The evening world. Newspaper, May 6, 1920, Page 1

FARE-RAISING TE BIG BEEF PACKERS’ ‘AGENTS HELD FOR PROFI } "TO. NIGHT! 8 WEATHER— Che [* Ciroutation Books Open to Ai?’| Sortie eee Copreight, 1980, b ‘The Press Pobiishing York Wortd). NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920. BOODLE INQUIRY PRESSED BY BORAH AS OLD GUARD YIELDS 10 BOLI THREAT Insists _ on - veined of Alleged Vote Buying for Johnson’s Rivals. IN MUDDLE. LEADERS Even Offer of Chicago Con-| “Vention Chairmanship Fails to Quiet Insurgents. ‘of The Evening World.): WASHINGTON, May 6.—Having forced the OM Guard and National Chairman Hays to give Johnson's friends the permanent chairmanship of the Chicago Convention. Senator Borah will to-day start some new fireworks, aimed promisquously, but Gesigned especially to hit the can- didacy ot Wood. It ts regarded as a new warning to the party leader that the Progres- | sives are ready to go it alone if there | js any attempt to steam roller affairs | at Chicago or swing the nomination | with doubtful delegates. Borah will to-day introduce als Fesotution for an investigation of the Wood campaign funds, with particu- lar reference to the obtaining of the negro votes in Indiana, Maryland and New Jersey, to which the Johnson people attritute their man's defeat in those States, The resolution is not ~~ so explicit, but directs an tnvestiga- tion of all pre-convention campaign ntributions, “pore, Kehyon, Norris and otber friends of Johnson were in confer- ence all yesterday and determined on going to the bottom of the mess, re- gardless of consequences. Johnson arrived in Washingtgn last evening, and ts presumed to have O.K.'é the programme. WILL GO WELL AS FUNDS. The Borah resolution as prepared not only directs an ascertainment of pre-convention campaign contribu- tions and expenditures, but requires that all possible data be collected re- garding promises, patronage pledges and other forms of reward utilized in obtaining delegates. This refers to certain engagements to allot Postmasterships in the event of the success of a particular cam- paign. Naturally every effort is being made to keep the quarrel from widening. Chairman Hays made the first move when he yielded to the demand for the permanent chairmanship at Cht- cago for either Borah or Beveridge. ‘The temporary chairmanship, with the privilege of making the keynote speech, is reserved to Senator Lodge. This is a big concession, In fact the Progressives had asked no more, | but there is a question whether it is | enough to satisfy Johnson's friends, | who are furious at what they (erm the buying of delegations. They seom inclined to regard the conces- sion ag an indication they have the old liners on the run, and they de- clare they Will not let Johnson be| set aside for Knox or anybody else, or Te Senger Wor Saee wera enolic "Ge a’ The On’or Before Friday Preceding Publication receives cial from a Staff Correspondent | INTO PROMISES AS) HOW CANDIDATES IN G. O. P. RACE ARE LINED UP TO-DAY |Wood Leads With 134 of the 799 | + Delegates to Chicago So i Faf Elected. | HE contest for delegates to the Republican National Nominating Convention to | date stands as follows: Total number of delegates. Total number of delegates | elected . Instructéd tor Wood. Instructed for Johnson. 7 Instructed for Lowden + @& | Instructed for Hardin; + 8 | Instructed for Prichard <a Instructed for Poindexter. Mu Uninstructed 409 Contested . - @ To be elected. Although Wood gbtained « plu- | rality over Johnson in Indiana | Tuesday, the State Primary Law: “requires a majority to instruct, and the State Convention to be held next week probably Will so decide. ‘The contests are all between dele- gations trom Southern States. \NUTMEG DEMOCRATS Connecticut Convention Adopts Resolution Favoring Amendment of Volstead Act. NEW HAVEN, Conn, May Re- vision of the Volstead Act s0 as to per- |mit the manufacture and sale of beer and light wines, was favored by the Democratic State Convention today. when it adopted the report of its Com- mittee on Resolutions. A recommendation of the State Cen- tral Committee. that the Connecticut delegation to Sen Francisco be in- structed to vote as a unit was dofeated, land the only reference made to the delegation was the plank which gives {each delegate the right to numo his own alternate. pa Se |FOUR MEN BURIED IN AUTO WRECKAGE Big Touring Car Bowls ‘Over Smal! Machine and Speeds Away. A-amajl automobile owned and driven by David Shields, twenty, No. 1771 Pa- cific Street, was turned over early to- day in Ocean Parkway, near Avenue 8, Brooklyn, by ® seven passenger touring car that sped uway and. escaped, Shields and his’ three compantons, William Batnet, Ng. 142 Buffalo Ave- nue; Charles Johnson, No. 1° Witth Avenue, and Walter Flaherty, a saflor jtrom the Navy Yard, were rescued trom under the wreckag@ by passing motor- |Ista and taken to the Coney Island Hos- |pital in a serious condition from tn- jternal injuries. hn Lat 2 PIE SLICES TOO “THIN. And Chicago o Wants More Soup and | Ham for Ite Money. | CHICAGO, May 6.—The high cost of | soup will be the first object of investi- | if | gation of the newly created High Cost lof Living Committee of City Council, |Max Adamowski, Chairman, said to- | day. ‘The meagreness of pie silces and the Say sileed ham In sandwiches would e next things inquired into, ad amows«i said a ETERS Ocean Beach Hotel iu Flamen. The Ocean Beach F Iskand Leach, seven n ay South Bay from Bay, Sh ai covered to be on fire at 10.20 o'clock this ‘morning, If was burning rapidly | and, was believed to be doomed Lo cony plébe .destruction,© “Whe hotot contains {Gy rooms. and le word Oy. Wikwur af yNew York. Ui Wax unc “ ccunled. aes Aut ahi ve FOR BEER AND WINE) LEGEND TRAL - WILL BE RUSHED; ' HERE ARRESTED AS INSANITY Hl HIS PLEA MEAT PROFS. “AGENTS OF MORRIS Los. Angeles ies Officials Expect Two Charged. Wi With Selling | Watson to Reveal More Murders at Once. - IS SLAYER Close Parallel Is Drawn to the | Offered as Bonidéman, | Case of Johann Hoch, ANGELES, May 6. Los confessed murdered of five be revealed by the accused mai). who have been handling the cuse, expectation that the indictment Watson will ‘be burried as fast | possible. between the case af lof Johann Hoch, the famous mist and wife slayer of Chicago. nounced, 1 insanity. For more than two weeks Wat has carefully been laying the foun: fore the law. —_____ |WOMEN ON JURY of Hugging One of His Pupils, en and three men, will hear the case No. 280 Bast 16th Street, a pupil Public School No. 139, Brooklyn, which Dr, Mordorf is principal. G. Dore, to set the ¢rial date. nor, Mrs, Herman Gottlieb, Francis school board. JOHNSON 156,899 increased to 156,899 the Senator Hiram W. Johuson group Delegates over the ticket. cincts in the State heard from, vote at For Johnson 850,525; | for’ 7 of the tn Los. Ar Southern California He: eguaties Authori- wives, more crimes of a similar nature wil! | That| of Justice Watson has not told a complete story is now the §rm conviction of the men| Orders for the Grand Jury to cun- vene haye been issued end it is the | A close paralle! ts being drawn here ga: Watson's attorney will undoubted- ly ask that the slayer be examined by alienists before any sentence is pro- Tt ham hacome evident thet Wateon ig to attempt to escape materia. punishment of his crimes by pleading tion for a plea of irreaponsibility be- IN KISSING TRIAL Brooklyn School Principal Accused A trial court, consisting of two wom- | Dr. Oliver C. Mordorf, accused of hav ing kissed and hugged Betty Woolsey « Artur chairman cf Local School Board No. 38, and District Superintens- ent James J. Reynolds will confer to-day Dr. Mordorf's jury will consist of Mrs. Matilda O’Con Sullivan, the Rev. Dr. J. Frederick Bers, pastor of the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, and’'My, Dore, chairman of the AHEAD OF HOOVER SAN FRANCISCO, May 6.—Latest returns from Tuesday's Presidential preference election early to-day had lead of the Herbert C, Hoover With all but 69) of the 5,7: ah pre- the tes, 626. hy The Hoover ticket continued to tead les and two other smaller | WILL TRY 3 38 CO COMMUNISTS. | Beef and Pork in Brooklyn | | at Excessive Prices. WATOHED. | BUTCHER IS SURPRISED. He, | Learns His Statements | Brought Manager’s Arrest. The arrest to-day of two managers on charges of violation of the Lever | act, completed the present labors of | the Flying Squad of the Department in rounding up alleged |profiteers in meat. Swift & Co, Ar- motr & Co, and Wilson & Co. already (been indicted, tncludipg one jogal manager of each concern, and % manager for Cudahy & ‘Co. i under ‘bail awafting examination be- fore the United States Commissioner. ‘The mon arrested to-day were Jamve Edward Nash, manager at No. 141 Mots Street, Wallabour Market, and George William Ehlers, manager at No. 164 Fort Greene Place. When they were arraigned ‘before United States Commissioner McGoldrick each wan released in $2,500 hat! for examination on May 20, Anatol [, -Rodau, spocin! agent who obtained ‘the evidence against the other packing houses, charged tha: @- | Nash sold lamb to Henry Schwartz, at No, 173 Myrtle Avenue for 40 cents 4 pound on April 17 although the same grade of meat had deen sold to the same ‘butoher on April 9 for 32 cents a pound. ‘This was the period of the railroad strike and it is charged that no circumstances warranted such advance in price. Ehlers was charged with. selling pork to Benjamin Wolff of 'No. 715 Fulton Street at 39 cents a pound on April 15, when, on April 8 the price for the same kind of meat was only 33 cents. ‘| When Nash appegred before the {") Commissioner he brought with hin °' | Schwartz, the butcher, as his bondi- man, although he had no more idea than Schwartz himself that the lat- ter’s statements as to meat prices were what had. brought about tho arrest, Schwartz, still surprised, signed the bond and Nash was re- leased. of as an at Ki — SOLD WRONG DRUG HELD FOR HOMICIDE Clerk Alleged to Have Given , , Lysol, a Poison, in His Vote, With 691 Precincts Place of Laxol. Unreported, Is 350,525 Arthur Searles, a dri clerk at No. To 193,626. 497 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, was held in $5,000 bafl in the Fifth Avenue Court, Brooklyn, to-day on @ charge of homicide. It is alleged that he sold “lysol,"" a olson, on a prescription calling for “laxol," @ harmless medi cine, and the polson kMed Frank de Cara, No. 343 17th Street, Brooklyn. ‘The ‘“lysol" was administered by, de Cara's wife on March 18 and he died soon afterward. The defense will point out that the “lysol” was plainly lubelled as poison. ata a $30,000 FOR TRUCK DRIVER. | Willow of Man Killed On Ferry- of 68 SUGAR 9 CENTS, STEAK 16, IN THIS’ ‘SOCIAL PARADISE’ No Rent Gouging, Either—Where? In | Queensland. ‘cc URS is a real social para- O dise,”" declared Premier ward Thoodore of Queensland, Australia, last night at the’ Labor Lyceum, Brooklyn, in referring to living conditions in his country. “We have curbed the rent prof- {tecr by passing adequate las, and we are not troubled with ex- orbitant prices for sugar or meat. Sugar sells for 9 cents a pound and steak can be had for 16 cente,” | he declared. | tles here are of the belief that when|of Brovktyn branches of the pack-| the Grand Jury meets to-day to take| ing establishment of Morris & Co up the case of James P. Watson, selt- have | “The Government owns all the grazing lands, the mines, and also operates the railroads. -We havo laws for the. protection of widows and children and compensation _!aws for the employed.” MERCHANTS JON HANDS TO FIGHT STRIKE TIE-UPS Plan War on Trucking Unions to Assure Movement of Food- stuffs and Merchandise, New York merchants through trade bodies completed at a meeting a the Woolworth “Building yesterday after- noon organization to overcome inter- ference with business by strikes and other labor disputes, \y with the object of assuring free movement of foodstuffs and merchandise. The first step decided upon was an open fight on the truckmen who have tied up trade, and a large fund is said to have been pledged to carry It out. Nearly 200 shtppers employing truck- men attended the mecting which was culled by the Committee for the Pro- tection of Public Rights in the Trans- portation of Goods, According to J. C. Lincoln, truific manager for the Merchants’ Associa- tion, only 60 per gent. of the com- merce of the city is moving and there is a los of business because of tied- up freight, strikes, sympathetic hold- ing back and so on, amoanting ty $1,000,000 a day. Men and trucks will be hired with- out regard to union conditions, it was the merchants themselves with their Executive Commitjee as a guiding body. The city will be asked to give Protection’ to the new scheme of op- eration. Isaac Goldberg, Chairman of the Dock Committee of the New York (Continued on Second Page.) STOCK DIVIDENDS 10 TO 400 P.C. IN Texas Pacific Net Income for 1919 Equal to $9.01 on h $10 Share, AKING advantage of the re- cent ruling of the United States Supreme Court, six corporations to-day are preparing to issue stock dividends ranging from 10 to 400 per cent on thetr basi Wins Awad, capital stock. They are: The K Mary Raleigh. whdse husband, Dennis| J. Reynolds Tobacce Company. 200 Labor testarairts Cieaiuon wn ul fal driver of a emi truck, was] per cent; the Whittaker-Glewsner Affect 1 a se: KAN n | 4 own from his seat and killed on Oct] Company of Pittsburgh, 400 per | CHICAGO, May decision 1918, when his truck struck rc cont.; the. Chandler Motor a el Becretary of Labor Wilson thet mem ng of 2 West Sho’ ryboat, wont © tant ip in the Communist Labor Party Hict of $20,000 fn Justice Joh Corporation; #0 498i par cank; the Noon not conaytue. an for deport t of Suprome Court to.| Exdicott-Jehnson Compuny, 10 per fion Will not affect the trial here next Salida an ce he Brown Shoe Cox 3 fy Williain, row 1D. Hing Dire Bis aye Disa ehot SOR Ran th assoclate in of Rallroad# operating th 23 1-3 per « and the Pa to State's entra) Railroad, | Detroit Company +2 per F | on the death of ' t oft is RE ; ‘ rhe annua! report of the Texis i} a na lett mith tree rT chil. | D RESTAURANT, iren to «pport, she # He youented | Pacific Coll & Ol! Company Fe not gi tat, Thupaday, May, 9, 4920; | my’ Assemblyman Mar un Bh 1919 shows net incon of $5,408,611, ie oat “andorra ei nt ves —— equal to $9.01 on each $10 share ‘hose “tian ‘om 10H ake fu tok Age ff Sock Outstanding. ° \ \ Ag re Moe bes 2 tomate + eee explained, and this will be done by | SIX CORPORATIONS}! TREATY DEADLOCK TS DRAWN TIGHTER and Party . Bitterness That Have Prevented Ratification, {BACKS JOHNSON’S VIEW. | the Reservations “Ameri- canized” the League. By David Lawrence. (Special Coresapsndens of The Eve- ning World.) 1920).—President Wilson hag waited | in sflence ¢or the men who defetted the Treaty of Versafies in the Senate to offer an alternative course of ac- .tion, Senator Philander C. Knox, former Secretary of State und Republican leader, a member of the group irre- concilably opposed to the treaty with or without reservations, has spoken in defense of the plan to make peace by Congressional resolution. In so far as this brings out at last the lines of buttle, it maths forward toward the great cofitest at the polls where the issue will be de~ aided. In 90 far as it emphasizes the hopo- les @@&diock between the executive oud ivgisintive branches of the Gov- ernment, it breather anew the pas- sion of personal strife and party. bit- terness which has prevented agree- ment for so long. The Pennsylvania Senator's speech made a deep impression. It was carefully propared and skilfully pieced together. But if was avow- edly a destructive criticism — an analysis of what had beon done; whet might have eon done; what should have been proposed at Paris. Tt doesnt propose any concrete or genera! pian for action in the fmce of to-day’s situation beyond a vague suggestion for an international con- ference some day wherein Buropean nations should be persuaded to give up the provisions of the treaty which [they have already ratified and are now executing and set up a new ba- sis of imernatioual law. KNOX BRUSHES ASIDE THE “AMERICANIZATION” OF TREATY. Butt Genstor Knox makes an honest Presentation af the viewpoint of the irreconcilables, eo doesn't take refuge behind the cry for “proper reservationa” He brushes aside as “untrue” all the talk about “Amer- feanizing the treaty with reserva- tions” indulged in Gy Measrs Lowden, Harding, Wood, Will Hays and ather. He defines the iswue exactly as Sen- ator Hiram Johnson has so persua. sively put it in his suecesaful primary campaign. He im againet the whole treaty and the League. Here is the most interesting para- graph in the speech: “It has been said that reserva- tions proposed in the Senate Americanize the League. This, of course, 1s not true, A more ac- curate statement of the effect of (Continned on Second Page.) — 641,900 VETERANS IN NEED, ‘With Disabilities. There are 641,900 veterans of the World War dependent on the bounty of wy said (0 represent the tabulation Were made here to-day by the commiv ald to diswbled veterans and refer j “Circulation Books Open to All.” Matered as Second-Class Matter Pest Ottiee, ‘New York Ne Ee —— . Breathes Anew Personal Strife Brushes*Aside Argument That| the United States for future existance, at annual cost of $325,000,000, according to Dr. W . Chiet Modieal Adviser of the Bureau of War Risk | Insurance, who Fports this number Aischanged fromy the army and The aclual colléetion of eight-cent fares on Staten Island trolley cars ; to-day introduced a finish fight to determine just how far the police - WASHINGTON, May. 6 (Copyright, | powers of the State can go in extraordinary measures to prevent the paralysis of public utilities, Public Service Commissioner GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ABLAZE. Wiremen Called to Capltiel Whee Smith Diycovers Biase. ALBANY, N. ¥., May 6.—Governut Smith discovered a slight fire in the executite ‘chamber to-day. The blaze, | which Was odilied by defective electric wiring, could nbt be extinguished by the, attaches of the office, and” city firemen were called. BRT. RECEWER TURNS DOWN UNION CARMEN DEMAND Garrison ‘Won't Interfere to Stop the Organization of a “Brotherhood.” Reosiver Garrtson of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad to-day dented the request. of a.committes repre- senting the Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Hallway Em- | ployees that he take steps immedi- | ately to put to death anew and rival organization knows a» the B. KR 1. “Brotherhood.” The committee left the B. R. T. offices, Brooklya, vowing that «f Gar- rison didn't do eomething to stop it | they would stop 4. | “What you ask me to concern my- | self about,” the Receiver told them, “{ none of my business, I am not organizing and the officials of the |B. RT. are not organizing any brotherhood. Employees of the com- pany are at liberty to join any or- ganization they choose, brothertbod, Amalgamated or any uther.” It was Edwin L, Smith who the Amalgumated would suid stop tthe id not do so, ‘We are going to have ond organization on this system or none," said Smith. “What you do,” replied the Re- j ceiver, “will be on your own shoul- | ders, Threats don't go with me, and if I knew one was coming I never | | would have granted this ihterview.” | P. J. Shea, an International Vice President of the Amalgamated, re- ported that union men are being “in- timidated” ‘by under-officials of the road, “Make that complaint in writing, | make it specific,” “and Vl ge. said the receiver, rantee that the offenders will suffer, I'm for fair play.” A joint committee representing ated local unions in Brooklyn t to-night to get the details ub-committee which met ‘The joint committee will tuation before the union moeting. PRICE TWO CENTS TEST ON STATEN ISLAND STAN Srey, OFPLANFOR GENERN RAE ‘Nixon, Defying Mayor, Says He Will Use Police Power toEnforce Eight- Cent Rate on Richmond Lines— City Asks Injunction. eight cents, Mayor Hylan at once ordered Corporation Counsel O'Brien | to,.oppose the increase through court ‘action, Fhe city tates tte otand on the A few dollars will pay the cost of! “brotherhoods” if Receiver Garrison | Nixon authorizéd the collection of plain words of the fraschise under which the Richmond Light and Ret — Foad Company operates trolley care \on Staten Island. ‘The franchise says — | mat the maximum fare enall be'tive conte, Commnisaloner Nixon, who has been defeated before in efforts to rates fares for other companies, takes we stand this time on the bitherw un- tested extent of his potics powers, “This te not a question of anybody's investinent,” he suid. “The supreme. thing ts the necessity of preventiog « complete demoraitzation of @ pubiigy service, The striking employees would bave scattered beyond reugh ae 1 had not acted promptly, I peHeve” that my police powers extend w the point to which I have used them. I oxpéct a Night from the city udmine (stration and I um ready for it” CITY TO ASK INJUNCTION AGAINST FARE RAISE. Mr. O'Brien conferred with his as~ Soctates to-day on a cuurse of action » and intimatéd that he would ask for’ an injunction in the Supreme Court this atternoon to prevent the collee- on of he 8 cent fare. He pointed: ont (hat if Nixon is permitted to” raise fares in this jomtance, it will be possible for him arterward, on af” wmilar plea of public cinergeacy and the use of police powers, to raise the | fares in all parts of the city. : |. “Great as the police power of the ‘State may be,” eaid Mr. O'Brien, “powers thut are sometimes hard to define, they cannot be used to break 4 written agreement, And the fraii> chise of the Richmond Light and Railroad Courpany is a written agrees ment.” President La Guardia of the Board ot Aldermen took a similur view and sald that the company was “Ifke @ man trying to cheat himself at @ game of solitaire.” He declared that the company would forfeit tts fran- chise if ft continued to collect eight cents. ‘The Mayor's letter to O'Brien fol- lows: “1 understand that Commisstoner Nixon has ordered an inereased fare. from 6 to 8 cents on the traction lines jon Staten Island, Nixon has deen | bedeviling’ everybody since he took | office to increase the fare on the Staten Island lines as well as the other Hnes of the city, “The Corporation Counsel and the city Administration have enough to | contend with to keep the traction in- terests from the backs of the people | without being forced to go to court, as we have been compelled to im the” past to make Commissioner Nixon (s publiq servant who is on the payrof of the people to the extent of $15,000 }a year), do his duty, “Lhe investigation of the traction | lines showing how the investing pub- | ue and the city have been mulcted to the extent of millions of dollars, the crowding of human beings in cars it the traction Hines in a most disgrace tal wovinnes clase ae deviaivn