥ overthrew Ne Kerensky %:| government and that forces allied koa 10 | Ayre | with Lemine and Trotsky, namely the Socialist Party of the United States, GOT COLD TODAY taxing” Verner Jona" cine,—Advt. Gre plotting to overirow thle gov~ resulted week-end in the action of the Bar They had several jong talks Col. Roosevelt will spend the New York in censulta the Republican eaders, ‘The old Barnes-Parsons feud looms Willan E in control of the up -day with in this situation rnes The wanination ocialist Assemblymen was an up Republican move. Natura erbert Parsons took due notice and s fine seen in Association in suspension of the Italian hund may be Eventually the proceedings drifte 4 |into what amounted to a debate on | |Socialim between Mr. Lee and Mar- | tin Conboy of counsel to the prose- cution, Mr. Lee knows more albout Socialism than Mr does al th Mr, ¢ boy knows mor Soclalism Conboy wbou is-afternoon than he did 18 the result of his par- | ticipation In the aforesaid debate Many times Mr. Conboy carefully tied Mr all up in questions and overy time Mr. Lee out like an intelleetual Houdini i} {this morning Law ame ‘Phe morning session closed with the rduction o: Jence showing tha s nblymen registered he on wwainst apprepriatin money for the militia in January j 1918 | | Announcement was made that the committee, in order to close the pros- ecufion this week, might hold an all- day session to-mo: At openin rnoon session Mr. Conboy rodurced evi dence taken from the reec t the Assembly showing that the Socialists Claessens and Solomon were the only members to vote against the Gen eral Appropriations Bill of 1919, which carried the appropriation for the su; | were jshow, were the only members to vote | troduced | constitution of | taking the oath to support the Con- |line of the and sent several notes containing sug- gestions regarding various men exam- ined to Attorney Charles Nichols SAYS CABINET MEN “EAT TOO MUCH.” port of the militia, The record showed that Claessens. and Waldman and seven other Socialists the only votes cast against a bill passed on March 26, 1918, with the ghject of harring out alien en- Orr Auto Repair Bill. \ WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—"Cabinet members: too much,” Representa- | tive Rucke Democrat, Missouri, sald in a speech in the House to-day appos- ing appropriation of $10,000 for repair | and upkeep of automobiles for official | use. by State Department offic against a bill passed in March, designed to bar unpatriotic teachers fro mthe public schools, Claessens and Solomon, the records also show, were the only members who voted in the negative on a bill providing for the 1919, publication of a law relating to dese- ‘These officers and their chief ck rks eration of the American Flas. ure always at lunch,” said Mr. Rucker, 5 You oull at 11 A. M. and they are at They so Vo a b = mney voted against a bill ap- |i. .on, you return at @ P. ‘M. and they propriating certain sums to be paid are still at lurtch."* to members of the National Guard who served on the border in 1916. Further records showed that the So- clalist Assemblymen always voted against bills appropriating money for BARRICADE SHUTS __| OUT BERLIN RIOTERS) ‘ BERLIN, Jan. ~There were stormy any purpose which might ult pi ae trod Hla might ultimately) nes in the National Assembly te- Pan AE ene erect |day during the discussion of the In- The object of the introduction of depencent’s proposal to abolish the state this line of testimony was to estab-! of siege, the different factions trying to| lish that the Socialist Assemblymen| howl each other down, | on every oocasion when the constitu-| Dr, Heine, Prussian Minister of the, tion of the S¢ a line alist Party of action on a for| Interior, any measure in- | lead in the Assembly yoted in| Herr Oeser, Prussian Minister of Rail- accordance with the provisions of the| Ways, stated that as a result of the the Socialist Party, [railway strike 47 per cent. of the coun-| ‘ try’s locomotives were useless that before the | During the debate the Reichstag jurisprudence may) to galn admission by force up, namely, that the state of | = ae mind of a candidate for office can be considered in judging his fitness for threatened the with court-martial. Independent It is anticipated end of the trial, principle in be | cialist Party, he takes the oath with his fingers figuratively crossed and is therefore ineligible. The provisions of this proposed 1 regulation would require candidates elected by popular vote to bring to plan, considered to be not | Albany not only cerlifieates of their the judge of the qualifications | lection, but clairvoyants or mediums | to unfold the interior of their minds | to the officials having authority to ac- cept their oaths stitution of the State, The legislative body to which the suspect is elected is, according to out- only of a member seeking admission but of his mental reservations as well, For instance, a Socialist is elected Rate Ge feo kei eeiiencics ee officials are to bo the final establish that the Socialist before he| stare OF MIND REAL ISSUE IN takes that oath of office may legally TRIAL. be examined as to his attitude toward) ‘phis may appear to be Incredible, the Constitution he Is required by his! put the project of allowing the ma- sath to support. His adherence to|Jority power to determine the men- ? >| tal reservations of an office holder is the principles of Socialism may be! cctuully under consideration. After held as a bar to his eligibility as an) qi) it is scarcely more astonishing officeholder because, although he’ than the assertion of John B, Stanch- The government had used three of ¢ ‘ARMY OF 2,000,000 wk FIELD IN 1925, DSW ORTH PLAN aoa to Senate Proposi ould Give Military Streng’ of 3,345,200. WASHINGTON, OBILIZATION ized field army of men would be five years after Jan within passes dd Bill} possible ° of the Senate army reorgunization vill, Chairman Wadsworth of th Senate Military Committee said to-day in his report to the Senat on the measure, The cost would A e i Not exceed $590,987,000 annually he said. Including th ng army of 2! urmy and N. posed, e permanent stand ational Guand, as pro measure, through it compulsory military training plan would permit the mobilizatio: next year of an army of men, the report contimued. Youths trained would be into the citizens’ reser and in 1926 the Nation's av: military strength would be 200 officers and men, while the 000 and the citizen ny 1,198,000 passed army able per man would be reduced from $09 in 1921 to $176 in 1 ——— WORCESTER, Mass. Jan. 30. Aivin C. York, world's greatest dividual hero, who is touring the Uni Foundation to found and maintain a World must be received by 6 P. M. wa in the ma tain ha ction of the |I] of the preceding Friday and releases South, was to-ds wed to cancel his , tour owing to. an attack of appendicitis, ||} Must be received by 12 o'clock He_ was stricken in Boston Tuesday ollowing his HERO YORK HAS APPENDICITIS | ~sergt in ted many members of States in behalf of the Alvin ©. York lecture night. 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