The evening world. Newspaper, April 2, 1920, Page 1

<*. ep SAS 3 es | PY, —w MEXICANS ATTACK U. S.. cae’ TMM WEATHER—Rain. Get the Country Back on Peace Basis VOL. LX. NO. 21,397—DAILY. Ceorriyht, 2980, be. Tho Press Publishing ‘ork World). NEW _YORK, FRIDAY, “APRIL 2, 1920. POLITICS AND BONUS DEMAND BLOGK ACTION IN CONGRESS FOR LIFTING TAX BURDEN April 1 Conference of Repub- lican Leaders a “Joke” That | Taxpayer May Not See. f@1S THE VICTIM. Both Sides at Washington Thinking of Party and Not of Public. By Martin Green. (Special Staff Correspondent of The (Evening World.) WASHINGTON, ° Aprii) 2.—The Preosure of ttre public demand that the Republican majority in Congress do something in the way of satisfy- {ng thetr campaign pledges to re- @uce taxes, repeal the excess. profits tax and revise the revenue laws 60 @s to give relief to the recipients of, mall wages and salaries, is daily be- | coming more apparent to Senators’ and Representatives, but two political factors are counteracting the pres- ture, to wit: | 1—Any change in the revenue pol-| fey of the Government adopted by the Republican majority will have to be written into the Chicago platform as pomething to be pointed to with pride, whereas it has already been decided that nothing shall go into the Chicago platform dealing with events of the past four years that cannot be viewed with alarm, 2--Young John J. Bonus, the sym- | bol of the American Legion for finan- cial aid to veterans of the Great War, | is growing every minute and casting | @ shadow over the waking and sleep- ing hours of a lot of sorely perplexed statesmn, John J, Bonus is a lusty youth. He was weaned only about two months ago. Already he has grown a double row of teeth. When he knocks on the | door of the House of Representatives the echo resounds through the cor-| riders of the Capitol, penetrating) even to the unventilated midst of the Senate Chamber. REPUBLICANS ALL READY TO DO SOMETHING, In view of what happened, it was perhaps fitting that the Re- publican leaders of the Senate and the’ House should have chosen April 1 as the date for a talk about how the taxation shall be tackled or evaded as the prog- ress of the game of national poli- ties shall determine. Nothing ‘was done that will af- ford the great American taxpayer the slightest degree of encourage- ment. The Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee were present in goodly numbers, con- | «Continued on ‘Tw wenty- i Classified Advertisers CLOSING TIME 5.30 P. M. SHARP SATURDAY FOR The SUNDAY WORLD’S Classified Advertisements BRANCH OFFICES CLOSE BEFORE 5 O'CLOCK Itively no Classified Advertise. monte wit "be recelved “for, The Sunday World after 5.30 P. M. Advertising copy for The Sunday World should be in The Wor'd office ON OR "BEFORE FRIDAY PRECEDING PUBLICATION MAY LIMIT BONUS TO $20 A MONTH Congress Would Impose Tax of 1 Per Cent. on All Sales- to Make up the Sum. WASHINGTON, April 2—A decision | on reporting soldier bonus legislation at this session may be reached at a meet- ing of the House Ways and Means Committee late to-day. Republican momibers have come to the} conclusion that the only way in which the revenue can be obtained to grant a soldier bonus is by a general tax of 1 per cent. on all sales, The excess prof- its tax under the plan would be: con- tinued only until the onys is paid. Present indicati@ns are that if the committee does decide to grant a bonus it will not exceed $20 for euch month's Service, > WOMEN PREDICT IRISH QU'RBREAK/: Picket ‘British ‘Embassy in Washing- ton With Warning of Easter WASHINGTO! women carrying signs asking the United States to intervene in Ireland to pre- vent a massacre, alleged to be sched- uled to begin Monday, “picketed” the British Embassy here to-day. ‘The signs carried by the women bore the words: gland—Ameérican women condemn your reign of terror in the Irish Repub- lie “America cannot continue re- with ruled by assas- England peer ee te AUTO IN STORE; HITS TWO WOMEN Vehicle Plumges Across Walk and Through Window as Chauf- feur Loses Control. An auto truck owned by Max Beren- son of No. 16 Vernon Avenue and driven by his brother Louis became unmanage- able early to-day and jumping to the sidewalk plunged into a confectionery window at No. 577 Broadway, Brooklyn. It ruck Seppie Levich, thirty- No. 7 Boerum Street, and her Rose, thirty-eight, No. 179 Middleton Street. Seppie was taken to the Will- itmsburgh .Hospital suffering from a possible fracture of the skull, Her sister was able to go home WOMEN UNDRESS FOR DINNER, SAYS FATHER VAUGHAN Jesuit Priest Declares Girls Who Follow Up to Date Fashions Ruin Own Souls and Neighbors’, LONDO! arch 27, REVAILING fashions in women’s gowns were vigor- ously assailed in a sermon by the Rev. Bernard tho widely known Jesuit Father, whose essays and sermons on morality and home life have for the past twenty years attracted attention through- out the world. “In days gone by ladies dressed for’dinner, now they undress for it,” he declared. “Women's cloth- ing ought to ser e the three pur- of warmth, and Women, in their what is known as poses of decency of mad ¢ ornament Aue for gowns, nag every n of good taste. nmodost as they are € follow the ui aresses 9 and as ugly “Girls whe fashions are ruin thei and their neighbors’ soul as as their own bodies. Designer fashions seem to be devoid 6! much of taste as of principle Bult sb sas ' TARE BELL-ANS APTER MEALS and dow hae GOOD DIGASTION makes rus teak FERRIES RUNNING, BUT STRIKE HALTS: FREIGHT TRAFFIC Railroad Head Admits Four-) Fifths of Business Has Been Suspended, i FOOD SUPPLY ASSURED. Passenger Service Normal—| Merchandise Congested on Piers. Th harbor craft, strike on all railroad owned ferries, tugs and steam lighters, which began at 8 o'clock last night, resulted in slight disturbances of ferry traffic to-day and in four- fifths suspension of freight traMfc to and from New Railroad terminals, Representatives of the labor unions which declared the strike admitted the partial failure of the strike as far 4s the ferries were concerned, and said their plans had miscarried ber Jersey @ause proper notice failed ail their members simultaneously. | They asserted. however, that the freight situation showed the * real power of the unions and the advan- tage already obtained would be ex- tended even to the point of ordering out the members of the Seamen's Union. Members of the committee of ma- rine superintendents of the railroads met at the office of their chairman, J. J. Mantell in the Terminal Build- ing. Mr. Mantel, after the confer- ence, declared that first of all the public must be reassured there would be no food shortage, Admitting that four-fifths of the freight traffic was stopped, he said twice as many tugs would be pushing car floats across the river and harbor to-morrow and that “everything would be over in five days.” If the railroads should meet unexpected obstacles, he said, they would use the Poughkeepsie Bridge to keep up New York's food supply. Indicating its intention to make an obstinate resistance to the strike, the Erie moved scores of tourist sleepers and bunk cars into the New Jersey yards to insure sate sleeping quarters for men who remained at work. Offi- to reach ) (Continued on Second Pag “yn GIRLS TRAP A “PEEPING TOM” Call Pofice and Firemen Who Sur- round Building and Capture Fire Escape Promenaders, Alexander Boyle, No. 361 Fenimore charged with being @ musician living at Street, Brooklyn, the “Peeping Tom" who alarmed 250 girls of the Harriet |/ Judson Home of the ¥. W. C. A. at No. 50 Nevins Street last night, was found guilty of disorderly conduct to-day by Magistrate Short and warned to keep away from the neighborhood. ' Sentence was suspended Miss mma Alexander telephoned last night to the Adams S Police Sta tion that the eper” was around again and six policemen were sent over She called Engine 226 in State Street and got six firemen, bad @ habit, she said. of parading up and] down the fire | Po! the ing escapes, fireme urrounded reseted N and ©. Boyle th om out From xunder said to Jump to the of the ¥ Miss Ale custom W. C. ormution about ris he met a Coney Tsland umm whe touched” hin for $10 and left hint corner Of Sta and Nevin TE WORLD, Tiaves BURKAD, r iim “(Wonld) Building, S66 "Pare ie eekinan 4000. Dl parcels open day and sed aveuans tor ‘ ¢ | DETAILS | Women Hide in Woods, | Col. MEXICAN BANDITS BLOW-UP TRAIN IN ATTACK ON U. S. ATTACHE, WIFE AND DOCTOR' Party Escapes pes Without Injury | in Attempt Made Near Mexico City. ARE AWAITED. | but Fate of the Other Passen- gers Is Unknown. WASHINGTON, April 2.-Lieut, | Robert M. Campbell, United States Military Attache at the Em- bassy in Mexico City, his wife and Paine, | were attacked by rebels a few miles | from Mexico City, but escaped through | “quick work and quickness of action,” the State Dopartment was advised to- day. The attack took place at Tres Marias, a small station on the rail- way from Mexico City to Cuernavaca, to which place the attache was going fgran outing. The rebels with dyna- mite wrecked the train and destroyed the track for some distance, Col. Campbell and the members of his party escaped without injury, the advices stated. The women of the party hid in the woods near the sta- tion until the rebels left. The fate of the members of the crew and other passengers on the train ‘was not stated. Details of the attack are being tor-,/| warded by mail from the embassy in Mexico cl ‘ity. \ eee no cat SENATORS IN ROW AFTER LIE IS PASSED an American doctor named poling Charges A. P. Browne} with Untruth and Latter Threat- | ens to ‘Hit Him. | ALBANY, April 2.—Genator Bernard | | Downing, Democrat, New York, passed the lie to Genator Adon P. Brown, Re publican, of Madison, at to-day's brief session of the Senate. Objection by Senator Brown to the advancement to third reading of Assemblyman Dick- stein's ‘DIM designed to permit persons obsepving Saturday as the Sabbath to open their places of business on Sunday precipitated hostilities. The vill has passed the Assembly Downing, in private conversation with Brown, urged the withdrawal of the latter's objection, but the M. member refused, Downing the declared that for the remainder of the session he would block every measure bearing Senator Brown's name. Addressing the chair, Senator Brown lared tha€ Senator Downing had started the dispute, to which Downin: replied: He (Brown) ts not teffing the truth In other words, he is telling a lie. There is nothing in the record that indicates T said anytyhing about the adjournment ill.” After Brown over to L that th arks walked from 7 a. | ning ri from thix desk before 1| was referred to the Sen Codes Committee ANDERSON’S WARD IN- YONKERS VOTES | “WET,” 114 TO 23) It Is the Only One of Ten, How ever, Against Restoration of Saloons. is le 8th Ward in Youkers, where William Ho Ander © Superintendent of the ni 1 bition, 114 to ection" cor dt Hérald, w fin 1 was however, only one of we ten to vole against the restoration of yn, the vote being 71 to 63 ort 94 votes cast in the city only 864 were in favor of Pro hibition and only 761 against the restoration of the saloon, a Cranberries meek oosnomi in pemnm’ rg, "atilt —ue et (liam Ade, | |“Those Boys Are Irresponsi- | aren. “Mra, Croker, in the prosence of |be adjudged incompetent and a com. |everything that they want to hear, | | | | ROKER ASSALLS SONS AS HIS WIFE DEFENDS HER PAST CSE em | ble,” Declares Former Ei Tammany Chief. Soma! to The Breaing Wer) ‘| PALM BEACH, Fla. Apri! 2—} Richard Croker sr., former Tammany Chief, and his Mad to-day announced a finish fight with the Croker ohil- her husband, charged Richard Croker Jr. with gross misconduct in connec- tion withthe administration of his fathers, affairs and said they would Proceed against him to stop what they call -bis “pctaboution. ‘Mra, Croker announced that she had sent for hér father and mother in Oklahoma, and intimates of her youth to come here and testify in contra- diction of the sensational allegations that she is not what she ‘claims, w “a well known character along Broad- | Way" and “had prior to the said mar- riage received the intimate attentio |and pecuniary support of other men.” These charges are part of the bill of complaint asking that Mr. Croker sr. mission ‘appointed to take charge of |him and bis property. , SAYS TROUBLE IS OF THIRTY YEARS’ STANDING, While it is Howard Croker who is | bringing the suit, Mr. Croker and his wife say they blame Richard jr. for it. As Judge E. B. Donnelly is sick in |Ded, and H. L. Bussey, the Croker lawyer here, wants two weeks to get Fane it is not likely the question of| Mr. Croker’s sanity will come up for two or three weeks, “This family trouble," said Mrs, Croker to-day, “is thirty years old. Mr: Croker's sons began bringing it 1G public attention omly after our marriage because at that time he took the power of attorney away from his on Howard and begun managing his own affairs, “My huwband did this when con- finced that Howard was guilty, to state it mildly, of breaches of trust that could not be overiooked. We do not blame Howard 60 much as we do Richard Croker jr, who 1s planning everything that is being done and making Howard the scapegoat. “Our lawyers have advised us right along pot to make any statements, but now we are tired of the insulting claims of Mr, Croker’s children and are going on the witness stand and everybody that is interested can hear |am going to conduct the case myself. We will have lawye of cour but the personal attack is against me and 1 am going to see that | am cleared| once for all of these insinuations (Continued on Second Page.) TROUSERS’ SEARCH UPHELD. Whiskey Taken From Man's Pocket Withoot Warrant, 4 Garvin of Brooklyn found to Naquor 4 man's} war | KO} police on MEN'S SUIT ON TE HUH Cloth reens, ara)» an 0 Sreasted torm-tituing military eile, slash oF patch pockets, reryglatest models, ali styles, Our special ting for today and Selundan, $94.08, | Other Oyen Saturday night till 10, HUB Clonwums, Brewer, oor, Barley vm aari, a BRANDED GIRLS FATHER HELD ON TORTURE CHARGE Scars From ‘Hot irons, Kalves, Ice Picks, Alleged Evidence Against Stage “Sculptor. STEPMOTHER 1N CASE. |Child, Now 17,~'Ran Away Two Years Ago and Found Rich Benefactress. Seventeen-year-old Minne Gallén- der, whose body, according to agents of the Children’s Goolety, stil] bears the marks of needles, -icppiekg, knives and redhot irons with which she is alleged to have been attacked by her father, was not presenit- to-day in lyn, when John Gailbnaer, fitty-seveh, was arraigned on a short’ affidavit] charging him with these acte of cruelty, Under the name of “Gallando” the ether, a clay modeller, is a familiar figure in vaudeville, ‘Tm going to hold you without bail,” Magistrate Harry Howard Dale said to him, “for examination on Monday. If the charges of the Chil- dren's Sootety are true, this is the most inbuman case on the records of this court.” “Later, on mation of Miss Helen Mc- Cormick, Assistant District Attorney, Galiender was releasedeunder a $2,500 bond. It developed to-day that Minnte Gallender escaped from the home of her father and stepmother at No. 160 Grant Avenue, ‘Kast New York, on May 12, 1918, and that late that day she was picked» wp unconscious in Jerome Avenue, Woodhaven, and car- ried in an ambulance to the Hoypital of Mary Immaculate at Jamaica, When the girl came to her senses, agents of the Children’s Society sy, she gave the name of ‘Florence Smith.” That was the name she was known by until two months ago She remained in the hospital three weeks, according to the District At- torney’s office, during which time a needle way removed from her left arm. Tt was noticed that parts of her face had been nicked out. She says this was done with ice picks and knives. The Children's sevsis took charge of her at this time and she was re- moved to'Lincoln Home, Yonkers. ‘The emaciated little girl, who was picked up in the street two years ago, js sald to have grown into a beautiful young woman, The Society placed (Continued on Twentieth SUFFS STILL HOPE TO WIN DELAWARE Page.) Believe Du Pont’s Change of Front May Win Over House ‘on Monday's Vote. DOVER, Del, April £—Despite the lgcisive defeat yesterday by the iwer House of the Delaware Legin lature of the resolution to ratify the Woman Suffrage Amendment, frier of the measure ald to-day it was by ratification resus nate and the hot auch dor no means lution is rr us to A the wituatia make It impos: 0 ree Alfied | nsidered night Mr Du p al intl ies of Uh mera Abie: mroteg wie.” tenis ote Ds . om” Monday nt, who ex in’ Republ hud assumed worst Vs) Le 32 PAGES. Meet Housing (Special Staff and\to rent them. SEND QUESTIONS ON NEW RENT LAWS TO EVENING WORLD This Newspaper Will Explain Prob- lems ‘Arising Under New Legis- lation Passed at Albany. F in doubt as to the application the conditions of your ocoupancy of your rtment, write to the Rent Editor of The Evening World. Make your communication brief ible, Answers will be published in The Evening World. The full names of ten- ants will not be published if ten- ants object. fiuteetiys “TS LOCKWOOD THANKS EVENING WORLD FOR ' AID IN RENT FIGHT Also, He Clears Up Misunder- standing About the 25 Per Cent. Raises in Rent. To the Raitor of the Evening World: ALBANY, N, Y,, April 2, 1920, HE impression that bills le falize an increase of 25 per cent. in rent over 1919 or any other period 1s wholly wrong. They provide that on in- creases up to 25 per cent. the tenant must show them to be un- reasonable and oppressive, If the increase exceeds 25 per cent. the legal presumption is that jt 19 unreasonable and oppressive and the burden ts on the landlord to show otherwise. Thus, you see, the court or jury might find any increase to be either reasonable or unreason- able, the 26 per cent, relating to the shifting of the burden of proof, Thanks for the great help given by The Evening World, CHAS. C. LOCKWooD, Chairman Committee on Housing. “PARIS BACKS WILSON VIEW. w has thar Mal aver the Aun Rhine vame oMcial ARMY ATTACH BLS TO ENABLE NEW YORK TO BLD AND RET HOMES. Kisstelncure Tukeoe Wels Takes Up State Recon- struction Progr: Special Session if Measures Fail By Joseph S. Jordan. dent of The Evening Werid.) ALBANY, N. Y., April 2.—With the anti-rent profiteering laws safe on the statute books, the Legislature will now turn its attention to the © Fea! solution of the housing problem, more building and. tne recom~ — mendations of Gov. Smith's Reconstruction Commission, which were” Jorvey Avenue Police Court, Brook | Sent to both Houses last week with message from the Governor, ‘The measures include a constitutional amendment allowing State for home building and, of moré fnimediate avail, an act any he . permit cities of the first class to erect buildings on their soem : | | +| hey 4 them before, | | | profiteering laws ary jlaurels to-day, sat“ 4 that they have Dut over the mp“ nportant piece of | tic, but they had to be to meet the tty Over, Thus far, it was explained at the For- eign Office, the commander of the | American Force has acted in harmony with the orders given by Marshal Foch to the other occupying troops, The | \merican representative with the Rhine |Commission acts in harmony with the French head of the comm {gush veehnieally not under Wis) dae ority, «| Urged to —Hint of ‘The commission is now working on the framing of the desired measures, one of which was submitted te Minor= ity Leader James Walker of the Sen- ate, who turned it over to Senator ET John, J, Dunnigan of the Housing \ Committee, and if Is expected that i the work of rushing: the measures : will occupy the attention of both 4 Houses next week. : While Gov. Smith has given no in- timation of his doing ‘so, it is ru- mored aboyt the Capitol that he may call a special session to act upon these measures designed to meet & critical situation, If the regular ses- sion adjourns without action, & With the rent problem solved for tho next two years, the proposition is now to get more quarters for the public, and to do this may, require @ getting together of builders, building material men and the leaders of the building labor unions, That the rents are not the only things to be reduced is the consensus of opinion among those who aro giving most time and study to the situation, and the Gov- ernor's bills are to be the opening wedge of the downward movement. NO ALARM OVER UNCONSTITU- TIONALITY QF RENT Laws. The projectors of the anti-rent resting on their ee legislation yo“ Present segr alarmed and th” prove fomplished at the They are not at all ¢ shouts of the iandlords awyers that the laws will vonstitutional. They have heard them dur- » the session, heard them at thelr homes and heard them even before the proposed ‘measures had been framed. , “We were confronted with a very acute situation,” sald the majority leader of the Assembly, Charles Done obue, “and we simply had to meet it before the session was over, before the first of May. If there had ever been any doubt that the situation was a tragic one, I think that all’ doubt was dispelled at the hearing last week in the Assembly chamber, That showed that there were land- | lords in the City of Greater New Yorie | who had to be curbed. “The bills in some respect are dras- ‘ a emergency, and that an emergency exists there is no doubt, And these billy which have just become laws meet only half the situation. ‘They tre not intended to meet the housing conditions, ‘The Governor's Recon« jstruction Commission Bills apply to | the other halt. “But what thege new laws do is to permit people to stay in the houses ‘ which they mow occupy. They pre- " vent the landlord from driving them into the street because they refuse to pay any old rent that the landiond may see fit to ask amd they away from the landlord any of