The evening world. Newspaper, February 2, 1921, Page 1

TO-NIGHT’S WEATHER—UNSETTLED, WARM ER. WALL STREET 9 EDITION. _Sbe “ Circulation Books [Circulation Books Open to All.” | to All.” S aieceainaaein ene lt ” VOL. LXI. NO. Lleol Copyri! 1921, by hi Press Co. (The New York World), ‘The Press Pubiishing NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, Circulation Books Open to All.’ ] tered « OF 1921. j TO BE RED TO.MORROW’S AN Herond-Class Matter tlemy New York Ne NO TARIFF BILL AT PRESENT SESSION SENATE DEFEATS TARIFF CLOTURE; TRICK BILL 10 ‘Advocates ye Measure Muster Bare Majority Instead of Two-Thirds. SPLIT IN PARTY RANKS. ‘Result Is Victory for Evening World Over Sugar and Other Gougers. ‘(Special From a Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 2.—The | © @eath knell of the so-called “Hmer- gency tariff bil was sounded in the Genate to-day when the supporters of ‘the bill failed to muster the necessary two-thirds majority for a cloture rule to eng debate and permit ita propo- ments to railroad the meastire. Only one’ more than a bare ma- dority voted for the cloturt rule, the yote being 36 to 25. bill has been steadily tosing ground tn Con- gress following the exposure by The Even ng World of the purpose of its framers to gouge the consuming pub- He for the benefit of the hoarders and speculators in certain commodi- thes. Even the advocates of the ibill have admitted that, as The Evening World charged, it would mean an imme- diate advanes in the price of sugar. The only difference of opinion that has existed has related to the extent of this advance. Senator Smoot and ovhers have placed it at 2 or 3 cents _@ pound, while equally as good au- thoritics have cstimated that would mean sugar would be selling at 10 to 13 cents when the bill be- came law. The price of clothing, shoes and ail the other commodities mentioned im the thirty items of the bill would iikewise be advanced. The following Iepublican foted for tho cloture rul Ball, Brandegee, Calder, Capper, Curtis, Dillingham, Wikins, Gooding, Jones (Wash), Kellogg, Kenyon, Lodge, McCumber, McLean, McNary, Nelson, New, Norrie, Page, Penrose, Phipps, Poindexter, Spencer, Suther- land, Wadsworth, Warren and Wil- lis-—27. Democrats for cloture—Ashurst, Henderson, Johnson (South Dakota), Jones (New Mexico), Kendrick, My- era, Ranadell, Sheppard and smith (Georgia) —! Republicans aguinst cloture: Colt, La Follette, (California), Ke: Borah, Gronna, Johnson, ‘Townsend—7. Democrats against cloture: Beck- ham, Culberson, Dial, Fletcher, Gerry, Gore, Hartis, Harrison. Heflin, Hitchcock, King, Kirby, McKellar, Overman, Phelan, Reed, Robinson, Shields, Simmons, Smith, Arizona; Bmith (Maryland), Sianley, Swanson, Thomas, Trammell, Underwood, Walsh (Massachusetts) and Wiil- iamse—28. Senator Simmons, North Carolina, gtated immediately after the roll call that he had never been one ef those desiring to prevent an ultimate vot on the bill, and offered an agree- ment for a vote, Gimmons’s request for unanimous consent that a yote on the bill be taken not later than Feb. 18, agree- ing later to change this to F was refused, Senator Williams glssippl, declining unani: for a vote “at any trffe.”” IRISH CONSTABLE SLAIN IN AMBUSH Another Serious! Hurt When Four Are Attacked by Party of Twenty. SKIBBEREEN, Ireland, Feb, 2.— Four policemen were ambushed last | , night at Dromoleague, County by @ party of twenty m Cork, One of the constables was killed and | one seriously wounded, Senators | | great THE “GALLERY GOD” WANTED BY ACTORS ‘Equity Association Suggests to Man- agers’ Organization a Return to 25-Cent Tickets. A strong appeal tur a radical reduc-| tion of gallery ticket prices, in the In- terest of the theatregoer of small means, was made to-day by the Actors’ Bquity Association through Frank Gillmore, Executive Secretary, to the United Managers’ Protective Association, Tac letter read, in part: “The fact that there are no feat | Jow-priced seats in the first class Now York theatres to-day is a matter of | concern to playgoers generally and to the Actors’ Kquity Aasoclatien in particular, “It goes without saying that in every | large city there are those who cannot, afford to pay more than 25 cents for a! at in @ theatre. And when we look| at the empty galleries we cannot hoip but wonder whether it would not be to the managers’ advantage if the ad-| mission price for that part of the house by alt. USES HER TEETH TO CALL CENTRAL; BOUND BY ROBBERS; LU Woman in Kearny, N. J., Re- moves Gag From Mouth by Rubbing Head Against Post. Bound and gagged by two robbers who entered her brother's house at No. %6 Davis Avenue, Kearny, N. J., to-day while she Mrs. Paul Hart displaced the gag by rub- bing her head against a stair post, crawled to a telaphone and lifting the receiver off with her teeth, sent a for help over the wire that brought Police Capt. Philip Bell to her rescue. Mrs. Hart, who is twenty-one years old and lives in California, stayed at home while her brother, William A. Swinger, went house hunting with his wife. They recently sold the house and it ts believed the robbers, who rang the bell and forced their way in when Mrs, Hart opened the door, believed the money was in the house. ‘The robbers, was alone, ut the point of a re- volver, backed Mrs, Hart into the kitchen, where they gagged her with a towel. Then they dragged her to a bedroom, tore a sheet into strips and bound her wrists and ankles, Then they started a search of the house, but found nothing. Mrs, Hart then crawled from the room into the hall, wh she rubbed her head against the post un- til thee gag slipped from her mouth. With her hands tightly bound she crawled to t telephone and with th lifted the receiver. her te “Help, send the over and over a whether the ope on the line or not. When Capt, Bell the doors locked released Mrs, Hart. SHIMMYING TERRIER SENTENCED TO DIE police,” she said ain, unable to tell had come in ator found and arrived he broke anc tn Neighbors Say Bob Was an Marm Clock That Kept Them Awake Nights. | 420 West 2th | Jobn Murray of No. Street geveral of his neighbors in the house testified that Bob, a fox terrier belonging to Ella MeEntee of the same uddress, was “a spi lie} and intermittent alarm clock with | something always itching him and jcausigs howls and shimmy dances.” He kept them awake night trate Sw r Jefferson rset Court to-day, after Mr, Mur- | Kl his woes, said | cording to the witnesses, includ | ing a patrolman who served the suny | The others! se mons, the dog attempted to bite uniform to tatters. | t the dog should be chloro- } fe When Miss Mcintee pleaded for the! ilfe the dog the court ruled that Maytag tin the homicide or take ! the dog to the pound.” af Pati ‘i THEATRE TICKET “SCALPERS HARD lI BY SENATE ACTION , Walton Bill Prohibiting Sales on Street Passed by Unani- mous Vote. | ASSEMBLY VOTE SOON. |Great Step ‘Forward in Eve- ning World’s Campaign to Suppress Nuisance, Becca) From_a Staff reedirrg ondent f The Evening Wor| ALBANY, Feb. 2—Senator Charlies Walton's ill making ticket speculat-! ing @ misdemeanor, so far as regurds selling tickets on the streets for shows, was passed by the Senate to- day. A second bill of the same Sena- tor, making it a misdemeanor for a licensed speculator to sellstickets for an advance of more than 50 cents above the box office prices, was fa- yorably reported out of the Judiciary Committee. ‘These are the measures introduced in the Legisiature as a result of the was between The Evon'ng Work and the ticket scakpers, both those on the street and the licensed brokers Similar bills have been introduced in the Assembly by Miss Margaret Smith, The bill making street ticket scalping a misdemeanor was to-day reported favoraibly by the Committee on Codes. ‘The Evening World's invest'gation disclosed that ticket speculators in Greater New York were charging ail that the traffic would bear for seats. The sliding scale of pricos at the box offices were not at all an Indication of the prices which had to be paid to some of the scalpers, whose offices line Brondway 4n the ne ghborhood of 12d Street. One broker boasted that he had ob tained as high as %0 a seat for the opening night of the Century Theatre, and the prices for the principal shows are almost prohibitive to ordinary theatregoers. Even some of the who advertised that their were only 50 cents in excess nf the box office price were found to be gouging the public. The box office prices for “big runs” are boosted according to the days of the w those for Saturday night being greatly in excess, as well as those for holidays, and to t brokers added thetr profits. Many of the street speculators operate without any overhead charges. So the street, broker was soncerned, he cannot do business un ler the .bill which bas just passed she Genate anywhere, whether it be for opera, vaudeville, circuses or prize fights. He cannot be about the promises of any theatre, concert hal i place of public clrous yr common show or solicit on or tr any street in a city by words, signs, circulars or other means any persor to purchase any such ticket, Sarees MARITAL WOES LAID TO RELIGION nse the far as musement, Lawyer Says Wife Left, Him Be- cause of Differences Over Baptizing of Son, Supreme Court Justice Faber tn Long Island City granted a decree of annul- ment to John P. O'Brien, No. 168 Union Avenue, Jamatea, formerly @ Manhattan » married ry, 1998, H was an wrreement that she should adept the Catholle faith, and that she did study {t and was baptisod bofore the marriage. A son was born and baptized as a O'Brien sald his wife wanted enonies rformed ulso, but efused, In July, 1919, he suys, m, ree. apnuls the marriage but specifie the ehitd Is enutled to in- herit from his father's estate, The cuy- tody of the boy is given to the father. Pee Ward Cor ABDUCTORS OF SENTENCES OF 10 YEARS 10 LIFE IN PENITENTIARY IMPOSED ON WILLARD FIGHT MRS. WITHERELL SS aWITHERELL. UNoceweon UNDER ee Phone Operators Who Brought About Capture Will Get Large Money Reward. LOS ANGELBS, Cal, Arthur W and Floyd L. ins, confessed kidnappers Gladys Witherell, to-day were sen- tenced to ntences of from ten yeare to life in San Quentin Pen- itentiary, This was the maximum penalty provided by the law, 4% public fund has been started for the four telephone operators who located a call which of the two men and Mrs. Withere!l's rescue’ Monday, after a $20,000 ran som had been demanded but not paid. first contribution. Thig fund is tn addition to $2,000 offered by relatives and other Information leading to the rescue Feb, Carr, cous of serve Mrs. Witherell, which it was an- nounced last night would be awarded the telephone operators. Police offi clala and others waived claim to the rowards, a AUSTRIA TO FIGHT FOR CROWN JEWELS National scan Onders Proceed- ings to Recover Them From Former Emp eran, VIENNA, Feb, 1,—The National As sembly to-day directed the Government to begin proceedings to obtain lesu citle and possession of the crown Jowels which former Emperor Charles sent out of the country before taking fight The former Emperor refuses to ac Knowledge the republic'a right to thr wels, which include the famous Florentine diamond awarded to Ital ander the treaty of peace, the delivery ot which Italy is now demanding -_ dit by Palling Many Dien of Broken of Ne Flower Dy ne Mth Street ab. waa struck by a man fell from the eleventh floor of a ouilding at 46th Street and Lex Avenue, Monday, —_— THR WORLD TRAVEL BURBAD, died at ken back, re- 29 ast Hospital to-day of ceived when he wh ngton Arcade, Musee Words Buniding, bithh i a par bps ay St Sts 8 a oa St! Ei "su Mrs, | led to the arrest | Mayor M. P. Snydgr made the | for | of | piecemeal WIFE’S “RULE OF 3” SMASHED TO BITS BY ROVING HUBBY Ordered to Stay in Nights He Goes Out and Stays Out for Two Years. RS. A MARIE HOR | NIK of No. 269 St. Nicho- Jas Avenue, Brooklyn, ac- { cording to her husband, August, has three rules for an ideal hus- band: 1, You must give me every penny you make, You must stay in nights, You must take me every time you go out. ; *The rules were disclosed in the | Supreme Court of Brookiyn before Justice Aspinall to-day when Mrs. Horner asked for $25 4 week ali- mony and $260 counsel fees to en- able her to defend a suit for sepa- | 3. ration brought by her husband, against whom she filed a counter suit, alleging violation of Rule 3. He went out, she alleged, two years ago und hasn't been back sir She ulso alleged ho had got letters while he was in the army signed by some other woman. |MRS. PALMER SUES | FOR $53,000 GEMS Woman Who Lost $310,000 Jewels in Robbery Starts Action Against Surety Company, Mrs. Charlotte King Palmer, No. 59 | Kast 90th St an sult in the | Supreme Court to-day againot the Fed eral Insurance Company for $53,000, jue, she saya, on the lows of Jewels stolen from her on the night of Nov. 1s last. | ‘The story of the robbory was a sen sation at the time, Mrs Palmer @ that ¢ ponanaatoa of ea she returned to and found a. whi after ane had broken an ankle falling Jownstairs ii an atte encape Sho says the jewels taken were §4t6,- 000 and none was returned. : ance policy, she says, was obtained from Chubb @ Son, agents of the de- fendant company. She eald the pre- mium was $358.13 ui) PARROT ON SHIP; NO CREW. WILLARD MUST DECIDE. , , Dempsey’s | mateh, ‘ tailed reasons, but understood it was PRACTICALLY OFF, DECLARES [ DENISEY Rickard Insists ns Fgh Is On for March 17 i Garden, Manaver Thinks} Bout Will Take Place Outdoors. LOS ANGE 2—The fifteen-round Jack Dempeey. heavyweight champion, and Jess Willard, former champion, sohed- uled for March 17 in New York has been indefinitely postponed, Demp- sey @nnounced to-day, Dempsey said he had received aj) telegram from New York from his| manager, Jack Kearns, announcing the Indefinite postponement of the ELS, Cal., Feb. bout between He said he had received no de- because of the ruling of the Now York Boxing Commission limiting the price of adminsion wo $15. Tex Rickard'’s answer to the above announcement from Dempsey out In Los Angeles was that March 17 still remains as the date for the heavy- weight fiyht. “Because of the Boxing Commission ruling limiting the price of seats to $15,” declared the Gurden promoter, “new negotiations will be necessary. Instead of receiving guar- antees both men will be asked to box on @ percentage basis. I expect Wil- lard here within the next few days and am confident satiof rangements will then bg m: return engagement with the champion.” Jack Kearns, man who is in town, stated that he had sont the champion a telegram saying the chances of a Willard bout did not look any too bright. Kearns also stat- ed that did not think the bout woutd be held under the original agree- ment, > “Rickard informs me he has sent a wire to Willart id Kearns, "to re- turn to New York to complete other arrangements, If Jew: complies with the request I am sure can make satisfactory terms and the bout will be held March 17. ae aera PRICE OF GASOLINE IS CUT ONE CENT tory ar- for his world’s he he we Standard Oil Employees Lose Ten Per Cent. H. C. L. Bonus, but Wage Scale Remains. price of gasolln 7 1-2 cents was cut one cent The a gallon to to-day, following ft the announcement that employees of New Jersey ost of liv Standard O11 Company will loxe a 10 per cent. * ng’ bonus on Fob, 15, ‘The cut was the month, marking a second within ession from 29 1-2 ents per gallon, The price Is for tank wagon delivery to p and private garages and oll sta! The pri reduced to 17 1-2 04 C. J. Hicks, w vid the abolitic bonus ts in tir wholesale ts per gal tant to the President Mthe 10° per oe with the recession 19 ein thi Jan, 1, 1915, and now from 175 to per cent. above the old lev Mr, Hicks suid omployees held mect- and approved of cutting off the 10 nt. under thelr agreement on Dee. a dx Reach Schooner, Ashore Off Cape Hatterns, (special to The t Worl NORFOLK, Va, Feb. Coast guards have ached the schooner Deering, which went ashore off Cape Hatteras, ‘The guards found a parrot on the vessel, but none of the crow was ta tats Smitha sin LONDON FORECASTS CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE ALLIES FOR REPARATIONS BY GERMANS ‘British Officials Intimate That Even the 12 Per Cent. Export Tax May Be Altered at Coming Conference With German Delegates. LONDON, Feb. 2. (Associated Press).—The conference called by the Supreme Council, to be held in London Feb. 28, to which the Germans will be invited, will not be for the purpose of pronouncing an irrevocable sentence regarding reparations, from which the Germans will not be able to appeal, it was authoritatively stated here to-day. The conference will be designed to produce a declaration of the principles of Germany's ins ) debtedness. It is said the work of the Paris conference on reparations was that of making a solemn declaration of Germany's indebtedness, That decia- ration, it is asserted, will in the main be closely adhered to at the London conference, but the Allies and Germany can adjust the method atid time of the payments. TURK KILLING LAID TO WOMAN'S PLOT AGAINST RIS WIFE Reported to Have Hinted Druggist’s Mate Should Be Gotten Rid of. Arsistat District Attorney Hennis to-day continued his examination of Mrs. Rose Sehinerts, arrested in con- nection with ue munder last Satur of Israel Turk, a druggist of No, Gast Broadway, and Robert Brown, declared by the police to have confessed to the killing. The examination turned on establishing a possible motive for animosity on the part of Mrs, Sohmertz against Mrs. Turk. Meanwhile, in order to have the prisoners In custody while the police are completing th Investigations, Magistrate Brotingham, in Essex Market Court, held Mrs. Schmertz on a charge of bu y and Brown on a charge of suspicion of homicide and burglary. Both had been ar- rested on a charge of homicide. Capt. Arthur Carey's Investigation, t was declared ot Police Headquar- ters, disclosed that Mrs, Schmerts had resented attentions alleged t have been paid by her husband, Solo- mon Schmertz No. 70 Adams Street, Hoboken, to Mrs, Turk, Mre. Schmertz, it was declared, had learned that her husband had taken Mrs. Turk to Coney Island, spending $30 on an outing there, and also had met her at a summer ort at Pine Brook, N. J., Tt was declared also thu owed Mrs, Schmertz a dreumaking work 7 and other places. Mrs. Turk rare dan Turk to try to collect this bill, but thc failed to get the money The arrest of Brown in a room in West 65th Street, it was learned to- day, came through & collar found in Weat 46th Street ed confession, had | with Mrs sked up vp the hallway and detect % went to a laundry whose mark was found on it There they learned wn's ad= was arrested by De- and Kenny. A ree ry was found in his room. ra long cuestioning by Capt. Carey, {Brown and Mra. Sehmerts were taken to the District Attorney's office this morning. The formal inued on Fourteenth Page) It is even probable that the 12 per cent, tax on Germany’s exports, pro- vided for in the Paris terms, may be altered by the conferees, alchough the principle of the right to impose such a tax will be retained. The ex- port tax measure, it is asserted hera, was strictly a French proposal, ad- vanced for the purpose of guaran- teeing the fullest protection from future German aggression, GERMANY HOPES U. S. WILL AID IN CHANGING TERMS Government Hopes to Delay Set- tlement Till Harding Goes In. BERLIN, Feb, 2—Germany does not consider the terms of reparation decided upon by the Supreme Allied Counell at Parla last week as being the final settlement of the indemnity Question, but the basis of future ne- gotiationa, This was indicated by Dr. Walter Simons, Foreign Minister, who spoke on the rep tions question before the Reichstag yesterday, His ad- |dress was viewed as @ cautious jstatement by party leaders who were willing to mally discuss it in the lounging room of the Reichstag F the sexs nad adjourned, ‘The prevalent opinion wag that Dr. Simons had not burned bis bridges behind him, and that his presentation of the German attitude might enable him to gain important ume, both in antichpating the atte tude of the new American Adminis~ tration and in reaching a definite settioment of the fate of Upper Silesia. Rumors have been current that the present German Cabinet would resign, but they have been given little cre-~ dence, aa no other Coalition Gov- ernment would be conceivable under the present unanimity of political parties In Germany, Only the Com- nunists stand out ae the Opposition, GERMANS LAUGH AT REPARATIONS, FRANCE IS TOLD Bavarian Diet Passes Resolution Protesting Against “Dicta- torial Decision.” PARIS, Feb 2—Despatches from Berlin said the Reichst, Simons, Foreign Minister, addressed” that body and made known the allie@ demand for $%,000,000,000 im Tepares tion. . According to informesiom tn a