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twenty years and served Atmetrong Insurance Committee and the Pujo Finance Committee. He was Gamiliar, he eald, with the peculiarities @f. typewriting ond typewriter rib- bons. Q. You took yesterday morning, did Fon, not, from the court house what es. to be the book of minutes the Builders’ Supply Bureau? A. oir. Is the book one that has been and sewed together, or ta it @ receptacle, or cover for loose that are tacked inte it? A. ‘The latter. POSSIBLE TO SUBSTITUTE NEW ar LEAVES. Is the book #0 constructed that ‘can pull out the minutes? A. .@ Awd substitute others? A. Yea. ir. Q Look at the book of minutes of between Feb, 19, 1920, and jovi 4, 1920—how many alleged meet- fwore there during that time? A. it thirty-six. Have you examined the typewrit- the minutes between the dates 2? A. & have. "a. From that examination can say whether or not all those minutes were written at one time? Fun in France.” Brewer was charged t | SQ. If they were all written at ‘one time, and they cortained min- utes of the meeting of Nov. 47 A, That ie true, it must have been. Give us the reason for your that those minutes were | all written at one time? ‘A. They the Federal Grand Jury of William 8. Brewer, who claimed to be director League, Street, some Interesting facta came to ght In connection with the publt- cation of the magasine “A. EB. F., or with using the malle for fraudulent Purposes. uniform on subway the proceeds were for ex-servicé men, eapecially the wounded, Not a cent Of the proceeds went to any such, it was asserted today by Assistant Fed- ‘eral Attorney Mattuck. ‘reoslved for each magazine, turning the | Wenn & sbort time, Mr. {eatl, Brower deposited $53,000 in the Columbia Bank name ‘woman employee, Sega" ‘A EF’ MAGAZINE [BACKER ON STAND DIRECTOR INDICTED | IN OWN DEFENSE ON FRAUD CHARGE) AT PERJURY TRIAL None of Funds Raised, but Brewer Banked $53,000. Through the indictment to-day by f the Ex-Service Men's Co-operative With offices at No, 209 Canal ‘The magazine was sold by men in and elevated rains and elsewhere, Brewer claimed Investigation proved, Mr. Mattuck |, that the men who sold the mag ine kept 10 cente of the 2 cents remainder over to Brewe Mattuck in the oa Letters inolosing copies of the thagozine were sent to many prom- are written on a fresh ribbon and = inent men, including Preyident Wil- they are all uniform. Scudder read 2 memorandum inetaness in which pages of ivy typewriting, sometimes ocover- “the minutes of three succesive ithe, were sandwiched ‘between Jong series of minutes fm lighter type- Writing, TELL-TALE EVIDENCE OF TAM- PERING. does this situation indi- ¢ x | wane gon, Secretary of War Baker, Arthur Wooda and Calvin Coolidge. bankers; Company, tate; and ‘the Philadelphia National Bank. sae , Col. Among those named who contrib- $25 each were Speyer & Co,, United States Guaranty G. R. Read & Co. real es- the Mechanics & Metals Bank “The pages were renumbrd with in We have in the office for bill- Treat said. I know because ing, ‘he stenographer told me go at the It was the oustom when a sheet was spoiled.” ‘ou think these are substir minutes, but ¢ 1 time? minutes, Treat denied thi the minutes of meetings in which substitute pages appeared were the only minutes un- ed. He found one such set of le could not find another jthough he saw there were many. the stand when of Mr. Conboy | sald you have had the minutes of the! Bureau, did you not? have them, graft was introduced yest The Association of Dealers In Murphy, is a member, An entirely new phase of building into evidence irday by Brescia, ao ony young mason contractor. It was . fcularly interesting to the committee to Nov. 4, 1920, or not they were awiedge they were tn y were in- the day they were made ly after dach mooting. Do you testify that these. min- written tm typewriting there were written at the same time? A. I them over to the clerk, Mise who doe the typewriting. because Brescia told how he was forced out of business at a time when he had in hand the foundation work ef 260 ieoehamy. sity Avenue at 1. for setting the stone. Business Agent Mazaola, of the Stone Magon’s Union, made it imposetble for bim to union labor conform to the Stone Mason Con- tractors’ houses on Univer. cents a square foot get after Brescla refused to scale of 36 cents a cubic o the responsibility, if any, for foot for material and setting. On you put upon Miss O'Dea, do this .- charged about 25 cents for setting the atone. ir. Comboy—tI objest to that state- Chateman—No,/you will have ult with your clients outeld ou. also put upon her the ity for the destruction of the |, ‘didn't ermon A. No. t * 355 oer ammo brick manufac- Pttonese "co ninty, was, re- yesterday. nd said the Eden Brick Supply Company was not admit- on of Dealers in Mason Contr which Nicholas dent, in order to get union labor. The scale Brescia should have Brescia sald he joined ethe Stone tors’ Association, Conforti was presi- initiation fee demanded by the asno- clation wag $1,590, Three contractors were initiated ut the same time Brescia, One of them oried, he said, and his initiation fee was reduved to $200. Another wae not bright gnously 3 — well with Confort and h od Another paid sso Bresols, in consideration of hia act- ing as spokesman for the initiates, (8 Greater New York Brick Com , he eai@, handled 60 per co ant. second meeting adopted a scale he brick sold by manufacturers 35 cents a cubic foot thatead of 35 was let off for Brescia said association at its ot cents. Two cents of the ten cent in- males agent for crease were to be deposited to an an- Hotmes, New York Brick Gom- sociation fund which was to ye dt~ the three concerns that | vided between Conforti and Mas control the New York |in consideration of Mazzola's aid in was next called to ex- three concerns arrive | form price for brick. The Gret Une of questioning by Mr. | myer was regardivg the organ- cof the company. .The witness that ft was a combination of | brick manufastorers on the | on River @istrict and was oper. ssion Dasis. caused surprise when oll Mr. Untermyer that the com did not keap any books to show ot iw Seer, but only Sacke to show. who they had 0 ne for. _~ was in re- ‘Spo to @ question “y Mr. Unter- yer as to whether the © company sold to amy concern not a member of the Association of eee in Ma. ons’ Building Matert | ‘The witn anid that he knew, Phothing ing the volume of! usiness done past year, ‘by the company curing} » although he is in sole | of afi the sales. | paid thet he had nold to dealers the association and mentioned ) names. RPOLATED MINUTES WERE NOT SIGNED. i] } shitenptant Sevier was recalled at session to report'o: the jute ook of the Association of tn Manon Pullder’s materials, » “The pages of thie book aro i ered,” he sald. “The num- | | bers have been wit! ° | H chine. Ba a different colored Pex we te make the num bree, weed which have ap- rinse a Interpolated, The Kons apparently In- have not been i) malt other pages the | ries have | been signed.” | aix pages ho! had been . Boudder testified that $5,000 or fein of the Building Supply Bu- annual income war «pent * z Treat, Bocretury of tho of Dealers, went on the ore the pages referred wore wubatitu'ed “pulling” union men from jobs of con- tractors who did not come to the | association's term#, RAKE-OFF $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR feet this pool arg a lente, of for every I, ‘son em~ yed Ye the city. this would make « taunlet ef $1,000,000 ® yoar to be divided between Con- fort! and Mazgola. Brescia rebelled. He compromised by paying Mazsola $10 & week for the lege of using four union iaborers, Maazola after four weeks demanded more, “Ten dollara a week does act pay for the gas for my car to come to collect this money,” Brescia quoted Mazzola as saying, Though Breasia did not know her Leoal ate, 9 wae teithe ilding Trades Council, he di t jad sbon them together, hundred times.” rents arising from revs @ation Lockwood Co: mttee were McAvoy. to-di , Witllam 1. Apieg- eiberg, foromu of the Extraordinary Grand Jury, ‘Che jury was accom- panied into court by Deputy Attorney Genera) Bamuel A. Berger and Ae- sistant District’ Attorneys Robert Johnston and Ferdinand Morton. The names of the men indicted were not revealed but ‘t was stated that they_are not among those ready under indictment. They expected to appear in court this af- ternoon and furnish ball. —.___—_. Three Held te mpte. Piet Three mon who eth Century Limied from the W 136th Street, were arrasted wh ey ranche ts rand Cent ‘erminal tormpted pocket fam Smith. No. K Frank, No, a Louis Bormén, No. Bach wi fires Yorkville Ls ON uilder, perjury Goneral witness and came to America in 1891. haa worked as a sailor, newspaper dealer, estate operator and lived in Chicago and Memphis, Tenn. to settle the trouble,” fied. He said Backer declared it was “dirty money,” tee,” and threatened to drop the onded up to Judge Pocket wot on the Twen- to- any! sharacd, bee ate at, | mln U. S. Asserts Veterans Got]Accused Contractor Tells of His Rise to Wealth From a Sailor. George 6. Backer, miffitonatre being tried on e@ charge of before Judge Rosalaky in Beastons, to-day took the stand im bis own defense. Backer said he was foreign-born He chandelier dealer and real Robirt P. Brindell was identified by @ newspaper picture as one of three mon with whom George Backer was talking shortly before Ephratm B. Levy gave Backer the Grst $15,000 of the $25,000 Backer the price of having the strike called off his building, according to John W. Noble, a witness, told him war Noble, employed by Backer as a comstruction muperintendent, called for the defense, testified that he had r.|peen Backer talking with two mys- terious strangers near the construc- tion fob, These, Edmund L. Mooney, counsel for the defense, sald might by inference be taken as the “Mutt and Jeff" to whom Backer testified, before the Lockwood committoe, he gave tho money. when Backer admitted his story of losing the money at the race track was false, ‘This testimony was given Mr. Mooney produced the newspaper clipping, and Noble said he had seen the original of the ploture standing across the street while Backer wa" talking with the two strangers. When cross-examined by Emory R. Buckner, special prosecutor, Noble sald he saw Backer and the two strangers cross the street amd talk to the milan there, After this ‘conversation, he said, the man drove away in an automobile. James Fennimore, another s@porin- tendent employed by Backer, also told of secing Backer talking with two men —one tall and one short. Union tren workers on Ephraim Levy's building when Rovert P. Brin- dell called a strike there, were re- placed with “open’ shop” men after Levy pald his $25,000 bribe through George S. Backer, Robert T. Brooks, iron contractor, testified Mr. Brooks, who is President of the George A. Tust Co of Long Island City, had the $300,000 iron contract on Levy’s building, Under examination by Edmund L, Mooney, counsel, bis ground work for a plea that Backer’s handing of the $25,000 bribe money saved Levy from financial disaster. Baoker’s testimony ald Mr. Brooks told of conversations with Backer and with Levy, who said the strain of carrying his enterprise under the strike was getting to be too much for him. Backer told him “they want $25,000 Brooks testi- “disreputable prec- whole jab. Emory L. Buckner, Spectal Prose- eutor, drew from Hrooks the admis- gion that “open shop" men replaced union tron workers after “some one Paid money to somebody.” “Walter Stablet, Comptroller of the Metropolitan Life Insurance, and Monroe Douglas Robingon, banker, were oharacter witnesses for Backer. Henry H. Gibson, a real estate dealer, of No, 58 Clark Street, Brook- Ayn, testified he met Backer in the Hotel Chatham for luncheon on July 14, when Levy testified he paid the second instalment fo $30,000 While waiting for Backer, Mr, Gih- son said he saw him meet two men, shake hands with them and hand one an envelope or mull package. PERU STRONG Ft FOR AMERTA. Passenwer Here on FirstRound Trip of New Ship Tells of Cond: ‘The wteamehip Quitpne of the Pacifi: Lame completed her first round trip tr South American ports when she arrive? here to-day under command of Capt Norman Martorell, who during the war wus skipper of the steamer Flamece when she was sunk by the German raider Moewe. J, A. Dipges of San Antonio, Texas a civil engineer, was a passenger. Hy wi witness of the public hooting nt capital of Bollvia, of Gen. al and two revolutionary friends. vare: he ald. Mr. Digger declared. that England 's giving warships in Chill in order that Sho may bave's atroog ally in the Houth Pactfic, but that Peru Is #trongly—pro American in sen foent TEACHERS ARGUE FOR PAY. Joint Commitice Be: Senator John B. ‘Mullan, of Rochester, ¥@)and inoluding four Benatora ani five moathods of raising the neceasary funda Troy, Glens Falls, Kingston, head, L. 1, @nd Menanda, River- that granted by tho Loglulature 1920, Firet Sin DUBLIN, Doo. 4, Tnterned, ‘The first group o' fee, Senger a te Taquiry | im Troy on Increases, TROY, N. ¥., Dec, %—The Joint! Legisiative Committee, headed by | Assomblymen, began their Inquiry at Troy to-day Into the matter of addi- tional salaries for hers and the Teachers wern heard from Albany, | They desire an {horese In salaries in addition to *| Fein priaonera to be interned un- rl der the Government recently an-| xe Dublin wy ie, The RARER ATT 7 mR ET THE EVENING WokuLD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER Type of Snow-Fighting Tractors to Be Used by City This Winter. New CITY TRACTOR Bix of the 100 specially constructed machines, which have been ordered, arrived here today from Cleveland, 0, It is expected that when all are in operation they will make short work of ridding the streets of the winter's snows. LEAGUE’S BOYCOTT PLAN FORMULATED Sub Commission Unanimous on Weapon Against Covenant- Breaking Nations. GENEVA, Dec, 8 (Associated Press) —A definite plan for use of the eo- nomic blockade against members of the League breaking the Covenant was un- animously adopted to-day Commission on Blocade. ‘The members of the Cor by the Sub- mmission ex- pressed the belief that the plan would sive the league a very effective weapon againat offending members and do much to prevent serious International disputes from developing into Details of the plan in a few days. otua! vill 1 wars. be published A public session of the Armaments Commission will consider {t, SAYS LIQUOR MAN GAVE BRIBE Breokiys D: a ler Held in $5,000 by fe Chatfield. Many wholesale Nquor dealers tn this city with permits to sell to drug stores and physicians, soccording to Capt. Frank Frayser, chief of the Special U. S. Agents, have been seeking of Inte tobribe men of his staff so sales might be made to saloons. men to accept such bribe them. Agent In omer to stop | this, Capt. Frayser instructed all his ‘8 and report J. L. Plerca reported that he had received $100 from Michael Pas- sale, who has a saloon at Hester and Mulberry Streets, Manha‘ ttan, and a wholesale warehouse at No. 141 Broud- way, Brooklyn. Pancale was held tn day on a cha Chatfeld's — court, them for bribery. has been abolished tn the order from Secretary der reacinds one issued in and other, simplified forms 30 Boxes, charm. SPECIAL. Southern Parlines ana Cane Sugar Nuts. Six in handsom: ly decorated box. P' High Grade Smooth Almonds Our ey regular POUND BOX was made public here to-day. The celebrated Southern Sweets, made of pure browned Louisi- and Pecan Bate goods. Extra special, 000 tall to- of Bril ea in Judge Brookip: Dec. 1, Capt. Frayser's men ‘have, ars fourteen , Wholesalers, most of Since Navy Drops Simplified Spelling. , BOSTON, Pec. 3.—Simplified spelling navy by an els which © or- 1905 provid- Ing for the use of “thru” for "through" s. MGR. THOMAS TAAFFE BURIED Great Crowd Fille Brooklyn Charch at Clergyman's Funeral. Thousands of persons, unable to get into St. Patrick's Church, Kent and Willoughby Avenues, Brooklyn, to at- tend the funeral services for the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Thomas Taaffe, pastor em- ‘|eritua of the church, win died Wed- nesday morning, lined the curbs for two blocks on both streets. Tho officers of the redulem mass were Celebrant, the Right Rev. Thomas Malloy; Deacon, the Rev. Peter Don- ohus; Sub-Deacona, the Rey. John lL. Belford and the Rey, Bernard O'Reilly; Master of Ceremonies, the Rev. John F, Cherry. The Right Rev. Mgr. Michael Fan- nery ched, The body was buried ian Holy Cross Cen ARTIST POGANY WINS. Court Rules He Oaune of Action Against Frohman. Supreme Court Justice Edward R. Finch to-day decided that Willle Po- any, of No. 61 Washington Square, South, painter and literateur, has stated sufficient cause for action in his sult to recover $200,000 damages from Charles Frohmftn, Inc., David Belasco and Fania Marinoff. > Pogany alleged tn his complaint that he had ‘been held up to rkiicule as an artist and that his home had been broken up by lines spoken of a char- bearing his name in the comedy ‘Call the Doctor." VANDERLIP COMING HERE. Salle ‘To-Morrew—Says He Will Con- fer With Genat in Capital. tery. OPPOSES SHUT DOWN ON IMMIGRATION Department of Labor Official Says Contitions Do Not Justify Clamor for It, Hugh Reid, a member of the Gen- eral Lmmigratjon Committee of the Department of Labor, was at Bilis Island to-day when Chairman Atbert iohnson of the House Immigration Committee resumed Investigation into conditiong at the island. Mr. Reid sald that statistics showed that thore fs not @ surplus of unskilled labor in the United States. “Out of the 3,000,000 who, it ts said, want to come here from Italy,” Mr. Reld stated, “only 1,000,000 probably will reach here, Thousands change their mind and thousands find that they haven't the means. Of the 8,000,- 000 Germans who want to come the number will ye cut down to 2,000,000. Clone study of the industrial situation does not justify the clamor Tor a total suspension of immigration.” SAYS BERLIN GAVE NO FUNDS FOR MAIL German Professor Tells of Rumy ely’s Plans to Gat Money From U. S. Citizens, In the trial of Dr, Edward A, Rumley on charges of concealing the Germar ownership of the New York Evening Mail, the defense to-day Introduced 4 deposition made tn Berlin by Prof. Von Gaervernitz 40 support the claim that the money sought for the purchase of the Mail was not German money, but the wealth of American cftizens, Prof. Von Gaervernits enclosed what he sald was a copy of a communication ‘om Tumley saying New York papers in shaping pe * said he was man governm for the purchase money Was avallabl ) American pap DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF HAS A CLOSE-CALL ~ Tries to Stop Runaway Team and “Truck Wheel Runs Over Heel of His Shoe, Deputy Fire Chief Spencer, of Staten Island, escaped death or serious injury this afternoon when he fell tn frot of a niunaway tesm he had sought to stop in Bay Gtéeet, St. George, One of the wheels of the heavy truck passed over tt hel of his ift shoe, Spencer was en a municipal troiley car on the way to the ferry when the team, belonging to Gustay Fetser, of 0. 15 Kossouth Place, Brooklyn, came tearing along in the wake of it, Ho reullzed that should the two callide, several of the passengers in the car might be severély injurd, so he leaped off the front of the car aad sprang for the ‘bridle the team came abreast of him. His grasp falling, he felt and just managed to roll to safety. ‘Th team was stopped a few minutes typ by Mounted Policeman Hori FRANE GUN SIMON BOYS SHOPS—FIFTH FLOOR GIORDANO, the eminent Italian painter, surprised the art world when at the . of eight he painted a cherub into one his father’s paintings cA Christmas Gift for Boys Genuine All-Wool Western Lumber Camp Mackinaws ONLY 16. GY a boy something that he has got to have anyway, seems like taking a mean advantage of his necessities, but a Mackinaw will at least come a little nearer to his liking than a book of poems, for it has that sturdy outdoors William 8, Hart quality which appeals to boys. A coat of many colors, plaided over deep grounds, belted, pleated, stormproof, and stoutly made, Could be more, but couldn't be better. LONDON, Dec. 8.—Washington 8.) 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