The evening world. Newspaper, February 7, 1921, Page 2

"DEMOCRATS SURE ‘THEY'LLGETBACK “INNEXTCANPAEN This Feeling is Behind the Move for Reorganization of Party. THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1991.” Se G.O.P.INSURGENTS REPUBLICANS FAIL —KETCHAM DEMANDS i Who Fouche of Albohn Family RON AND COAL MEN THIEVES GUT WALL: FIGHTING HARD TO TOON DEMOGRATS $150,000 FEE FOR “WOT TO KELP |GET RARE WINES RUNULS. FINAN, INIGHTONNILLER, WANING WILL CASE USSG! MORTH $2500 (Continued From First Page.) — S Organized Revolt Threatens} Only One G. O. P. Legislator, Former Surrogate Wants Heirs iteett Load Truck With Eighty-Foi to Split Republican Ma- at City Hall Conference Is_| to Mrs. Brasher’s $1,000,000 Cases of Champagne; Leavé jority in House. Gempler of Brooklyn. to Pay Highest Rate. : + i ; Government itself has pald in recent |months as much as four times th | pre-war price, and certain other oom- | modities which are now being kept up STL er Te “© Both Sides Acting as Though My So hear the McAdoo followers talk “2” obie would believe,that the mo «M’ADOO AGAINST COX. - Convention Was to Be Held Next Spring. P . By David Lawrence. “(Special Correspondent of The Eve- ning World.) * WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Copyright, 1921).—Back of the. telegram just went by forty-nine members of the Democratic National Committee to Chairman George White asking that & meeting of the committee be held at once is a story of politics that shows how ephemeral the followers “Of James M. Cox of Ohio or William ~~ “Gibbs MaAdoo of New York regard ‘He the factors which brought about the ‘“Soverwhelming defeat of Democracy Jest autumn. Bo intense Is the struggle for control ™ of the Democratic Committee on the ©" part of both McAdoo and Cox lieuten- ,ants that one might think the Na- ‘tional convention was next spring in- ‘stead of four years off and that Re. “Y gablicanism had stubbed its toe and “was on the downward grade. ‘Tho confidence in Democratic victory next time would be incredible if it were not Teflécted accurately in the attitudes rand mandeuyres of the Democratic leaders, who seem to think no time » shouldbe lost in fighting for their re- » @pective ideals. CLAIM THEY HAVE NO CANDI- =i DATE IN VIEW. Broadly speaking, tho people who are clamoring for reorganization of (the Democratic Party are urging Mr. ‘White's resignation and a complete ** change in political attack, not because Of individual ambitions or candidacies weo-sno, that part of it is stoutly dented. n ms ent Ro candidacy whatsoever in mind, the best interests of the party ineldentally, of the country in hing an intelligent and aggres- = @ive opposition to the party in power. “But the truth is neither the MoAdoo | mer Cox people acknowledge defeat. OPPOSE HARDING PLAN, Super-Committee to Control Appropriations Faces Battle for Existence. (Grecia) From & Stat Correspondent of The Terwaing World.) WASHINGTON, Feb, 7—The cen- tralization of appropriation power in the hands of a aelect committee of thirty-five in the Howse of Repre- sentatives has brought about a con- Gition that threatens to mar Repub- lean harmony at the outset of the new Congress. The present diff tes recall to the old-timers the row of 1885, when @ similar concentration of Power and authority in the hands ©f a few brought on a revolt which overthrew the system and once more distributed the power among the different committees, The “joker” in the situation Hes in the fact tnat so many House members voted for the plan without under- standing it fully. When the reaolu- tion waa brought im, at thé last ses- sion of Congress, all dressed up in attractive colors and labelled “egono- my," many members gay that they assumed the Super-Committee on Ap- Propriations would merely receive the departmental estimates and exer- bg supervisory authority in direct- or suggesting to the o: Ttta ra hey, Be held within certain \ @ plan has worked out hs that the big and formerly power- committees of the House, such as Post Offices, Naval Affairs, Milit Affairs, Agriculture, District ot Co. lumbia, Public Buildin Indian’ Affairs and othes, have hong have been complete; Power. nie Bred of initiatory y one or two of these committees have legislative Powera, and the transfer of all appropriation authority to the Super-Committee on Appropriations has left the members with about as much to do as a Indies’ sowing circle, The committee mem- rs do not relish the change, and signs are gathering t! the first big row of the new Congress will centre around an effort to overturn or at least modify the system, DOING THE WORK WELL A PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITY. allered that th -. priationa Committee cannot: Daca perform the physical labor necessary to the drawing up of the fourtecd To them the chance of nominating ‘thelr man four years hence ts just Of the deadlock at San Francisco. ‘The situation has many contradictory ~ ‘aspects, but it is obvious from what » the writer knows of George White's Petwonality that the men and women ‘Who signed the petition virtually gaying “hore's-your-hat-what's-your- Murry” didn't know that the method they chose was about the last way to brush White out of office. He isn't of that retiring kind. He learned Pereeverance and persistence in the Miondike regions when he prospected @erennialiy for the precious dust of hat soil, { Of course, Mr. White intends to Fesign, and be is as anxious as any- Body that the next Chairman of the Democratic National Committee shall be & man of integrity and progres- sive views, a man who can give all ft his ime for the next four years tw the resuscitation of a moribund political organization. When Mr. White was in Washington shortly Wfter the cloction the effort to oust him became pronounced, but the was unmoved gpd let it be that he was plani to stay for a while in bis present position. M'ADOO'S FOLLOWERS CONTROL THE COMMITTEE. , , Now tie situation has changed. The McAdoo followers have quietly ob- tained control of the Democratic Na- tena] Commitice membership — at Meast, they think they have a majority and therefore they want a meeting galled at once. Should Mr. White de- $line to call one the Cox followers are ef the opinion that before many Months are past the Cox group will Dave regained control, The alignment on the surface, of @ourse, is pro-McAdoo and pro-Cox, but a deeper upheaval is in prospect. ‘The coalition of ail the Wilson fordes, including the elements who supported MoAdoo and Palmer at San Francisoo, Bd Some of those who supported Cox but whs have always been identified with the progressive wing of the Darty, 1s coming on t one hand as against the old Murphy-Nugent-Bien- Ran Zorces and their allies, who repre. sent the wet element in (he party and aati-Wilsonism besides, * “In a nutsholl, the fight has tn it a desire on the part of the Western Meaders of the party and certain Hast- ern progressives to form a partne! ahip, choose a Westerner for Chuir- Man of the National Committee and make the Democratic Party a truly progressive jnetrumentality that will afford refuge to those voters who jn the Congressional elections two years hence or the Presidential contest in 18% may have come to the conctusion that the Harding Administration was Not progressive prospect of a similar pro- ive Verstis reactionary fight in- the Republican Party is of course ing Ddrighter every day. The ole situatio: at this carly date is ning more and more to -'@& good as it was in the earlier hqurs | hasigned main appropriation bills, Tho Ik ot preparing the Post Office Bul for instance, for the present session, was two members of the super-committee, One of these hap- pens to be a member who does not attend committee meet or cons cern himself with details, and this threw the whole responsib! ity of get~ ting out this bill on the shoulders of one man. Ordinarily it is impossible for @ single member to master all the details of one of the big supply bills. Critics of the new system make the Pare that this throws the responal- ility of preparing the bills on the Government departmonts, the very evil which the proponents of the change said would be obviated by the new logislation, Feeling in the House over the situn- tion has been manifested during the fee meen ce Pa riapesihad tactics and re de! ol ie appropriation bills by points of order, So many items in appropriation measures are suscepti- ble to pointe of order that the dis- sruntied members ahve succeeded in Of the forty-five Republican legis- lators representing New York City, only one accepted the invitation of the. Democratic legislators to confer Jointly in City Hail to-day on a plan of campaign ageinst the Miller plan to control New Yonk City's traction and public utilities from up-State and abrogate the 5 cont fare clause in the dual subway contracts. ‘The solitary Independent Republican present was Assemblyman John ©. Gempler, rep- resenting the Twentieth District of Brooklyn. Near Genypler sat Edmund Setdel, Boolalist Senator, who gave agsurance that the representatives of his party were against the Miller Plan. ‘Thirty-two legislators wvere prevent. All, with the exception of the Gocial- ist Senator and the Republican As- senfblyman, were Demoorats, Sen- ator Boylan, in commenting on the failure of the Republicans to join in the fight against up-State domina- tion, declared thet invitations to ,at- tend the meeting had gino been ex- tended to Long Island, Westchester and Putnam County Senators and As- sembly men, It was decided to hold another meeting next Monday to which the members of the Board of Bastimate, the Board of Aldermen and all legts- lators will be invited. Likewise invi- tations are extended to all olvic bodies, “We have aimed to make this a non-political move," said Senator Walker, united front in the interests of home rule for our city. Inasmuch as our Republican co-workers have failed to respond to the call, it means that the responsibility resting upon those who propowe defending home rule becomes all ‘the greater, However, legislators who'a@re not present to-day will be given another opportunity to attend next Monday. “I am willing to extend the Chair- manship of this mecting to Aler- manic President La Guardia of any other Republican and the Democratic members will cheerfully take a back seat if our Republican cd-representa- tives from this city will only join us. _ “This is a home rule fight. It is ohe of the most momentous questions the people have eber been called upon to face. If we lose our fight for home rule we will feel the financial blow for generations to come, That is why the question soars above poll- tics. The Republicans are stronger than we in the legislative halls. Let tiem lead the attack and we will Fupport them. In view of the fact that every Republican legislator was notified by mail it is unfair of them to remain away, They must not an- Swer to Us, but to the people in their districts.” CHINESE PROTEST AGAINST A LOAN Five Hundred Parade From Mott ‘Street to City Hall Carry- piven d the Diplomatic and Consular and other appropriation bills pretty Bi pd is 1s Said to be only the beginnin, of the hi, and the “insurgenta threaten to carry thelr protest fur- ther in the special session and force the redistribution of appropriating power to the respective committees, even though the super-committeo ia permitted to retain a supervisory power over the job. This feeling is growing #0 strong that it threatens to prevent the orderly procedure of business for the remainder of the present session, and the dissatisfied ones may havé to be dealt with even before Da new session begins, around If this quarrel is not patched ¥ it will @um up the cards at the our: set of the extra session and prevent spaliance with President-elect Hard- ng’s request, that the | tive desks be cleared so that he wats of the new session can start off in snap- py style, INSURGENCY I8 GROWING AMONG NEW MEMBERS, That the insurgent movement is gaining ground is plain, It started with mild rumblings among some of m of the old appropriation committees, who, being kindly re Heved of all committee work, have had plenty of time to “talk it’ over,” Now, & systematic canvass of the newly elected members in being made, with a view to committing them be- fore they reach Washington to am- sume their duties. There will be more new blood In the new Congress than for along time, and history has shown that tho incoming members are ex- acting in their demands for all that is due them. ‘The insurgents are showing the new Representatives, some of whom are being communicated with by mail, sthat thelr committee assignments, formerly #0 wagerly sought, will now be empty honors, It in said that all the new members from Missorui and several other States have already heen pledged to overthrow the “one hig committee” plan, If the super- committee system is not overthrown in the Houné tt will be probably put in operation in the Senate, where a resolution providing for a simila centration of appropriating power has already been introduced by Senator Curtis. The new system is a part of the budget plan, and its supporters claim that it will save millions to the Gov- ernment, but the insurgents are not Paying Any special attention to t phase of the matter, They are pre+ to a cl x in the resemble era m our political his- er ase oh ioowe Carte pared to fight to retain their preroza- tvesyrand the preliminary »kirmish~- ing 18 now on in the House.| fing Banners. Five hundred Chinese paraded from Mott Street to City Hall this after- noon carrying banners in their own and the English language, The Eng- lsh signs read: “Dont lend money to China, We stand for the constitutional Chinese Republic. Every dollar you lend means a dead Chinaman.” They assembled about the entrance to City Hall and some of them made speeches in Chinese, attracting an uncomprehending crowd. Three of the Chinamen when asked why they weré there satd they didn't know, — Sa REDS BOMB RESIDENCE OF MEXICAN ARCHBISHOP. MOXICO CITY, Feb. 1.—The resi- dence of the Archbishop of Mexico, the Moat Rev. Jose Mora, wag. bombed about the same early — yeaterday time a bomb waa exploded at tho en- trance of the building occupied by Juer- gens & Co, American manufacture of jewelry. ‘There oat ties, ‘These bombings are considered tempts at sabotage by radical labor ele- ments, ‘The fronte of both buildings were wrecked. ‘The Archbishop, because of his stand against radicalism, has re ceived many threats Juergens & Co, have had labor troubles for four months, and the fac- tory waa closed for two weeks after re- sal to accede to the workmen's de- ands, which included a 100 por cent, Increase In wages, active around thé plant, and attemp ave been made to holst the red fi over the factory, The bomb outages were the acts of individuals and “not an ongapiaa- tion, according to a statement President Obregon, who ie were not difected ‘against the Catholic Chureh but againat the Archbishop per- sonally. GETS JOB, DIES IN 5 MINUTES labore Hter W Drops Dead of After being out of work months, Joseph Smichanski applied to- for two day to John Peterson, foreman of an excavation Job at the rear of the Ameri- can Bulldie in State Street, Perth Am- boy. Peterson handed him a shovel and ald him to go to wor Suniefiansikt ifted « fow shoyoifuls and worked ybout five minutes, Then he fell over. Other workmen found him dead, An ambiance surgeon said death was due to heart failure, ur only object being a| Workers Declare (Against BMl’s Agitators have been | day Former Surrogate Herbert T. Ketcham of Kings County so-day pe- titioned Surrogate Wingate in Brook- |lyn to fix the value of Ketcham's ser- vices in defending the will of the late | Mrs. Martha Qf, Brasher at $150,000, Mrs, Brasher left an estate @f more than $1,000,000. | ‘The will was contested. by her only daughter, Mrs. Louise Clayton 'Batn, who now lives at Palm Beach. Ketcham said in his petition he had | an agreement with the heirs and ex- lecutore in the event of winning the action the Gurrogate was to fix the | amount of his fee. If the actiow was |lowt, he said, he was to get nothing. Ketcham asked “the amount be measured by the highest rate payable for like @ervices in the City of New | York.” Two anewers were Med, one by the executors of the estate who said they had refused to pay Ketcham's (il for $150,000. ‘The second answer waa filed by Lola M, Lyman, No, 701 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, who is to receive one-fifth of the ostate. She said she never signed any Agreement and therefore is not bound by it, if It was made, She added that | $15,000 would be ample compensation for the work done by Kotcham. | Surrogate Wingate set Feb. 21 for | the n, 'LABOR OPPOSES N. J. CONSTABULARY Military Provisions While Women Emphasize Rural Policing. ‘TRENTON, Feb. 7.—While labor leaders strongly opposed the estab- lishment of a State constwbulary, wamen pleaded for protection of rural communities, at the hearing on the Sonstabulary Bill in the Mouse to-day Mrs. Aiiam =F, Belokert, Chairman of the New Jersey Repub- Ikan Women's Club, declared the highways are unsafe. She showed that the proposhion for policing the State highways contained in a ref ehdum leter sent out to women, ~| voted for by 10,000 women. Prosecutor J, H. Kelsey, of Buti ington County, urged the organize- tlon of @ police force on Whe high- ways. He sald there ia over 790 miles of unprotected territory In New Jersey and declared constables tn counthry towns &@re #0 poorly paid they have to work in the fields. ‘Arthur A. Quinn of Perth “Amboy, President of the New Jersey Federation ot r, attacked the bill as a mili- tary measure, the military WALTER_ALBOHN HUBBY WITH 10 MEN IN RAID FOR MAID WHO WAS HIS BRIDE (Continued From First Page.) Inquiry of Mrs, Lillie Ligouras, Mrs, Allbohn’s daughter, who admitted them, the lender said that he was a Federal agent who wanted to talk to Anna King alone. The men were shown dnto they came out the Jender announced himself aa Walter Josephs and said he intended taicing the girl away. By this time Mr. Albohn and the members of his fumily, including three sons, came down stairs and Mr. Albobn said he would not permit Anna to be taken. She was too good a servant, it appeared, Then the fight, whiob lasted nearly half a hour, was begun. Mrs. Litouras was Knocked unconscious with the blow from » pistol butt and the men fought all over the Bere Walter Aibbhn got a shotgun, but as he was about to fire it ‘his grand- father, George Crouter, got in the way and the gun was discharged against the caiting. One of the gang promptly fired two shots at Walter, but he dodged and mn from the house, the kitchen, and when | artcifealy or as a result of monopo- ‘stile control far above the pre-war figures, get back to normal level, our country will be prepared to enter upon a new and, let us hope, long en- Guring era of prosperity and healthy HARRY ALBOHN. LILLIAN ALBOHN. PERSHING STANDS ON A. E. F. RECORD Writes to Congress Investigating Committee ‘That Anmy’s Achieve- ments Speak for Themselves. WASHINGTON, Fob. 7. = “The achievements of the Amerlean expe- In the midst of the battle Anna appeared in hat and coat and siip- pers. The leader called off the fight and the party backed out, pushing Anna ahead. Then they climbed into @ motor car waiting near the door end drove off, As they were going ,| down the roadway Walter appeared with a second shotgun and emptied ‘both barrels at the car. From the i Cnt qualifications in the bill would not have put there if the constetulary was to used for police work alone. He declared the passage of i would cause distrust fa the organized labor of the state” JOHN D. WANTS TO MEET HARDING Interested in President-Elect’s Visit to Ormond Beach—Compli- ments Church Soloist. ORMOND BBHACH, Fla, Feb. 7 (Copyright, 1921, United Press).—Jonn D. Rockefeller on learning to-day that President-elect Harding was coming to Ormond Beach expressed a desire to #0 him, ‘I have never met Mr. Harding,” said Mr. Rockefeller, ‘There waa a chance that Mr. Rocke- feller and Mr Marding would meet on tho golf links although no arrange- ments were made for the. President- eélet to call on the oil king, Rockefeller was seen at the modest cottage In which he lives at this little Seaside colony. He wae just returning from « milo walk, with « atep that was almost pry, His shoulders were stooped by the weight of eighty-six years, but his eyes gleamed, bright and penetrating. His ready and genial con- Neregtion revealed an active and alert ring the conversation Rockefelle: bowed to a woman soloist at the bap. thay echureh which he attends. ‘You sang well Sunday morning,” he told_her. “Did hear, her?" he asked the correspondent: Bi ought to “have heard that sermon, too. ’ FOUR CO-EDS SUSPENDED. Reperted te Have Confers te Drinking Moon: MADISON, Wis., Feb. 7.—Four Uni- versity of Wisconsih co-eda have been suspended since Jan. 1 by University authorities for drinking, Dean F, Louine Nardin admitted to fi District Atorney Theodore Lawis to- Degan an investition as to where the girs’ escorts, all suudenta, obtuined the liquor, ‘The girls confossed to drink- iny moonshine, authorities said, Detective James Brannigan and William McCafferty were transfered to-day to the Auto- mobile Squad, which was torn apart by transfers and suspensions following in dictments in the city graft investiga tion, MoCafferty i# a son of former Inapgotor McCafferty, who was head of the detectives under’ Gen, Binghatu, Second Trial of Ju MeGa: Begins, CLEVELAND, Fob, 7.—The second trial of Judge William H. McGannon on @ charge of second degree murder in connection with the fatal shootin, of Harold C. Kagy on the night ol thie ing be- Bernard Dowd, car came five shots in reply, and these peppered against the house, When the Albohn family paused to look about their house they found it had been quite wrecked in the battle. ‘The fleeing motor car,wan seen by a) neighbor, and ihe said there were so many men banging to it that it looked like @ bose cart going to a dire, SAY 3,128 WERE MURDERED. Corean Comminsion In Washington Accuses Japanese of Barbariam, WASHINGTON, Feb, 7.—Japanese | soldiers were accused of widespread destruction of Ife.and property in| Ohientoa during ast October and No- vember, in a statement issued here to-day by the Corean Commission, The statement declares that 3,128 inhabi- tants of Chientoa were “murdered” and 238 arrested, seventy-six women “assaulted,” and 2,404 houses, thirty- one schoo! buildings and ten churches burned. Grain burned and destroyed, the statement said, totalled 818,620 bushels, “More than 16,000 Japamose sol- diera,” the statement asserted, “wore sent to Chienfoa last Octoer, under orders to blot out the independence movement among the Coreans resid- there.” Chientoa district Hes west of Viadivostok and north of the Tumen River. Its title has been in dispute between China and the Province of Corea since 1886. Lol, De oa SCORE ONE FOR BLUE LAW. Re rected. a Time te Wneble 24 Rochelle Park Folk te Go te Church An old Jersey blue law was resur- rected and dusted off by Assistant County Prosecutor Charles J. MoCarthy in Hackensack, N. J.. yesterday, and twentyfour of the best known residents of Rochelle Park escaped arraigument in court and were permilted to go tw ro- Uglous service, They had been summoned by Chtet of Pollce Thiem for viviating a township ordinance relative to the removal of snow from sidewalks. Church hour was court hout, but the Prosecutor came to the rescue with the blue statute which says.a civil action cannot be brought on Sunday. So the worshippers got to ser- on time, not being compelled to an- or the Chief's charge, Joneph C. Whitney Dies im Balti- more. BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 1.—Joseph C Whitney, former President of the Mere chants and Miners, Transportation Com- pany, died here to-day of pneumonia He was sixty-four years old and was traMe manager of the company for the lust five years. — Mount Lassen Again Eruption, RPDDING, Cal., Feb, 7.—-Mount Las- sen, California's live volcano, was in eruption toxlay for the second time in twenty-four hours. ‘The oruption lasted ditionary forces speak for themsetves."* ‘This was the answer made to-day by Gen. John J. Pershing ta a letter re- garding charges made against the American Arary in France to and by the War Department investigating commit- tees of the House. Gen. Pershing’s letter was to Repre- sentative Flood, Virginia, Democratic memiber of the committee, who has asked him if he desired to appear and refute the dharges made aguinst the A. BF, In his letter Pershing sald: “Having followed to some extent the Proceeding of this commitee, I am of the opinion that the changes and allega- tions, #0 far as they relate to the affairs of the American Expeditionary Farces, have been completely answered in each instance by the testimony of witnesses with an intimate kfowiedge of the facts, “Moreover, the achievements of the American Expeditionary Forces sp2ak for themselves. The record of our anmies overseas is so well known throughout the country that it would seem unnecessary further to consuihe the time of the committee," U, $. COWS REACH GERMANY. Bec Lot Donated by American Farmers, Arrive at Bremen. BRYMEN, Germany, Feb. 7.—The American steamer West Arrow, from Galveston and Newport News, arrived here to-day with 742 mildh cows do- nated to Germany by American farmers. Seven cows died of seasickness during the voyage, bu ir calves Were born, This was the ml consignment, the first of 700 Holstein cows having’ ar- wived in ‘Hamburg in (November last, Arrangements are belng anade to dis- tribute the animals under the direction of the Gi Relief and tommittee on Foreign German Red Cross, _ et Bayo! riven the Ex-Mayor Seymour © Dead. Hebert Seymour, seventy-one, Mayor om Bayonne, N. J., from 18% to 1904, died to-day at his home, No. 771 Avenue ©, Bayonne. was defeated for Sheriff in 1905 by James C. Kaiser, the Democratic nominee. A year ago Mr. Seymour retired from business. He was @ butter and ogg merchant in Chambers Street, Manhattan, a Recount Begins in Wannservogel-Me- Goldrick Content, ‘The Board of Election to-day began the examination of the ballots from 1,385 election distriets cant in the Su- preme Court Justice election for Isi- dor Wasseryogel and Edward J, M Goldrick. The examination. Is expec od to take two mbnths, Mr, who lost by 2,280 vote > were gross irregularities in the of- ffcial canvass, > -—_ Police Official Restgna, ATLANTIC CITY, -Following the demand of Director of Public Safety Cuthbert for a clean city the resignation of Assistant Public Safety Director Charles $ Hartmai, whose term had a year to run, !s announced. Ohler of Po- ice Miller received word from Director Cuthbert to clean up conditions or re- sign, Part —_ Payments to Refnsed. WASHINGTON, Feb, ‘Ratlroads -The Wins- about two hours and while not violent, May 7 last ope, or, Ore fommon P Judg Homer a. rowel, ios etree SORK THROATS. . Quart again them hy eling” Falher Joh" medicine, “are = >> i a fine display us the smoke ‘ed against the syuorise, low bili authorizing partial payments to railroads under the guaranty section of the Transportation act fa Passage to-day in the Hause. The v was 220 to 111, A two-thirds vote was required as the bill was taken up under of the rules, a progress.” During the fiseal year ended June 30, the Comptroller said, there were 8,157 National banks in operation, the highest number ever reported, and despite the difficulties encoun- tered they made the best record in immunity from failure in about forty years. The percentage of the caps tal of fafled Danks te the totad capital of af banka ha explainea, was about two one-thousandths of one per cent, or sixtees times bette than the average for the entire fifty-seven years since the inauguration of the system. Combined resources of afl panks in the country on June 30, 1920, in- cluding National, State and Federal Reserve, the Comptroller sald, ag- Gregated $59,153,704,000, Figures showing for the first time the business of the principal bor- towers from National banks were presented by the Comptroller. Loans and discounts on Nov. 15, 1920, he said aggregated $13,764,000,000, of whioh loans to farmers and live stock raisers amounted to $1,998,000,000 or 14 per cent.; loans to manufacturing Concerns approximated $2,862,000,000 or 21 per cent.; to merchants, moer- eantile concerns, individuals in the jobbing business and trading whole- sale and retail, $3,581,000,000 or 26 per cent. Loans reported to bond and stock brokers and dealers in investnent se- curitios aggregated $64,000,000; to rail- toads, shipping companies, electric light gnd power companies, $236,000,« 000, while the loans to professional men, including doctors, lawyers, teachers, chemists, engineers and clergymen amounted to $375,000,000. Miscellaneous loans amounted to about $4,000,000,000 or 30 par cent, of the totat. . Gross éarnings of the National Ranke duriog the past fiscal year ag- gregated $1,109,000,000, while their total expenses were $736,000,006, of which $170,000,000 war for sularies and wages and $287,000,000 was for thterest on deposits. . National Banks in the City of New York showed earnings on capital stock of 37 1-2 per cent; Philadelphia National Banks, 361-2 Ch cago, 24 per cent.; cont; Cleveland, 1 per oent. Minneapolis, 211-2 per cent; Si Louis, 171-2 per cent. Richmon: 2 per cent.; Dallas, 30 per cent.; Kansas City, 17 per cent., and in San Franeisoo, 18 per cant, Pueblo, Col., with 86 per cent. reported the largest earnings in any Reserve city, Bir- mingham, Ala, was next with 393-4. er cent, and Atlanta third, with $a3-4 per cent, During the last fiscal year, the €omptrolier reported, three Presi- dents, eight cashiers of banks and thirty assistant cashiers, tellers, bookkeepers and others of National were convicted of criminal violations of the Banking Law and sentenced to terms of imprisonment running wp to six years and varying fines. Mr. Williams made public a table showing the salaries paid the execu- tive officers by all National banks of the country whose resources were in excess of $20,000,000 and showed the largest salary pald any National bank President to be $100,000 a year. Discussing excessive salaries the Comptroller declared “such inequali- ties would exist to much less extent it the stockholders of banks were in- formed of the salaries paid to thelr executive officers, but unfortunately it is an exception rather than a rule that the majority of the stockholders of the banks are so informed.” DONNELLY DELAYS INQUIRY. Net Ready to Take Testimony in Complaint Against Gas Co. Deputy Public Service Cormmiasionor Donnelly to-day adjourned for another week the henring in the complaint of Max Schwarts of No. 1316 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, that the Kings County Light- ing Company had demanded the pur- chase of $500 worth of its stock before the instalment of a gas meter in his home, President Ralph Plsman of the com- pany and ith counsel, 8. S. Moran, de- nied there had been any sach demand, and sald they expect within three weeks to have metres in all homes in the dis- trict. Schwartz has his metre and he didn't ty any stock. WHAT IS DOING TO-DAY IN CONGRESS SENATE. Continued debate on Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill. More hearings on Calder coal bill before Manufactures Com- mittee, Judigiary Committee to con- sider Reed bill prohibiting fur- ther credits to foreign Govern- ments, HOUSE. Republican leader Mondell urges disarmament conferen: before Naval Affairs Committee. Ways and Means Committee continues hearings on revision of tariffs on papers and books, Appropriations sub-committee considers Fortification Bill. Shipping Board Committee con- tinues its investigation, Empties Behind. Bishtyfive cases of rare vinta champagne, valued at $25,000, atolen between Sattirday night, Ji 20, and the foliowing Monday mornit from the Importing house of Mo basher @ Co. No, 285 Weat Street. The rol was admitted to $ day by the firm, bit the police clined to make any comment on it. The wine, purchased in pre-Pro bition days, was taken away In « tor truck. Not sutisfed with first haul, the thieves tried to ent the place again last Friday, but we frightened off by a night watcht Placed there since the robbery. To reach the Mossbacher vaulte tl robbers forcec the door of the wheel wright’t shop of the New York fer Company at No. 236 West Street and drove their truck tnald sawed the bars on a rear window made their way to the yard in th Morsbacher’s,- These pram trically protected, the; entered the Dodds Express Company’ place next door, They cut a hole five! feet square through the party wall into Mossbacher’s and passed out the, cases, The thieves evidently worked leisure- ly, drinking several bottles before d parting, leaving the “empties” aa) tokens, NEW NEGOTIATIONS FOR CONCESSIONS TPAC RELAND (Continued From First Page.) styled “The Middle Party, it meets frequently, Its Neadquarte: 1s in North Wall, where there are con- ferences with military officers of hig! standing. The names of either sini Feiners or Government forees cha with murder are produced and judge If persons so named are found guilty, sentence 1s pronounced and the tims soon afterward are found dead and that Police Attempt to Mat Queenstown, Mea, QUEENSTOWN, Ireland, Feb, 7. At the termination of services in Cathedral and the churches all males between the ages sixteen and forty years were round up. Several hundred were conveyed to the barracks in the outskirts the city. Here they were divided into groups, six persons in each, and given @ specified number and a date. Then' they were Informed that if any erown forces were ambuscaded within a radius of two miles of Queenstown on any of the dates assigned to the different groups, The men in these x [aba would be held responsible and required to furnish necessary infor mation to the authorities, ~ , DIVORCE IS RECOMMENDED. Finds Wife's Charges Againeo Hugh Herndon Are Gustadmed, (Special to The Prening Wortd.) PITTSBURGH, Feb, 7.—Alloe Carter Herndon of Pittsburgh was recommend~ ed a divorce from Hugh Herndon, a New York attorney and oil man, In tha report of a master filed Pleas Court here to-day. charges of infidelity and cruel and bar~ barous treatment by the wife sustained. Mrs, Herndon. separated from her hus« band July 6, 1919 and has been a rest- dent of Pittsbungh a year, althougit maintaining an apartment in ‘New York. Herndon did not contest the case, al- though ropresented by counsel at the master’s hearing, The chie ho teat fied to tho misconduct of Herndon, It was testified, also, Herndon frequently wags drunk ahd once picked up a plana stool and = threatenes to assaul hie wife, Mrs, Wilhelmina Junkin, No, 128 East 91th Street, New York. who waa the hostess, corroborated this, _7%-TON BULL DOG MACK Making Daily Trips Between NEW YORK Cl and NORWALK, CONN. Will Make Special Rates for Heavy Carting to All Points to Norwalle, H. C. 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