The evening world. Newspaper, June 4, 1920, Page 3

\ ~ FREE SHAVES FOR SENATORS A FORM OF PROFITEERING; paren ra They Also Get Haircuts for Nothing and Big Station- ery Allowances. TELEGRAMS “FRANKED” House Members Pay Little for Tonsorial Work Owing to Unete Sam’s Aid. (Special From a Staff Correspondent | of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, June 4.—In 1913, whe vere Was a clmnge in the m- trol of the Senate, Senator John| hurp Williams of Missjssippi, made a notable speech in a caucus of Democratic Senators advocating the abolishment of free baths and free batver shop service for Senators. This speech unfortunately was not preserved to add to the gaiety ot Na- tions, us it was made behind closed doors, Those who heard it say it was @ gem, The 40 Strongly the extravagance of bath- Mississippi Senator presented ing and shaving a Senator at the tax- payers’ expense that the magnificent baths in the Senate office building were closed and the corps, of attend- ants separated from the Government payroll. But, the to abolish haireuts and’ shaves" was fu- ‘The Senators yielded up their reluctantly, but to ask them to dig down in their Jeans for effort ree dle. free baths barber service was too much at one awoon From time !mmemorial the Senate has maintained a barber shop at the taxpayers’ expense where four bar- bers receive $1,000 each per annum for the exclusive duties of removing the hirsute adornments of Senators tree of charge. It is a,well patron- ized institution. The Senate also ap- propriates for hair tonics, oils and other supplies for the barber shop, running into substantial figures for the. year. An effort to develop the éxact amount of this profiteering brought the reply from Capitol at- taches who handle the vouchers that the money comes out of the Senate contingent fund and “no spectal rec- ord” is kept for the barber shop ex- pense, HOUSE MEMBERS PAY THEIR BARBERING. On the House side there is also a free bath arrangement, but the mem- bers are required to pay for their barbering on the basis of fifteen cents for a shave und twenty-five cents for a haircut, which is considerably below the turiff the general public pays these days. The House barbers are also on the Government payroll at about $1,000 per year, and they are FOR expected to act as janitors during the | are | off season when the members away from Washington.» The bath for House appear to be a heavy charge on the public treasury, ‘having only one or two attendants, and some people) think it ought to be encouraged. Before “Honest John” Shafroth re- tired fram the Senate two years ago the free barber shop privilege was bis pet antipathy. Whenever the Sen- | ate Committee on Contingent penses had @ session at which a bar- ber shop *expense came up for ap proval Senator Shafroth invariably attacked the system. But he was always outvoted by those. who liked the free shaves and haircuts, and so the institution still exists, free the Senate is the mineral waters. Several thousand dollars a year is ex- pended from the Senate contingent fund to purchase White Rock, Apol!- narig and other fancy waters for Sen- ators, Formerly a liberal supply was sent daily to each of the ninety-six offices of Senators, but when some of these waters began around two bits for a bottle only sufficiently to cost large to quench one individual's thirst | the system was changed, Now great tubs filled with spark- | are kept ling mineral waters on ice in th imay on reques a# he desires sent to his office, this 18 done on a scale which makes the expense by no means trifling, BIG EXPENSES FOR STATIONERY AND TELEGRAMS. The stationery allowance is another nate cloak rooms. A f have as Jarge a supply * perquisite which falls into the lap of many frugal members of Congre In the House $126 a session is appro priated to buy stationery for each member. In the Senate it is $125 p year flat. The sum is paid directly to the member, There are a few who exhaust their stationery appropria- tion and have to dig into their own pockets for the additional expense, but these are vastly in the minority, It is so arranged that all those members having committees receive free stationery to unlimited an (contianes © a Twonty-cighth Page.) ; members does not | meh Another petty profiteering graft of | nator | and | MERCHANTS READY TO LAUNCH TRUCK FLEET ON MONDAY Will Act if Transit Strike Is Not Over by Then—Men Vote To-Night. It was learned to-day that the Mer- chants’ Association is ready to send a fleet of trucks to the coastwise piers next Monday morning if, in the mean- while, the {ndustrial troubles which have paralyzed transportation are not settled, St. Veronica's Hall to-night will vote jon Gov. Smith's proposition that they |go to work, that he | will he successful in his appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise freight rates and thus make pos- tor which the trusting \sible the wage incrense men are striking. Without, waiting for the result of this meeting, T- V. O'Connor, Prest- dent of the dnternational Longshoré- men's Association, has started for Montrea} to attend thr convention of the American Federation of Labor. ‘It ig believed he intends to bring to, the attention of that body the newly an- nounced plan of the Citizens’ ‘Trans- portation Committee to build a $5,000,- 000 merchandise transfer machine and New York an “open shop town” so far as the handling of freight is concerned. This plan was discussed York ‘for two hours Iast night by President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor and Hugh Frayne, representative of that organization in the Ba Mr, Frayne ‘this afternoon declined to say what plane have been made meet the threatening “We are watching,” he suid, great deal of interest.” John Riley, Prestdent York district council shoremen, predicted will vote to-night not mike in New to “with a of the New of the long- that the men to go back to work. “Organized labor never was 80 aroused," be said, “a8 it ds by this 9,000,000 challenge. It means that we will fight in every way possible. We are building our walls air tight. William Feliowes, Morgan is doing his best to keep the trouble stirred up. We have received many te grems from organized labor in all parts of the country offering moral and financial support, because it is realized that this is a fight for the very existence of organized labor.” He said that there would be meet- ings to-night in all the coattwise ports from Galveston to Portland, Me,, to vote on the sume question Tt wag reported that heads of the coastwise companies were in confer- ence to-day to decide what attitude they will take after vote of the longshoremen, no matter which way the vote goes. The Merchants’ Association has re- ceived many addit 1 letters of commendation and resolutions of the same purport from various organiga- tions, among the latter being the Aa- sociation of Cotton Textile Merchant ot New York and the Tile Manufac turers’ Repré ntatives Club. Leon Worthall, head of the Banvers' Vnion, declared that employers gener- ally are about to begin a purpose of destroying trades unionism in New York. “The boss barbers,” said Worthall, “have come into possession of $50,000 ]with which to kill our organization. the ond They first raised $10,000 among them- selves, Now they've got $60,000. Where did the $60,000 come from? |Your guess is as good as mine, but I |suspect {t came from interests which |will breathe easier when the labor unions of New York City are bent, ‘broken or busted.” NUDE BATHERS GIVE Men Surrender When Clothes Are Impounded Along Coney Creek, And Are Fined, When residents along Coney Island Creek, back of Brighton Beach, started to dress this morning they were shocked to see four nude forms disporting them- | selves in the waters of the creek. | Telephone protests to the Coney Island Police Station brought Detectives Frank Fritinsky and Thomas Downs, who or- dered the bathers ashore. Instead, the {four dived and swam to the opposite | side, where they defied the officers, The latter mounted guard over the four heeps of clothing, however, and as the morning proved cillly, the quartet son capitulated. In the Coney Island Poli [Court they pleaded guilty to defying the {athing regulations, paid a $5 fine each | and departed The names given were Robert Me- hon, eighteen, No, 42 Powers Street; Edward Frost, twenty-two, No, 30 Ten Eyck Street; Harold Hill, nineteen, colored, No, 1659 Atlantic Avenue, and Henry Fourman, colored, twenty-, No. 249 Chauncey Street, all of Brooklyn, FIRST SNOWFALL ON MARS Noted by Prof, Pickering—tt Is Now umn on Planet CAMBRID( as, June 4,—It ts now autumn on Mars, and the first snow fall of the season on the planet was announced In a telegram received at Harvard College abservatory from Prof. William H. Pickering, who is sta- tloned at Mandeville, Jamaica ‘The telegram sald the fall ov: curred at Isidis, which 4s in the neigh- borhood of the part of the piahet khown to observers as Erie Magus, situation. | ar for the} CONEY. A SHOCK) "| aac THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, ARREST RESIDENT WHO WIELDS AX IN WAR AT BEACHES Wealthy Exporter Balks At- tempt to Fence in His Lot at High Water Mark. ‘The Battle of the Beaches became active again to-day at Beach, A hatehet was ‘Two guy ropes of posts for a new fence segregating the beach were cut and there were remarks to the effect that some folks would find thelr way ‘The longshoremen at a meeting at|into the morgue instead of into court | before peace is restored. Nathan Schwartzstetn, No. #3 Nassau Street, and owner sixty houses at Manhattan Beach of in- cluding his own home at No. 206 Cot bin Phe arrested to .be ‘ar- raigned be M this aftern chwartastein's home has a frontagy of 70 feet on the sea. When the J, P. Day interests, con- trolling the Manhattan Beach Baths, Brighton Beach Bathe and Brighton Beach Park, fenced off their erties earlier in the week and estab- lished turnstiles and an 11-cent ad mission fee to the ocean, Mr. Sclwartzstein informed his neigh- bors, after an indignation meeting and law war counell Wednesday night, that they might cross to the beach over his lot, which ends at high water mark, and beyond which he said the eands belonged to the people as had been decided by the | Court of Appeal: To-day Thor Foley of No. 1601 ‘Oriental Boulevard and 4 force of workmen appeared buck of Mr. Schwartzstein’s lot with materials for |a seventy-foot fence eight feet high. | Mr. Schwartzstein stood by with a Ratchet and ®hany angry words. When the first pole was rigged Mr. Schwartzstein clipped the guy rope. It was then he charges that soinebody him he'd find going to court hier than seeking quick trans- portation to the Morgue. He gold ke could defend himself with the fiatghet as Well as attack the unjust works of oppressors of the people—and cut another guy rope Then Foley had him arrested charged with ‘threaten- ing workmen of the Macaday Con- struction Company with an edged tool, to wit, a hatchet, and unlawfully injuring property of the Brighton Beach Corporation to the extent of $1." -_ ROSS GETS AFTER. ° Federal Attorney in Brooklyn Hears Many Dealers Are Defraud- ing Public. United States Attorney Le Roy W. Ross, in Brooklyn, announced to-day that he intends going after profiteer- ing coal dealers next week, He said he has received information § that many coal dealers are defrauding their customers ‘by charging truckage and in other, fllegal ways. “If these reports turn out to be true some one is going to pay for it,” said Mr. Ross. He also announced that members of the “flying squad” of the Department of Justice started out this morning to hunt down profiteering on Long Island outside of Brooklyn, Three routes will tbe followed, the south | shore, the north shore and down the |centre of the Island. Agents of the department will visit stores in all the towns, collecting evidence of over- charging and arrests wilf be made whenever evidence of profiteering ia found. Lexetneianee DR. HYSLOP ILL OF | BRAIN HEMORRHAGE Lost Power of of Speech and Now Cannot Utter Some Words,” Doctor Says. Affidavits filed in the, County Clerk's office yesterday in connection | with a sult brought by a former em- ployee against the American Institute for Psychical Research revealed that Dr, James H. Hyslop, Secretary of the | tastitute, an authority on psychical phenomena, has been seriously ill for | several months at his home, No, 519 | West 149th Street, with hemorrhage of the brain. As a result his power of speech was destroyed and, although his condition is improved, “some words are entirely shut off.” The action was begun by R. Henry Greaves to recover on an alleged breach of cqgtract, Greaves alleging he was hire oF for life. The institute, through its President, William C. | Peyton, says he was hired from month to month. Dr. Hyslop, as Secretary of the in- stitute, is regarded as an important witness by the defense. The date edt for trial of the action Is near and the affidavits submitted yesterday were for the purpose of proving the im- possibility of examining Dr. Hyslop jat this time, sab ahaa MISS ALLEN TO WED OFFICER War Worke: wed to Andre Vegh Parts. Mr, and Mrs, Frederick H. Allen of »iton Priory, Pelham Manor, have announced the engagement of their | daughter, Miss Barbara Allen, to Andre Vaglianos, son of M. and Mine. | Marino Vaglianos of Paris. Owing to | the recent death of the bride's sister, the wedding will be a small one, | taking place the latter part of this | month. | Mis#» Allen served two years with Miss Anne Morgan's Committee for . | Devastated e as head of the motor, detachment, and was decorated: With the Croix de Guerre by Marshal Petain in recognition of her work at ” | Chateau" Thierry. Manhattan \ flourished. | exporter, of | agistrate McClusky | prop- | COAL PROFITEERS| ag ails 1920, ELINOR W. KENDALL IS WEDDED TO-DAY TO ANDRE E. GROSSE | New York Bride’s Uncle, Boston \3 Clergyman, Will Tie the Knot. Miss Blinor Whituey Kendall, young- est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Beals Kendall, will be married this afternoon to Andre B. Grosse in the Chureh of the Ascension, The bride's uncle, the Rey Dr. Samuel Bushnell, of Boston, will perform the ceremony. There will be a reception afterward at the Kendall home, No. 41 West 11th Street. CZECHS CAN SELL SUGAR HERE AT 14C. Importer Urges U. S. to Purchase Crop and Develop Trade With New Nation. Testifying before the Lusk Legisla tive Committee, which to-day resume.i at the office of the attorney general, No. | 51 Chambers Street, Its enquiry into the | cost of sugar, Irving Schwartz, of tho | firm of Kneuzler & Co., N 10 Wall! Street, exporters and importers, sald that Czecho-Slovakia could send suga into this country at 14 ce a pound or 18 cents to the consum if proper! alded. The witness said that Czecho-Slo. vakia had 360,000 tons of sugar in stock but was sorely in need of phos- phates for fertilizing sugar can lands | He urged that the U chase the — Czecho thereby ,enabling that the wherewithal to purchase fer He also recommended the extension of credits to Czecho-Slovakia to enull that country to increase its sugar pro duction. ! nited State: pvakian country in our 42nd Street store. ingredients. piain and ate ful in’ the Bheotal for E take special pride in our Home-Made Candies, i many of which are cooked in the Creole Kitchen There is a mellowness in these goodies which is the result of the deftness of our candy chefs in combining and cooking the richest and purest Our famous Pecan Pralines—made here in New York by experts from our New Orleans factory of open-kettle sugar heaped with piquant, meaty pecan nuts—our Nut Fudge—our Chewy Honey Nougat Old-Fashioned Louisiana Molasses Candies: just a few of the sweets which have made friends of so many lovtrs of fine home-made candies, MILK CHOCOLATE HONEY NOUGAT | Today Br ight Girl *\N'AMERICA PASSED | Pupil Tells April's Gains in’Obneiaen Only Who Hylan Is 67,253 Tons Against 198,000 Monthly Average. ‘The peak of shipbuilding activity in Had Boat amed After Him |" United States, which stafted with “With Champagne, She Informs Teacher, [the war, his been passed, a statement lor the Atlantic Coast Shipbuilders Asso- [elation maintain, with statistics show= Jing that April'a gains In construction | were but 67,253 gross tons, as comparet with an average monthly gain of 195,- ‘. 000 toms for the preceding six months, ‘1 know, teacher,” extlaimed a while deliveries fy the Shipping Boar! seven-year-old girl who with thirty- from Jan, 1 to May 1 were more than eight other schoolmates from @ Bor-} 00,000 gross tons in exress of the ugh Park public school made @ pil-| work begun. grimage to City Hull yesterday, Private orde: May summed “Who is John F. Hylan?” ow begioning of 6 vessels af 1,404,~ at the “Well, tell us who John F. Mylan] 592” rons tons, while British shipyards is," ordered the indulgent teacher} at-the beginning Hf April had under way he order Hey ateel at pahipa with a tonnage 6 | Who, had shepherded them Into the! 370900, of which more than a million | reception room adjoining the Mayor's! tons ure understood to ‘be for” sale 5 ro! . | abroad. pare Seren i reo oe yogos Foreign orders M American plants are ster responded: |teaa than 100,000 tons. It is predicted “John F. Hylan is the man about] “shipbuilding ‘may ve expected to io whom my papa read to me in the-pa- | roust'e period of marked Inactiy per the other day, Mr. Hylan had a| Urwe me ¥ r Gregorian poat named after him with a bottle of | reat champagn Resointlons adopted by the Inter Mayor Hylan wan not at City Hall | Nation! caries oie i ee aanouneed when the school children arrived, But | {iis morning” ‘Thes. utee that the chant several of hix office force played the! be restored to the supreme place ax part of audience white the children| syned to. It in, the Fy. and. tnt recited kiddie poems and played at| the parochial lay t being “actor folks.” One of the} feundatibn Cor singin Mayor's under secretaries promised the teacher he would Inform tte w y Mrother. Mayor how ‘we wn he is to the}. WASHIN June 4.—President chikdren of the Borotte’ Park section, | Witkon sew hia brother Joreph of Bultl= half an hour yerterday. On | Pent risin, Pe, the White House Mr, Wilaon Tt is amazing how bright the ehil President was looking “remark- dren are well.” JAILLER Getter Chotolates aka Lower Price” CANDIES We Defy the Candy Trust and Have Decided to Continue Our 20% Reduction Sale You can’t equal the quality or the prices of our candies PEANUT BRITTLE 27. Regular 86c Pound Box Reduced to c SUGAR MOLASSES PEPPERMINT CUPS 34c Regular 42c Pound Box..... . Reduced to SUGAR ROLLED DATES ei 6c Regular 46c Pound Bor... 2... 0.4465 Reduced to, TURKISH PASTE JELLIES with Oriental Flavors 39 Regular 49¢ Pound Box... Reduced to c MILK CHOCOLATE DATES — 44 Regular 56c Pound Bow... .. . Reduced to Cc ASSORTED MILK CHOCOLATES | Regular 60c Pound Box... . 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