The evening world. Newspaper, March 3, 1920, Page 6

SO EEE ox TSCHARGED AGAINST ‘the RIPE TIT LE RANK INEFFICIENCY ~SHPPAG BO “Wessels Faulty, / etens Slip- _ Skod, Says Man Named in Bankruptcy Suit. * Charging the Shipping Board with Wink inefficiency, Kirk M. Landau of © ‘the Pacat Steamship Company, No. 42 * Broadway, to-day replied to allega- tons made by the Government in the voluntary bankruptcy proceedings Mnstituted against the shipping firin of AF. D. Dimmick & Co., No, 42 Broadway, against which firm it was alleged tho Shipping Board hada charter claim of . $1,500,000. In the bankruptcy proceed- ~ tage Landay was named as one of the mea to” whom preferential payments hhad been made by the alleged bankrupt ‘and it was said that he had “left the eountry.” “This is entirely the result of the @lipshod and inefficient methods of| Shipping Board,” said Mr. Landau at his offices to-day. “We have been trying for months to get fome kind of a settlement with them, ‘and as fast as it appeared that we ‘were approaching a settiement the @irector of the Shipping Bourd would resign or some other change in per- ') sonnel would be made which would make it necessary to begin the nego- Hations all over again. “The Dimmick steamship company ‘Was organized by three young men— Bertram Ain: worth, Fred D. Dim- ,mick and Harry G. Antone. - They obtained from the shipping board charters ‘on ten wooden vessels on Which the charter would amount to about $250,000 a month. They then eame to ug and proposed that we join ‘them in operating the ships. @ supposed that, of course, the Gavernme=t would not intrust its whips to persons without eager backing and went into the deal wi them. Later, when we found t ft i they had not enough financial back- to carry through their deal prop- + we bought them out and took over their interests. Since then the Pacat Steamship Company has been the steamships under their “Any one who knows anytting guest ‘the wooden ships turned out by Fleet Corporation will tay what we are up against, One sank; another ship, bound for ia, Norway, had to put into aimed allowances for the faulty op- eration of the ships. No objection ‘was made to our claims, but ow- ing to the slipshod methods of the ncy Fleet Corporation it was Impossible to get a definite settlement of our accounts. They told us to go on operating the boats, make such payments as we considered proper ———e 7 The Penalty of Eye Neglect and eventually the accounts would be | we admitted a lability of $1,500, settled satisfactorily. “Finally, failing to get aby aatisfac- tion, we fled suits in Court agai FI x i eagreratine with a clear balance 2 ur favor. esting thi dleral | of $1,000,000 ii “Instead: 0 land fighting Lovely Spring Colors SO ee ee ee oe coos Sees c ces eee eo oeeeesee Season-End Sacrifice $10 Fur We're not going to say very much about these coats—or wasevese ce toe BvewsliG Sale Jersey Dresses * Extraordinary Offering— Thursday Only ; Bargain Basement Y 19 West 34th Street | e Downtown Store ‘ 14-16 West 14th Street ‘ . ° ° ° ‘ Sizes for Misses : H and Women Surpassing All Previous Sales of Jersey Dresses The feature of these frocks is their Quality! You'll be surprised to see how smart and high class they are. 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