The evening world. Newspaper, June 1, 1920, Page 3

SPER CENT, | P FORFARMERIN = id That's Taking No Ac- Court of His Own Ardu- *~ous and Unrequited Toil. MIDDLEMAN HIS BANE 4 Gels Too Small a Price for My Product, While Con- } {sumer Pays Too Much. Sophie Irene Loeb of The Eve- ning World, staff—a thorough itor with a thoroughly well grounded knowledge of the eubject—has made an automo- Bile tour of the highways and Byways of the agricultural coun- ties of New York State for Wiret-hand facts about farm con- | ditions affecting food production Curtailment of production, scar- - eity of labor and high prices for gage. Yarm necessities, but The Eve- \County, H. D. Warner, J. G a word picture of the ppighest average of milk from their ‘who have had the advantage of a, ®c!ng. Ipllege education, put the matter! sry plainly. “Just what inducement | there for new farm developments? | @ my thirty cows, “>ch of which “pony last year from 4,000 to| ‘Total Cash Qyarts of milk at approximately ‘This cash payment € conta*a quart, averaging for each; Mount a tenant agrees to pay property when he lease, if he is ab! find a landlord nowadays who will Martin refused to support Boles Pen- after which Quay ran United States 7 and elected him, | HOSPITAL COSTLY TO CITY. cow. a return of $250, “My grain for this herd approxi- mated $4,000. Tho pay of two ‘hired en and their board was about|®° two years without boosting the fose for Mayor, What is there left after| rent. It is not an amount that ing off insurance, depreciation |€ Beyond the inimediate 1 “nei incidentals in farm work?|/0f @ny person able to pay e, if anything. | month, pvestment. He's got to stick | $12, taxe: Or lose. He hag no other al- | mutation te ive. Ho would be a fish out of Charge will be $1,350 a year, bék anywhere else. But he is. the| Will leave a margin of $1,050 to apply only kirtt that will stay. For exam-|0n the second mortgag 1 other day I met a farmer} Depreciation and fri ‘He is an old man. I asked | require little allowance until after the hing’ ‘Who 1s doing your work now? | 8econd mortgage 4 “Me answered, ‘Myself and my son,|°f. and at that time the intere here is Eddie? I asked, referring | $480, the r in rent. ‘0 take Eddie's place this old her, who has twenty-four cows to| on moBe while he was learning than the| shortage Miertould pay him. “another significant incident about the plodding, stick-to-tiveness ot the| NEWTON HE! old farmer which cannot last very | I met @ fow days ago. He was happy ase lark. ‘When I asked him what was the} Gov. Smith at lure of his good fortune, he said, Why I made $1,600 in cash last year, I've got it in the bank. There yesterday b4e,vxpet do you think of that | Charles D f %And when I asked him had he perjury charge against cobsidered his own earning power, he| Spector Dominick Henry ered, no, he hadn't, nor that of Big wife’ who worked ‘with him. Rather had he thought about depr on incidentals. | where they are most fitted, and *He had $1,600 in the bank {n real| wher maney. But the human endeavor benefit to you as consumers that went into that $1,600 had e: It is a grave s caped him and will until one of these Also th e three dairy Gaye he begins to make comparisons,| discussed at length the milk sit- ashe is bound to do. | uation. when I asked him, ‘Why do| | The you think this $1,600 year is such aj the year? his significant answer was| a : “Because this ts the first year} small a price ve come out with any real cash.| is paying too much, ar before I had nothing lett hey wer bank.’ | quoted on é ‘Since that this farmer has been| but ity ‘péople, and he has a chance of Ing work in « shipyard for $6 a! answer is obvious. What al Dr. e ity thisis, because here is a farmer| troubles are high cost of oif he hada return commensurate| high cost of labor and small re- efforts, would want nothing] turn, “The farmer is worthy of n to stay right on the farm, you sity people do not it a skilled individual m It tak W. D. Riley Will Duplicate RR srines. Prosesitonil fern Pretentious Dwelling for | ers have deen quoted at length $15,500, With $2,000 for meh feference to threatened Plot and Finance the Mort- Wing World is the first newspa- By Stanley Mitchell. Per to go direct to the farmers This is one of a series of arti- RUTH JENKS NEAR DEATH IN WATER VANITIE STARTS FOR TRIAL RACES but not a cure for the elves for the facts. Miss cles to show you how to escape Doed has written a series of from the clutches of the profit- articles, which will disclose eering landlords, facts quite startling to the New Laws against profiteering are Yorker and the country at large, a@ reli The fourth article follows’: | evil which to-day hits i By Sophie Irene Loeb. class of city dwellers, from high POUGHKEEPSIE, N. ¥,, June 1—| ‘eried executives Weanybody thinks the farmer is not| Paid clerks. MAt4S the Vivid comparisons ot The real solution of the prob- farm life and farm hardships and| Jem is for every one to be his @mall returns as against city jobs and| own landlord, ntages and lucrative pay, he has| Several apartment dwellers paying | g into the farm districts and from $175 to $250 a month who re- rn the truth—a truth that is daily | cently filed suit to resist attempts to Ing serious and threatens the|raise their rents could leave ‘those sustenance of the community. | apartments Particular phase of the food landlord reduce his rent, and could tion was well set forth to me by own their own homes for less money of the most intelligent and|than they are paying to him, ive farmers in the State, with} The hous n I discussed at length the grow- one of the finest suburbs around New tendency of production shortage | York, and one usually associated with higher prices, very high prices for houses, is within | These three men of Dutchess |the reach of a $200 a month renter. | It offers luxuries and conveniences cher and F. L. Gamage, gave |far beyond those in apartments even itua- | higher priced than $200 a month. The ion which should arouse every spacious living room and sun parlor ether city dweller to some con. |are features most apartment dwellers | Phy eérted action to avoid hardships. [get along without, | W. D. Riley, No. 51 Bast 42d Street, Hy) These men, it 1s said, produce the) ,, WW: BD. tiles, No. $1 | | Daughter of Justice Sinking for Last Time After Canoe Upset When Help Arrives. escape from drowning at Glen Eyre, Pike Coun- Miss Ruth Jenks, daughter of Presiding Justice Almet F. Jenks of the Second Department of the Division of the Supreme is recovering to-day at her Made 2,700 Pounds Lighter by Re- moyal of Guard Rail and Is Now Flush Deck. sloop yacht Vanitle, America’s Cup rock IV, in the seri Hook in July, left here this tender, the steam yacht | yport, where she will re-| aume her series against alterations have | vacant and make been made on n nan = freeeth deck| Miss Jenks was one of a party of sixteen given by Mr. and Mrs. B. 8. -;Toothe of Madison, N. J, at their hunting lodge at Glen Eyre. ‘After dinner Saturday evening the young people went canoeing on Lake Giles. The accident occurred about 10 o'clock. Miss Jenks's paddle sud- denly slipped from her hand, causing her to lurch quickly. to one side, and she was thrown overboard, her companion, Charles P. Rogers of Madison, N. J. James Toothe was paddling near by with Lucille Wardner of No, 29 Gar- den Place, Brooklyn. who could not swim, was about to go under for the last time Toothe dived overboard and carried her to the side of his canoe and held her there, then swam toward shore, push!ng the shown here, situated in Pet ee eon the removal has lightened the sloop by affect her rating. “The Vanitie is in perfect condition Ree bares races. DAVID MARTIN IS DEAD. Philadelphia P: an Armchair, PHILADELPHIA, states he will Senator David Martin, for many years one of the leaders in the Republican duplicate it for $15,500 for the build- ) pective hercs of any in the State../ing and $2,000 for the building plot. organization here, died suddenly at his| i idles Soak / Dr, Gamage, one of the few farm-|He will attend to the mortgage country home in Hoimesburg yesterday: 5 hs | He had visited City Hall in the morn:| | ing and was hurried to his home when he complained of illness. in an armevair ev This may be arranged as follows: First mortgage . Second mortgage . He died froin | e three city leaders when | 2 represents the York when Quay was Chairman of th into Republican 608 Benjamin Harrison was elected DELAY IN | the landlord’ & two: years’ ‘There was no drawing of a jury be- Judge Walter United States District Court to-day to try the charge ged conspiracy does the farmer stay in the} The inter busines’? He just can't help himself. | Will be $1,050 a year. Phere he is with his home and his|require about nd insurance $120, com- | t on the total property Walter Kaufman and Norvin R. Lind- Samuel Untermyer, announced that uments on his motion to quash the tment would consume the day. he co-defendants are accused of con- Alien Property Cus- ed fact that the Imperial ished, $115,000 Over Contract. city $672,000 to com- and Street Hospital! in though the building is now The contract of O It will cost th ‘plete the Cumber cealing from the j00 and the bond of the ho failed to finish it was ck in the 8. 8. McClure News- Commissioner | outstanding indebtedness will be only | mented to-day on the NEW POTA TOES 9 CENTS. Creamery Butter Also 563 Cents, a 12-Cent Drop. 8 twenty-one-year-old’ son. owner, The $1,050 a year also will do you think/he'd stay on the | become a visible fhe returned, surprised, ‘Not| These items h! He's in Baltimore working for | More will pay back the original tn- Government, Ing $6 a day for| Vestment and the ex-renter will own ours. I don't blame Eddie. He| an equity of $8,500 without having idn't make half that much on the| pald out, anything except his saving u nit was to have in about threo ye under the law which prov » to the lowest could furnish t! regard to othe | MONKEYSHINE Made Mistake of Follow n in Central describing the James Petral and D: with annoying New potatoes, highest grade, are to- day selling at nine cents a pound in the seventy stores of the Federal Food + according to United States District Attorney Ross in Brooklyn, ‘The prevailing market price has been from cents a pound. ry butter, Mr. viougty been reduced 5 cents a pound to 69 will here- 53 cents a pound, a drop ‘The apartment dweller who can ac- complish this will better his own ¢ for, offered his former hired man} dition and will OB month and his board. The hired| cannot own his own home by vacat- id he was going to the city| ing one city to be a plumber and make | that extent RS SENTENCED apartment and to Ross RY PROSECUTOR long tathat of another farmer friend | Attorney General Named to Handle | <i recently on prices, which, Mr. in many of the other ohain stores, linen SOVIET TRADE IN BRITAIN. for der designating Newton to prosecute the | Opening Office in LONDON, June 1-As the firet re esterday's meeting of Greg- Russian Bolshevik Min- preme Court. and members of the Soviet Gov- the Evening en granted permis- ly @ central | WALLIS GETS SERENADE, igration Head Greeted by | Premier Lioyd Georg: British Cabinet, jon, painting his barn and such| him and his sone in remaining they will be of greatest th Deputy Police Commission the newspaper . Bi be made to or, of goods with y ‘anize | norning to take char ppointment by Pre was serenaded by direction of Cor- discour: the fari was to the effect r ind the consumer Magistrate McAdoo, in the West Court this mohning fined 85 men und women $2 each on conviction of Uttering the Bronx Park and Pelham Bay Park with ments of lunch and bits of torn Mayor himseit his private secre- ealized the $3,100 cash for bis farm by| arousing some oc tion in the joint intere roducts and the consuming pub- ie, which is vital, Fifth Depugy aes ‘a gold fountain pen oe Crap Shooters Put on Chief Magistrate McAdoo In the Weat morning placed V Speed Violators Fined and Warn five men came before Chiet ott Street;| Magistrate McAdoo In th 9 Mott Streets! Court this m¢ "arms Court th! Farms Court West Farms! ryed with having esulations on Pel- terday afternoon and | ned each one of them | they came arge again | ebody should see to a return commensurate No. 49 Prince |ham Parkwa: f alm in etm hs upon genviotion of ‘ahi $: aan q warned thee, thai superfluous mid- in the Bronx ye: there is legion, would send, odie, es Prieerire woata * D. JUST HOW You Can Own Your Home For Less Than Your Present Rent ‘IF YOU ARKPAYING $200 A MONTH YOU CAN BUY THIS HOUSE) SALE OF MILK pace eae MERCHANTS TAK’ ~ HAND TO RELIEVE eets This Afternoon to Prepare Reply to Strikers. ‘The Citizens’ Transportation Com- mittee, which ts preparing a $500,000 trucking organization to handle mer- chandise in New York, will meet at the rooms of the Merchants’ Associa- tion late to-day and two develop- ments are expected, One of these probably will be a re- port of the work done and the money received. The other may be some sort of reply to the open letter ad- dressed by Peter J, Brady, represent- ing organized labor, to the merchants of New York. The committee reported this morn- ing that a consulting engineer has Subscribed $1,000 to the $500,000 fund, sending the subscription with @ letter in which he declared that the business of a great port “cannot r so-called closed Many other let- ters of commendation have been re- celved, as have also resolutions of approval by various bodies. The first formal answer to the complaint of the strike leaders that he ship owners won't arbitrate” was given this morning by E. R. Richardeon, Vice President and Gen- eral Manager of the Savannah Line. “How can there be arbitration now with a union whose membership has been on strike for twelve weeks in violation of an arbitration award of Oct. 17, 1919?" he demanded. “The commission which then sat in judgment on the demands of the men was composed of five members. Prof. William Z, Ripley of Harvard was Chairman. The International \ | | | represented by its president and vice president, T. V. O'Connor and Joseph P. Ryan, The ship owners were rep- resented by HB, A. Kelly and L. W. the following words: agree to abide by the decision.” tion temporarily. strikers will return to work at once if the Shipping Board takes charge additional facilities. T. V. O'Connor, International Pres- ident of the longshoremen, conferred with Gov. Smith after this letter had call for a meeting of the coastwise proposition will be presented for set- tling the strike. two of his aides at the meeting. ment could be obtained. considered it impracticable. “In any event,” he added, action. ——— Lenta Merchan' ing to clear up the mystery it} FREIGHT TIP Citizens’ Committee Longshoremen’s Association was Hildum. The award, which was signed by all members, begins with “The case comes to the National Adjust. ent Commission on “the joint consent of the International Long- shoremen’s Association and the coast- wise steamship Ines. Both parties that there might be a solution !f the United States Shipping Board were According to Brady's letter, the At the offices of the National Ad- H. H, Raymond, Prestdent of the| Tra a Clyde and Mallory line, speaking of | pices het Brady's suvvestion that the Shipping Board take over the ships, said he MILLIONAIRE ‘the sShip- ping Board would be no more able to increase wages without an in- crease of freight rates than we are.”|ney this morning recetved the raport of Mr. O'Connor is understood to be in | tye Sheriff's jury finding J. W. O'Ban-|}/ Washington to-day to put the propo- | "0" & millionaire, mentally ineompe- sition of Mr. Brady before the Ship- ping Board and request it to take Death a Mystery. James Fitzgerald, thirty-eight, man-|¢, ager of @ grocery store in Leonta, who] national Rubber |EMILIENNE ROMEUF ICHARGES PRISON | WON FROM SOLDIER FIANCE BY SINGER ' ——- | | EMILIENNE™ ROMEUF... by Worid Statt Photographer Yesterday DOUGHBOY JILTED penses of Another’s Bride —Wedding Held Up. clety. groom to be, Sergt. Hewlett, who had sent $: to Mile, Romeuf to pay her way to ncaa i this country and his arms, was will- ‘ end ype eee ate aeaerage alti ing provided he could get back hia| 24 other men of finance that he was| doth against Storey, Mr. Talley said, coastwise situation and give the port | $190 for, as he said, “if she wants Raspa, she's got to have him, I guess, but I ain't going to pay another man’s bride's transportation from France to New York—not me.” But been made public, and then issued a] Miss Murray stood firm, Nothing doing in the marriage line, longshoremen for to-morrow evening | she told Mile. Romeuf, who is under in St. Veronica's Hall, at which aj her charge at the headuarters of the ing of Raspa, “Oh, Mon Dieu!" cried Mile. Romeut justment Commission, No, 45 Broad-| when she heard this; “but I cannot way, it was learned that the execu- tive secretary, Benjamin M. Squires, has gone to Washington, Since Mr. O'Connor 1s also there it was hinted wait three whole days for Nicola.” Raspa made several attempts to see the girl, but her guardians stood in the way, and he finally went back to that the two might meet and confer] his hotel to wait the outcome of the on the situation here. But no etate- inquiry into his past. Hewlett, who !s also staying at the ‘Travellers’ Aid Headquarters, says : “Do I get that $190 what I want to know.” ———— J. W, O'Bann Orwant tlons While tm Asylum, tent. Confirmation of the repor lowed by the appointment was engaged, ran against a real ob- stacle this morning In the person of Miss Virginia M. Murray, General Secretary of the Travellers’ Ald So- Mile. Romeut and Signor Raspa, who met on a train in France, fell in love at first sight, and became en- faged to each other although she could speak no Italian and he no French, had planned to got married Brady in his open letter if pen Wohses wuseeeted | iis morning, ..The inzolgretion ati- thorities were willing if the ‘Travel- asked to take over the whole situa- ler's Ald Society was willing to vouch for the good standing of the bride- HELD UNSOUND Supreme Court Justice John Af. Ter-| || (@) Corpora- will be fol- y the court of a committee of the person and prop- AND HYDE? ON TRIAL AS BOND ROBBER Storey Met Men of Prominence | by Day, Thieves at Night, | Says Prosecutor, Frank DeRaismus Storey, whom Assistant District Attorney Unger to- day described as a “modern Jekyll and Hyde, who associated in the sun- light with prominent men and after dark with thieves and crooks,” was to-day placed on trial before Judge Malone in General Sessions on one of six indictments charging him with receiving stolen goods. Storey is a graduate of Harvard. ‘He has practised law in this olty, for- merly with the firm of Seabury, Mas- sey & Lowe, and at present has offices at No. 65 Chambers Street. He lives at the Hotel Commodore. * | evidence will reveal Storey’s associa- tion with a band of bond thieves re- cently operating in New York. This organization, he said is not the so- called master mind establiehment al- changes him wtih receiving a certifi- cate for ten shares of stolen Northern | lewed to have been operated by the | two “Nickys,"” Arnstein and Cohen, ‘The indictment against Storey See er ee een | offices of the Gans Steamehip Com- Dan Cupid, having triumphed over| Pany at No. 10 Broadway on Oct.) negro. little difficulties in the path of Mile. Emilienne Romeuf of Orleans, France, 28, last. and Signor Nicola raspa of Brooklyn, | H. Bisenbérg & Co, of No. 32 Broad-| the thieves departure, and_ notified. the Pa., such as inability to understand | Wy, as collateral on a loan. Storey, | Police of the Greenpoint Station, Mr. Unger maid, had in his possession | compan each other's language, the immigra- pn tion Iawe of the United States, and|% the time of his arrest several the existence of Sergt. Ray Hewlett mond & Co. of No. 26 Pine Street, ‘was practically all recovered. up as collateral for loans. with ex-Ambassador Gerard. This society, Lexington Avenue and 45th| |) Street, for at least three days, or| || ll e S » Before leaving the city the Governor] until the society has thoroughly In- . LJ said he intended to be represented by] vestigated the character and .stand- erty of O'Bannon, who is the head of |{! the O'Bannon Corporation, manufac. rs of artificial leather, the While he was O'Bannon ts tlon and conduct of corporations, The Cup Favorite WhuteSiose similar charge he would fine them $10 | CE LON EA ? | SEEMAN BROS., New York Proprietors of White Rose Coffee, Canned Foods, Cocoa, Cereals, etc, re Company and the was found alongside the White Line|Maxiin Munitions Conporation. trolley tracks near Carlstadt early yesa- terduy, died to-day in Hackensack Hos- pital. County Detestive Dawson {4 try-!suma of mon inmate of an asylum id to have made lange y through the organiza- SITKA FOX—Scarfs, Boas STONE MARTEN—Capes ° > Pacific Railroad gtocks valued at! Dam Street, Brooklyn, say are worth Hewlett Balks at Paying Ex-| 10,000, which had been stolen from| $100,000, the estate of John J. Gans, The} According to the story told the police certificate disappeared from a desk| by J. Fischer, a partner of the company; which had been broken into in the| WO was acting as watchman tast ¥riv The certificate, according to Mr|the safe of the company and decamped Unger, was later found pledged with | With the furs. Pennsylvania Ratlrom! bonds, which | called as one of the witnesses in the ; it is alleged had been stolen from] case against Storey. of Findlay, O., to whom Mile. Romeuf messenger boys employed by Red- Assistant District Attorney Alfred Newspaper accounts of the arrest] Armstrong, who was recently tri reached brokers, who, Mr. Unger said, | for his connection with a series pie immediately forwarded lists of all | Suto opening operations on Wull their negotiations with Storey. As | according to the statement of Will result, he said, the Gans estate loot | 1am Baraclough, indicted with Arm-~ In all, Mr. Unger charges, about) gtorey, in which Baraclough and’ $70,000 of securities are involved in| Armstrong motored to Philadelphia Btorey’s alleged negotiations, In this| Where Baraclough said they disposed Sook ase Hathsdix Blake come! 2f,8ome of their bond joot, It was New York Cit; bonds, 100 shares) any of these deal of Northern Pacific and some| fact ‘that he had sold the car to Arm- Chioago & Rock Island Railroad] 7OD6. ‘bonds, a majority of whic} Put | witnesses will be called for the pros- In negotiating for loans, according| #09 of the man from whose estate to Mr, Unger, Storey told bankers going into the steamship business] and Frank Campbell, an independent assertion has been firmly denied by|ing the certificate for the Northern “ Mr. Gerard who will probably be! Pacific stock 391 Fifth Avenue Clearance Sale Furs of Superior Quality Below Regular Prices KAMCHATKA FOX—Scarfs, Boas and Muffs. SILVERY SITKA FOX—Scarfs, Boas and Muffs. KOLINSK Y—Coatees, Capes, Scarfs and Muffs. | ill Various other furs are included in the | above collection. At Special Summer Prices Scarfs in all the smart styles and popular furs, including Russian Sables, Hudson Bay Sables, Silver Fox, ete. | DRUGS KILLED TW ¢ La Guardia. Also Tells Mayor, Hart’s Island Has “Home Brew” Still. President La Guardia of the Board of Aldermen made written charges to- day*to Mayor Hylan of gross tareless~ ness at the reformatory on Hart's Island., La Guardia charged that the ths of two inmates, Philfp Toufer, said to have had heart trouble and Sam- uel Rato, said to have had @ lung affec- tion, were really due to drugs and in- toxicants to which they were allowed free access in the prison hospital, La Guardia said that Arthur A. Seifert, the 9 who gave him the information, was stripped and searched before he was transferred to the Tombs at La Guardia’s request and ail | memoranda taken from him, so he waa _ obliged to give testimony to La Guardia’s examiners from memory. Teufer, according to the charges, was’ assigned to work in the dispensary and was a particular friend of Ralo, an epileptic, Teufer, tt 1s charged, was! allowed to give Raio not only large overdoses of potasalum bromide, but to mix up concoctions of grain alcohol with various drugs which the two cons, sumed in the dormitory at night. Sel- fert also stated, according to La Guar- din that there was in the dispensary a “home-brew” atill in which orange. peel was steeped in alcohol for six weels for beverage purposes, ‘ ‘The two men died twenty-four houre apart. —— BIND FUR MAN, RIFLE SAFE.” Capt. Daniel J. Carey and his men! of the 16th Branch Detective Bureau, Brooklyn, to-day arw searching for furs, valued by the police at $16,000, but which officers of the National Fur Dressing Company, Inc., Nos, 20-24 Van day night, opened .the door of thé plant to answer questions by « While he was talking three other men appeared, assaulted him, bound him to a chair and then blew Fischer says he freed himself after Most of the furs were left with the J. Talley, who \s in charge of the proseoution, said to-day that Richard Street, was acquainted with Store: strong. Baraclough told the officials © that Armstrong bought a car from '" not intimated th Storey figured in other than the According to Mr, Talley, fourteen ecution, The first was John H. Gan the Northern Pacific bonds were” stolen. These witnesses will testify ecurities broker, who was indicted with Storey on the charge of receiv~ and Muffs. and Scarfs,