The evening world. Newspaper, January 5, 1921, Page 1

Ei DI ent Che { Yh sjeameeris/ bAace Open to All” | VOL. EX. (NO. al 29 DAILY. Co. (The New ht, 1N2t, by The Press Publishing York World). THEATRE TICKET GOUGERS READ THEIR DOOM IN NEW INTERNAL REVENUE ORDER It’s the Beanfite of the End! RAIN—THUNDER— tor the Conscienceless ; Speculators. MUST BE People Will No Longer Be Robbed and Government Dues Must Be Paid. By Sophie Irene Loeb. | That theatre ticket speculators are doomed is evidenced by a most} sweeping and coming | from the office of William Williams, | ommissioner of Internal Revenue of Washington, as @ result of The Eve- ning World crusade on this intoler-} LAW OBEYED. drastic order ‘le form of profiteering dn the par | By this order the lephor surghasing theatre | yutem of ckets as prac 1s abolished | mong ticket speculators, and the | piiblic will bays a better chance to | t tickets at the box office aa a re-) sult of it | This is a decisive blow to high| es, ‘and marks the besinning of | ne end of youging the public as to atres According {0 the decision of tho Revenue Nepartment, the law in this pect been evaded since it was ide, and now there is te be a stop put to any such Tarth olution. A few weeks ago the Revenue De- artment in this city dealing with represented by Saul Subber, Supervisor of Collectors’ eutres, Ottices, issucd a warning to all thi reatres and speculators that the law was being vivlated and that such ions must be stopped Wor example, if you go to a hotel ir broker's offica and try to get some |!9€ Under the onters of Chiot Agent its and they haven't them on hand, en js given to the patron to wo and get the seats at the theatre x offiée, after this agency has tele- ‘ned to the theatre for the seats, thé patron gets the th the t with the order (having hotel ticket wave not, ro box oflice fice), but the tickets the buyer) agency that suimped with the price paid and the name of th Pol the tickets tv bim. Strange to say, ng World's expose of this immense- profitable business, and ¢ ally this angle where “any old price” bh been harged for tickets, as any attempt made to end the wud) ‘Tho jaw had been violated every day, and in vernucular speculators had been able to et way with it. But no longer of Jt, hy new order and the existing law Go pureon inay sell a Lheatre (Continued on Eleventa £ <<< i Classified Advertisers | Importan t! fled advertlaing copy for shoul She Kunday, World Id be ip The World offlse i | | On or Before Friday | Preceding Publication Classified Ad attiementa for Week DAILY AFTER 8 A. M. For publication the following day. EARLY COPY ecchan Uny Preference, When Advertiving ja to Be Omi THE "WORLD. re tckets | singer Brothers, who had a permit au- already paid the broker | made shipments without making proper sccording to statute, been | other respects. Two of the employees | not until 'The Eve. | LIGHTNING—SUN, ALL ON JAN. 5 Weather Man Apologeticai’y Says Tail End af Storm Splashed New York. vy who provides the got mixed up Just before noon to-day and opened by mistake « package } labelled “For Summer Us Within five minutes New York was treatc) ty « combination of thunder, lightning and rain, An | hour latér the sun was shining brightly When the Weather Bureau was called on the telephong to make some sort of explanation because every newspaper carrying 4 weather prognostication said “To- day—Fair,” the local forecaster said: “Any one who tried to foretell a thunder storm in Januury would be wrong ninety-nine times out of a bundred, Tpis ts only the second one we've had in January in ten But don’t think that the rain is going on all day. This is just a spatter, We're on the edge of an area of precipitation which brought rain and snow up the e and we got splashed, that's years. all” — <> - --— $250,000 LIQUORS TAKEN IN LARGEST SEIZURE ON RECORD Crowds Watch Agents Remove 'Many Truck ‘Loads of Singer Brothers’ Stock Prohibition enforcement agents, act- Ohapin, seized the entire stock of Singer Brothers, liquor wholesalers, at | No. 367 Third Avenue, to-day. ‘They | roughly estimated the value of the |goods seized as more than $260,000. Charges were made yesterday that thorizing them to transport liquor, had reports or complying with jhe law tn |were arrested. ‘The seizure was sald by the agents to be the largest made| in this country since the Voistead Act became effective, At 1 o'clock this afternoon four ttve- | ton vans filled with the seiz had been removed and this «i made a showing against the cntire Crowds thronged the sidewalks. watchiig with frank longing the oon-| stant procession of men carrying cases skey and wine Co-operation of the police: of Brook- iyn with the Federal Proninition Wn- forcement Agents has begun, it was an- need to-day by United States DI riot Attorney Leroy W. Roas. ‘The firet| arrest Was made to-day, Detevt Craddock and Lau took into custody | Pax Strube of No, (192 Surt Ay- ¢ Coney Istard, Cor alleged violation it the Volstead Law Five arrests were made yy Prohibi- on Enforcement stock, many of w | ne | | office of “FOILED BY WOMAN ~ TIGKET SFLLER Lg ume ‘Rober i Is Captured, y Police After B. R. T. Dh Plucky Fight. MONEY PUTS IN BAG. Runs From Booth and Grap- ples With Alleged Thief Until Assistance Comes. A rough-looking man walked to the pigeonhole of the change booth In the B, R. T. subway station at Cen- jtral Park Plaze to-day at 6.30, when \the station was otherwise deserted, and said to Mrs. Anna Hendricks, the agent: “Give me a cigarette.” Mrs, Hendriks, thinking the man | was drunk or weak minded, simply replied that she bad nothing of the sort and asked him if he needed change ‘The man tlrust a inetal tube, which Mrs. Hendricks tovg to be theebarrel | of a revolver, through the grating and | said: “I want all the change you have got} in there. He thrust his arm through the hole land began scooping toward himself the nickels, dimes and quarters ar- ranged in piles on the shelf’ Mrs. Hendricks caught up a canvas bag containing $50 in change from under her chair and darted out of the door of the booth, running toward the stairway. ‘The robber caught her and wrestled with her for the bag. ‘The two fell to the platform as two colored men came down the stairs, One of them plew a long blast on a police whistle and then both went to the assistance of Mrs. Hendricks. ‘The man got away from them and reached the stairway just as Policoman Ginty of the West 47th Street Station came down in an- swer to the whistle alarm. Ginty and the thief fought up and down the stairs until the arrival of Poljceman Walsh, who, In official parlance, “closed the, case.” The prisoner said he was Poter Mulia, No, 318 Crescent Avenue, As- toria, but that he had been living in Newark for several days, Mrs. Hoover, a BR. T. agent who was held up in the station at Sev- enth Avenue and 65th Street early yesterday morning, was sent for to see if she could recognize Malia, Andrew Mazarek, twenty-three, of No, 618 East 13th Street is reported to have confessed to thirty burglaries. Hoe was arrested early to-day by Po- (Continued on Fo! Fourteenth Page.) ROB SAFE, |, LEAVE NOTE TO ENRIGHT “Sorry Our Tools Gave Out,” Says Message of Burglars in 23d Street Building. “Sorry our toole gave out, Mr, En- right.” This note was left hanging trom the combination dial on 4 safe in the the Dxpo Camera Company on ‘tthe third floor of the building at just night and to~day ; | No, 241 West 231 Street by robbers who went through’ the plaice last DRY ENFORCEMENT («cht The thieves jimmied through “ yy | cast-iron shutters that protest the A PUBLIC SCANDAL” ||... winaows on phe second floor. veemeecy sae ! The evidently amatcurs, Representative Volk — fnfroxhn ft thelr paraphernalia uttered For Investiga t ‘ols were |] Conere’ ! was tho only & t they took WASHINGTON, 4 resonine |g tive Volk of Ne toxday intro: frighicned duced in u r on ior an] ay ey Jéft piles of silke and inveat onfansroaat ot q ar the stairways, aa Prohii hi iorlared, had|thaugh t hud planned to remove evcome « “puble soandad,” | bem. 7 . wy A fim t F SAVED U. 8. = YORK, (WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, eee i: rs NAVAL AIRMEN, 1921, Entered as Second-Class Matter Post Office, New York, N. ¥. NAROONEDIN FROZEN NORTH "ESTOS ——— erat Pigeons Furnished | Food for Days for Lost | Balloonists. RESC UED D BY ; Thought They “Wete ot New York—Brought Down by Cries of Dog in Trap. (Oopyright, 1921, by the Tnlted Prove MATTICE, Ont., Jan. 5.—Electrie- \ ally heated garments preserved the lives of the three American Navy airmen, lost in the Canadian wilds, while they blundered ihe now and ice seeking help after their balloon descended near Moose Fac- tory, according to Ind ins who ar- rived here to-day. Had it not been for these electric- jally heated gurments the frozen bodies of the three Americans would be lying in the white wilderness {north of here, and the chances are | they never would have been found. through The Americans, Lieuts, Walter | Hinton, Stephen A. Farrell and A. L. Kloor, battling their way back to four or five days’ travel from hasnlet, populated. by forty-seven men nnd two women. ‘The weather is mild, arith a light snow, not sufficient to imperil the balloonists, The story of the fight for life made by the Americans was told by G. W. McLeod, the Indian foreman of the Hudson Bay post at Moose Factory, near which settlement the balloon came down Dee, 14 after Its flight trom Rockaway Point, L. 1 McLeod is the man who brought out the first word that the Americans were safe, driving | n dog team 200 miles to announce their | arrival at Moose Wactory and. file Hinton's telegram to the navy au- thorities, FIRST STORY OF THE NAVY FLYERS’ ADVENTURES. McLeod, « tall, handsome Indian, who speaks perfect English, and has @ polished manner despite his long years spent in the woods, Was ac- companied by two other Indians, Sinclair Martin and Harlan Vincent All bad stories to tell of the strange men who came down out of the sky. McLeod quoted the stories told by the three airmen, reconstructing the following narrative of their great ad- venture. ‘Tho balloonists had no idea of their location after having been aloft two days. They thought they were still over New York State. Their gas bag kept sagging toward the earth, and from time to time they dropped sud- denly out of the low clouds and saw the snow-covered ground leaping toward them. Instruments, sandbags, rope, everything that could be con- sidered ballast was vbrown over- board at such times, and every light- (Continued on Fourteenth Page.) “THE BLUE MOON” | A Story of Love, My ltery and Treasure, of Ro- |) |mance on the Banks of the | | Wabash. Don't fail to read the first instalment to-day in | THE EVENING Wo? LD | nh Stand as State’ BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Jan. 5.— ‘bec NOE Ht inn Nott, widow of | | George B Nott, for wise murder | Ednwood B. Wade, herseif and John EB. | Johnstone are on trial before Judge Hinman and a jury in the Superior Criminal Court here, went on the civilization with dog sledges. are still | this! MRS. NOT TELS : TR APPER.| (}f THE SLAYING | Resolutions wo Be. elie OF HER HUSBAND s Wit-, ness Against Wade in Murder Trial. (Special From a Staff Correspondent, of The Evening World.) stand this afternoon ns a witness for the State. 4 ‘She was led to the witness box by | Sheriff Pease, who guided hier to her seat with both hands holding her by the shoulders. There was @ hush as sho began | recital of her maapiage and life with George Nott in, a low volce, but in clear tones. She was extremely pale and sat with her hands folded in ber Jap. She looked straight at State's}! Attorney Cummings as le questioned her meeting with Wade, ‘whom sbe said she met in July, 1919. Each know the other was'married, she admitted, but became friendly in spite "of her husband's objections. “He said he didn't want Wade to come there any more, and one tim ho said he would get him,” she said, her voice becoming weaker, She said she told Wade of her hus- band beating her and that she had| given a pistol to Wade then because she feared Nott would use jt aguinst Wade. “Were you afraid only tor Wade?" | “1 was afraid for both of us.” A fortnight previous to the murder, | she testified, Daniel C. Ferguson, « nelghbor, stopped her husband from beating her Mbeciuse he suspected that her presence at the window wus a signal to Wade On the Sunday of the murder, she (Continued on Second Page.) D’ANNUNZIO ROBBED OF 2,000,000 LIRE Regency Strong Box Forced Open and Documents Relating to His Enterprise Stolen. ROME, Jan lire in cash 6.—-Several million have deen stolen from the office of Gabriele dAnnunzio at Fiume by arditi, who forced the regency stronxbox, according to a] despatch to-day to Tempo. Th newspaper states that documents re lating to d'Annunaio's enterprise wore stolen, and that the poet-soldier is Bonsiderably disturbed by the rob- D'Annunzio is leaving Piume to-morrow for an unknown destin tion, th atch added A thou yesterday of the for Pola wand tor Venice irregular and 300 si loft to-day forces ~ THE WORLD TRAVEL BURBAD, sro tg, es "Part foes N.Y kts, a Ry Cloak rogen for bay IN LEGISLATURE TAKE THEIR SEATS in Both Houses to Investi- , gate Crime Here. By Joseph Jordan. (Stat Correspondent of The Evening World.) ALBANY, Jan. 5.—Considerable cordiality avax displayéa in both houses of the Legislature between the ‘old members when the gession opened shortly after noon. | members, oven those who pellod last winter. ‘The three members of the honse and Senator Seidel were sworn in by Secretary of State Joha J. Lyons immediately after the oath had been taken by Charles Donohue, who succeeds himself ax leuder of the minortty, So far as can be learned not Sas | than six resotutions will ‘ve intro- duced for the expulsion ef the So clalists in the Sperenny INQUIRY INTO CRIME HERE TO BE RUSHED, LEGISLATORS’ PLAN Request of Gov. Miller for More Power Likely to Be Granted Prompily. AURANY, Jan. 6.—Investization by 8 joint Legisiutive Committee to in- vestigute all oity, county and Bureau Offices, Departments and Burewus of the City af New York is deanded in a resolution prepared for introduc- tion wt the initial session of the 1921 | Legiatture to~dny by Senator Theo- dore Douglas Robinson of Herkimer and Amemiblyman Joenph Steinban: | of New York, Republicans ‘The preamble of the resolution de- clares that the Adininistration of the (Continued on Second Page.) The cor- |dialtty wus extended to the Socialist ere Ok towne | SUBWAY HOLDUP. ELECTRIGALLY-HEATED SUIS MULLER REQUESTS RIGID ECONOMY — | State finances and relatéd subjects, recommendations for the abolition which must be adhered to if we ar ernor wrote. They follpw: EXTENDS LOCKWOOD | COMMITTEE A YEAR Broader Powers and $50,000 Ap- (propriation Provided--No Action for a Week. Special From a Staff Corrospond- oot of The Rvening World) ALBANY, Jan. '6,—Tho Lockwood Housing Committe will not again function for at least a week for the reason that the resolution calling for | It# extension and broadening of powers carries ab appropriation of $50,000, and according to the rules tm both Houses such « resolution mast «p to the Finaneo Committee in the Senate or the Ways and Means Woumnittee tn the Assembly. J On the other faud a new rulo adopted by the Senate sends all reso- lutions to the committes on rewol- tions which means that no report can be received until next ‘Wednesday night at which tine both Houses have decided to adjourn. The resolution provides that the Lockwood Committee shall be con- tinued for another year and gives to the committee authority to grunt im- munity to witnesses and conypels the Superintendent of Banka and of In- ‘surance to turn over their records to the committee, GRAVE CRIME INCREASE IN N. Y. CAUSES MILLER TO ASK WIDER POWERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT “Executive Has a Responsibility He Cannot Escape, He Says—Recommends Amend- ments to Extend Right of Investigation. NDER the ttle “Power to Investigate Local Enforcement of Law,” Gov. r the State, notably ALBANY, Jan. 5, Administration and Miller in his message said: he fancial condition of some of the municipalities of the City of New York, raises the query whether there are not grave defects of local organization and administration. “The grave increase in crimes, specially erimes of vivlence, and the large proportion of cases of failure to discover and apprehend the perpetrators, also suggests the query whether there are similar grave deféets in the administration of the ertminal law and the enforcement of law by peace officers. “The Executt which he cannot escape, to investigate age aid Sie "Meus erdtor” oud: inraloes! beste “tor each. tical of the State has a responsibility in these matters and I think he sbould be clothed with power without the necessity of having charges preferred. “I recommend that the executive law be amended.so as to extend the power of examination and investigation which the Governor now possesses over State departments, boards, burg94us and commissions to all county and municipal officers and departmepts, |Would Curtail Construction Projects Also and Remove Heads of Depart- ments Who Exceed Their-Appro-_ priations—Wants State Board of Estimate and Control— Suggests Heavier Tax on Motor Vehicles. ALIPANY, Jan, 5.—Rigid economy in the conduct of the State's business was urged by Gov. Nathan L. Miller in his first message to the Legislature to-day for its 1924 session. The message dealt only witl but in this connection it contained of departments considered ‘unneces- rary by the Governor and for the consolidation of other departments in the interests of economy and efficiency. ‘ “At the outset we may profitably lay down certain general rules, ‘¢ to accomplish our’ task,” the Gov- ‘® “LNo new poaitions should be |ALBANY RESOLUTION| created; Inwtend 4 trust we spall find pany to wbolisi “h There shoukt be, 00 salary Increases, Large increases were apade last year an® the economic wend sbould make furthdr in- creaves this year unnecessary ‘These two rules should eliminate the requested increases for pet- sonal service, “8. The authorized construction Projects should be completed bes fore new ones are undertaken, That should eliminate the in. creases requested for construc- ton, Indeed, tt would be impos sible ¢or the Stath econginieally to extend In 4 single year anything ke as much for construction us has been requested, “4. Appropriations for mainte- nance should be oased on the pree- ent trend of prices, instead of thy gh prices prevailing when the requests were formulated. That should resutt in the elimination of that incréwe and in some reduc- tions, “S. A careful study should be * made of thy available highway funds and of the most businons- like and economical ways of util- izing them, Theret are aires available more funds than possibly be spent thts year, It will be neceshary to appropriate $4 727,117 to mect the Federal Ait apportionment of like amount which would otherwise lapse on July 11921. That will give an additional sum of $9,454,234. WOULD KEEP DOWN ODEFIC- IENCY APPROPRIATIONS. “With @ proper amendment of the’ statute, some of thowe funds may be made available for the reconstruction of existing highways, which are now being reconstructed out of ourrent revenue from appropriations for maintenance and reconstruction, Maintenance proper and reconstruc- tion should bp distinct. “I understand that there are many highways which will rapidly disin- tegrate If not soon reconstructed, and I recommend that such amendments be made to the highway lew as will permit the usé of those available funds, other than the bond funds, f that purpose. That will obviate ) crease and make possible a reduction can struction and maifitenance. Indeed, it will make It poasibie to Limit tint appropriation as it should be linited to maintenance proper." Pointing out that the requests for deficiency appropriations for State epartments aggregated $9,706,454, of whieh $7,077,967 is charged to the departments and $2,627,487 ts institu- tional, Gov. Miller served notice that departments must keep within appropriations, with removal in the annua! appropriation for recon, ©