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aay iagichiy i, ae t Back on Peace Basis Get the Comatry antennal Books Open to All.” 4 a LX. NO. 21, 366—DAILY. Cons rhaht, 1930, by. The Press Co,’ (The New York World). NEW YORK, THURSDAY, _FEBRUARY Katered 26, 1920. as Second-Clans M: Post Office, New York, Matter N.Y. PAGES. 8 PRICE TWO CEN M’GEE SAW ARNSTEIN IN CLEVELAND TUESDAY TRIPPED BY FIRE, MISS BRCE INSISTS SLASH GOVERNMENT BILLS ~ TO THE BARE CUT DO Forcing Washington to Do What the People Are Doing Will Avert Calamity. ABOLISH SHIP BOARD.| SUPPORT OF HOOVER \ppointment of Crane Another! U. S. Chamber of Commerce in Referendum Favors Out- tight Sale of Smaller Vessels. By Martin Green. (Special Staff Correspondent of The vening Worl WASHINGTON, Feb. ‘The ac- tion of the House committee in aban- @oning the compulsory military train- ing feature of the Dill for the for- mation of a military marks a big saving in that it w prevent the expenditure next year in excess of $600,000,000. But this sav- ing was anticipated because the mem-. bers of Congress feel that the com- pulsory military training feature ts unpopular at this time. The compul- sory military training expense will be saved not because Congress establishment ag ac- tuated in a desire to save money, but because of the probability that the Political party which passed the measure would be punished at the polls in the next election, especially in the Middle West and the Far! West, Ordinarily a prospective saving of $600,000,000 in one tho belief that there hope that the current deficit of $3,000,- 009,000 would be reduced and a fur- ther deficit at the end of the next fiscal year be forestalied. But, as I have pointed out, it is not enough to cut out entirely or reduce demands for appropriations for new projects. It is absolutely neccasary to put the Government on the same basis that the people are on—the basis of getting along with actual necessities. Although the Senate Commerce Com- mittee has committed itself to the Policy of Government reconditioning of the seized German ships at a cost of probably seventy-five milliéns of dollars, which poli if carried out, wold ultimately lead to the Govern- ment ownership and operation of the merchant marine at a cost to tax- payers of half a billion dollars a year, the question of realizing something om the Shipping Board and ending ite career of extravagant expense is not closed. Impressed by the necessity of cut- ting two billions and a half from the estimated cost of Government for the next year, members of both Houses, after figuring on every line of reduc- tion they can forsee, are forced to consideration of The Evening World's suggestion that the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation, as they are at present constituted, be eliminated; that the properties of the board and thé corporation be sold. This action would result in waving at least two billions of dollars and, with item would arouse might be some (Continued on Sixteenth Page.) ST. GEORGE CAR HITS BUS; 4 HURT s Brakes Fail on Slippery Rails, 1 Explanation of Trolley Com- pany—No Arrests. A bus running from Richmond to St. George and a trolley car of the Rich- mond Li; Railroad Gompany col- Hded in front of the Cori Exchange Bank, St. George, this morntr Both vehicles were crowded, Four persons in the bus were cut by flying glass, and NECESSITIES; WN ThE DEFIGHT AANING OF GOLBY MAY MEAN WILSON: Indication President Is Not Clinging to Party Men. By David Lawrence. | (Special Correspondent of The Eve- ning World.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Copyright, | 1920).—President Wilson does not in- reverence for party tradition or the comforts of avoiding quarrels and controversies with his political op- ponents who control Congress. The appointment of Bainbridge Colby as Secretary of State has start- ed a heavy flow of gossip and cloak- room threats that may define more clearly than ever before whether or not the Senate has any real control over the kind of Cabinet officers a President may select to manage the big departments of the Government. Plainly, there Democrats as well as Republicans in the Senate who do not like the nomination of Mr. Cofy, but if anything aggressive is done it will naturally be by the Re- publicans. REASON FOR ATTACKING COLBY DIFFICULT TO FIND. But the ground on which to base objections to Mr. Colby’s confirmation is difficult to find this political year. Were Senate Republicans to say Mr. Colby has been too anti-British, they would find their newly acquired trish supporters looking askance at them. Were Senate Republicans to_argue that Mr. Colby is inexperienced for the job or unsuited temperamen‘a'ly for the post, they lay themselves open to attack by Democrats who might say the Republican conservatives are so conservative that they wouldn't even vote for the confirmation vf a progressive Republican. In the end Mr. Cotby will be confirmed, but it would not be surprising to find a resolution adopted expressing the Senate's opinion of the choice. There are Senators, on the other hand, who think it is about time to are Continued | on Thirteenth Fore) DISOWNED BY BRYAN AND PENROSE, TOO, HOOVER BEARS UP “Now Let's Get On With Issues,” He Says After He Is “Read Out” by Hearst, Also, “We? are making decided progress tbward the determination of the attitude of the great political parties on the solutions of the great business and social issues for the next election,” said Her- bert Hoover to-day. “For instance, Mr. Penrose has declared that I am not his kind of a Republican, Mr, Bryan has declared 1 am not his kind of a ing sless Democrat. Mr. Hearst has de- ore, Antonlo Peloch, of No. 308 Contral| clared I have not his variety of ‘Avenue, Richmond, was taken to Staten| Clare’ at once agree with Yoana Hoeplte! suffering from con-| Patriotiem. 1 at once agree tustons of the face and back, OMcials of the trolley company sald that the brakes falled because of the silppery condition of tho rails, No are rests were made, hy these gentlemen, “Having now disposed of this momentous matter let us get on with the issues—our methods of taxation, for instance,” tend to eke out the remaining twelve | months of his term in monotonous | POLICEMAN SAVES LIVES OF FRIENDS Blaze Follows Rescuer So Quickly He Is Forced to Flee lee to R Roof. |PULLS TWO TO. TO SAFETY. Sabatino Drags Pair Up From Fire Escape in Midst of Flames. When Policeman Pasquale Sabatino saw a fire in the old three-story building at No. 442 Washington Street, corner of Desbrosses, at 5.30 j A. M. to-day he remembered that his two friends, Angelo Luzzio, forty, and brother Anniello, forty-three, slept on the top floor in the rooms of the old “Violets Club.” After sending an alarm, the police- | man broke the street door, passed the fire under the stairs between the sec- ond and third floors and rapped on the door of the sleeping men. Instead of opening it, they became panic | stricken and jumped out the window to the fire escape. The fire followed the policeman so rapidly he was nearly overcome while hammering on the door and had to run up and force the scuttle to the roof, where he lay almost exhausted for several minutes. The men on the fire escape were only a few feet below the roof, and their cries became louder as the flames and smoke darted out the window, under them and cut off their escape. Sabatino lay on his stomach, loosed over the edge of the roof and called them, Seizing Angelo's hands, the police- man lifted the 160-pound refugee to the roof, and the two together saved Annielio, weighing 180 pounds, in the same way. By that time firemen had the blaze out, and the three men were able to get down by the stairs. Sa- batino later became so ill from the smoke he had swallowed he had to report sick and go home. LONDON “BOBBIES” TO BOX N. Y. POLICE Anthony Drexel Biddle Arranging International Tournament to Be Held Here. Anthony Drexel Biddie, President of the International Sporting Club, is ar- ranging a boxing tournament between the best half dozen men on the New York police force and a similar number of picked boxers from the London ‘*bob- dies." Mr. Biddle to-day despatened an invitation to the New York force and it was sent out in an official bulletin. All under thirty years of age’ and weighing more than 175 pounds are invited to go into training for the elimination con- tests, which are to be held during the summer. The final contests will be hell in Now York some time in October, ere CONTRACTOR SUES 0. H. KAHN Additional Bill of Particulars Filed im 824,558 Acti Edward Margoles, a contractor of No. 19 East 33d Street, to-day filed an adui- tional bill of particulars in his suit against Otto H. Kahn of Kuhn, Loab & Co., bankers, to collect $24,558 he al- leges is due him for renovation of the Garrick Theatre. Margolies states a in May, 1947, A caused ‘a cessation of work, ohies declares he was to do special work costing $39,000, Ite has been paid $11, 240, he 88 Mr. Kalin’ has filed a ge ntract was made ‘al denial, INDICTED AS PROFITEERS. eb. 26,- Cottrell & Albany's leadi ard, two hey Crege of Syracuse ence i chenectady Cléthing Company Shoe Store high and unr of shoes Mr. Cr who presented rofits in the si fig,” according to —_ (Racing Entries on Page 2) SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE ARNSTEIN I$ tial Bond Plot Fugitive’s Wife Baf- fles Lawyers at Federal Examination. SEEN LAST TUESDAY. Attorney Says He Met Missin Man Then in Cleveland. ing Bugene F. MoGee, attorney for Nicky"Arhetein, who is wanted as “the master mind” $5,000,000 bond theft Mot on the stand before Judge Augustus N. Hand in the Federal Court this afternoon, that he had talked to the miss man in the Winton Hotel in Cleve- land, O., last Tuesday night The attorney denied that he had in the admitted brought Arnstein back with him to/ New York ‘on his return to this city. McGee said that Arnstein called up William J, Fallon, jong distance phone Saturday or Sun- day and that Monday night he, Mc Gee, left here. for. Cleveland. he met and talked the situation o his partner, with Arnstein in the lobby of the) Winton Hotel. He was retained in the bankruptcy case and in “possible criminal proceeding which might fol- low.” He said he was authorized to nego- tiate for the sur r of Arnstein provided the bail was fixed at not more than $50,000. The following day, Wednesday, he met Miss Brice at the Hotel Commo- dore and told her he had been re- tained as counsel for her hu “Don't tell me where he is, Brice is quoted by McGee as having said. “I don't want to know now.” He did not tell Under cross nation, Mr. Me- Gee genied that he had told Assistant District. Attorney Dooling that he could furnish $50,000 bail or that he had that amount of security ready He said that if bail in that sum had been agreed upon we tried to raise it, Mr. McG that he knew where Arnstein was at this time, and also denied that he had received any fee from him during the past week. MeGee was testifying on an order obtained by Saul S. Myers, attorney fof the National Surety Company and Edward H. Childs, receiver in bank- ruptey for Arnstein, after he had flatly refused to answer questions put to him at a hearing before Special Commissioner in Bankruptcy Ale’ ander Gilchrist, at which he had ap- peared as attorney for Miss Fannie Brice. When Miss Brice took the stand she declared hat she did not w where Arnstein is, and that sh not heard from him since F She was asked how she happened to go to Attorneys Fallon and M This question started a wrangle, the course n Myers questioned the right of to be present Commissioner Gilchrist overruled the objections and ordered question sw the The ness then said that McGee had called her i that she was suspicious of his claims td be her husband's attorney at first, but that on Second (Continued UNION CHIEFS ASK VETO OF RAIL BILL norial concerns, were indicted to-day on| profiteering charges by a Federal Grand Jury at. Albany, according to Assistant United States District Attor- WASHINGTON att White H questing Pres railroad bill, by) FANNIE BRICE, ON WITNESS STAND AT BOND HEARING. LENNE INVITES THREE NATIONS TO NEGOTIATE PEACE | —— Moscow Announces That Notes Have Been Sent to U. S., Japan a and Roumania. | WHITE ARMY WIPED OUT Thousands c of Anti-Red Troops Said to Have Died in Retreat. LONDON, Feb. 2%6—The Soviet Commissary of Foreign Affairs has despatched notes to the United States, Japan and Roumania, offer- ing them peace with Soviet Russia, according to a wireless despatch from Moscow received here to-day. Another Moscow wireless says the Tolstoy anti-Bolshevik army has been defeated by Soviet troops in the SNNIE SRICE = COORT | region of Guriev, near the mouth of | the Ural River. “PURE SHOE” BILL ‘Thousands of the White troops aiea REQUIRES LABEL ON in their retreat over the waterless IMITATION LEATHER | 0s tes Oe Coes ve: SS sis despatch anserted that the White ‘ASseribly Gets Measure Intended armiles in this district now have been “obliterated.” to Protect Purchaser From WASHINGTON, Fob. 26.—State De- False Representations, partment officials said to-day they ALBANY, Fob. 26, had not recefved any communication “PURE SHOE” bill was |from the Russian Soviet Government A Raveena inthe Assem- | proposing peace with the United ly to-day. The bill, sponsored by Assem- | States. bdlyman Caulfield, provides that an the story of an interview which shoes which are sold as all leather must in fact be ail | Lincoln Eyre had with Lenine, pub- leather. If a shoe is made of | lished in The World last Saturday, leather substitutes the fact must be so stated when the shoes are sold, ‘This statement would be in the form of a tag attached to the indicating the materials the correspondent quoted the Soviet dictator as saying: “We shall need American manu- factures—locomotives, automobiles, &c.—more than those of any other country, All the world knows that we are propared to make peace on terms the fairnose of which even the imperialistic capitalist could not dispute. I know of no reason why a Socialist commonwealth like ours cannot do business indefinitely with capitalistic countries.” In an interview with Trotzky pub- lished yesterday Mr. Eyre quoted him shoe used, \CITY TAX RATE TO GET SLIGHT CUT. most Comptroller Says Reduction in Some Boroughs May Be Two Points, Comptrolier Craig announced to-day that there will be slight reductions in the city’s tax rates which were given out by the Finance Department last} as saying: “Our military successes week. have not blinded us to our need of Mr. Craig declared there would be al peace.” cut of one point in at least two boroughs} @ special cable dispatch from and thought in one or two boroughs the rates would shrink from one or two points, He did not name the boroughs where the rates will: be lower, |BRAZIL WILL SEND 60 MEN TO OLYMPICS {Government Will Contribute to $90,000 Fund to Transport Team to Antwerp, Feb, 25.—The Brazil federation and the Olym- 1 to send a y athletes to the Olym- Paris yesterday sald it was the opin- ion then that if the London confer- ence of Premiers succeeded in reach- ing @ definite policy on peace with Russia The New York World would |be entitled to a large share in the credit. Diplomats there saw in Lin- coln Byre's interview with Lenine an extremely timely and important doc- ument, BILL WOULD REMOVE |ALL RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN AT WORK RIO JANEIRO, ian Sports Cc pie Commit |delegation « | |Iicegr have opened a credit of soueee, | Assemblyman Asserts They Are No ng that the sports will benenc| Longer Wards of State and Should | pent will oonteibuits ta’ the Have Labor Equalities, | port the athletes on one ALBANY, N. ¥,, Fob, 26 mers. The Bragiliun BSTRICTIONS on the ace TAL ee ene | tivities of women in in- | i whieh sports Bras dustrial life would be re- eaapeea Paris Reed moved if a bill introduced by boxing, wresting, cyc and eyig| Assemblyman Betts becomes | npatics, | law. The measure would amend | —— - | tho laor law, striking out the GASOLINE NOT UP INN, Y, | sections defining — cocupations vem i barred to women. Whelesal This Clty Re- “Women no longer wurds Conta, of the State,” Belts said. “They | 7 th are citizens and should enjoy citizenship this complete with men trial equality 2A on equality indus- includes but the Special Roast NEW YORK WOMEN IN FIGHT. = ON TWO WOMEN NAMED ON ‘ “Ble FOUR" Fail to Meet With Men When Stat Convention Opens in Effort t OF DEMOCRA Reach Agreement on Their Two - Delegates. ALBANY, Feb. 26.—The platform of the New York State Demea, crats, as presented to the unofficial State Convention here to-day, de clare that the party in New York is “unalterably opposed to Prohibk tion by Federal amendment.” Such Prohibition, the platform says, the Party believes “to be an unreasonable interference with the rights of States.” ‘The platform urged immediate Tatification of the Peace Treaty and the League of Nations “without destructive reservations.” It also urged immediate reduction of tax burdens, enfranchisement of all women, endorsed the war record of the party and adyocated justment of the relations of capital and labor. The platform also endorsed the administration of Governor and criticised Senator Wadsworth for opposing equal suffrage. It der dsioyuhy 10 the Goveemnt. man te te by to Socal campaign, stating the principles of safeguard against the Bourbons and ed the Democratic Party “are the best the Bolsheviks.” By Joseph (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) S. Jordan. ALBANY. N. Y., Feb. 26.—The unofficial Democratic State Convene tion finally got under way this afternoon with anything but ‘harmony, ~ in the ranks, The slate comprising the “Big Four” to the National Cor vention is apparently satisfactory, but a bitter fight is promised oneal wet plank in the platform. The slate of the “Big Four,” Gov. Alfred E, Smith, accredited to of Buffalo; Miss Elisabeth Marbury, of New York City, May Mills, of Syracuse. State Chairman W. W. Farley, be- fore calling the unofficial State Con- vention to order, requested the women delegates to meet separately. It was to be an executive meeting, called, it was believed, to give the women a chance to decide upon their delegates at large, the vote of the women’s hcommittee of _yeoterday having been MAY MOVE WHISKEY IF YOU MOVE HOME, IS FEDERAL RULING. Legal For Owners to Take Their Private Stocks to Summer Re- sorts and Back Again, WASHINGTON, Feb, 26.—When you move your home you may move your booze, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Roper has ruled, though the formal official decision has not been made public. It is @ boon particularly to United States Senators and Repre- sentatives and the wealthy—or others having two or more domt+ ciles—many of whom have already taken advantage of the ruling. It 1s held that, as it 1s legal for @ person to have intoxicants in his domicile, it is legal to move it when the domicile is changed, regardless of interstate or other commerce, without & permit, and without household goods or bag- gage if desired, The ruling affects, among oth- ers, clubmen who have supplies at the club and may want to move them to seashore or moun- tain, or others who migrate from one home to another, according to the seasons, In other words, like the Constitution follows the flag, so a man's liquor supply may follow his legitimate change of residence, ooo - TAKE BELL-ANS AFTER MEALS and seo tow dns GOOD DIGESTION makes you tosl— Adve wo which is certain to go through, New York City; Louis E. and*Miss -—________§ protested by the New York City bers. WOMEN DELEGATES ARE Ca ING THE TROUBLE. At 2 o'clock the convention hail only fairly well filed and Francis Cullen toyed with his but was prevented from using it by new lot of trouble started by Murphy’s “girls.” Mrs, Eliabezth Colbert fused to be ‘eregencatt ae i! off the ticket. A batch of undertook to “reason” with her, Yreasoned” with her for an hour then, getting tired of got together and declared thei for Miss Elisabeth Marbury and Harriet May Mills, Rev. Father Farley opened proceedings with a prayer and tary Hoyt read the list of del Chairman Cullen was in) by Mrs, Marf Morse, | “The Democratic Party,” sad Cullen, “has successfully guided part of the war, It now is the a of the Democratic Party to su: the seven years of its edministrati against the harping of partisan critics, “Democrats have a pardonable pride in the accomplishment of their partys We had to send men and the munis tions of war 3,000 miles across the seas. This was the accomplishmert of America, but we must not forget the hard work that rained it, that the man in the White House. > “We must not forget that Demog+ racy gave him to Ame ns and America gave him to the world, “There Were many nights of worry in Washington, ‘in the homes of the leaders of the country who had charge of the war, We will not take away trom America that this was America’s war and that every American 7 sponded and did his duty, but the fact remains that it was a Demo cratic administration that carried out—it was a Democratit who declared it and curried 8 ey to its end. “The war is over and vee we { Me lt alti: