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> FARE _ READY IN STATE SENATE ~ FORCED —— State Constitutions, De- Clares Thompson, CITIES ARE AROUSED. “Stinger” in Bills Would Make Scraps “of Franchise Restrictions, By Joseph S. Jordan. (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) ALBANY, April 9.—It is quite possible now that the traction “April fool bills” will be beaten in the Sen- ate even though they may get through the Assembly, In the Lower House, though, a determined opposition has been raised against their passage and, after the hearing of next Tues- day before the Assembly Judiciary Committee, there will be no doubt in ‘he mind of the humblest layman as to just what the bills mean, Lest there should be any doubt at the present time, the gist of the measures is that the Public Service Commissioner is given full power, after the lapse of six months, to put over any railroad fare that will suit the tempera- ment of the traction companies, and the public may go hang. That the bills are unconstitu- tional there is no doubt in the minds of the constitutional law- yers in both branches of the legislature, but that fact will not bother the unterrified traction interests. HOPES TO WIN BY BLUFF AND AVOID COURTS. James L. Quackenbush, chief counsel of the Interborough Railway Com- »any, doesn't intend that the question gonstitutionality shall ever go be- the courts, Such a course wi!l not 9e necessary if the bills are passed. They will not become operative for six months after passage and in the interim the City Administration and the traction companies are supposed to gct together and agree upon a railroad fare, In the case of New York City, for tnstance, it is certain that there could be no such agreement. ‘Then, there being no agreement, the whole matter would be thrown into the nands of the Public Service Commis- sioner, who would name a fare which would obtain until the two parties, ihe railroads and the city, could decide on the rate of fare. Commissioner Lewis Nixon is on record for an in- creased fare for the New York lines and nothing would stop him from ming a ten-cent fare. With this| fact staring a city administration in} the face, the administration might feel that it would be to the best inte, ests of the city to take what was offered from the traction companies, ather that leave the matter to tho \igment of a man like Mr. Nixon. BAREFACED ATTEMPT TO PIL- LAGE THE PUBLIC. ‘The bills, since attention has been} irawn to them by The Evening Vorld, are declared by legislators in both Houses to be one of the most barefaved to the public which h: r bi Albany. They have been most clev- erly drawn, and the work of trying o rush them through at the eleventh hour is in keeping witb the other work of the authors. But, clever as they were, the pro- jectors of the steal overlooked one big bet und were @augit in a trap, ‘The bills wore held until i: was thought that all chances of a public hearing had passed. The bet overlooked sion of the Judiciary Committee powers to hold he until April} 12 because of the Anderson and Anti- | aloon League matters. This made vas the exten possible a public !waring before the committee to which, in the regular | course, the bills were referred. Had | there been no hearing the mendactous | measures would have found a club} waiting in the Senate onator George | Pp. Thompson, chairman of the Senate ‘ommittee on Public Service, is fa- millar with the workings of the trac- tion intere: nd would have been] eady for them. BILLS VIOLATE FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS. amining the proposed me psely, nompson | pill, No, 1961, purports | to authorize eities and incorporated | villages and towns of the State to r into agreements with the street irface and rapid nsit corpord ns upon a e at cost plan. nvides a whole lot of machinery for itting the matter to negotiation | months time to both ree, but in case neither then authoriz o! ission to arbi- of agrec ts or char- | y | ( The last provision of the blil | is absolutely unconstitutional, not | only under the Constitution of New York State but the Constitu- tion of the United States, t consideration, howeve \ > weight in deterring th : npanics from attempting to pul ouah Ub 1. rea soa that they wiil have six moi lise this power (which will not then ‘be known to be unconstitutio a club over the City A and it will > Kive officials an excuse f¢ ecing to which they would not! ning | gree to s is a very eleverly drawn bill, (Continued op Twentieth Page.) | the contract remains unchanged, the | United States Commissioner Mathews at Newark charged with conspiracy to tof the loot. GRAB BILL It THROUGH ASSEMBLY) _ They Violate Both Federal and CITY TO RUN CARS ON STATEN ISLAND AT FIVE CENT FARE Court Grants Permission to Conduct Midland Under Direction of Receiver. New York City will operate the Staten Istand Midland Railroad under the direction of the Federal Receiver, Jacob Brenner, on a five cent rate of fare. This was assured by a memorandum issued by Judge Chat- field to-day, granting permission to ar- range for the operation, and was the result of negotiations between Judge | Chatfield, FP, H. La Guardia, President of the Board of Aldermen, and Re- ceiver Brenner. It is hoped to start operation within ten days. Mr. La Ge#ardia is said to have rep- resenteg that the city will put the} road and {ts equipment in good shape, | obtain the use of cars and arrange! for power. The railroad ceased op- eration on Jan. 16, pleading that it was operated at’ a loss on a 6-cent fare. It had rented cars from the Richmond Light and Railroad Com- pany and obtained its power from that company. Judge Chatfield declared that the} receiver is bound to Hve up to the franchise and to carry passengers, | ang added that thd putljid alse ‘have interests which ninat be respected?* He said that the city must “hold tho receiver harmless” for any claims arising from the operation of the road | beyond the money earned, except in| so far as the Court may determine such obligations to be a proper! sharge aginst the assets. | ‘The city must obligate itself,” he said, “to retmburse the receiver, if the operation shall not result in a profit over actua; expenses, whether or not} the present rate of fare fixed by the| franchise can be increased. “So long as regulation of {are by the public authorities (if there should be necessity for reducing these fares or increasing transfers or car- rying facilities) is made by statute a part of the contract, it is evident that these items canot be changed by | one party thereto without impairing the contract obligations, conversely, 60 long as an increase of fare can be obtained only by statutory means or, by an agreement reached under the | terms of the contract, it is evident} that a change of that sort would not | impair the contract. But so long as | defendant 4s bound to run its road at the fare specified unless prevented by superior force, inevitable accident, impossibility of performance or oper- ation of law.” Grover Whalen, Commissioner of Plant and Structures, said this after- noon that he had not received noti- fication of the court's action, but that he was ready to meet the re- ceiver and prepare for the restora- tion of service immediately, as his plans already had be been completed. HUNT $150, 000 M MAIL LOOT. Two Who Served Terme for Ferry Thett Arrested Again. Federal authorities at Newark began a new attempet to-day to get back $150,000 worth of securities stolen from | a mail wagon in 1916 on a ferfy between New York and Jersey City. ‘The total theft amounted to $700,000, but $560,000 was recovered. Thomas Benson, Louis Windier and Edward J. Quigley were convicted of the robbery and sent to the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. They were released re- cently und to-day were arraigned before j ae al the r They were i $10,0 2,000 MEN, JOIN OVERALL CLUB, STARTED AS JEST Among Guesis Chub Luncheon Where Overalls Are Worn by All BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 9, WO thousand mea in all v walks of life have joined the Birmingham Overall Club {n a campaign against the high ¢ clothing. Startea | in the spirit of fest, the idea iiv pained converts and to- n headquarters of the club was thronged with anxious to sign the roster GADSDEN, Ala, April 9.—Ro- tarians here appeared at weekly luncheon to-day 4 in overalle, United States Sen- ator Underwood was among the guests, ve untecrs scamatatitsteintininaioasesaats ea onamnacananiaaaedamcis lchange to-day « |In Stromberg Carburetor stock from | Wall 95. inquiry of the Stock ge com- mittee the stock was y active this morning, the quotation ing from 101 1-2 to 110, ‘The noon quotation was | 107. The Stromberg Carburetor inquiry ig one of the most far-reaching in |the history of the Stock Exchange Brokers are required to bmit the j that jhad been 4 | plained that the {contracts outstanding 600 will become THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1920 LILLIAN S. GRANT IS MARRIED TO-DAY TO L. M’K. GOODEVE Wedding Will Be in Grace Church and Southern Honeymoon Will Follow. There was much interest to-day in the wedding at Grace Church of Miss Lillian Sutherland Grant, grandniece of Gen. Ulyases S. Grant, to Lindsay Mac- Kenzie Goodeve, assistant treasurer of the Central Union Trust Company. Owing to the recent death of the bride’s mother, only a few relatives and near friends were invited to witness the cere- mony. Miss Grant, who is twe a graduate of Miss M AsOn daughter of Ulys: sistant Treasurer 3 the Sub-Treasury in this 616 West 137th Street. After ern honeymoon the couple wi their home at Bay Shore, a NEW RYAN SQUEEZE’ ; IN STROMBERG, IS, STORY IN WALL ST. 88,000 Shares Dealt In During Three Days — Total Issues Only 75,000. The tions of the New York Stock Ex- lered all memiers to submit a full list of their dealings Committee on Business Rela April 5 to April 8, inclus've. Strom- | berg Carburetor is generally known in the street as a “Ryan stock," and Street 1s to-day wondering whether Allan A. Ryan, during the excitement incident to the Stutz cor- ner, has engineered gnother squeeze. ‘The tota! number of shares of Strom berg Carburetor authorized and iss is 75,000, During the last three day: a total of 88,000 shares have heen dealt in on the Stock Exchange. The heaviest dealings were on Wednesday, when a total of 49,800 shares changed hands, During 1919 the price of this stock ranged from 363-4 to 1091-4. Last Tuesday 10,800 shares were sok in the Stock Exchange at from 90 to Wednesday's price ranged from 95 to 110, Yesterday, when 29,000 shares were traded in, the quotations ranged from 1073-4 to 1121-2. ite the names of the firms with which deai ings were had, with the price in each instance and the names of Clients The exact position of each firm in this stock at the close of business last night must be given. ‘There were no developments in the utz corner to-day, and it was be- ved in Wall Street that the case is one step removed from the courts, At the offices of Allan A, Ryan & Co., No, 111 Broadway, it was announced the Advertising for Stutz stock UNDERPAID IN PROVISIONS UNDERPAID TEACHERS STAY | SECS PROBLEM IN STAT of the housing mistakes, and a hous-;he explained, was the Board of ing avd community planning is|Supply. The board waa voting" needed in every city and town tc de-|proposal to make. additions to” feet) constructive plans for eliminat- | Washington Pi fi faste and poor planning of Darleyeorn’s: demiee -welby..ii sponatble for the passing of a modern dairy in the Borough of Queens, ti ing three hunded cows, Owners he our alt “A contral State Bureau of Housing is needed to collect and distribute in- formation in regard to tho experi- ences of other localities in America and other countries to offer means of permanently reducing the cost of homes so that workers throughout the State may be able to live in sanitary, jthe dairy found it Impossible to get (7 eh grain and séck to sell ihe ih te tA to a cork manufecturer. cant re this can be done, it ja necessary to change the zoning law. 2 $1,000 a Year Tead Teacher Raised| Only $490, While $2,260 One Is Advanced $900. FAILS IN MAIN OBJECT Higher the Pay the Greater the Increase in $30,000,- 000 Albany Measure. Poorly paid school teachers claim the Lockwood-Donohue increase pay bill, the passage of which it is esti- mated would cost the taxpayers be- tween $25,000,000 and $30,000,000, is not going to help them nearly as much as it will help much higher paid teachers who are already doing very well financially. The Lockwood-Donohue bili pro- vides for a flat increase of 40 per cent. in the salaries of all teachera whose compensations on June 1 nex! will range from $900 a year to and in- cluding $2,260, The proposed. law provides that where salaries range from $2,340 a year to and inoluding $4,000 a yer per cent. and a 20 per cent. increase between that figure and $10,000. This means ‘that the $1,000 a year teacher, admittedly under- paid, who would receive a 40 per cent. raise in salary under the Lockwood-Donohue bill, would be advanced but $400 a year, the increase shall be 30]} whereas the teacher who is doing nt much better at a $2,260 a rr salary would be advanced $900 on the same 40 per cent. basis. ‘The main purpose of the Lockwood- Donohue bill, as explained by those who are fighting for its passage, is to take care of the underpaid young teacher who, because of the dis- couragingly small salary paid her at ing the school room for sme othor more lucrative calling. Yet the smaller a teacher’s pay the less her raise in salary; the higher a teacher's present pay the greater her Increase in salary. Although a $4,000 a year teacher receives a raise of but thirty per cent. under the proposed law, the increase itself, which amounts to $1,200 is almost as great ag the entire $1,400 2. year salary the under paid teacher would receive after her $400 a year raise, and just three times the size of the $400 raise itself, CASE OF “UNTO HIM WHO HATH SHALL BE GIVEN.” Simple multiplication will show that the $10,000 a year official who is list- ed In the 20 per cent. increase class would be advanced $2,000 a year in salary against the underpaid $1,000 a year teacher's modest $400 advance. Likewise the school official who re- ceives $5,000 a year would on a 20 per cent. increasé bagis be advanced $1,000. Legislators claim they want to make | the pay of the young teacher as a tractive as possible in order to draw recruits to the profession and retain | those who are in it, It isn't the young teacher who does all the legisiati lobbying, politicians say. ‘The middle- aged, experienced teachers who are too settled in life or too near the pen- sion goal to relinquish their jobs, are he most efficient lobbyists, and they reap the biggest financial! harvest. Comptroller Craig has prep ared table showing tle number of teac at the different rates of pay under Chapter 73, Laws of 1920. That is, the OF LOCKWOOD-DONOKUE BILL tisticlans on teache: claim that $1,500 a ing line between salaried teachers. According to the table, 4,766 teach-| ers receiving $1,600.a year or less would recelve a 40 per cent. increase in event the Lockwood-Donohue bill became a law. About 5,645 whose Salaries range from $1,500 to $2,160 would revelve = 40 per cent. increase and 6,754 teachers getting between jase. and $2,260 would receive a 40 per cent. increase, Of the teachers receiving from $2,- 340 @ year to 44,000 a year there would be 6,516 scheduled for a 30 per cent. increase. THE TEACHERS AFFECTED AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION. rs’ salaries, some ear is the divid-) low and modium In the 40 per cent. class are teachers receiving the following salaries: Salary ‘Women. Men, q 0 = 55.8 2-212.85 Increase covers cent. these salaries: Kalary Kate. Womey, Women. Men. t u 0 i i 1 i 1 1 1 1 i a F by the. increases, The following shows, that less than 20 per cent. of the city’é school teach- the beginning of her career, is desert-lers whose salaries are fixed by the most recently enacted legislation will receive, on June 1 next, $1,500 a year: Agere Prot Salary Rates Gi B20 or tea... 0) to $1,500, Liss to ‘g:t00: 2188 to 3.200 8,700 and over... Grand tota! 4133 ‘An appropriation of $0,265,000 In ad- dition to the budget appropriation for 1920, for the purpose of further increasing the salaries of publ school teachers, is asked of the Board of Estimate by a resolution adopted last evening at a meeting of the Board of Euucation, EVICTED WOMAN BREAKS UP SERVICES Women, Men 2 Bousuk Visits Two Synagogues ; | working people. :|says, “shall be to encourage th *)nave already proved their worth, they 199 men affected as high as the State, 100 First Step ¢ Can Governor’s Plan to Encourage Erection of Adequate Homes. (seeviat From_a Staff Geregnondent | of The Evening Worl ALBANY, April 9.—A bill providing for an unpaid State Advisory Hous- ing Board of fivo members, to be appointed by the State Industrial Commission for five-year terms, was introduced to-day in the Senate by Senator John J. Dunnigan, who de- scribed it as the “first step in the housing programme of the Governor.” The Dunnigan bill also provides for the appointment of city housing boards ‘of nile members, also unpaid, by the mayors of citles. In cach case, city and State, the boards are to study needs and conditions, prepare plans to meet them, help in the prepa- ration of ordinances, legislative bills, ete. Their powers are recommenda- tory. The bill provides that the Stato Housing Board is to “prepare a report and suggest legislation to obtain the best use of State credits for an ample} supply of dwelling accommodations for Such plans and iegis-| lation shall provide for loans at low rates of interest without loss to the State, and shall fix standards of con- struction ang other limitations upon whieh the State will mifke loan. “The purpose of such plan: | the bill tion of adequate homes for working people at a low rent, and a permanent cure of the housing problem.” Spoak-| ing of the bill, Senator Dunnigan nai “While the emergency rent regul tion laws passed by the Legislature are fut temporary relief measures. | ‘The most important work ty be done before the end of the session is to pass real constructive legislatio;| which will permanently cure this pressing situation, “The State should adopt a broad policy in relation to housing—one that looks to the future and that will | make for the permanent welfare of The State should accept its responsibility and seo that tte workers are properly housed by tak- ing direct constructive action to pro vide decent homes according to American standards of living, “The situation in New York City Is particularly grave and no temporary | solution will serve to meet our pre: ent housing difficulties, The Insuff- {cient supply of houses has resulted in wholesome homes and to encoursg {the “Enited Seaton: ows went ary 7 wale Cie y Craig. The board refused to take (tin |property out of the restricted ser: tory, but gave the owners permission to renew ¢ Heation. [- ANCRE 7 Estimate Board Gels Gets Revelation | (Mh the GomuineRoquefert Favor From Craig, Then Discusses Cows aml Prohibition. CNEESE itor Cita the Cows milked dry by the wave of Prohibition and the age of the Hud- Rewsotare Flavor Exactly. Get it! homobullding in every possible way HUDSON RIVER OLD? ’ ONLY 276,000 YEARS|* son River were among @ topics dis- | cussed by mombers of the Board of Estimate at to-day's meeting. | Comptroller Craig, acting a¢ torian for Hiss the board, solemnly an-! Made by nounced the stream discovered by LESS, ADELPH Hendrik Hudson was 276,000 years sehen th do nid old. Hi uthority for this assertion, | Manley Me Gibbons STHAVENUE AT OG™ STREET Second oor ~Take Elevator Back to first principles. We started this business by special~ sing in highest class apparel at $35. Tt seemed impossible’ owing to tremen- dously increased costs that we could ever again offer Suits, Dresses and Coats of the high standard we set for ourselves, at this price. However, for to-morrow we have reduced nearly five hundred (500) garments to o* Every one a really sensational bargain. Reduced Sale (im. 100 New SUITS For Women and Misses $ Tricotine, Poiret Twill, Serge, Velour Checks, Gabardines, Tweeds Greatly | large part of the population being | | housed in a manner detrimental to | |thé health and safety of the com- munity, Forty thousand apartments are needed at present in the greater city, with the demand ever increas- ing. Thousands of apartments are to — Landlady and oocupted. by two or more: fari)}tes | tice “To supply the housing need will! Police Are Called. take years and a constructive pro- City Marshal David Goldberg yes' gramme is absolutely ne@essary to dispossessed Mr. and Mrs. Louis| prevent in years to come a repetition Bousuk at No. 429 Stone Ave Th had objected to a nt imposed by ly Frank, of the the sus lan dreas. Mrs, Bousuk appeared ai the Talmud Torah Synagogue, No. 414 Stone Ave! and ‘protested that it was sacr to dispossess her on the ond day of the Passover bi up the service calmed the excited of ° a mark of duct of Mrs. Frank, Funeral of Lieut. Carroll. Alfred E. Smith, wife of aud many other friends of , attended funeral services at t mecla-Merici, 163d St the Bronx, this hilip Car- Mre. and Gr. mornin figures show what the salaries wil be June 1, 1920, when the already enacted salary increases become ef- fective. 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