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Bren Ste ; The TO-NIGHT’S WEATHER—Fair. [@ Circulation Books Open to All,’’ | Rae PURE ION VOL. LX. NO. 21,353—DAILY. Copyvight, Co. (The 1820, oy The Press Publivning w York World). YORK, W NEW NEW CONFESSION IN $5,000,000 WALL STREE EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY tt) f “Circulation Books Open to all.” | 1920. Katered ns Post Off PALMER WL AGT TO STOP RL STR Administration gard Walkout Order to Track Men as Illegal. PRESIDENT WILL ACT. Hines Will Deliver Govern- ment’ the Men TosDay. WASHINGTON, 11.—Director General Hines conferred with At- torney General Palmer to-day of the threaténed railroad strike situation. Mr. Palmer denied that the Depart- ment of Justice was contemplating action, declaring that any such state- ments were unwarranted at thjs time. Mr, Palmer would not how- ever, that the department would not say, eventually take a hand, The At- torney General did not discuss the that the Government possibility * might resort to injunction proceed- ings to stay the threatened strikes as int did in the case of the bitunin- ous coal mine strike. Railroad Administration regard as illegal the order sent to 300,000 maintenance of way workers to hold themselves in readiness to quit work Feb."17 unless their de- mands are met Officials of this umion here to-day are planning an appeal to President Wilson over the head of Rail Director Hines as a last resort, they said, before putting the strike into effect. Hines is to meet the officials of al tho unions late to-day to give them an answer to their comnvunica- officials tton of yesterday. Later he will ave a separate conference with President W. G. Lee of the Brother- bood of Railway Trainmen who re- fused to sign the communication. It is understood his answer to the other leaders will be a refusal to meet their full demands, According to President L. E. Shep- pard of the Order of Railway Con- ductors the unions are determined to act af tholr demands are not mot. “But we wish to present a com- munication to the Railroad Adminis- tration,” he said, “which will put us im @ more, tactical position when it becomes necessary to act. We are making plain to Mr, Hines that we are determined that we must have the wage increases we asked. We shafl not compromise. We cannot compromise our convictions. We not back down nor reduce our demands.” Railroad Administration officials say privately they do not believe the unions will strike. They are making every preparation, however, to meet @ wtrike situation if it develops. President Wilson has not yet given Hines any advice as how to proceed. Atter his conferences with the union representatives, Hines will report to fhe President. It is thought likely Himes wil! try to see the President before night. The Committee of Ten, represent- ing the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employees, arrived to-day from Detroit and immediately went tmto conference with J. B, Mulloy, ‘Vice President of the union, and its other representatives in the negotia- tions with Mr. Hine DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 11.—Main- tenance of way workers and shopmen will pay no attention t \njunction issued restraining from striking, A Barker, G President of the Brotherhood, vlared to-day. ool at de- BUI Officials Re-| o-_-- GET THE COU | ——" Every Department Has Plan to Fasten Extra Army to Its Payroll. FIND MANY But It Means a 10-Cent Tax on Every Man, Woman and | Child in Nation. | sXCUSES. By Martin Green. | (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, Feb, 11.—In these days, with the engineers of our Gov- ernment machinery fluence of war throwing public money away attained almost to the dignity of a rite, talking in hundreds of millions and billions, when the prospect of piling a deficit of $4,000,000,000 on the backs of the taxpayers creates not nearly so much excitement in Congress as an utter- ance by William Jennings Bryan, mention of a paitry ten millions {s a piker’s pastime ; 1 Nevertheloss, let us be pikers to- day and talk abudt $10,000,000 which! il, under the in- conditions when the departmental and bureau chiefs of | the Government hope to distribute in; the next fiscal year as recompense for new jobs. After all the average c to be more famillar with $10,000,000 as expressed in then with $1,000,000,000, although $10,000,000 is a tidy sum, The population of the United States is estimated at 110,000,- 000. If it were possible for the Gov- ernment to levy a tax of 10 cents upon every person in the country, from babes in arms to nonogenarians, the clean up would amount to $11,000,000, MEANS A 10-CENT TAX FOR EACH ONE OF US. So any reader perusing this article can figure that it has for him or her & personal financial interest amount- ing to a little less than 10 cents, be- cause if Congress passes the item I am about to set down it will mean taking a little less than 10 cents out of the pocket of every human being within the borders of the Nation in order that a new army of tax eaters zen is Wkely figures may be taken from productive enter- prises and ‘chained the public payroll. The financial affairs of the Government are so complicated that even exp are frequently stumped in trying to figuke out where the money goes. Many of the channels are underground. Others are camouflaged at the source, but are plainly in view th fter because experience h: taught legislators that the pub! never thinks long about expendi- tures for Governmental purposes. Once money is appropriated, it is gone from the control of the con- tributors forever and ever, In the tace of positive knowledge that unless Congress goes through the estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year of 1920-1921 with flam: throwers instead of hot air the 110,- 000,000 inhabitants of the United States, including the millions who are earning nothing because they are too young and the millions who are sim- {larly situated because they are too old or are ill or crippled or in jail, will be liable to an additional tax of about $40 cach, the bureau chiefs propose to dissipate $10,000,000 in sal- aries and expenses of new employees. Estimating the average Government | salary at $2,000 a year, which 1s too| put ment payrolls, Looking over the iter jmates of the Treasury Department | we find that Congress is asked to ap- | propriate $100,000 for control of bio- | logic products, No further \nforma- tion is forthcoming from the papers in the case, but the dictionary tells (Continued op Seventeenth Page.) $10,114,000 FOR NEW JOBS, PEACE ‘ECONOMY AT CAPITAL SAYS NEWBERRY SPENT $800,000 FOR ELECTION Witness Swears One of the Defendants Named Huge Sum in Michigan. GRAND RAPIDS, M. associate editor of the Grand Rapids Herald, testified late lay at the Newberry trial that he told ®y Richard Fletcher, State Labor Cor Newberry went $800,000 to win the election.” “I told Fletcher I knew Newberry t half @ milion,” he stated. Feb, 11.—Frank Sparks, to was sioner, tha’ pe “Pletcher laughed. ‘Half a qniliion?* he id, "Why, Dewberry . spent gerade ‘oaow Way ofa raeng about.’ Pk is a defendant —_—_ — “MY WIFE,” TWO SAY ON SEEING PICTURE. Husband Who Left Woinan Re- turns to Find Her Wed Again, and She Is Held. 1910, when cher Ev Ruppert since Louls H. his wife separated in Edgewater, N, J., Ruppert has been and wandeving over the face of the earth, always keeping in mind the woman he left behind. He returned to the United States not long and last Monday met Peter L, son, who lives at No. 571 Second Avenue, After some talk Jackson fished out of his pocket a picture of a hand- some Woman und proudly announced hat's my wife. What do you f her? wit excliimed Ruppert she is! She's my upon charged Mrs. Jackson of No. 216 West with bigamy, olan heid her for the on # $1,000 bond, which was supplied by Ruppert nena ean FLOUR PRICE DROPS 50 CENTS A BARREL Minneapolis Market Is Now $1 Lower Than One Week Ago, ' MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb, 11 the second time within a weeix dropped cents @ barrel at the market The decline ts attributed to the uncer- tain and erratic wheat situation, Standard flour in pound cotton socks was quoted at $12.25 4 barrel, one jollar lower than a week ago. RUNS FOR CONGRESS ON BEER PLATFORM Effort to Amend Prohibition En- forcement to Permit Light Wines Will Be Made at Polls, SHINGTON, p. 11.—The first ution that the fight to make the wet again, by omending the on Bnforcemer iil start t mat It candidates for Congr is expected 88 will come into the 4, promising th oleeted, they will work to amend the law:so thas! ight wines and beer will be jegal. ‘Thig | drought about by simply chang- ing jaw, which now bars beverages con- taining i of 1 per cent, alooho, +: can b SCHLESWIG VOTES TO JOIN DENMARK BY THREE 10 ONE talaga Latest Returns Show 93,235 Against 31,400 f Germany. COPENHAGEN, Fob. 11.—Latest returns in the Schleswig plebescite give Denmark 93,235 votes to 31,400 for Germany. A comparatively large percentage of the German votes were recorded in the larger towns, partially because of a decision of the Supreme Council al- lowing all persons born in a voting zone, not excepting children, German officials and soldiers in garrisons, to vote. As a result, at many places ther: were five times as many German voters as Danish. Bgouredd at oudert, wire: Streets in front of newspaper of- fices here were thronged with crowds singing national songs. When it was reported that in one} village 174 votes had been cast for} Denmark and none for Germany the crowd went mad with delight Dispute Claim An Re of Vote. LONDON, Feb, 11. (Associated Press).—Indications of German suc- cess are claimed on the face of first reports from the Schleswig plebiscite, says a despatch to the Exchange Tel- egraph Company from Amsterdam, quoting a Flensburg message to tho “Handel sblad. oan SAIL FIRST CUP RACE JULY 15 Royal Ulster Yacht Club Makes An- nouncement—No Official Re- port Here. LONDON, Feb, 11.—The first race for the America's cup In the international regatta between Sir Thomas Lipt challen; & yacht Shamrock IV. the New York Yacht Club's unnamed defender will be sailed on Thursday, July 15, according to an announce made here to-day by the Royal Yacht Club of which Sir Thomas is a member, Ge and Following the meeting of the New York Yacht Club held here on Jan. 16 {t was unofficially reported that the chi had agreed to hold the races over the Sandy, Hook course beginning on Thursday, July 15 and to continue on Saturday, July 17; Tueadlay, July 20; Thursday, July 22, and Saturday, July 24, weather permitting, or un , time as one of the competing yachts had won three out of five races, ‘The officials of the New York Yacht Club would neither confirm nor deny these reports. |FIVE TO TEN YEAR TERM FOR GITLOW Make Penalty Heavier for Former Assemblyman, Benjamin Gitlow, forme: Assemblyman, was to-day sentenced by eme Court to from five to sin Sing Sing for ad: the overthrow of the United State rnaent by low means of viole w # convicte g and publishing in the J ry Age a manife Hv | overthrow of the Government by \ina reby and violence In sentencing him Justice Weeks suid ‘he regretted he could not give him a longer term. Gitlow's imprisonment once. will t at ee ae Racing Entries on | Justice Weeks Regrets He Can't] viding for Soctatist |of notes, leay Justice Weeks in the Criminal Branch | ferees tt Landing NTRY BACK ON PEACE BASIS) CFNAT(D | (INGE (FFERS NINE RESERVATION AME 4 NDMENTS casita Preamble, Domestic Questions and Shantung Are Among Proposed Changes. NOTHING ON ARTICLE X. Amendments Follow Lines of Those Agreed Upon at Bi-Partisan Parleys. WASHINGTON, Lodge offered in amendments tions to the Peace Treaty to-day, The amendments are those worked Feb. 11.—Senator the Senate nine to the Lodge reserva- out in the bi-partisan treaty confer- ences recently held in Lodge's office. ‘They affect the preamble, withdraw- al, domestic questions, Shantung, naming of American representatives to the League, payment of the United States’ shure of League exponse, dis- armament, status of foreign nation- als under Article 16 and voting power. Senator Lodge did not submit an amendment on Article X. or the Monroe Doctrine. The amendment to the remmrvertinn 6: voting fotar by the only one of those submitted on which virtual agreement had not been reached in the bi-partisan conference. Senator Lai action to-day made the bi-partisan agreement the “of- ficial programme” of tho Lodge forces in the Senate. The Senator hopes to got the support of Demo- crats for the changes because the Democrats in the bi-partisan confer- ence had agreed to most of the amendments presented to-day. Presentation of the amendments paved the way for aotual work on the treaty os soon as it Is called up next Monday. Senator Lodge asked that they be printed to make sure. He had them printed before making the request and copies were distributed to all Senators, Lodge said that the amendments of- fered to-day do not in every case fol- low the exact wording of the bi-pur- tisan agreement, but the changes are for the most part mere etmination of superfluous words, In the reservation on withdrawal Senator Laxlge proposed te meet the point ralsed by President Wilson in his letter to Senator Hitcheock—that the President should given the right to veto a withdra olution passed by Congress—by stating that the notice may be given ‘by .he Pres! dent or by Congress alone a majority of both Houses may deem it necessary.” —_ CHANGES MADE AT CONFERENCE IN RESERVATIONS whenever These Form the Basis of Amendments Offered To-Day by Lodge. The Evening World on Jan, the 3 pubs Nehed the follow tials that von ud been partisan conference cf 8 had agreed to str “| ROBERT ccuptance Ameri- | ations by at least three of the four principul allied und asso- lated powers, th an exchan, ing eamble to pro: vid ! The con- simply And Nied aid 7 WITHDRAWAL FROM LE dn this reservation a tentative ugr © (Continued on Second Page.) _ TAKE BELL-ANS APTER MEAL! we Ant GOOD DIGESTION makes you } LR I CAPTALED MONEY FOR SUBNAY SEVEN TIMES OVER Pyramided Investment of $19,- 000,000 Until Securities Reached $139,000,000. BIG GAIN IN EARNINGS. Revenue Ample to Pay Taxes, Rentals and Security Obliga- tions Over Operation. One of the most Interesting revela- tlons yet made concerning the re markable financial success of the In- terborough Company wan contained in a report made to the Board of Estimate at to-day's traction inquiry by Duncan MacInness, Chief Auditor of the Finance Department, after an investigation of the traction com- pany’s books. ‘The report shows that the actual cash investment in the original eub- way was not more than $19,000,000 and that on this the Interborough bullded and pyramided until its securities reached $189,000,000. In other words, tho “Rhperboroogh — capitalized original investment seven times over. ‘This @ the Information Comptrotier Craig has long sought. “L consider the $19,000,000 cash tn- vestment discovery in connection with the 139,000,000 securities the most important fact brought out in this investigation,” sald the Comp- troller, The $139,000,000 worth of securities Is divided ag follows: $85,000,000 of Interborough stock, $70,000,000 in In- termet 4 1-28 and $34,000,000 worth Intermet common which was con- ted into Interborough Consoll- dated, Mr, MacInness reports that the way the books of’ the Interborough are kept it Is almost impossible for an outalder to examine them intellig ly. Ho blames the Public Service Commission for this condition of af “Dam sapping and mining and said Mr. Maolnness supplemented . chief attor- fairs getting results, “And — bombing,” James L. Quac ney for the I BIG INCREASE IN GROSS OPER- ATING REVENUE, Wood D. Lowtoun, Deputy Commis- sioner of Accounts, testified that a comparative analysis of the opera- tions of the Interborough Rapid Tran- sit Company, Subway Division, for the years 1917, 1018 1919 shows that the gross operat revenue in- 5.15, of .01797 per cent., In 1918 over 1917, and $2,791,760, (1278 per cent., in 1919 over 1918. “It shows that the business of the Interborough which is seeking an eight cent fare, is increasing by leaps and bounds,” said Corporation Coun- sel Burr Mr. Loudon's report, read into the record, said: he operating expenses, including or which was (Continued on Thirteenth Page.) U. JOHNSON ENVOY TO ITALY resident Wo Send Nomination of New Yq . Author to Senate Soot for Ratification. WASHINGTON, 11.—Rober Underwood Je of New York, au or and ¢ 4 one of the founders} of. 4 to Enforce Peace, elected vy President Wilson Ainbassador to to succeed 1 Page Thomas Nels of Virginia, stil go tu the Senate iu M . f tho Centu 191s. He Induced Gi ment which created the Yosemite Na- tonal Park, 1929: 1 steak, Second-Clase jee, New York, tts _ % PAGES. S PRICE TWO CENTS. $$$ T THEFT Pio TWONEW ARRESTS INPLOT TO STEAL $5,000,000 BONDS. 2 Brothers Accused of Part in Big — Wall Street Thefts—Prisoners —— Said to Have Confessed Taking $2,000,000 Securities. - : * After an all-night hunt detectives to-day made two more arrests in | the Wall Street messenger conspiracy to steal securities and Liberty ~ bonds in excess of $5,000,000, Soon after daybreak Detectives Mc- Donald, Mayer, Brown and Minheim knocked at the door of Rudolph Bunora’s apartment at No, 927 Tremont Avenue, the Bronx, and as he answered the door, not yet quite awake, they arrested him on the charge of receiving $21,000 in stolen securities. He was taken to the Tombs, He is twenty-four years old. ----oooor > A few moments later they arrested ITALY WOULD MAKE _ /""* brother, Herbert, nineteen years CITIZENS WORK AS |°% #24 charsed that he stole $146,- 000 worth of Crucible Steel securities: ‘TAX ON LAZINESS’ after being employed for only one £ " hour by Clark, Childs & Co., brokers, Bill in Parliament Proposes Agricul- | o¢ no. 135 Broadway. tural Colonies for All Con- Ho got employment there under the victed Idlers, name of Irving Parnell, it is alleged, ROME, Feb. 1. in November, and one hour after his Li, uble-bodied citizens “or |Dame-and address Wére taken for the — Maly between twenty and |firm records a clerk gave him the sixty-five would be required | bonds to deliver to a purchaséf,, He to work by the provisions of u bill | was not seen since until bis arrest introduced in Partlament by Glo- | this morning. * that it is < vanni Lombardi, Independent 8o- clalist Deputy, who calls the measure “a tax on lasiness.” Persons who fall to work are eubjected to heayy levies under the provisions of the bill, Money thus acquired would be used to maintain those unable: to work and keep up agricultural colonies to which able-bodied persons who fall to wona would be sent. <ntuieeaiplicinccetniscit REDS’ FOES SINK SHIP; Moscow to-day says “According to a message from Novo Tiosaisk, when the volunteer transport Karantin with officers and offictals and their wives and children aboard, num- bering 1,400, left Marlupol (in the Rua- slan province of Yekaterinoslay) on the Holatteviki, the vol- ed at deing loft A shell plereed : sip. r and the ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 11.—The St of Greater New York would be created under the provisions ef a bill intro- duced in the Senate to-day by Senator The Bunora brothers, Irving and {Joseph Gluck and Edward J, Furey | ere held in $100,000 bail each in the Centre Street Police Court by Magie- trate Hurris (this afternoon, ‘They were formally charged with stealing $107,000 worth of bonds in a short gf- fidavit ‘by Detective Brown. They will be examined Saturday, It le alleged Rudolph Bunora re- ceived the $21,000 in securities from the Gluck brothers, whose name has been associated with the conspiracy. It Is alleged they were stolen in May, 1,400 PERSONS DROWN | 1919. Most of tho Crucible Steel ee- Sicha: curities have been recovered in : siaal a Washington, Philadelphia and New Transport Shelled and All On| vor. Davia W. Gittivan, a ae Board Killed, Says Message York broker, has been arrested, From Bolsheviki. |charged with trying to negotiate LONDON, Fob. 11—A wireless dis-|!0ans on thom after they were patch from the Soviet Government at] Stolen. |FOUR SAID TO HAVE CON- FESSED $1,000,000 THEFTS. | Admissions that they had stolen | $1,000,000 worth of bonds and securi- | ties the last six months were made to- day by Herbert and Rudolph Benora and Irving and Joseph Gluck, accord- statement made by Bernard nn, manager of the claim de- J | a BO transport sank with | partment of the American Surety all aboard” Bas |Company after he had questioned — | them at Police Headquarters, WOULD DIVIDE N. Y. STATE.| wawara 5. Furey would admit —--— nothing, according to McGinn, The Metropolitan Dintrict W five prisoners were cross-examined parate State Under B by Assistant District Attorney Mur- phy, William J, Griffin of the National Surety Company and Deputy Commig- sioner Lehay. This plot was carefully aid," said MeGarry Aside from the five counties Mr. McGinn, “and as sure as 1 am prising Greater New York, the }living these boys would have stolen | State would includ — the $5,000,000 in bonds they planned Westchester, Putnam, Duchess, . | for if it had not bee Greene: Mullivany sechiaad aad Orenae! jad not been for anether ' $10,400,000 FOR N. Y. BAY. mend | Government Engineers Reco Waterway Plan to Congr WASHING u Lower New $10,100,000, Jor $ York Bay th inital # 0, was recommended to Co nment enginee 20-foot plates a wide N Var | forcement | Staten Tal jared the ground onfacalory. (e Argument for a tomporary injunction il be heard Wub, 20, 19 Pe nan- | youth giving them away.” | A Mr. clerit employed by |Clurk Childs & Co. appeared in the |Tombs Court and identified Herbert | Nunora as the hoy who got away with $145,000 worth of Crucible Steel seouri- | ties, ink Keen, messenger boy employed by fer Brothers, brokers of No, 120 Broadway looked over the prisoners jand failed to find among them the j thief who heid him up tn a dark hell nd took from him $5,000 im bonds last November, Se | IDENTIFY PRISONERS, In « further attempt to connect the ners with other thefts im the ed district, scrub women and aners from the Equitable Building, building at No, 135 Broadway and Adems Express Building, at Ne 61 Broadway will be brought to the Tombs to-day to look them ever, The police believe they have an rested important members of @ eyn~ dicate of sneak thieves whose Od ig to egret shemachves: im: the

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