The evening world. Newspaper, February 13, 1920, Page 1

[* Circulation | Books Open to All. | I “Circulation Books Open to All” | ¥ VOL. LX. NO. 21,355—DAILY. Conrrignt, anet by The (The New Press Pal York World). NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920. Rntered an Second=Chans Tost Office, New York, iter Ys. GET THE COUNTRY BACK ON Peace Basis}|$? 190,000 VOTED “SELL SHIPS, SCRAP YARDS” PLAN 5 STRONELY BACKED Shipping sade te Indorses It by Proposed Sale of Ger- man Boats. SAVING OF BILLIONS. Even Opponents of Evening World Suggestion Admit Need for Action. By Martin Green. (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The plan ef the Shipping Board to sell thirty ships seized from Germany at the outbreak of the war, including the ®igantic Leviathan, is an emphatic indorsement of the suggestion of The Evening World that, in the interests | ef q anomy and taxation relief, all the 4 tps owned by the Government, however acquired, and all the ships mow under construction, should be wold as rapidly as buyers can be at- tracted and the whole shtpubullding plant of the Shiping Board should be disposed of to; ‘2ct shipbuilders. It-{s no breach of confidence to say @et men of vision having to do with the management of the Shipping Board @re in hearty agreement with The Bening World’s suggestion, although some of them, before they became at- tached to the organization, were ad- vocates of the op -tion of a mer- chant marine by the Government. ‘They now see the possibility of reduc- img the impending treasury deficit by @me billion dollars. Yven those who are the most ener- getic synporters of the Pmergency Fleet Corporation's merchant ma- rine programme know that the idea is utterly impracticable and, if adopted, will ‘have to be abandoned eventually beasuse of the tremendous losses which Government operation will en- tail. Such losses would be made up by the payment of subsidies, WOULD MEAN $200,000,000 A YEAR Loss. It is mot denied that Govern- ment ownership and operation of 0 movenent marine source of additi ni 1 pointed out perts associated with the Sh ping Board estimate that the sub- sidy demanded would amount to $200,000,000 annually. This is the minimum. The estimate applies only to operation on the bi of the estimated value of the ation repairs and replacements. Proof that the boosters of the Government-owned and oper- ated merchant marine anticipate ‘an operation deficit under their plan is found in the fact that they are pianing to hide the subsidy from the public. The scheme is to shift it to the Post Oifice De- partment under the cover of pay- ment for carrying the mails and to the Army and Navy Depart- ments under the cover of furnish- ing officers and crews to operate the ships. ‘The Shipping Board is building at |MAURETANIA MUST HAVE A NEW BAR TO SATISFY THIRSTY Liner Drunk Dry Shortly After Passiny Outside Three Mile Zone From New York, SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 13. LTHOUGH the Cunard liner Mauretania had a record stock of liquors placed on board her at New York, the steamer’s lockers were empty on her arrival here. The liner’s bar was besieged by thirsty passengers from the mo- ment she passed outside the three- mile zone The Mauretania’s stewards de- clare increased storage room for beverages 1s absolutely necessary fo r future trips. U.S.CANT OPERATE VESSELS AT PROFIT UNDER PROHIBITION Chairman Payne Tells Wilsor and Congress Why Vessels Should Be Sold. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Represen- Mead, Democrat, New York, made public a letter from Chairman tative Payne, explaining the reasons for the forthcoming public sale of the German ships. similar lette> to President Wilson The letter to Representative Mead follows: Chairman Payne has written a “Answering your inquiry re sale of the ex-German passenger ships, the reasons were principally these: “1—It is the opinion of the Shipping Board that we will probably not be able to operate passenger ships under prohibition successfully in competition with foreign ships which sell liquor. The reason why is: In December we fitted out the Moce: to to South America. Her berths were all sold, When | announced that in view of the policy of Congress of the country, Govern- ment ships would not be permit- ted to sell liquor, one half of the sailings were immediately can- celled. “2. We advertised the ex-German ships and for twenty were offered $20,000,000. We hud a careful cal- culation made as to the cost of re- conditioning these ships for passenge service, dnd reached the sum of $57,- 000,000. In view of the present situ- ation, tt did not seam to us that we an expense, “3. Conditions in the shipping world are such that it is our conviction Continued on Twenty-fourth Page.) oe SUNDAYWORLD “Help Wanted” Ads. LEFT IN THE WORLD OFFICE TO-DAY (FRIDAY) ARE. SURE OF PUBLICATION, EARLY ADS. GET THE) PREFERENCE WHI SUNDAY ADS. HAVE % \eonviction that the ships can be su |cossfully operated in private owner- ship, we bolieve the sale should be | made. | “4. Two conditions are insisted upon by the board: (a) That the ships shall remain under the Ameértcan flag; (®) \tnat they are to be sailed in the re || | indicated by the Shipping Board. This, | we believe, will adequately protect the Wane hoc ere || BE OMITTED : : : :_3ij|grmy haan. that there will never be a time when | we can sell the ships to better advan- |tage than now, and since it {s our | United State |to garbage and ashes, The policemen were justified in inourring so large | TO GLEAN STREETS; MORE SNOW FALLS Estimate Board Grants Request | for Work on Which $1,000,- 000 Has Been Spent. LABOR AGAIN SHORT. Early Morning Storm ‘Hampers ‘Clearing of Thoroughfares— Weather Antics Puzzle. The Board of Estimate this after- | noon voted $2,190,000 for emergency snow removal. Of this sum, $2,000,000 went to the Street Cleaning Depart- $150,000 to the Borough of Queens, $10,000 to the Borough of Richmond, and $30,000 to the Depart- ment of Plant and Structures for the ment, removal of snow and ice from bridges. Arnold B. MacStay, Commissioner of Streets, in asking the Board for $2,000,000 to finish the cleaning of he streets af snow, said that this was the heaviest year for his de- pattment wince 1914, and that he had already apent $1,000,000. ‘The Commissioner explained that there is no regular appropriation for snow removal excapt $300, the custom being to wait until the emergency arises and meet it as efficiently as possible. = morning and lasted until noon drove away many of the workers, and Mr. McStay said that less than 15,000 emergency and regular men were now working. Among these were },000 police in Manhattan alone, and the Commis- sioner praised their work. He said that the department is allowing these men seventy-five cents for their meals which is all the extra pay they are receiving. The department has 250 snow ploughs and sweepers keeping clean those streets already cleared, and pre- parcd to meet any storm emergency. Commissioner MacStay added that the principal thoroughfares have been made passable, and that the depart- ment is concentrating on the cross- town streets, “As soon as we can get round to it we will dig out Hedges’s trolley lines,” was Mayor Hylan’s comment. “We are giving all possible attention |have done good work on the bridges and now are working on the Bowery. Commissioner Enright has asked for more volunteérs.” The antics of the weather have got the weather bureau guessing. “The map and the sun don’t agree,” said the weather man this afternoon. “The map says that the centre of the storm which is passing up the coast, should leave for trans-Atlantic points about 5 o'clock, ‘The indications are that there will be rain, or sleet, or pos- sibly more snow before we are through with this storm. Unless weather maps can err, the tempera- ture should fall to about 25 or 26 de- grees above zero by tomorrow morn- jing— but. He paused and gazed at the sun lwhich was stili shining. | Traffic conditions improved. All surface lines maintained the gains (Continued on Second Page.) od GOVERNOR SLAIN FOR AIDING U. S. MAN ‘The snow fall which set in this; Panaman Executive Perrigault Was Many Years Consul in New York City. PANAMA, Feb. the Provir the TAKE 18 A. Eatine GOOD DIGESTION makes you foel.— Adr 1, WORLD. PRAY, eyiane, ¥ aeneal re han K | Che top Mone orden and tr ‘ER MBALS and coo along advices received here It is said a W naman $27,000,000 JUMPIN BUDGET IN 192 PREDICTED BY-CRAlG tntiations Ave E Are aeenn Wi il) Exceed All Revenues by $10,000,000. | HIGHER RATE ON TAXES.| $12,500,000 Needed for !n- crease in Teachers’ Pay and $12,000,000 for Paving. There will be an inerease in the| New York City budget for 1921 of about $27,000,000 over the record budget of 1920, Comptroller Craig pre- dicted to-day at the meeting of the Board of Estimate, The Comptroller estimated the 1921 budget would be approx’mately $301,000,000, as against $273,089,455.13 for the current year. Of the prospective $27,000,000 crease, according to figures quoted by Mr. Craig, $12,000,000 will be for repaving, $12,500,000 for increases in salaries of teachers and $2,600,000 for increases to other city employees. Real estate valuations, the Comp- troller said, probably will be in- creased about $70,000,000, ‘The in- creased taxes resulting from this in- creased valuation, he said, would be about $17,600,000. He pointed out that this would be approximately $10,000,000 short of the amount added to the budget and would necessarily result in a higher tax rate. NINE HURT IN FIGHT ON AMERICAN SHIP. Crew and Officers in Pitched Bat- tle at Danish Port—Intoxica- tion Blamed. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 13.—Nine men were injured, two of them seriously, in two pitched battles yesterday between officers and the crew of the American steamer Bottenwood, tying in the Dan- ish port of Middetfart. Four of the crew were arrested. tI fs alleged that the trouble was caused by the intoxication of the crew, made up of men of various nationalities. ‘The pblice of Middelfart have prohib- ited the sale of liquor to foreign sea- men in the Fumure. ‘The steamer Bottenwood is not ¢eon- tained in available shipping records, ‘The vessel referred to }s probably the American steamer Buttopwood, which sailod from Philadélphia on Nov. 11 last for Libau, Middelfart and Hamburg. “DRY” U.S. ADDS TO WORLD MISERY, ENGLAND IS TOLD Austen Chamberlain Says We Eat More Sugar and Increase Shortage. LONDON, Feb. 13. USTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, said tn the House of Commons to-day that the world’s sugar production was short, and because America was “dry” she was using much more sugar “To add to the miseries of the world, the United States goes dry,’ r, Chamberlain declared. WOMAN PLUNGES 2,000 FEET TO DEATH | BEFORE CAMERA| Movie Machine Records Fall When Parachute Fails to Open After Leap From Airplane. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13. HILE a movie camera in W another airplane clicked, Mrs. Ethel Broadwick, thirty years old, plunged 2,000 feet to her death here. Mrs. ‘Broadwick, an airplane ‘stunt’ woman, was demonstrating a parachute pat- ented by her husband. The device failed to open. Charles Broadwick, her husband, stood watching her. As the young woman dropped she was seen to struggle with the apparatus. She landed on her feet, but her bod: crushed. BOY'S WIRELESS LOCATES SISTER, LOST 13 YEARS Amateur Operator's Appeal, Spread. Over 800 Miles, Restores Missing Girl. ‘TOLEDO., 0, Feb. 13.—Located by a wireless telegraph despatch sent out from her brother's amateur ptant, Cleo Archer, seventeen yours old, lost for thirteen years, has been restored to her mother’s home here. ‘Two weeks ago Lester Archer sent out @ wireless call to all amateur wireless plants within a cadius of 800 miles, asking them to help locate his @ster. Yesterday he was informed | that she could be found on a farm | ear Rockford, 0. Young Archer went to the farm of Elis Williams and claimed his sister, who ‘had been re- moved from a children’s home near Lima, O., thirteen years ago and had been sought by her mother in many cities, Three times the mother had sought in vain by court action to force the, children’s home authorities to reveal the persons who had taken her daughter, She had given up the earch. « Lester and hi spister placed in the home during domestic difficulties between their parents. The girl, then four years old, had not was given by the home authorities to a private family. Lester is, nine- teen years old. a MAYOR CALLS OFF HIS VACATION TRIP Snow Crisis Prevents Palm Beach Trip, and Whalen Is Kept had been} been in the home a month before she | DYNAMITE USED BY SINN FEINERS; POLICEMAN SLAIN Several Others Injured by Explosion of Bomb in Allihies Ireland. ROUND- UP IN DUBLIN. British Military Arrest Many Leaders of the Republican Movement. DUBLIN, Feb. 13--A_ band armed men blew up one end of the of police barracks at Allihies last night, injuring according to word revived killing one policeman and several, here to-day. (Allinies Ballydonegan Bay, on the extreme southwestern is on point of Ireland, 70 miles east of Cork.) Several Sinn Fetners were arrested In the course of a round-up by military sorces in this clty early to-day. faut! Mey FLAUNT SINN FEIN FLAGS IN LONDON AS ENGLAND IS “BOOED” Royal Albert Hail Filled With Shouting Irish Demanding a Republic, LONDON, Feb, 18.—On the eve of Premier Lloyd George’s announce- ment that the new Irish Home Rule Bill probably will be introduced next week, an enthusiastic audience car- rying Sinn Fein flags filled the Royal Albert Hall here for a demonstration |in favor of self-determination for Ireland, The, word England was “booed” while Chairman A. O'Brien was speak- ing in support of an Irish republic, and several persons were thrown out |for interrupting the meeting. A strong military picket was at the en- trance to prevent attendance of sol- |dierg in uniform, Only 10,000 of the 50,000 applicants for seats coukl be accommodated. / Unalterable. WASHINGTON, Feb. of the brotherhoods, “based on justice to all interests.” to lead to further negotiations, counter proposition to the men, and WILSON'S MEETING WITH RATLROADERS.. LIKE STAGE PLAY Workers Seek to De to Demonstrate That They Will Give Up No Advantages. By David Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of The Eve- ning World.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 1920 {Copyright, 1920].—President Wilson sat in an invalid’s chair on the South Portico of the White House and endeavored to persuade repre- sentatives of the Railroad Brother- hoods that thef must consider the While Arthur Griffith, Acting Presl- dent of the Irish Republic, was apeak- ling he yas interrupted until, after | something approaching a free fight, several persons were driven out. Prominent on the platform was Mrs, Despard, sister of Lord French, the Insh Viceroy, | aE S ‘CANADA THREATENS | TO QUIT THE LEAGUE | Notifies Great Britain She Will Not Consent to Lenroot Resolution Relating to Vote. OTTAWA, Feb. 13—Cannda has given Great Britain notice that it db- Jects to any change in the covenant of the League of Nations which wil prevent Dominion from being a full-fledged member of the Leagye and having a vote in the Assembly, ~ | After a meeting of the Cabinet last night urgent representations were for- warded to the Imperial authorities pro- testing against acceptance by Great Britain of the Lenroot reservation to the peace treaty which is now being | Here by Illness. Mayor Hylan, who was to have left to-day with Mra. Hylan for Palm Beach, Fla., changed his mind suddenly this morning and armounced he had post- poned Lis vacation indefinitely, owing to the predicament of the city as a resul af the snowstorm. He ennounced th: | the City | suffered a re and had been apartment in the | Waverly F Commission forbidden him | Florida Hote’ The Whalen mmedia A rr member interrupted with, r the benefit of the wérld,” to which Lady Nancy Astor added, “and humanity as a whole.’ Mr, Chamberlain would not say that the United Sta should not have gone dry, but the effect was ¢ ly unfortunate, and he the nt that the moderate drink. er, like himself, waa a good citi- zen - a (Racing Entries on Page 2.) ‘ ‘The Mayor munication with Mr announced that all pla Uon trip had been canceled. Mrs. Hylan, accomps y Commis stoner and Mrs. Grover Whalen, wouid start for Palm Be. to-night Ten minutes after the Mayor had | made this announcement he received a telophone message saying that Com- | missioner Whalen, while on bis way to considered by the United States Senate, athens | WOMAN IN HIS HOME SEIZED AS BURGLAR sklyn Man Pursues Her Through Window in Pajamas—Mistake in House, She Says. Jennie | Lombardi, thirty-five Miss | yeara old, who sald she lived on Hudson Avenue, Brook! ‘aigned in the Gates Avenue Court, Brooklyn to-day on a charge of burglary end held in $1,000 bail for examination Feb, 19. The ¢ nant was John Wilson, twent No. 114 Cumberland Street, who tat § o'clock this morning he ek | met 1 ted her, In court she had lost her was in her own 1 he Y Yeeatated form-0 public interest and not tie up the transportation systems of the coun- try with a strike. Ap* they prob- ably will not. Four men in heat ater over- coats gathered around President and talked earnestly w/ ‘im about the situation in ‘th wspective unions, The President }..ed with |them and seemed in excellent spirits. His visitors told him they had been missing him in the ‘last six months and hoped he would be getting back ta active work soon. Mr. Wilson, appreciative of their solicitude, said he hoped so, too, as he was eager to summon all the strength he could for all the battles ahead of him in the next few months. UNION MEN REPORT WILSON AS “LOOKING WELL.” Mr. Wilson had his decision pre- pared in writing and read it to the representatives of the brotherhoods. They took it away with them for con- sideration, promising an answer in twenty-four hours. The railroad men told correspondents afterward thnt the President “looked well,” and seemed alert mentally, Their inter- view was a brief one—not more than five or ten minutes and was the first conference Mr. Wilson has had ‘tn many weeks. It has been months since he received any delegation, his visitors having been confined to Cab- inet offi and one or two Senators. Phe visit of the railroad men was not much of a strain, however, as the (Continued on Second Page.) —omeeaiioneetesnenen 825 MEN'S OVERCOAT OR SUIT, 817.95 The *HUB” Cictaicg Comer, Broxdiway, coruer Barclay Street (Opp. Woolworth Building), will feall today and Saturday 2.000 men's aud young | Sren'e Suits and Overwoais in blue, browne, guvens, era at nixiuree: single oF double. ng military styl for young mem, ln; ome AK Lived: all alae, very latest mc uriow for to-day and Saturday, 8, Our pecs. 6 aud $21.05, Oven Saturday nigbe til 10, HUB CAOTILLLHS, Broadway, cor, Barclay 64—Adr, Proposal oak Answer to Be Made Public Later—Further Negotia- tions Expected — President Says \ Decision Reached Is Just and 13.—An “unalterable” decifion in the railroad wage controversy-was made: to-day by President Wilson im @ fifteen-minute conference with the three representatives of the members 3 The President said the Government's policy was The President's decision was not announced at the White Howsk: Officials said it was “a decision containing a proposal” that is expected From this it was assumed that the President had refused to grant general wage increases, but had made a ‘© ‘The brotherhood men would Be. they agreed to give it consideration. pom ; what the proposal was, Trt te ag Acting President of the Broth : of Firemen and Engineers, that they would makd no etal to-day. RAILROAD MEN MEET TO con: Immediately after secing Mr. Wiis the ratlroad men's committee met at a hotel. ‘This meeting lasted onl; few minutes and the union men went to A. F. of T a further conference, ~ The meeting! of the Péilrosd ae a who represent 14 radirond untons, @x+ pected to frame @ reply to Wil Proposat as handed to thelr tee, This reply, which they hoped send to the White House late will probably be made public at same time as the President's pro- posal, which will be given out: Sar morrow. MAY NOT HALT ONE STRIKE ON’ TUESDAY, The President's proposal, ’ «nae it was, was not expected to stay the strike of the maintenance of Way employees called for next : The White House was issue a statement later in the Meantime there was no whether the President had substitute for an increase in the nature of a continuation fight on the high cost of living, or whether he asked the workers to. lay pressing their demands until | railroads were returned to the owners March 1. B, M. Jewell, President of the way Department of the Federation of Labor, announced t the President's proposal would to be “tput up to the men” before amy announcement could be made bathe union representatives, Besides Mr, Jewell and air, Shea, I. J. Manion, President of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, was present;at the conference. Because of the inclem- ent weather, the President met the representatives on the south portico of the White House and read a atates ment which he had prepared after, study of the report on the wage tlations presented to him by Dit setem General Hines. HIGH COST OF LIVING IS CON+ SIDERED, Secretary Tumulty declined to whether the President had specifically the wage demands, saythg — that “every one wants to settle the strike,” and that the broth chiefs should have an opportuni to consider the President's me tion or proposal without outside | terference. ‘The President's statement that Government's policy was “based” justice to all interests” is in line a the final word of Director Genefal Hines, He was understood to haye told the men that with ‘the of the roads to private control impartial tribunal for Forages, i of their demands would be crea Mr. Hines was understood to hey suggested to the President that {i increase in pay were granted the the roads would seek an increas. freight rates, which would mean