The evening world. Newspaper, May 22, 1920, Page 1

\ . To Be Sure of Getting The Evening World, Order in Advance from Your Newsdealer VOL. LX. NO. 21,440—DAILY. WAKE UP, NEW YORK! NEW YORK CITY IN DANGER OF LOSING ITS SUPREMACY AS OCEAN SHIPPING CENTRE Baltimore, With No Strikes, Im- proved Docks and Lower Hand- ling Cost, Increases Port Business Fivefold—$50,000,000 More for Piers to Bring Shipping From New York. By Martin Green. (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening Werld.) BALTIMORE, May 22.—New York's long standing supremacy in for- eign and ceastwise shipping is threatened by the phenomenal growth and development of the ports of Baltimore, Philaduiphia, Norfolk, Savannah, New Orleans and Boston. While New York is josing ground the other cities are steadily gaining, and it is inevitable, unless conditions which are driving wippiag away (rom New York dre sodh rectified, that the greatest city in the world, wilt ping centre and become merely ‘¢ 0 a minor position as an ocean ship- regional distribution and receiving point. Until recently New York handled 80 per cent. of the Atlantic foreign trade and 60 per cent. of the total foreign trade of the United States, The bulk of the 20 per cent.-of Atlantic foreign trade remaihing passéd through Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk and the other Atlantic ports. At the present rate of change it is only a question of time when the per- centage will be reversed and New York’s municipal investment of nearly $150,000,000 in docks will be to a considerable extent non-productive, WHY NEW YORK IS LOSING. The point is that what New York is losing now and will lose is lost { forever. York for these reasons: New York is far behind them i The cost of handling and Philadelphia than to New York, Shipping diverted from New York will never go back. Balti- more and Philadelphia will hold the business they are taking from New facilities for transferring goods from incoming and outgo of New York is from 50 cents to $1.1 pees of Baltimore and Philade!phi: ight rates from the interior of the country are less to Baltimore Baltimore and Philadelphia are not troubled by stri periodically tie up New York Harbor. Baltimore is planning to spend $50,000,000 with ali speed om the con- struction of wharves, docks, piers aud warehouses. and other waterfront the railroads to ships and from ships to the railroads. he expense of handling ships in New York is much heavier than Miao expense in Baltimore and Philadelphi. Costs an average of $4,000 more for a cargo 9 freight in the Harbor a ton in excess of the cost in the s such as { tacilities and $2,000,000 in dredging the harbor, which already ‘affords # mean depth of thirty-five feet along the greater part of the dock frontage. ‘The facilities for coaling vessels in ® Baltimore harbor are far supertor to the facilities afforded by New + York. OTHER CITIES HUSTLING FOR IMPORT TRADE. Baltimore and Philadelphia re | hustling night and day for export ard “import business, while New York, be- eatise of insufficient facilities, con- tinue} labor troubles and congestion, is unable to make a move to protect | her foreign commerce. “We don’t underestimate the power { and influence of New York,” ont ist enera! Manager o + M. Brittaiosport and Import Board of Trade, to-day, “but we are taking wantage of New York's inertia, We . long start on New York and (Continued on 2 Second Page.) Classified Advertisers CLOSING TIME 5.30 P. M. SHARP SATURDAY FOR The SUNDAY WORLD’S Classified Advertisements FIC 3 CSR a OFFICES CLOSE fasted aaveriises wea, vl "be ay for The jorid ‘after Si30'P. Me. for The Sunday in The World office | harbor READY TO SETTLE PORT STRIKE, REPORT Mates, Pilots and Engineers Said to Have Gone Over Heads of Marine Affiliation. Correspondence made public to-day by Chairman EB, M. Kine of the Kuil- road General Managers Association re- vealed what was suid to be an effort by the Masters, Mutes and Pilots’ Union and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association to settle the strike of en- sineers and captains on railroad boats in New York Harbor over the heuds of leaders of the Marine Workers Affil- jation. Under date of yesterday William 8. Brown, National President of the Mar- ine Engineers, and John H. Pruett National President of the’ Masters. Mates and Pilots, wrote to Chairnian Rine “by request” to ask for a con- ference “so that we may get together and agree upon a plan whereby the commerce of the port may become normal.’ Chairman Rine’s reply was thay be- fore the ralipoud representatives -will hold such a conference Brown and Capt Pruett must. exercise their power as nationul Prosidents and “call off the iMegal strike.” Tt was reported to-day that an effort will be made to-night to extend the strike to members .of the Lighter Captains’: Union employed apon oats owned by the raflroads.” Direc- tors of the Marine Departments of the rallroads said they feel sure that tho captains will not sanction a strike, | — (BEN, Btn Quine, Dereeraie ewe. ation tor Pride, tally ow wring ami \o iors o-tmorrow (Suada) what. the ehiel eee te thle yoae'e "sam Copyright, 1920, by The Pree Publishing Co, (The New York World), FAIR DEAL DENIED TO NEW YORK FREIGHT RATES ipeacngiicacipe E. H. Outerbridge Declares Southern Influences’ In- jure This Port. CITY SHOULD WAKE UP. Commends Evening World for Directing Attention to Loss of Ocean Trade. HH. Outerbridge, one of the lead- ing shipping men of New York and & Prominent member of the Cham- ber of Commerce and other trade or- Sanizations, paid to-day: “I am glad to see the headline in the Evening World ‘Wake Up, New York!’ over the article descriptive of the growth of Baltimore as a seaport and the decline of the commerce of this city. It is time the attention of the public was called to the facts. Te, tone of the Evening World's article im. most eonserrative: Com@h: tions are’ bad and hey growing worse. New York bees declining as the leader of! i. ere ever since the beginning of the war. “An outstanding: factor tn the situ- ation is the southern influenee ip the present administration in Wash- ington which has worked directly and concértedly against this city. Backed by administrative influences, every port from Philadelphia to Galveston ‘in, been improved with great dock @e@d superior harbor fa- cilities, and the administration by discrimination against New York in the matter of freight rates has built up these southern ports at our ex- pense. “Freight rate discrimination 1s widespread and flagrant. I need sub- mit only one instance. The distanve from Cincinnati to Mobile, Ala., Is 900 miles. The distance from Cincinnati to New York is 767 miles. The freight rate is the same from Cincinnati to both ports.’ “Some people of New York certuin- ly should ‘wake up: now, before our prestige in foreign commeree has com- pletel; departed, Statistios of ton- nage are deceiving and hide the facts. For instance, the arrival of a great liner increases the incoming tonnage by 40,000 tons, say, when us a matter of fact that liner carries no more than a ton of freight.” Commenting on The Evening World article: Alfred E, Marling, former President of the Chamber of Com- merce, said: “The article is timely and I bope it will have the effect of arousing the public-spirited citizens of New York to a menacing situation. It is tine that we have lost tremendously in our shipping and are losing steadiy. “But I believe we can recover our prestige if the people will wake up and set about applying force of public opinion to the end that abuses which are hurting this: port may be remedied. One great handicap is the preferential freight rates which favor other’ Atlan- tte ports against New York, Another great handicap is frequent strikes of harbor workers. Surely there should be some way of adjusting these wage disputes other than periodically tying up the shipping of the port. Unless we steady labor conditions here and get rid of the congestion the harbur workers will:find themeelyes perman- ently out of employment.” ‘ oe “GUS” ROEDER DEAD. Veteran Wei At His Home In Brooklyn, Gus C. Roeder, for thirty-four years a» member of the etaff of The World and one of the best-known news writers in the couni., died thie af- ternoon at his homie, \3. 397 Mc- Donough Street, Brookiyn, after an liness of six Foonthe, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, 175 MODEL HOMES FOR WORKING MEN PROVIDED AT COST Only Those With Large Families Considered in Plan of Weaithy . Chicago Group. CHICAGO, May 22. NE HUNDRDD AND SEV- ENTY-FIVE model homes will be distributed among families of working men to-mor- row by the Chicago Housing Cor- Poration, an organization of wealthy business men. Buyers who can qualify will re- ceive a home costing $4,000 on payments of $38 monthly. The payments also are to include fire, accident, health and life insur- ance. Only . working .men vecelving small wages and with lerge fam- ilies will be considered as appli- cants. The corporation has acquired @ mile square tract and is plan- ning 2,000 miore houses. It makes no profit, ite backers say, the selling price of the houses includ- ing only the principal and 6 per cent. interest on the money in- END THEIR LIVES Bodies of Mr. and Mrs. John Pheil Be Cremated> Jobn Leslie, superintendent of the apartment house ut No. 770 St, Nich- |olas “Avenue, smelled gas early to- day and.found that the odor came from the apartment of John Pheil, a well-to-do lawyer, with offices at No. 110 West 40th Street. Calling Patrolman Malcoson of the West 152d Street Station, the super- intendent forced an entrance into the Pheil apartment. They found the bodies of Pheil and his wife, Edith, their hands clasped in death,, and with rubber tubes leading from their mouths to separate gas jets. The tubes were fastened with handker- chiefe bound over the faces of the coup! On a table was a note which stated that the couple wished “nothing done except that our bodies be cremated and the ashes scattered.” It also re- quested the police'to notify a brother of Pheil, Bruce 8. Pheil of No. 96 West 2d/ Street, Mansfield, O. Pheil had many friends among poli- tidans and public men in the city and for several years ad been promi- nent in politics in his own locality. He was a member of the Sterling Re- publican Club “and was in apparent |wood health and happy. His friends are unable to give any reason for his suicide, In addition to the note, Dr. George Hohmann, Assistant Medical Exam- Iner, found a ‘set of dominoes cn a table in the dining room, with a tally sheet showing that ‘the pair had Played several games last night before killing themselves, An envelope containing a smal! box with @ fraternal clasp was found on @ bureau. It was addressed to Mrs. Inez Bagley, No. 349 Broadway, City. There was no letter in the envelope. Leslie said that he had seeo Mrs, Phell last night and she then seemed {gy good spirits. At the offices of the Peerless Su- perheater Company, Incs in the butld- ing at No, 110 West 40th Street, it was said that Phei! was President ,of the concern and had. been worried | over talk of a financial panic, .He was said to lave shown signs of de- | spondency gevéral times of tate, 7 Hiram Johnson has engaged the Auditorium ‘Theatre for June 7 and will be'the prin- cipal apiaker dt.a meeting the night be- fore the opening of the Republican Na- onal Convent! + a AE jmanded recognition of the responsi- MAY 22, INFANT CAN SUE FOR INJURY MET BEFORE ITS BIRTH ey Right Is Affirmed for First Time in History of American Courts, COMMON LAW COVERS Justice Ford Declares It Elastic Enough to Fit New Condi- tions of Modern Life. Supreme Court Justice John Ford in a decision to-day established the right of an infant to sue to recover damages for injuries received while yet unborn. Tiis.is the first time in the history of American courts that the right of an infant to recover at law upon the ground of pre-natal happenings has been affirmed. Justice Ford rendered hie decision and set up this precedent in passing upon demurrer to the complaint ‘brought by the attorney for dhe des || fendant on the ground that an infant could have no oy for pre-nate) Juries, He held that the common law ‘wag elastic enough to cover the case, and that the spirit of the law de- bility of the defendant to the ohild. Joseph Drobner, the infant bring-| ing suit through its mother, Sarah Drobner of No. 19 West 118th Street, on April 17 last, seven days. before birth, received severe permanent in- juries, when ‘the mother, leaving her ome, fell into an open coal chute. When, after the birth of the baby, it was found to have received serious injuries to the head, body and limbs through the fall of the mother, as al- leged in the complaint, Mrs. Drobner brought suit on hehalf of the baby for $10,000 damages against August L. Peters, the owner of the premises. William Dike Reed, attorney for Peters, demurred to the complaint. In his decision sustaining the infant's cause, Justice Ford said: “This demurrer squarely raises the question whether a child injured for life through the negligence of the de- fendant while yet unborn may re- cover damages for the injuries thus received, “My attention has not been called to a similar case in which a recovery has been had, although the question of a child's right to recover for pre- natal injuries was Considered for the first and only time in the courts of this State in Nugent vs. Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company (164 A. D. 667). “In that case the unborn child was injured through negligence of the de- fendant while the mother was a pas- senger alighting from a street car, Through its guardian ad litem it sued for damages and the Appellate Divi- sion of the Second Department held unanimously, affirming the court be- low, that damages could not be re- covered in such a case, The Court of Continued on Second Passe.) eae eee =a | BANKS TO SQUEEZE | OUT SUGAR LOANS| WASHINGTON, May 22.—Another step designed to ald in driving down prices of necessities has been taken by the Federal Reserve Board. Goy. Harc- ing is understood to have intimated to Federal Reserve: Bank ofMcials that they should scrutinize paper held as se- curity, for loans made to the suger trade, to the end that more sugar may) made available for domestic consump- tion, It was estimated that probably $250,- | 000,000 was tied up in “frozen loar on ‘sugar vtocks, and it was regarded ao probable that the banks would be able to lécate any ‘sugar stocks held: for speculative purposes andy force thelr distribution. 1920. MY KILL CARRAN FICERS DIE WITH MEXICAN DICTATOR WHO WAS SLAIN BY MEN IN OWN FORCES $45,000, 0,000 BONUS Measure Lt $10 a Month for Time of Active Service *for All New Yorkers, ’ ALBANY, May! 22:—~The $45,000,060 Soldier Bonus Bill, introduced in the Legislature by Miss Marguerite L. Smith, Republican member of the As- sembly from New York City, was signed by Gov. Smith to-day. It pro- vides for'u referendum at the No- vember ‘election the question whether the Stgte shall jesus $45,000,- 000 in bonds, the'probeeds to be used tor bonus punposes. The amount to be distributed, to each resident of the State who swerved in active duty in the military or naval service of the United States at any time between April 6, 1917, and No- vember 11, 1918, is $10 for each month of active’service, but no person is to receive more than $250, In a-memorandum on the bill Gov. Smith wrote: ‘No payment that this State could make would be ample to reward the faithful men and women who offered themgelves to thie country when she Was called upon to preserve the eivil- \zation of the world, The State, how- evor, feels that some token of recom- pense, small and inadequate though it may be, should be offeved as ex- rressing, no matter how feebly, the gratitude and appreciation which Is in the ,heart of every member of the Commonwealth. “The bill has my approval, rests with the people for cision at the fail election.” FIRST OF DOUGHBAG WITNESSES CALLED Hitchcock to Testify Monday on the Wood Expenses and Baruch on McAdoo’s, WASHINGTON, May. 22.~-Frank H. Hitchoock, former Postmaster Gen: has been summoned) by the Senate Presidential Campaign Expense Investi- on and it their de- gating Committee to appear at 0 opening of the Inquiry M. as Tepresentative of | Mujor-Gen. tsonard Wood, and rd Baru e representative ot William McAdoo, — Viver ™ wy Aleit Record. DAYTON, ©.. May .—4. B. Bhelen, year here known, are declared to have shared PRICE TWO CENTS DEPOSED PRESIDENT SHOT BY A TREAGHEROUS BAND OF FFTY OF HIS FOLLOWERS Attacked at Night by Soldiers, Led by Gen. Herrera, Who Had. Ac- companied Him in Flight—Some Carranza Generals Safe. Sa MEXICO CITY, May 22 (By Associated Press),—Venustiano Car ranza, who fled from this city on May 6 and who hurried info the moun- tains of Puebla following a battle near Rinconada, was killed att o'clock Thursday morning at Tlaxcalantongo, according to official announcément Some of Carranza’s companions, the names of whom are not yet his fate. The attack which resulted in the death of the President was led by Gen. Rodolfo Herrara, | ‘it is said, To Reporte veceived early ‘to-day stale SHORT CAKE IS USED TQ GREET WOUNDED Served at Fort Sheridan in Celebra- tion of Home Coming of 30,000 Soldiers, CHICAGO, May 2: TON of strawberry short- cake was seryed ut Fort Sheridan to-day as one fea- ture of a homecoming for the 30,- 000 wounded who have passed through Army General Hospital No, 28 ui Lue fort since the armis- tlee, JERSEY CITY SHOWS . GROWTH TO 297,864. *» Census Office Reports Increase of 30,085 or 11.2 Per Cent. in Last Ten years. WASHINGTON, May 23.—The Cen- sus Bureau to-day announced that the population of Jersey City is 297,864, an increase of 30,085, or 11.2 ber cent. over the ceneus of 1910. Bridgetown, N. J., has a population of 14,328, a emall increase. > AVIATORS FLY OVER CITY. Advertise y-Americs De Celera! To-™ Wve Aviators who saw service with the’ Italian armies during the famous Piave River campaign flew over New York this afternoon dropping pamphiets in- Viting the public to the colebration of Italy-America Day at the Hippodrome to-morrow evening in celebration of the fifth anniversary of Italy's entrance into the World War, Major Sidney E. Parsons, who was in command of the fying school at Gos- port, England, during the war and Roy U, Conger, Treasurer of the American Flying Chub, started from Port Wash- ington, PRIMARY ELECTION SEPT. 14, Governe Bill Ame: Yo lee Law. ALBANY, May 22.--The Fail Primary Blection will be held on Sept. 14, this year, Gov, Smith having signed the Burlingame bill amending the Election Law 80 as to set Primary Day as the seventh Tuesday before the November General Blection. Two yeuns ago the Legislature, in order to make soldier and satior wine possible, fixed Primary Day i Tuesday before the Generel 1 bloc thon. en Dead CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 22.—Mrs. Eleanor Hodgman Porter, an author, .| Pera. known especially for her “Pollyanna” stories, died at her home here last night. For twenty years she had been & frequent contributor to magasines WORLD RESTAURANT. Specie), tor o-day, oval Biretadt, "eeu of ee eae wet pilot employed by avs byes it Airplane Company, es a new world's iste re ecard tea, and newspapers anu had ‘ortne sev- ee- | eral haere: Mei BAe ALS "sens Si snereomre *, TON OF STRAWBERRY |'™* 8. Juan tyarousua chiet of the Presidential Staft; Ygnacio, former Mexican Ainbassador at ington; Gen, Marciano Gonzales and Gen. Federico Montes, who secom- panied Presideat Carranga, are safe, No mention iv sudy of others in the party, which [{t ts béllevea Luis Cabrera, Minister of the ‘Treas. ury; Alfonso Cabrera, bis’ brother, Governor of Puvbla, and Gen. #rad- clsco Murguia, who acted as’ dom- mander of the Carranza troops after the Presidems bad fled from:this citys Herrera belonged to forces eom-: manded by Gen. Francisco de P, Mariol, who accompanied Carranza im his flight trom this city, but who last week deserted Carranza and Joined the revolutionists, There is some uncertainty here re- garding the exact affliation of Hera: It is believed possible, how- ever, that he commanded a small guard which was with the fleeing President, He was in rebellion against Carranza for several years, centering his operations In the State of Puebla: He surrendered last March to Gem Martel, who wae in command of Gov- ernment forces in Puebla, _ When Mariel went over to the revolutionists last Week a part of his troops, it is known, remained loyal to the President, and. belief exists that Carranza might haye taken with him in his fight toward Tuxpam Herrera’s forces, which finally turned against him. Tloxcalantongo is a small vilage 0 the northern. “Panhandle”. of the State of Puebla and ‘approximately eighty-five miles. from San Andres, where Carranza left his forges and took refuge in the mountains. Orders have been given that « train be taken to Beristain, the near- est ralway pont to Tlaxcalantongo, to receive the bodies of those killed in the encounter in which President Carranza lost his life. MEXICO, CITY, May. 22y (United _ Press).—The killing of President Car- ranza, according to advices recelvéd here was the result of a plot taid by Herrera and about fifty of his foliow- ere, Carranza was the first to fall it was said. Then some of bis followers, were killed one’ by one, Herrera, according to the advices, ' fought with the deposed President up to his decisive defeat in the battle a¢ Rinconada last week, Herrera war a sub-commander under Gen. Mariel Herreras. ‘Telegrams here indicated the colonel | with his men accompanied on his final flight into the mranthing after the Rinconada defeat, reports were vague, tt was tcdered at revolutionary headquarters that Col, Herrera and his men revolted during the flight and turned egainst Car. In view of the fact that some of the telegrams referred: tothe ee a | we ee