The evening world. Newspaper, February 7, 1920, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S WEATHER—Cloudy. — f “Circulation Books | Open to All.”” an” | EDITION SP) ETE BKK N ANS VOL. LX. NO. 21 (350—DATLY. —— Copyright. 920, by The rons Publis! on y York World “NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY q, “1920, ne Secoud-Clase Pont Ot Oitles, New York, N- Matter ¥. 10 PAGES. SUMS DEMANDED FOR NAVY ALSO FIGURED ON WAR BASIS Country, Confronted With a Deficit of Billions, Is Asked to Provide $573,000,000 for 1921, as Against $145,396,819 in 1915-16. By Martin Green. (Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Without any intention of attempting to minimize the importance to the safety of the American people of an ade- , Quate navy, and with all respect to the magnificent achievements of the ‘mavy during the war, it is nevertheless necessary, for the information of | the public, to show by figures that the Navy Department, in common with all other branches of the Government, is still infected with war s germs and purposes to spend money, \if Congress allows, until June 30, \ 1921, as if the country were burdened with war conditions. : 4 3 wes fortunate cnough to have ; Been in touch with the activities of "the navy in French and British water. im 1917 and 1918 My heartbeats | quicken with memories of the super- , buman—I might say almost miracu- 1 ous — acoomplishments or on Under my observation. I sa: @leships and destroyers and ee ee @ra and mine sweepers steam into “New York Harbor after the war was pOver, and with millions of other citi- wens I cheered myself speechless and ‘wiped tears from my eyes, and I | @idn't give threo hoots what it all had {Cost, and neither did anybody else. And now it comes to pass that the ) country, confronted with a deficit of Dillions which would spell increased _,faxation, should have a chance to “Mineke comparisons between the ex- “penses of the navy in war and the Yexpenses of the navy as the Navy Tpepartment would fix them in times of actual peace but theoretical war. {Here are the figures: For the fiscal year ending June $0, 1921, the Navy Department wants Cong! to appropria' '$573,000,000 to meet the expenses ef the naval jishment. For the fiscal year ending June appropriated the expens: ef the naval establishment. For the fiscal year 1915-16, the year before our participation in * the war, Congress appropriated » $145,396,819 to meet the expenses of the naval establishment. The reader should bear in mind that Me estimates upon which the appro- priations for the forthcoming fiscal {year are based were prepared in the summer of 1919, months after the ar- mistice was signed. Here is the all {mportant fact for the taxpayers and Congress to consider. ‘The Navy Department asks for the purpose of paying the expenses of the { naval establishment during the second) * year after the war only $40,000,000 less . than it demanded for similar expen: during the first year after the war, when many important post-war tasks | , were performed. ‘The figures given above apply only to the existing naval establishment and proposed improvements, The has not Navy Department ha its programme for building new ships, although Secretary Daniels has indi- cated sthat it provides for sixteen superdreadnoughts and ten battle, cruisers, That expenditure 1 be scattered over a period of years and | the Nation has never objected to ship ranum However, the building pre 4 on Second Page.) (Contin U.S. GUARANTEE RAILWAYS 9/2 P. 6. FOR 2-YEAR PERIOD Congress bis a Reach Agreement—C ommerce Commission Gets Power. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—A return of 51-2 pet cent. on the aggregate value of the railroads would be guar- anteed by the Government for a period of two years under an agree- ment reached to-day by the Senate and House conferees on the Railroad bil, | 1, In announcing the agreement to- day, Chairman Cummins of the Sen- ate managers, said thf rewritten sec- tion provided that after the two-year period the percentage of return would be fixed by the Interstate Commorce Commission, which would be author- ized to fix rates so as to yield that revurn. With the agreement on this section the conferees comp!-ted their work on the bill and Senator Cu. ‘ns said their report probably would be ready for Congress by Feb. 16. Leaders hope to comptote final enact- | ment of tho Obill befor the railroads are returned to private control on | March 1 | The outstanding capitalization and bonded indebtedness of all the roads amount to approximately $19,000,000,- 000, 4 which a 51-2 pe> cent, return wor 4 be $1,045,000,000, eerie | KILLS DOCTOR AS WIFE DIES. lGrtet-stricken Husband Physician in Home, BILBAO, Spain, Feb. 7.—Dr. Julio Shoots submitted | Vilasante was shot and killed here to- by Luls Valdez, a member of a althy fanrily, under peculiar clreum- day w stance: Vilasante had attended Valdez's | wife, who died just as the doctor was Jentering the house. The grief-stricken ‘husband shot and killed the physi —_ Somia! NORLD RESTAURANT. 1 v Corned. beet and, ner. fie, Mt N ACCOUNT OF PAPER SHORTAGE, caused by the storm, The Sunday World cannot guarantee received. Early have preference. insertion of all advertisements classified advertisements will 7 GREY'S LETTER MAY OPEN NEW ERA IN DIPLOMACY If Wilson Makes No Protest It Will Become a Far-Reach- ing Precedent. NO OFFENSE MEANT. Grey, an Unreceived Envoy, Free to Speak as De Valera, Friends Argue. By David Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of The Eve- ning World.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Copyrii;:ht, 1920).—Speaking of letters destined to become famous in American his- tory, that letter of Viscount Grey dis- cussing the controversy between ex- ecutive and legislative branches of our Government over the form in which the treaty of peace shail be ratified establishes a precedent of far-réaching significance in interna- tional affairs, It means a long step forward in overcoming the barriers of old-fashioned diplomacy which have k*therto hindered peoples from understanding one another. If the letter of Lord Grey has given President Wilson offense, how ever, it is not merely because the British statesman has addressed a communication to the public on a matter which had previously been confined to different branches of the American Government and at a mo- ment when intense political strife over the issue cannot be ignored. It is because Viscount Grey, received by the Secretary of State as the spe cial Ambassador of Great Britain, en- tered into communication with mem- bers of the legislative branch of ovr Government instead of confining hia communications to the executive branch, which under the American Constitution has sole charge of inter course with foreign nations, It hag been suggested that Mr. Wilson appealed over the heads of the British people in his address at Man- chester. It has been said that ho ap- pealed to the Italian populace on the Fiume question, Neither of these points are valid parallels, because in neither instance did Mr. Wilson asso- ciate himself or communicate with (Conti DEMOCRATS AGREE. "ON PLAN TO TAKE TREATY UP MONDAY |President, in Letter to Hitch- cock, Accepts Interpretative Reservations, WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—After list- on _feoond: Pa ening to a letter from President Wil- son, reaffirming his stand against, any but interpretative reservations to the peace treaty, Democratic Senators de- +] cided in conference to-day to proceed with their previous plan to ‘elp bring | the treaty up in the Senite Monda pre étter under to hay expressed the dent's willinsne | to accept any int tative reserva. tions that frame, but to have o' of any specific reservat | = _—- d discussic mi mitt TAKE BELL-ANS AFTER MEALS aj tew,foe GOOD DIGEITION mass rea (eat > \ s.} Thomas Ugo, BROADWAY POKER GAME IN COURT'S JOHN DOE INQUIRY eeghuees Investigation Seeks to Deter- mine If a Crime Was Committed. JEROME FOR “LOSERS.” Marked Cards Used, Is Charge of Men Who Say They Lost $410,000. A John Doe inquiry into the stud poker “tournament” in which Louis Krohnberg, a cress manufacturer of No. 308 Fifth Avenue, is alleged to have won $410,000, was started to- day at the request of District Attor- ney wann, by Justice Frederic Ker- nochan of Special Sessions, sitting as an inquiring magistrate, The object is to determine whether a crime was committed. It is alleged, marked cards were used in some of the games. A complaint which led to the In- the law firm of Jerome, Rand and Kresel. Wiltam Travers Jerome was retained by a number of men who asserted they were losers in the “tournament.” Krohnberg retained Max D. Steuer as counsel; A number of witnesses were taken before Justice, Kernochan on sub- poenas served by Norman J, Fitz- simmons, a private detective, who was connected with the District At- torney’s office when Mr. Jurome was District Attorney, Justice Kernochan refused to admit reporters to the hearing or to disclose the names of the witnesses. Among the men who played in ths stud poker game are J. H. Mack, cloak and suit dealer, No. 2% Fitts Avenue; J. M. Silverman, dress manufacturer, Waldorf Building; Hy- man Karp, auctioneer; Joseph Schenck, motion picture producer Charles Piller, dress manufacturer, No. 16 West 324 Street, and Henry Silberfeld, jeweler, No. 1395 Broad- way. The hearing Was adjourned until Tuesday after Justice Kernochan had heard several of the witnesses. Among those seen coming from the Justice's Chambers were Piller, Sil- yverman and Silberfel MINIMUM WAGE FOR MEN $6 A DAY Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, Announces Scale for 25,000— Women’s Lowest Rate $4. | AKRON, O., Feb, 7.—The Goodyear | Tire and Rubber Company to-day an- nounced a minimum wage sck!e which affects 25,000 employees. All mate em- ployees are to receive a minimum of $6 per day. All women workers are to be paid a minimum of $4 a day. Increases of 10 to 12 per cent. are granted piece workers | Head of Depertment | terior to Quit Mi WASHINGTON, Feb Lane, Secretary of the placed his resignation in the President Wilson, comes effective Interior, has nds of The resignation be- farch 1, There have been rumors for some time that Lane would leave the Cabinet as soon as th President was willing to him. Mr. Lane's future plans have not deen epaouneed Seri ELEVATOR FALLS 18 FLOORS. Workman Survives Drop, But In in Condition, | | | oy which nullding Wes! Was being Street struction at No, 2 from the eighteenth on the elevator at was taken to Flower Hospital in # ¢ quiry was filed by Isadore Kresel of |” suffered, there was only one case of serious illness on board, this being « SECRETARY LANE | RESIGNS. | 7.—Franklin K. | ARE MADE ON Passengers Danced,as Stranded Ship, in Darkness, Filled With Water. ALL ARE TAKEN OFF. Captain Tells of Fight With Record Storm—One of Refugees Ill. Sixty refugees from the stranded Old Dominion Line steamship Princess Anne, including all of the thirty-two passengers and twenty-eight members of the crew, were landed at Pier A, the Battery, by the police boat patrol at 1.05 o'clock this afternoon. In spie of the exposure they all had case of influenza. Capt. Frank Seay, who had been injured Wednesday by falling from a ladder, was sent home in a taxicab after giving his account of the accident. A skeleton crow of 44 men in charge ship, and efforts to save the vessel are being continued in spite of the fact that the sand is washing away under both ends, leaving the ship supported only in the middle and | therefore in danger of breaking in two, Captain Seay declared the passen- gors, including the women, had “be- haved beautifully” in what he called “the worst storm I ever encountered.” He added that their conduct was above reproach, even after the ship had struck ground, whjch occurred at 2:20 o'clock yesterday morning. Other versions not only confirmed what the captain said about the be- havior of the passengers, but added some convincing details. Kven last night, when the ship was half full of water and there were no lights save from oil lanterns, the passengers the plano, Capt. Seay, who has been with the Old Dominion Line for eleven years, and wh@ insisted on continuing his direction of the situation even while suffering great pain from his unat- tended injury, gave this version: “we left Norfolk at 5 P, M. on THuesday bound for New York with thirty-two passengers and a general cargo. Ordinarily the trip takes nineteen hours, But we ran into the worst storm I ever saw and could not make time. Obeservations were |impossible and we had to be guided |by dead reckoning. Wednesday, when I started for the bridge, I was ‘thrown from the ladder by the vio- lent heeling of the ship and my knee was hurt | The first mate was on the bridge when we ran aground. The trouble was that we missed the sea buoy (Continued on Second Page.) oo |12 MISSING FROM | WRECKED STEAMER | Left Vessel in Boat Without Cap- tain’s Permission—Latter Rescued. BOSTON, Feb, 7.--A boat containing ten men of the wreck ete steamer Polais oft kland, M f sel in a Ufeboat at 9.30 to-day without the master's permission and was not afterwa. seen, according to a radio > message received here from the coast guard cutter Acushnet ‘The message suid the Acushnet had taken off the captaip and twenty elgnt the orem, RS of Chief Mate Barker was left on the: danced on deck while a girl played|,, PRINGESS ANNE TWO SAFES ROBBED PRICE TWO CENTS. — SUN RELIEVES STORM TIE-UP; COAL AND FOOD ARE PLENTIFUL WOMEN HEROIC AS RESCUES Three Thousand Extra Men Are Clearing Streets—Volunteers An- swer Mayor’s Appeal — Normal Surface Car Service To-Morrow. ‘With the first sunshine of the week aiding, and with all danger of, food or fuel famine past, Wy York to-day began the work of strip- ping off the blanket of nen, 9 ice left by the storm. Traffic conditions all over the city improved to-day in answer to the ‘AT 61 BROADWAY; BONDS ARE STOLEN pelted socio Third Burglary in “Protected” Downtown District Within Few Days. The third robbery of the week be- low the historic “dead line” has been reported to the police by officials of the International Agricultural Corpo- ration ,with offices on the thirtieth | floor of the Adams Express Building, No. 61 Broadway. | As tm the case of the Pittsburgh | Steel Company and Deering & ‘Deering, the first in the Equitable Building, and the second in the New | York Title Building, the thieves en- tered the main office after apparently hiding in the building until after the lights were out and all employees | one for the night. ‘The robbery oc- (curred Thursday night. ‘They made |use of the combinations of two safes |to get to their loot. | The loss to the company will be. small, hardly $600, it was said to-day, but several employees of the concern had personal belongings in the safe which were taken, Among other things was a certificate for fifty | shares-of stock, par value $5,000, six $1,000 bonds and $2,000 worth of Lib- erty bonds, Officials of the company believe the theft the work of an expert who could) feel the tumblers of the safes, as the proclamation of Mayor Hylan, acting on a suggestion in an editorial of The Evening World, more than three thousand extra men were at work cn the streets this aftérnoon, and if the thaw which started this morn ing continues, Street Commissione morning the city’s thoroughfares wi _ ESCAPES POLICE, LAYS HEAD ON “L" TRAGK, (8 KILLED Former Merchant a Suicide Rather Than Face Charge of Picking Pockets. Calmly laying his neck on the track before an approaching elevated tratn, Nathan Palestine, former tea merchant of No. 1033 Stebbins Ave- nue, the Bfonx, committed suicide this morning rather than face a:raign- ment for pocket-picking. A dozen passengers, including several’ women and Policeman David Owens, from whom Palestine had escaped, watched the train, with locked wheels sliding on the frozen rails, sever the man’s head. : Palestine, arrested yesterc y after- noon by Owens on a subway train at Mott Avenue station, on the com- plaint of Mary Hannigan, a school combinations were known only to a few of the highest officers of the con- cern, Payment on the securities has been’ stopped. “A few years ago," remarked an old timer at Police Headquarters to-day, professional burglars regarded it the equivalent of giving themselves up to the police to take even a pleasure stroM below the ‘dead line’ at Fulton Street. But now——" at rae ANOTHER DISABLED VESSEL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE HELP Polar Bear, in Distress, Is on Way to New York From Bermuda. A radio message received this morning at the Naval Communication Office by way of Norfolk said the steamship Polar Bear was disabled and needed immediate assistance. The Polar Bear is a cargo ship of 2,600 tons operated by the Shipping Board The radio added that the ship was drifting eastward at the rate of half a mile an hour. From this it was as- sumed that she had had engine trouble or that the steering gear was out of commission, ‘The position of the Polar Bear is said teacher of No. 161 West 228th Street, was identified at this morning's line- up as an old-timo offender. He was ‘being taken to the Morrigania Court, where Magistrate Marsh and Miss Hannigan were waiting his arrival, At the 16ist Street station of the Third Avenue elevated, Palestine told Policoman Owens he was Ill, and held back until the train had cleared out. He suddenly pulled away and dashed to the track, Policeman Owens pulled his gun and threatened to shoot An- cther train was coming around the curve and Palestine laid his neck on the woot rail. Policeman Owens and spectators tried to signal the oncoming train. Motorman James White, of No, 224 East Webster Avenue, did not com- prehend the signals until he was within a few feet of Palestine. Ho applied the emergency brakes with such force that passengers were thrown from their seats, but the first car of the train passed over Pales- tine. SEE RL BUTTER AND EGGS TO DROP NEXT WEEK to be about 600 miles east of New York, She was due here from Ber-| muda on Feb, 5 with general cargo. She has a crew of 50, in command of | Capt. Allen. Her managing operator, | A. H. Bull of No. 17 Battery Place, |has heard nothing from the captain |From Washington radio messages have |" been sent broadcast asking other ships -|to be on the lookout for the el The Clyde liner Chippewa, which developed rudder trouble soon after leaving here for San Domingo on Feb. 4, was brought into Quarantine this ‘morning by the Merritt Chapman Towing Company tug Relief, which had been despatched for bem | r MacStay hopes that by Monday Il be clear of snow. Officials of the surface lines re- Ported increased progress in clearing the rails and slots, and it is hoped that normal service will be restored to-morrow. After a conference between Commis- sioner MaoStay and Police Inspector O'Brien, in charge of traffic, It was an- nounced that Fifth Avenue, between Washington Square and 59th Street, . would be closed to all north and south- bound vehicle traffic hetween 7 A. M. and 4 P, M. to-morrow to allow the re moval of the snow. ‘Traffic on cross streets will not be interfered with. Major General David O. Shanks of the Port of Embarkation, hag offered to the city 150 five-ton army trucks with chauffeurs for use to-morrow, They have been accepted, and 100 will work in Manhattan and §0 in Brooklyn, HOPE TO CLEAR RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO-MORROW, ‘Permission has ‘been granted to demonstrate on Riverside to-morrow Drive to-morrow afternoon a tank wich, it is sald, will melt the snow by generation of a sort of liquir fire, With this it is hoped to clear River= side Drive to 136th Street. Three hundred negroes, part of gang emplayed by a contractor were rushed there to-day from up-State to axsist in cleaning the streets. Local contracting firms also loancd men, In the Bronx 1,600 men and 110 trucks were cleaning the streets. Of- ficials Of Swift & Co. and Wilson & Co., packers, offered the services of their forces to-morrow to aid in the work. Mayor Hylan issued a call to the owners or lesses of buildings to clear their own sidewalks and gutters, Act- ing on instructions policemen also visited houses near fire hydrants and urged the householders to clear the snow away from the hydrants, Mayor Hylan said this morning that, as suggested by The Evening World, the Police Department is co-operating in every way with the Street Cleaning Department and with volunteer work- ers in the removal of snow. In each Precinct the captains, sergeants and / patrolmen are assisting in directing the work. The Mayor also notified Police Cour ssioner Enright that he had learned that agitators are attemnting to induce snow shovelers to quit work for higher pay. The Mayor censured Job EB. Hedges. receiver for the New York Raily: Company, charging that he hag made no effort to perform his duty and © made no effort to operate cars,”’ or attempted to clean the streets on which the cars run. The Mayor in- structed Corporation Counsel Burr to i eee . |tsse this matter up with Judge Better Weather Conditions Ex-| Mayer of the Federa! Court. pected to Aid in Distribution Except for the stretch between AOS ths Fifty-ninth and Ninety-ninth Streets s, on the route of the Lexington Ave- Lower prices for perishable foods, {n-| nue line surface traffic was complete. cluding butter and eggs, are expected! ly dc.v.alized, not a car moving on gerly next week, any of the other nes operated by ‘The explanation is that wholesale! i. New York Railway Compa: dealers having large siocks on hand)" sone ang ¢l med ee have been prevented by the atorm from} SWPWay and elevated service was aking the usual deliveries In the out-|PPFoximately normal, though some lying districts. ‘The wholesale price of | delay wae caused by the extra loads. exes is expected to drop to about 50| Railway service into and out of the nts, It was 58 to-day, city was resuming normal Trains alle @ In Washington Ma wet did aj from the south and west were dé phenomenal business to-day, selling to} those who came from consid ble dis. | layed. On the Long Island Raliway tunces because their local dealers were| conditions showed slight imerdie unable to supply them. The LEvening ment. World's food expert sald he saw no signs of price boosting, however, on the Une bremeed detain } Volunteers early Pd eae the Mayor’eappeal for