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Cat M4 na Back on Peace oe | VOL. LX. No. “a \304—DAILY. Co, «The New — York World). NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 19 20. New Yo pers: Cae 28 PAGES. 8 PRICE TWO CENTS.. BILLION DOLLAR TAX GUT WOULD KNOCK OUT PROPS 1) HIGH COST OF LIVING Repeal of Excess Pr Profits Levy Offers Chance for Even Greater Reduction. OPPOSED BY KITCHIN. Democratic Leader in Congress Insists Tax Is Fair and Not on Consumer. By Martin Green. (Special Staff Correspondent of Tho Evening World.) WASHINGTON, March 30.—It is generally agreed that a reduction of one billion dollars in Federal taxes would turn one billion dollars into the channels of industry and knock the props from under the high cost of living. A reduction of $1,250,000,000 in Federal taxes could be made by th abolition of the excess profit tax, step that has been advocated by busi- «ness men, commercial bodies and tax-' ation authorities all over the country, and by Government officers in advices to the House of Representatives. If there is to be any revision of taxation methods, any toward abandonment of war taxes ’ and putting the country on @ peace basis, with a limit of ap- proximately $2,250,000,000 on ex- penditures, the feature will have to be dropped. Many influential members of Con- gress in both branches have said they favor relieving the country of this burden, which was adopted aa a war measure. Representative Claude* Kitchin, leader of the Democratic minority, is not one of those who favor dropping the excess profit tax. He is credited with being the author of the exe profit feature of the war revenu legislation, but his opposition to let- ting go of it, in view of the fact that the war ended on Noy. 11, 1918, is not based, he says, on pride of parenthood of this legislative child KITCHIN AND THE SOUTH OP- POSE CHANGE. Mr. Kitchin and the Southern Democrats in the House stand ready to, oppose dropping the ex- cess profit tax because, they claim, it is a fair and equitable taxation measure, reaching into revenue reserves: hat could not otherwise be touched, and it is not a tax which is paid by the consumer. Mr. Kitchin's assertion that the con- sumer does not pay the excess profit tax in the long run was made to-day when he was asked why the Demo- crats, in the absence of any exp! sion of desire on the part of the publicans to lower taxes and slice the high cost of living, do not (Continued on Nineteenth Page.) ———————_ WORLD KESTAURANT. for toda wis, March seutted bre 1 owed amine la rofl, iM AT Rida, move excess profits launch 0 tee Tath f W . CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS IMPORTANT day World should be in The World office ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY PRECEDINC PUBLICATION. Early copy receives the pre fer- ence when Sunday advertising hae to be omitted. Late adver= tising is now omitted for lack of te t it, time to se" "THE WORLD ell Advertising copy for The Sun- PISTOL IN MOUT, GIRL ROUTS THIEF WHO PUT IT THERE Newark Young Woman Just} Bites Hardand.GetsGun_ | Along with $20 Bill. | Miss twenty-five years old, keeps a small confectionery store at No, 94 Wallace Street, New- ark, This morning at 11,30 three men entered, One ordered @ bar of choco- late and tendered a $20 bill in pay- ment. Miss Granbow turned to the Lena Granbow, cash register to make change, As she did 60, one of the men pullel a revolver and commanded her to throw up her hands. complying, Miss Granbow opened her | Instead of j mouth to scream. The highwayman| | shoved the gun into her mouth. Miss | Granbow closed her teeth ove! the | muzzle of the revolver and threw he | head back, pulling the gun from the | nan's hand Quickly stepping back the gun on the from the score she turned | robbers, whog ran Miss Granbow sfat-| ed in pursuit. In her excitement ghe fired one shot, but the pace was too fae Aid Ge iehwayrseaicads Weir! »:. Miss Granbow returned the $20 32 calibre volver to the LIVINGSTON FISTS READY FOR McCORT to| re- | ore, a DAYLIGHT SAVING REPEALER BEATEN BY ASSEMBLY VOTE Lower Body Refuses to Take Mea- sure Off Statute Books by Vote of 75 to 64, ALBANY, March 31.—The Fowler bill, designed to repeal the Daylight Saving law, failed of passage in the Assembly late to-day. The vote was 75 to 64, one less than required. The same dill was passed to 25 vote in the Senate last BERGDOLL GETS FIVE YEARS FOR EVADING DRAFT Sentenced to Hard Labor at Governor’s Island for De- sertion in War Time. Grover Cleveland Rergdoll, heir to a fortune left by his father, a Philadel- who failed to report to-day began a sentence of five years at hard labor phia ‘brewer, under the draft law, ut Castle William, Governor's Island, following his conviction by court mar- tial for desertion in time of war. ne sentence imposed by the trial which ended March 17 was announced this afternoon by Lieutenant General Robert L, Bullard, commanding the | Department of the East, who ap- proved the sentence. In addition to the imprisonment, the sentence directs that Bergdoll be lishonorably disoh tals all pay and ‘ederal rged allowances. Under statutes, conviction auto- cally forfeits citizenship. 2 specific charge against Berg- doll was that he deserted the Army in violation of the fifty-eighth le | mat and that he| EXTRA REPORT AGHNST SOCALIST o FAGES FIGHT IN ASSEMBLY Majority of Committee Holds Suspended Members Are “Disloyal and Unworthy.” WOULD ABOLISH PARTY. Roosevelt and Adler to Lead Attack—Sweet Bars Solo- mon From Floor. ALBANY, March 30.—The five sus- pended Socialist Claessens, members, August Louis Waldman, Charles Solomon, A. De Witt Samuel Orr, are disloyal and un- worthy to occupy seats in the Assom- bly, in the opinion of a majority of the Assembly Judiciary Committee. The majority report of the commit- tee, filed to-day, urges that the five men be barred from the House and their seats declared vacant. Six mem- bers filed dissenting reports. The majority report is signed by Louts M. Martin of Oneida, Chair- man; Edmund P. Jenks of Broome; Edward J. Wilson of Westchester; George Rowe of Brie, Charles M. Herrington of Clinton, and Edward |verett of St. Lawrence, ail Repub- licans, and Louis A. Cuvillier of New York, Democrat. Two Republicans, William W. Pel- let of New York and Theodore Stitt of Kings, signed a report éxpressing the belief that the Socialists were entitled to retain their s Two of the Democratic members, Maurice |Blooh of New York and William 8. Evans of the Bronx, submitted re- | ports holding that the Assembly could not unseat the members with- out “violating oath of | office.” } Harold E. Blodgett, Republican of Schenectady also favors reseating the | five. James M Lown, Republican, of Yates, holds that the facts brought out at the hearing convict only | Charles Solomon, August Claessens and Louis Waldman, and phat they |should be ousted. He contends that has brought out} Samuel and five their own no evidence been | ed member SIX IN COMMITTEE AGAINST UNSEATING OF FIVE SOCIALISTS eae Pellet, Stitt, Bloch, Evans and| Blodgett for Defendants— Lown Would Oust Three. Several mi- ALBANY, March 30. nority reports were transmitted to the Assembly by members of the Ju- diclary Committee who did not con- cur with the findings of the majority. William W. Pellet of New York and Theodore Stitt of Kings, Republicans. | hold that the Socialists are entitled to retain their seats, They state that while the evidence presented to the committee discloses that the Soclal- ists, both as a party and as indi- viduals, refused to renden the Gov- ernment any service dy: and that this attitude soverest condemnation, merits the no evidence ; Was produced to show that the att- tude of the Socialists was other than negative and was not one of giving aid and comfort to the Nation's enemies, The Legislature, they say, cannot | by statute prescribe membership in a political party as a condition for hold- Ing office, nor the taking of an oath of loyalty as a condition for exercis- ing the right of suffrage, and for this reason the Legislature should not ex- clude from membership a duly elect- by reason of his affilia- any particular tion with group or| party, “To exclude because of his ticular politic duly elected member | memberstip in a par 1 party, or because of his political or economic views,” they say, “not only \vould be contrary to the spirit of the Constitution but |; Would be a most dangerous attack! upon the right of representative Gov- fhe war) PLAN TO DEPOSE ENRIGHT IS SEEN BY TAMMANY MEN Albany Hears Commissioner | Is to Go or Has “Prom- ised to Be Good.” ‘MAY LEXOW THE CITY. Cuvillier Resolution: Calls for | Wide Inquiry Into Gov- ernment, By Joseph S. Jordan. | (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) ALBANY, March 30.—The belief prevails here among Tammany men that Police Riche Enright ts to be deposed or that he has “promised to be good.” There are rumors also, although the Repub- licat teaders will not admit it, that Commissioner the Police Department of New York) City is to be "Lexowed. The Tammany leaders here may know where they stand, but the lesser | “TRG TESTIFIES IN GRAFT INQUIRY BEFORE GRAND JURY; HAD NIGHT TALK WITH MAYOR Commissioner, Lahey and Other High Officials Questioned in Policé Scandal—Indicted Detectives Re- fuse to Answer Questions. | The Extraordinary Grand Jury began its formal investigation into the charges and counter-charges involving Assistant District Attorney James E, Smith and members of the police force shortly after 11 o'clock this morning. Witnesses, including Police Commissioner Enrigit, Commissioner of Accounts David Hirshfield, Inspector Henry, Deputy Police Commis, sioner William Lahey, Detective John J. Gunson, under indictment on ‘charges of pribery and extortion; Detective Frederick F, Franklin, facing {a similar indictment; “Honest” Dan Costigan, captain of police, and Dennis Quinn, brother-in-law of Assistant District Attorney Smith, were lights of the Fourteenth Street Wis- | on hand three-quarters of an hour betore the session opened, |wam profess to be in the dark with ‘regard to the happenings in the last The most signifi- cant of these happenings is the change Peter twenty-four hours. of heart of Assemblyman Hamill on his bill, which bad for purpose taking away Enright’s pen sion after his retirement trom ollice. ‘This bill was wandering about t! halls of the Legislature like a lost child until a week ago last pight when it was introduced by [umill, whose district leader is Tom Vo! Hamill bad gone to New York on th: previous Friday, and the next day | Assistant District’ Attorney James Smith announced he was going to| | investigate the Police Department. | When Hamill returned here on th following Monday ni bill into the Assembl! The ,bill would rey law, which provides who, has served in the ment for twenty a Police Commissioner or Deputy Pe Commissioner for six months| be retired on a pension, The 1 the Ottinger that Pol ny one e Depart. tice its | BOY OF 7 AND Mt he shot the | years or has been | ‘® Commissioner Enright was the star | itness of the inquiry so far. He was ‘vefore the Grand Jury from 11.30 Ons 15, when he came out of the | room smiling and apparently in the best of spirits, “They are a pleasant lot of mem im there,” he said, when questioned re« garding the length of his stay, Asked regarding his impressions of Foreman Atmiral! of thé Grand Jurys he said: T don’t believe that any one would irticularly interested,” mith went pefore the Grand Jury late this afternoon and waived im- munity A lexut clash opened Attorney Eugene F, with Detective cal ent POLIGE SEEKING ul $115,000 BOND | Wall Street Messenger Dis- appears With Securities In- tended for Broker. | ARNON HE $1,000 Liberty Bonds, .000 worth of other be the inquiry. McGee appeared Gunson, first witaess od, and asked permission to be pres at the examinauon of lis cllent. His iequest was refused. He theres upon tustructed Gunson to decline to reply to the questions asked on the ground that as Guuson is under indicts | Twenty not | registered, and $9 |soourities were in a package which a boy seventeen [hua disappeared along with Shea, | messenger, Dennis | years old, employed by Harriman & . ? of war by failing to report for service - law was enacted jn 1918 and Commis-|Co., No. U1 Broadway, for whom the |ment such questions ‘9 oy ss ‘eat ) st S ce] Samuel De | ernment t n | ue sa | 4 be is ASSUMLd (ho SAREE Tammany Alderman’s Threat las directed by his draft board Aug.| Behn Samuel Orr and Saw | IN) » tes Vaation ,|Sloner Enright is credited with being! police ure searominy. to-day of an “examination before tial," Throw Him Out of City Hall |, 191%, and remained in desertion until,” Action on the reports will be made| William $. Evans of the frome Dont | it author. Under its provision he| According to a statement made by] Gunson was before the Grand gury Window Riles Brooklyn Leader, | 18 arrest Jan. 7, 1920, ‘The peace-| AOUOn OD the f Rec ee dlees in reports submitted to the; Nii Bet be compelled to return to| frank McGovern, office manager of|handly five minutes. The first ques« : time limit for desertion is one year|* SP&'4 . . hie| Ly. A » \the uniformed force at the expira-|the firm, this morning, Shea nad beet asked him by Col. William Ram Jacob A. Livingston, Kings County! | sembly to-morrow, and it is expected| Assembly, hold that that body cannot > . m Rand, and six months, Fae eager will be taken on| unseat the five members without yi {tot of Bis Job as Police Commis. | employed by the firm tess than a week |Special Deputy Attorney General, who Republican leader, appeared at an} ergdoll and his brother, Irwin, |? ane. nal vote wil! sec ree peilipal agelgienl bey Sa ~ | sioner. land came well recommended. When|with pis assistant than Smyth and Aldermanic committee meeting in the| went into hiding when ordered to re lane ‘ted action has been}. Ih his report, ‘Assemblyman |The wtreduetion of the Hamill vill) he disappeared with the securities the | Major Ered W cial invest) City Hall last night, to urge support for| port under the draft law and for] ue ey aaah a” pea ie Wash Onan Hot apneave of he Hf {made it certain that Tammany was] address he gave on West Lith Str gutor for the Attoracy General's office, @ bill by Senator Burlingame providing | Seventeen months a nation wide fake i i : rhe ara gees Ml edin GAFLe ee Rennie ae out to “get” Commissioner Baright, j was Investigated and proved to be a/iy conducting the investigation, is sald for changes in the election law which, |S2roh was instituted. Grover was ar-| 00 OPO OM On A ate, ME Meneses admmiting some af ihe anal ten shad been considered rather | hospital, to have been: he claimed, would save $400,000 worth| Tested at his Philadelphia home after eciiedsene e aay pv af Th odore|agningt them have been provi d, b Beene In hig disposition of police) ‘The package was to have gone to] “What go you know about Jim {printing ‘ his mother tried to beat off the De-|TOe and Bas eenteaatt Taga OAGtanAg thal wodae us titution {Plums to Tammany. ‘Then followed] Hayden, Stone & Co, No. 25 Broad] smith he - Roosevelt of Nassau will speak and) contends thd r the Constitution|ine gmith attack on the dep: . | Sauth? Aldi n McCort, Tammar op-| ent of Justice agents who were ae vie inte the Aademiniy iF vie weld Cepartment | ut ree INDIC posed the bill, saying that it would ie i the house. Irwin is stil] at| Vote against LUE PORTA: ana ae dot ssembly “is borpiae and the counter attack of Police In-} ‘rhe reported disappearance of the To ANSWER QUESTIONS, | . 8 ROOSEVELT A\ -|d ror posing Upon any member ee i nee ‘’ | jure the. pension Cisinent He was SITION TO OUSTING. muy test of lovmly acd Ginnat exe idly peed an aha A bonds, coming so soon after the an-/ Gunsun, obeying the advice of his upported by representatives of the) 1 ; “ antic City, where Charles! nouncement that bond thefts had nc! yes “1 cannot approve of the expulsion| clude any of these five Socialist Aa- | jy attorney, declined to anewer, aad printing trades. The argument grew| 1 cannot Sunnays ; ig A pose ith t A®-\1, Murphy happened to be staying | deen stopped, annoyed the police tO} when he persisted in this attitude heated, Livingston ix said to have re- [Of the saline: Tepreasniayion oF ; Mr. Hamill says with regard to his | extent they tried in eve’ 1 ‘ | i 2 Ce (Continued on Second Page.) such an extent they tried in evety| way ‘told to » outside and conf marked that he “didn't give a —— for Jparty from the Legislature, 0 _ change of attitude on the Mnright bill:| way to suppress information of the| ™ oa conte Big Six or any other labor organiza- Roosevelt said to- “Whatever 1 Y dont want tp hur ane one! poly 4 with your counsel tlon, may do or say 1 shail do as an indi-1$2 MORE FOR SUIT? 1 tha Benunl nders of the thing could be learned of the | Tie next witness was Pranklin “You say that again and 1°! throw —-- ' ' Al in which the youth . | Who, acting on the advice of nis ats . . to} ed on Second Py jon of t bonds, Dut Wits | torne: A rdng 7 you out of the window," shouted Me- | (Continued on Second Page.) RIOT! FIRE POLICE!) fSonlnusd oR ng Fake) rted Pee y was siinilur to those = , Pronk: Acanim piensa Cort “iI Meee | a few months ago, when messengers |‘? reply to questions, He also was “Oh, you will? replied Livingston ORS’ PIANOS |p Arrives at Store in Time to MISSISSIPPI SENATE _ | trustea with securities to ve delivered | excused, told to consult his attorney shy WNL a Seer ya NEIGHB | (o"ather houses. Giaappeared [era hold ‘nimsclé lo resdinesy: aa eae | JAR VICTOR HERBERT Get Overflow From Irate RATIFIES SUFFRAGE called back before the Grand Jury, lore two mer rushed at each other Customer’s Umbrella — U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET | tasey was tien cated. fy stay ther members of the committee seized jee State { ace | Was short and when he came ¢ Dies, | Composer's Wife Tells Magistrate 7 me a da Es \ tate May Furnish Necessary Thirty- WAS READY TO FIGHT oer ae a Aye by = 8 mn cd. Eine gat’ alamanal Motiart. cane tial Ge . i a ay. | COME Nace—Bridge Plaza Police Court,| S| ote to Ar he Na- cia sy PRUE SS moieties mae i) Part of Fund Will Be Immedi-| }4e 1s Driven to Bathroom to Do | Sixt V i ip Amend the Na | kel him. He was followed by |a snd 1 will throw him out} ately Available to Victims His Writing McCloskey i HA Sa els 3 Admital Mayo Falls to Bear Cut | Girmaniasiones arsehis saan - bi) feat p Heuparand , ig Nida. dawn JACKSON, Misa, March 20.—tne! Sims's Charges That Battleshi Gunson was recalled to the Grapi | The spectators continued to hold him! of Sunday’s Tornado, ; bad 131 Clusson Avenue gi lasipp! State Benate co-day ratified | sli ae € War. Pury FPR AR nt Soiehet iam eid Scenehen ia AVE aaa uta tor Herbert, the com: | Inant—-Max Bodveth, Indies {the Federal Woman Suffrage Amend-| Were Unprepared for War, fore going in he talked to newspaper | era Te CHICAGO, I, March “hicago In the Weat Side| gowns, No. 70 Manhattan Avenue ment, thus reversing the action of sev-] WASHINGTON, March 30. At-| men and among other things said We | ZEPPELIN FOR $78 0 phy 1 tend $100,090,000 in 1226 to | eral weeks ago when the amendment! lan “in U t state of wus going to nd back of my ) x Thome builders to end the housing} to the Magis: THE WITNESS—"My e is He: Wiel tee | preparedness it had ever been” when It poss, Inspector Henry.” He satd that | Sia ana ne i fer. returned from mangeuvres tn Cuban ne itement inst Assistant Ate Desires to Sell One te! shortage, it Was announced to-day : yp "! man Hinner. I'm a patrolman attac ‘Thirty-five States already had ratified! watera Just prior to the declaration of en reg ri 3 3 ‘i j lewht " a boardinghou ; ei ei Aneel jwatera } rney Smith contained in Luspector 5.0 Part of the funds wil available | “ee oath Ries ved to the Stagg Street Station, From | the ame > : ssiasivpl'a | war in April, 1917, Rear Admiral Henry ) |) i Mdavits are “t 1 March 20.—<lerma n tely to enable ¥ of Sun. {#t No : ne ht Hy what everybody told me f thought jt /aetlen la com Dy the How | 1. Mayo, commander of the fleet du nry'a afidavits ore “to my Enemas de \ f 1) da mado to rebuild homes. * : Penn eal a mut dap an E | amendment will be rt of the nas ling the war, told the Senate Naval ine ¢dse true. ; din Mrs RS f ; tHonal Constitut und women wil) bel veatigating Committee to-day In his talk Gunson mentioned Betty ates for Nalae ' | alarm fire lady had ted e ali Ail elections, . h Ose a “ (Sa Prerew wl Sing CMBED CIMGRIA. NAME (Ada eaae pe Be a he een tlarian the t A attor | ‘Pye personnel was well trained and/ Inch, wh ankles created sugh a ed 5 Wanted. | Widest ta) tha Teer a : tuding the Presidential it will enfran- | onfident, although still on a peace time! stir When sie was on trial before Ne House Mi ty, Ir , desired by The Evelinent at N West 106th Street, afr ie v ' hereees Sar Sealy ns ry for th Justicn Veron Mi: Fatih: estas aves tment at No v | the peacema | The woman suff No written plan for the participation Rs sasaorn ey tiny Worig as to #{ierbert » d her talented husband| had an la, Afte aa begun In Maryla of the flect in the war waa given him | dered a “fence” constructed $0 Mag M M Duff as to gO into the bathroom to do his! {ine ont Ad apd Hy when the United 3 Joined the Al- the jury could not get & peep ag ' » fox im Point # Ne . | ne stomach [ served s | sd 2 lies, Mayo, testified, but Admiral Ben- | them Feige idl id | her Qsorderly con | Lo r son, Chief of Naval Operations and " ta jovery one of the p | A aurnmons was jasued, ou | Bee er a PUNDaNT duc. Pha oe ghee Nast oat cite: ‘Department officials told tim tho | ‘The detective said that he had esen iy s ie Bie NOP | | Mat More, 1 th eo T san B. Anth [missions of his command were to pre- | smith going Into Mra Inch's aparts -__ ~ . 00, 500. enid before, re Bees |pure. tor Instant service, to protect the! . TARE BELL-ANS AFTER MEALS and seq! Cranberries Rive aes! 10 all. meats—hot| evan weld imtantyore| | THE MA Five doltars | ‘boasts of the United States and to ment onWeat 58th Street. He de: bow ne GOOD DIGESTION mares yuu fee Adry oF colds Quart serves Ld.—mAdYL | sena"he warmadv, | fine, WORLD WANTS WORK WONDERS (rein mval personnel, clared wa ee ber 9 @ policeman bate i } ‘a i "