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{ \e a The Evening, IF IT HAPPENS }', IN NEW YORK in World f Circulation Books Open to All.’’ | VOL. LXI. NO. 21,501—DAILY. { “Circulation Books Onen to | - Comrrtasty 1920, Co. (The ae ee ‘YXerk World), Press Publishing NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 , 1920. ma Clase Post Office, New York, N. ¥. ne Second: Matter | AED ARMIES CROSS WARSAW'S (A. RANACGUSE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE; FALL Beaten Polish Armi Armies Fled So Rapidly Bridges ‘Were Not Destroyed. * POE ONLY 31 MILES OUT. Supplies From Danzig Likely) To Be Cut Off at Any Moment. PARIS, Aug. 4 (Associated Press). P-=Warsaw will bave to be evacuated within two or three deys, in the opin- L|f/ ton of the French and British military experts there, and the government is \. expected to be moved within that period, ‘probably to Cracow. ‘The report of the members of the Military Misston, telegraphed ihere last night, declared that the Polish army along tho river had retreated 80. precipitately’ that it did not even y destroy the bridges behind {t. This fenee,”* A special Russian cavalry corps, the miltary men reported, was driving southwest along the border of the Allenstein district and had yesterday reached a point thirty mil Miawa, thirty-one miles northy to Danzig from the Polish capltal ‘These cavalrymen wero said to be headed through Mlawa into the Polish | “™@orridor to the Baltic, nearby, and / thence to Pomerania * "The experts reported that the Polish forces were demoralized on the whole \ northern and central fronts, and wer | falling back. The military me { } } they had virtually abandoned hope of the Poles making a stand now. The Pollsh armistice delegates re- turned to Warsaw Tuesday night, | and the Polish Government has little hope of the speedy arranging of an armistice, The members of Allied mission are convinced’ that the S Government does not intend to ne- gotiate an armistice, they reported, | their belief that Russians had set the next meeting of the negotiations for to-day at Minsk knowing that it would be im- possible for the Poles to urrive at that time, making a pretext for fur- and declared ther delay. The Polish Goyernment, ft 1s * Jearned, 1s undecided as to whether | it will send emismaries to Minuk. The experts said their gravest concern was the off of Warsaw's direct communtca- tions with Danzig, upon which Pol- and is dependent fog military éup- plies. ‘ LONDON, Aug. 4—Owing tp the fact that Soviet rule 1s being estab- lished in portions of Poland the Wa saw government has decided not to > «move its quarters for fear of a reyo- jutton which will sweep the present regime from power. A manifesto just issued says: | “The works and mines must ‘be (Continued on Twentieth Page.) SHARP NOTE SENT SOVIET BY BRITAIN Asks if Russians Intend to Halt Drive and Begin Peace Negotiations. LONDON, Aug. 4.—The British Gov- ernment 1 Irritated over what It be- Neves ts Soviet Russia's equivocath ever the British suggestion that the Rua- asians halt at the armistice line of de- parkation in Poland and begin peace negotiations, It has despatched @ sharp note to the Soviet Government demanding a_yea po answer a8 to whether that Gover fant intends to Reed the suggestion. The note, Hy ts Fyporied, contains r threats and Det An the ‘pature of 8 viet | the | imminent cutting | a EN ~OFCITY INFEW DAYS LKELY NGREASES IN PAY. GIVEN AT- ALBANY Rushed Through in Closing Hours of Assembly. while the people's minds were en- grossed dragged out Socialists’ frial, Attorneys, Judges, Jand scores of other elected or po- from | 1\tleally appointed offite holders were rat of | Warsaw, on the only direct railroad | ranted salary increases that ran from 12 1-2 to 191 2-8 per cent. The increase of 1912-3 per cent. was granted to the Public Administrator of Queens County, whose salary was talsed from $1,200 to $3,500. The various bills providing for the salary boosts apply principally to coun- |ty offices which are not under the ju- Ir diction of Mayor Hylsn. The follow- ling table shows the increases In sala- officers tu New York | ries: for county HIGH AS 191 P.€. ——Aiemer Craig Bares Big Salary Grabs in the details of the long District clerks, deputies ‘CHANGE OFFICIALS 000 They Barred Stutz to . Evade: Obligations. Complaint Lists Members of Governing Body Alleged to Have Been Interested. Allan A, Ryan to-day filed eutt in the Supreme Court against William H. Remick, as President of the Now York Stock Exchange, and the mem* Gers of the Governing Committee to recover ,$1,000,000 damages, which he avleges he suffered by reason of a In a statement defending the flat/conapiracy on the par of the defend- 20.per cent. salary increase plan, re- cently vetoed by Mayor Hylan, Comp- troller Craig to-day bared one of the biggest salary grab programmes ever cartied out by a New York State Leg@ature. By the provisions of this wholesale pay-jacking scheme which was quietly rushed through river was Warsaw's last line of de-|the jast ecasion of the Legislature ants to evade their obligations rising from the “short” sale of the stock of the Stutz Motor Car Company by striking this stock from the exchange lst and thus impairing the value of his holdings and injuring his business, (Mr. Ryan's complaint reviews the entire Stutz transactions up to the time when the stock was stricken from the list on March 91 last, by or- der of the Governing Committee. This action, he eays/in his complaint, op- erate das @ moratorium enabling in- dividuals and firms heavily involved in “short sales of Stutz to escape embarrassment. ‘He chargeg that members of the Governing Committee, contrary to the provision of the constitution of the Exchange that ‘No member of the Committee shall participate in the adjudication of any case in which is personally interested,” action to save thenselves, On March 31, he says in his com- aint, 5$ firms or individuals short of; Stutz stock, borrowe stock took were either having 1» they whi were H Meio ene obliged to return on demand or being District Attornes, Kingn Uo....810,00 $13,009 [OdlIgated to deliver stock. Of these, ew York County, cue Asie. ho says,.26 firme and Individuals had tant Distetor Attorney. . aa pee borrowed Stutz stock from him or Seren apsiotante «5 i v1 ct to er the lyase Pea ea A were under confract to doliver the | Now York Gity " 14.800 |Same to him, ‘Thirty-nine Munict art Jan. yy Among the twenty-six, he lista tne tees, Now York City $,000 ing: Six Munielyal Court Justices, FOO WIDR |) Quewne and Richmend........ 2) 8.009 DeCoppet & Doremus, of whioh the Serta, clecka, Geoeral Semaigas 4,00] defendant, Henry G, 8. Noble of the bona Radeon pets 4,000) Governing Committee and forme: District 6,000| President of the Exchange, was a LUtwarian, | Apel is “Division, (Continued ge Fifteenth Page.) —<——_—_— |3 HOOTCHES “O. K.,” FOURTH A “K. 0.” Thirg’y Anton Knezewich Lured by 1y-Cent “Real McGoy,” Is Robbed of Life Savings: Anton Knezewich, saddened tn his old ase by the Volatead Act, was accosted by 4 stranger yesterday near his home, No. 227 Tenth Avenue. Anton's dtm eyes brightened at what the stranger said: “Whiskey—the real MaCoy!" “Dollar a drink?” inquired Anton. “Fifteen cents, amd pour it yourself,” was the luring reply, the stranger, Steve Budenlitch, | change of robbery and held in $2,000 ball, “I went with him to a room at No. 467 West 21st Street,” he sald, was true about the whiskey. I t three drinks and it went down amooth. But the fourth was different and Ib cramps A gomebody put a iy head and the ot all my mar $238 In Amertean worth of Span’ | Noted Martfora | HARTFORD, Charles M. Josl) mombers of the awyer Dead. mn, Aug, 4.—-Col ticut bar, r|todgy in hia seventieth year, He had |serted in the General Assombly and Early gop receives the preference | was counsel for tho Btate in tha dend~ py Sunda earert ans re to be. lock over the Governorship when Mor- le vertiatn, now an G. Bulkeley held the office sgninst omitted for leck of time to set It mocratic contestant. In political he bad been hen- THE WORLD. f Anton told the rest ef the story in Jefferson Biarket Court to-day when No. 383 East 54th Street, was arraigned on a one of the foromost | died | member, had borrawed of him 5,000 shares of Stutz and was obligated by contract to deliver to tim, in ad- diion, 100 #hares ,these reprosenting “short” sales, Dominick & Dominick, defendant, of which the Bayard Domintek of the | Governing Committee was a member, had H, and th borrowed from him 800 shares. B. Whitney & Co., of which How- Whitney was a member of the committee, had benrowed 400 shares, Lindley & Co., of which Allan J. LAndley was a member of the com- mittee, had borrowed 200 shares. Carlisle, Mellick &Co., of which Jay F. Carlisle was a member of the com- mittee, was obligated to deliver 100 shares to him, Post & Flagg, of which Arthur Turnball was a member of the Governing Committee, had borrowed 100 shares. Ryan changes that the defendanto, “in disregard of the high standard of (Continued on ‘Twentieth Page.) Classified A Adcertisers Important! advertiaing copy for inday World should be in The World office On or Before Friday Preceding Publicatjon OF PLOT IN SUIT Charges in Action for $1,000,- 58 FIRMS WERE SHORT. TO RELIEVE Constitutional © Amendment Planned to Permit City to Build Dwellings. MAY CHANGE TAX LAW. Would Exempt New Buildings ~ From Local Assessment in ‘Specified Period. Bis ae, Gov, Smith has Wecided to call an extra session of the Legislature early in September to consider legislation affecting the housing situation In this city. The announcement was made to-day by Edward P. Doyle, Secre- tary of the New York Real Estate Board, to whom Judge Jobn M. Kel- logs, legal adviser to the Governor, gave the terday, ‘ho first business befor special session ‘will be the aubm! of a constitutional amendment per- fitting the city to no into the bust- ness of erecting dwellings eo that 1¢ may bo put before the voters, if adopted, in the fall of 4921. Real estate interests have persuaded the Democrats to edopt a plan« in fon GOV. SMITH DECIDES TO CALL SPECIAL SESSION IN SEPT. HOUSING HERE COMMUTERS’ RATES TO GO UP AUG. 26 BY ROADS PLAN | Central na Newitt New Haven Join) Long Island in Applications for 20 Per Cent. Boost. The. New York Central and New Haven Railroad systems followed the example of the Long Island Rail- road to-day by Announcing that their etatistioal, burenits, wore pro- paring schedules of commutation rate Increases to be filed with: the Public Service Commission calling for 20 per cent. to be adde@ to the price of all monthly sixty-ridy tick- ots, In conformity with the authority given by the Interstate Commerce Commission to Interstate railroads, All of the commutation business of their platform exempting from State | income tax all mortgages on property. Mr. Doyle said that the sub-commit- | tee on platform, headed by former Congressman John J. Pitagerald, fav- | ored*an éxemption clause similar to that provided for in the platform of the Republicans. Mr, Doyle beheve that building operations will be greatly encouraged by the exemption of mortgages now held gn: ly by insur- ance companies and savings banks, | He sald that nearly $40,000,000 ts, inveated In 6 per cent. mortgages ylelding @ return of $24,000,000, out of | Whioh the State receives iH a Your as income tak. By sacrificing this! revenue the will make a strong | bid for outside capital to invest in more homes, ‘The losses to the State, | he said, would be negligible and more | than offset in the future the returns from the additional building, By a vote of 6 to 3 the sub-Bommit- tee ‘has rejected a State-wide housing proposition as recommended by the Reconstruction Commission appointed by Gov, Smith and advocated by Peter J, Brady, representative of labor.’ Mr. Doyle said rpal estate interests of this oity were opposed to the plan When the Legislature convenes Mr. Doyle said that the Mayor's Housing Committee, of which he is secretary, will recommend that all new bulld- ings be exempied from lqcal taxation | for a spegitied period as a further} } means of meeting the housing cnats. | Frank Mann, Tenement House Com- miasioner and Chairman of the Mayor's Housing Committee, tried to put in the Democratio platform a plank exempting new bulldings from taxation for eight years but met with slight encouragement, However, [ue Will make a fight for the adoption hia plan at the special session. , abe Slate |the New York Central 4nd Hudson River line is within tho jurisdiction of ‘the State comunission, ‘The West | Shore and New Haven roads, reach- ing many points in New Jersey anal Connecticut, get their auth ‘y for increases between there points and «|New York from the Interstate Com- the Long Island and much of that of| TICKET SUGGESTED BY DEMOCRATS AT SARATOGA TO-DAY Woman and a Real Parmer for High Places, and Walker to Make U. S. Senate Race. Governor—Alfred E. Smith. Lieutenant Governor—George R. Pitts of Tompkins, a real “dirt- farmer.” Comptrolier—Charies W. Bérry of Kings. : Secretary of State—Miss Harriet May Mills of Onondag: Attorney General—Philip RR. Laing of Eri Treasurer—John F. Healy of Westchester. State Engineer—Paul McCloud of Washington. Associate Judges of the Court of Appeals—Abraham |. Elkus of New York and Frederick E. Crane of Brooklyn. * ¢ United States Senator—Harry C. Watker of Broomer JUDGE'S $5 SHOES DEAR AT THE PRICE Pro: spective Juror’s Ouic ck ‘Wit at ‘Court's Expense Excuses Him From Duty. . When the jury panel had been jp the County Court in Brooklyg, to-day, Judge MeMalon gsked if there were any who wished to be excused, Hurry Hrum! said his busy season as a sales man was just’ opening and he needed the money to support his wife and two children. fi “How much do you make? agked the Judge, “ixty dpjlars a week,” suid Brunt “Why, @ man ought to get togett a million dollars on that salary mented the Jude. com merce Commission. The applications, according to Pitt] 1¢ Hand, in the off of the Presi- dent of the New York Central, ask that the new e bec a effective Aug. 26, but only for tickets foe th month of Septomber, Commuters | holding August tickets’ will not be} required top: Ant increased fare for the last fiv ys of August, \ Officiais of the New Jersey railroads | nid that they already ane planning to follow the example of the New York Central and the New Haven dines, and increase commuter’s rates a flat 20 per cent, on and after Aug. 26. ‘They also admitted ‘they are considéring | calling upon holders of 100 trip ticket: to pay the difference in fares when th new rafes go into effect, but this has} not been decided as yet \ How the new rates will affest the| commuters is shown tn the following | table, which includes most of the | fiarger stations on the leading com- mutatiod Unew | Present |New Station Monthy Monthly | Rate Ticket. | New York Central (Hudson River).| Riverdale $18 Yonkers 8.92 | Hastings 99 New York Central (Harlem Mount Vi Division) 8.58 | Bronxvilie 918 Senradale 5 9.97 White Plaind’* 10.69 Plenaantviile 214 Arverne 12 x | Bayaide .. 10.66] (Continued on b Presiieth Page.) AUTO KILLS AGED WOMAN. | et With Two Grand-| Idren When Strack, Cropal | Ma Ann Sickles, aixty-ft i of No. 703 Bummit Avonue, Jersey City Jwas killed tow zho wa by an at owned and truck 7. Dr, De Forrest of t me ital gad she evidently died of Voll was arrested on m charge of | slaughter WORL AY MAVEL pUnEA jt hah? oy | | THE Y, bier ss errs, STERLING LC LOWEST IN FIVE MONTHS | | Weakness in Foreign Caused by Continued Defeat Exchange 4 Polish Armies exhange was wenk thts owing continued defeat armies and the approach of k araaw, Acute Unite sterling, whion {l off about seven points, | , at the opening to-day, went |down 6 cents more to 3.56%, It later -|strengthened, going back to 3.58% soon, fter noon, ranca were quoted at 0707, off 0026; lire at 0494, off 0026, and marks at 0208, off 0010. Sterling went lower to-day than at ony time since Maze, Hbordelaide), 00: adr, “Not when shoes are $14 a pair." “Well, twenty-nine years ago} worked for $20 a week and paid $14 for shoes," said Jud McMahon Now | pay $5 a ‘pair. “If you $5 for the shoes you jare now wearing the proftecrs are | putting something over on you," sald Bruml, taking a glance around the corner of the bench for @ look at the Juido'# footRear, “You are excused,” anid the Jude | abruptly O. K. TO “BUST” WAY INTO CHURCH Justice Believes It Would Be Better. if More Followed Accused Pastor's Methods The Rev, John W. Buddin, avoused of “busting into” the Jones African Methodist Hpiscopal Church, Bergen Street, Brooklyn, pre! “© knotty Iprcblem to Supreme Justice Soudder to-day. The church trustees asked for an injunotion to keep the preacher out of the church, and he asked for one,to [prevent them from putting lim out ‘Tho trustees sald he raised dogs and ran a@ “knitting estabdistavent” 4 church. He denied it, said he bad appointed pastor by te bishop am only the bishop had the might w re nove him. ~ Ader reaerved » bat vertu that "it would these dayx af more men busted ' way into church MANNIX WILL BE ALLOWED TO LAND Will Not Be Interfered With, Lon- don Announggs, | He Becomes “Obnoxious.” Jnless LONDON, Aug. 4.—Archbishop Danie! Jannix will be permitted to land at | Liverpool upon his arrival from New] the 5 gered fb waa stated it 6 wi tive if neceseary to Ireland qui WORLD RESTAURANT aug Speeder for Weeuegar ittit; Gatckan Vricamee jn Hice, 800; Cold Beatie! Tomato "yeble @’Hove, Wc, 14th foe SS he (Racing News on Pages 2 and 20.) ,, [tonal Speakers’ Tureau, ‘materiMize ‘| Senator Sfarnison announced to-day tut he proposed to take Cobb with ~~ FAVOR NEW Lines of New By Joseph SARATOGA SPRING jcratic State platform as a“ N. Y,, The vote against him was 406. TI hibition from the New York City John H_ Blair, There were 68 city $3,000,000,000 IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS OR HIDDEN AWAY Half of All Money in Country, Noted Banker Says, Is ry Not Productive, PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4 | BOUT one-half of the total A wwrency of the United tates $3,000,000,000 — in being carried about In pockets and (purses, hidden under mat- tresses, in socks, or locked in strong boxes, in the opinion of William H. Hutt, acting Gov- ernor of the Federal Reserve bank here, and is not productive. The sunt which is carried or hiddi would pay off onc-aev- enth of the national debt, stabil- jae the finances of the country, Dring Liberty tends back to par, strengthen international credit and bring about much needed _donlation, Hutt said, “ry” COBB TOE BAT "EM FOR DEMOCRACY To Swing Around Political Bases As Spellbinder for Cox and Roosevelt star outfielder of the De sibel! Chub, will appear as a der” in the President\al ewm- pwign if plang of Senator “Pat" Har- rison, Chuinman of the Democratic Na- the oirole in a Rooseveit. GORE BADLY BEATEN IN SENATE RACE Nim on & swing 4 |tho' (ntoreats of Cox {Runs 20,000 Votes Behind Ferris in the Oklahoma Primary. | OKLAHOMA CITY, “Okia a Lawton C Pines neressman the sixth Oklahoma district for lust fourteen years, to-day was ading Senator Thomas P, Gore for Democratic nomination for United | Senator by more than 20,000] The vot the 1,198 61, preciners Ferrla, was a vigorowm of oppo- Preal- dent. supportar t regarded as nul- Calls It “Suds Platform’ | Recognition Urged. DEMOCRATS BEAT DRY PLANK BY A VOTE OF 406 10 34; ‘NEW HOUSING UWS: Platform Adopted ek as at-Saratoga Calls for Revision of Volstead Act on York Bill—Lunn "—Irish S. Jordan. | Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World. Aug. 4.—Characterizing the Demo- uds platform,” because it contained an en- Jorsement of the 2.75 BeeryLaw, Mayor George R. Llunn of Schenectady, made an assault o nthat resolution at the Democratic Conference today, but his attack was as effective as that of Don Quixote on the windmill, He made an impissioned speech to show where he stood on the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead act, and when he was still’standing where he started und had only 34 votes to back him. he got through here ws oné vote in favor of Pro- delegation and: it was cast by, Mrs. votes on ‘the other side, ‘@ Mayor Lunn no only expressed open hostility to the platform, ut started te mild storm by aasniling the pro- gramme of the “Conference,” ‘and calling {t a slate. Chairman John K. Sague mjldly rebuked the Mayor, who Immediately apologized and exempted the chairman from knowledge of the slate, |LUNN CALLS IT AN INSINCERE | PLATFORM. “Wa an insincere plank,” aid | Mayor Lunn, “Lt simply commits the |Party to a non-intoxicating beverage | Which everybody knows gannot be |ealled beer, It's an indorsement of | suds as those who drink 2.75 per cant, | beer call it and th party can’t bi to Boat into office on @ suds platform.” Answering Mayor Lunn, Chalrman, Fitzgerald of the committee said he, regretted that at every Democratic convention Mayor Lunn “always hae a minority report aguinat the will of’ the majority.” Mayor Lunn sprang to the front « the platform and ratved a pomt of or- der in which he objected te bereonal: “If the gentleman ts supersensitt to eriticiam ‘he should stay away,” Mr, Fitagerald retorted. Lunn's point ef order was notetty backed by the majority of the dvle~ gates, While the roll was being called on the “suggestion” of candidat Lunn and the Schenectady de! gation left the Conveition Hall. The Watform es adopted favors tho modification of the Volstead Enforcement Act, recognition of the Irish Republic, affirmation of fall’ in the National Democratic plat~ form and endorsement of the nom« inations of Cox and Roosevelt, enthu« silastic commendation of Gov, Smith's administration of State affairs, rear- ganization of the State Government by consolidation of existing depart. ‘ont contralization of authority, orea- Uon of an executive budget system, @ four years’ term for Governor, belief in the principle of direct primaries, home rule for cities, and Btate devel« opment of hydro-electric power. It referred to Woodrow Wilson as the formost étatesman of the age, TEXT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PLANK ON VOLSTEAD ACT. Following Is the text of the plants relating to the Volstead Act: “We favor an amendment to the so-called Volstead Act that will make operative the act gassed by the State Legisiature and signed by Gov. Smith, 9 the peace treaty. 12,400, 4.—The Cen- sus Bureau announces the population of Asbury Park, N, Jw 19 12,400, an in- crease of 2,260, or 22,2 om: cent. over the figures for 1910, defining nen-intexieating bev- erages and providing for the regulation of their sale, “We favor an amendment to the National Constitution whereby all amendments proposed ehall be retified by « referendum of the allusions, F 4 rs Rr FG eres © | 2s Sarita eae ewer ces a a lagee sis in ais ‘ = 20 REBT BS AES en <n en