The evening world. Newspaper, February 15, 1921, Page 3

“CASH PATRIOTISM” ISCHARGED NBR... $17,000,000 LOAN Congressman Volk Intends to Bare the Truth in Queer Wartime Deal. WAS IT A HUGE TRICK? Paints Out Many Suspicious Circumstances—Can Com- pany Repay Government? Congressman Lester D. Volk of the 10th Brooklyn District has prepared for The Evening World the following statement of his reasons for asking, by @ resolution in the House of Rep- resentatives, for a Congressional in- vestigation into the whole matter of tlie B. R. T. receivership, tncludi ‘the loan made to tho B. R. T. by thé Federal Treasury, through the War ¥inance Corporation, in 1918, of $17,000,000. one ae arses FOR THEATRE AUTOS SUCCESS AT OPER the House of Representatives calling | Try - Out ‘Transit Company is whether or not the Government is ever going to get the whole or any part of that sum ‘ack. “That is one of my reasons for In- troducing a resolution on the floor of for @ Congressional investigation of the whole matter of the B, IR. 1, re- cetvership, “In the course of my investigations 4 have come across many unusual cir- cumstances for which it seems to me ©n explanation should be made and "upon which the public should be en- Lghtened. “In 1918 the B. RT, had maturing $57,000,000 worth of bonds. Applica- fion was made to the War Finance Corporation to have them take up part of these bonds as a loan from the United States Government. “The reasons advanced te justify the taverable action were: “First, the company had a direct 4nd important relation to the prose- cution of the war, since it furnished Passenger transportation between Wort Hamilton, the army and navy war bases in brooklyn, the Brooklyn Navy Yard and many munition plants and docks along the Brooklyn water| it) We have front, Its lines were an important] minutes on factor in the transportation systems| po) serving New York City, and New] then Commissioner Harrias’s idea ic called “Group System.” aay mobiles constitute a group: they go “Second, in the judgment of the|@°WN the line first, second, third and cretary of the Treasury and other| 0 on. ‘Treasury officials who were consulted| ceive the York City was one of the principal ports for the embarkation of troops] the 4nd the shipment of munitions of war t si nd in the judgment ofthe Board of turing B. R. T. six. in all probability ha 6 unsettled the the flotation of the next Liberty “The abs tained in t rdity of the reasons con- first paragraph must be transportation facilities during the year 1918. The B. R, T, Is not a transportation company, but is mere- ly @ pusiness corporation which acts ties of the various transit corpera- Which have been combined under one lead, The B. R. 'T. does not operate ny" railways and @ casual study of » altuation would seem to indicate at it Was a mere pretext to bring it within the provined of the purposes for which the War Finance Corpora- jon was created. dvanced in the sec- bh would seem to emuck patriotism. While many | boys in the Nation's hours of Ss und trouble, in thelr under- ®tanding of patriotism, went ucross and risked their lives on the battle- tields of France, there remained at ‘brand of patriotism which ing from the United (ates Treasury many rajilions of dol- 8 that came out of the pockets of the taxpayers. “The mass of the people were not only ¢ thers and sons, but also to shoulder the burden of taxation and -deny {hemselves of the very necessities of “It seema strange, under th cir- cumstances, that the War Finance Corporation, with litle investiga- Lon, as the facts would seem to in- icate, gave so liberally of the Gov ernment’s funds, gathered at suc “at sacrifice. nd it is the purpose of my rago- tion of inquiry to ible, he correspondence and of flotation of the loan, t haste in alfecting the ty. The haste ia apparent in the correspondence which 1 have hed from the Treasury Department, which is now in my pos. loan was nec this $17,000,000 loan, ft v erally known that the Government was interested in any of the affairs of the B. R. The loan was put o: while the war m, and when the public saged with the of the war. Aad all haw wos employed to get the matter over with pnd put through as quickly as poasibte. Augusta CRAIG APPROVED LOAN THAT|!#» lost an action for $50,000 damages ; brought against Howare WAG SNEAKED THROUGH, 11 Eust 68th Street, Manhattan, Bowen was driving out omptrolier Craig, « finencial ofticgr. of uk ings ough the qauined private and segree until raq vealed in the oo My investiga. tion into the Tre onship to} (Gontinued ga Ninth Page) goods » TREMENDOUS BUR IMPOSED ON PEO BY THE B. R. T. LOAN $17,000,000 Total Charge on U. S. Treasury of $1,600,000 a Year. HE $17,000,000 loan to the B. R. tT, had to be furn- ished out of proceeds of Liberty bond issues at 4% per This represents an annual interest charge of *$742,500 on the public, $17,000,000 Is never repaid by RY T. the Government will have to bear the loss of tho itself, which, amort~ ized over a period of 20 years 'Mrs. Hoover Moves Hand on Dial | to Aid Europe’s Starving Kiddies. NEW STATE LAWS DRAWN TOPROTCT THE FOREIGN BORN Evening World Expose of Fake Bankers on East Side Stirs Up Action. TO PUNISH SWINDLERS. Alt ‘Transmitters of Cash Abroad to Be Brought Under State Control. | T cent. Interest. annual charge, making a total expense on the public treasury of approximately $1,600,000 per This is equal to $2,000,- It means that By Martin Green. Tnvestigation of numerous cases Te- ported to The Evening World of per- sons who have been swindled in the transmission of money to Europe, in the purchase of steamship tickets and in various other transactions involv- ing relations between foreign born residents of New York and their kin abroad, having shown that the pres: ent laws are inadequate, the Legis! ture is about to take up a programme of amendment and repen! designed to do away with the exploitation of im- 000 5-cent fares, the income tax paid to the Gov- ernment by 80,000 family men having an income of $50 per week, must be applied each year by the Treasury to meet * NEW GROUP SYSTEM Conferences in this city between George V. McLaughlin, State Super- intendent of Banks, several members of the Legislature who have knowl- &cge of conditions under which mill- Jons of dollars have been stolen from the ignorant and credulous, represent- atives of The Evening World and representatives of banks and lawyers familiar with the banking laws wound | up to-day in the indorsement by the Banking Department and the others legislative measures which will be introduced in the Senate by Senator Salvatore A. Cotillo. Tho object of these proposed laws | is to bring all banking functions to incorporated banks. When that is done te business of transmitting money will bo under the jurisdiction and supervision of the State Banking De- the present iaws what is known as “retail transmis- sion,” Involving $500 or less, is, to a considerable extent, unregulated and beyond the supervisory or prosecuting reach of any governmental authority. TO CONTROL EXPRESS AND STEAMSHIP COMPANIES, The first measure to be introduced by Senator Cotillo calls for the repeal of section 22 of the Gene tion Laws which of ‘Commissioner Harris’s Plan Shows 540 Cars Despatched in 25 Minutes, ‘The new traffic system of Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Harriss for handling after-performance cun- gestion at the S9th and 40th Streets exits of the Metropolitan Opera House worked like a charm last night, It took just ninetean minutes to dispose of 240 cars on the 40th Street} side, and twenty-five minutes to dis- pose of nearly 300 on 89th Street. Commissioner there with the usual War Finance Corporation in taking} pivision Bp OULEE.A The “human dial” is erected in front of the Public Street and Fifth Avenue, Library at 41st Each point and a half forward indicated by the hand means an added $134,000 to the $5,000,000 quota expected to be raised in New York State. APHASIA VICTIM himself was and expressed Pleased with the easy working of his new scheme, “All we have to do is to.get thea- tregoers to understand what we are trying to get at, und then everything will be easy sailing,” said the Com- “Everything worked out fine to-night, and I am pleased with saved at least twenty both sides of the Opera and this is very much better W.E. D. STOKES POINTS TO WOUND |TO REGAIN CHILDREN Semi-Circular Scar,on Head and} Habeas Writ Bids Wife Produce Clothing Only Clues to Belle- vue Patient. Them ‘Lo-Morrow, but Both Are in Colorado, Ellwood Stokes. missioner. declaration, al Corpora- removes from the Jurisdiction of the State Banking De- partment express companies, steam- ship companies and telegraph com- panies and also some other concerns ambiguously. is ready and probably be put before the Senate be- fore the close of to-da: will be followed by measures with the following purposes: irst—That persor transmission of dressed, apparently edu in Bellevue Hi to produce in thi wk to-morrow aflernoon,s th picked up Saturday at the Park Row Every ten auto- asking unintelligible questions of po-) the children, Mra | the Hotel Gotham, having be yesterday with a writ of hab That repeal On the top of she immediately gave him $20 mor the left side, is a three-inch semi-cir- r to which he frequently re- The first ten cars to arrive re- first ten tickets and are Arectors of the War Finance Corpor-| ed group ono and the next is on, & default in so large a matur-|&TOup two and so on in the order of ity as that represented by the ma-| their ar notes would| grap number, children of the couple, now in Denver, where into the permanent ¢ of their mother ked this decision in thy Cal- orado courts. the Missing Persons Burt “Were you in In addition to each cart has the investment market and handicapped | ™W™Mber of the car. It works this way: Loan, ; Group 10 and its number is 20, The | 8. R. T. REASONS FOR" LOAN [electric sign flashes 10 and all the CALLED ABSURD. cars in that group move up to the door. As your chauffeur comes up he Apparent to any one acquainted with |M@Nds his ticket to the doorman, who the conditions in Brooklyn and its|calls out the number and you step in, The chief virtue of the group sys- tem is that it avoids long waits In Cars will come in the or- fs eB - e gecuri-|@er of their group numbers, and if * a holding company for the securi is one vot the: back numbers iene i Pig td : you can wait inside until your group tions in the Borough of Brooklyn, inconvenience money without eyes brightened an instant and present the only “E think 1 was," he re- forfelture—that is, ail partment of Banks can do iy to close were actually of no other things the soldier was entitled to a $100 exemption Your car is in in his petition ¢ his son and daughter are and restrained” Mra. Stokes left him in 1919 and too’ the children to Denver with ed that his wife man is about thirty-five years smooth-shaven, ghing approximately 175 pounds. which bears /English is gray tweed suit to match, blue cravat and soft col the capital and sur- plus requirements of private bank be made the same as those of in. porated banks. hat savings banks which are now planning to open brane gn quirters of all Ne ed lo transmit money Mr. Stokes al is not entitied to their custody, shoes and a dark overcoat, $23 in his pockets, WIFE MURDERED, MOTHER ATTACKED. Negro Is Sought by Police for Double Crime Near Long and she has a counter elaini for n she obtained the Port, sald that in throw @ amoke screen’ ‘over the inves “gation he in conducting the inquiry will go ahead. “The purpose," he said, “is to « evils and el men fro | know how man the cold. to foreign oountries, Fourth—That all gradually converted into Incorporated © provisions of a law n adopted in Illinois with toy of their her husband was private banks be yours mistreated her and the banks under which has be comes up. aad crowding on the platforms. From Seventh aimost to Ninth Ave- nueon 89th and 49th Streets, croups the sidewalk curbs, Broup extending for 100 fi just enough space for ten cars, number of euch group is painted on th SUGAR PRODUCED IN 1920 BEAT RECORD. lation outlined above wiil with legitimate bankin are marked on each cent mann GIRL DANCERS s or profits of legitimate pri- anks because Showed Increase of 15 Per Cent. Over Output in Above That of re searching for John J. Howe, within recent platforms were not |” clad women sat until informed crowde close cies and individuals that have gated the priv to the radiato z tem of this own ity uBe~ © was a time when the} A preliminar he doors were closed. ly wan employed at lunch counter in the Long Island Rail- duction of beet and cane d to abuses which a searching A committee, of Marshall was Chairman, | was appointed ind 46th Street, a as long ago a Ned upon to furnish their fa-| Policeman Shoots Before Captur- g¢ Lads Alleged to Have ed Stationery Store. sted In WIlMamsb: chase in whien Malling fired ing held on the forcing an entrance Into ft) f Abraham Levy, and stealing kodaks and foun- arated from his wife exploitation in many of its branches, Mrs, Stewart is in St. John’s Hospital, The committee submitted a volu- Long Island City ing to question consciousness, a COMMANDEERS CAR IN POISONING CASE) |Gitl Tells Man She Took Hailing Auto, He Rushes Her to Hospital. A girl describ’ never reached nothing was ever done in| slation along the lines sald to produce about one-fourth of laws were passed which, fe s under the A ") inchided scertain, if pos-}taln pens Moore te | ALDERMAN BALKED HOLD-UP, | . 195 MoRibben Street, Wi! will be arraigned tn the Chil- p companies} iz the opportuniti nnections to tran ac session entewt “Up to the time of my lscovery of| will face not gen-| Williamabursg Police Court, LOSES SUIT FOR $50,000. Mr Max Schneider, sov- 196 Rast Houston ospital last night 110th Street, suffer authorities on sifeguard th as weil as the p eign corporations shoul Rowen of Setauket Claimed Damages for Auto Accident, nis not serious toansmisaion urisdlotion of the § tes is not plain, stop foilowir Mam Arrested for Bigamy, minutes for # polleomar eCity off or the’ ‘elty au-| tueket } to this gf-| highway ich has ree | Bow out, broken Run Down by Horse and Wagon, widespread publicity Werld in th care of In order. by Magintrate b, driving alon, ran into’ jer machine alleged that months will be ta! Navy| dt t} tall await t accident CUSTOM INSPECTOR IS INDICTED ON CHARGES OF GRAF Isadore Cohen Accused of Un- lawfully Taking Fees From Ship Passengers. The Federal Grand Jury to-day in- dicted Isadore Cohen, for twenty- three years an inspector in the Cus- tom House, charging him with taking unlawful fees. He was arraigned be- foro United States Judge Thompson and held In $7,000 bail. The date for his trial js not fixed. The indictment is drawn under the tariff act and the penalty, if he 1s convicted, may be two years in prison, $5,000 fine, or both. He pleaded not guilty and was given a week in which to change the plea, The indictment describes his man- ner as “gruff and overbearing” and goes in to detail in four cases dat- ing from last summer to this winter, The first count says that on Dec, U1 @ prominent man (al the names of victims are withheld) arrived with bis niece on the Aquitania and made @ declaration on which the duty was $1,000, He mid he wanted to get away quickly because his valet and his niece's mald were both ill, Cohen, it is alleged, toll him he probably would be held until late at night, The man is alleged to have offered $100 to Cohen, who demanded $200, saying ho had to “divide with the appraiser.” It is charged that Cohen received the $200, The second count says a wealthy nan arrived on the Aquitania on pt, 17 and was questioned by Cohen, The indictment says he told her he believed ber declaration waa too high and that he would fix it so she would have less duty to pay if she would “look after me.” The declaration was trimmed, it is al- and the woman offered $100. ig alleged to have said he could not take it there, but would call at her house, which he did, and col- ected, ax Ing to the indictment, altie on Aux. and Cohen {a alleged to have met them and told them they needn't bother to open their luggage, Two visters arrived on the E saying It Waa not necessary. The women said everything was on the nyway “All right,’ Cohen is alleged to have replied, “it's a warm day and you want to get h Fix me up for my services, aud make it enough © T ean divide with the appraiser,” ‘The sisters paid duty of $392.50, Ute indictment says, und one of them of- fered Cohen $20, He is alleged to have frowned so mens ngly that On the Aquitania on Dec. 11 a Unit. ed States soldier came home with his mother, declaring $110.50 worth of dut) uble goods and mentioning some war puvenirs which he said were of no value, United States Attorney Barnes sald no duty should have been collect- 1 in this case, since the alue, 1 souvenirs Jon the Cohen is alleged to have told him the souvenirs were valuable and that he would have to p dier refused to pay, and Cohen alleged to have told him ¢ could bg fixed for $10, whereupon thy soldier paid, according to the charges. y duty. ‘The sol- ything Byron I. Newton, Collector of thy pile of “efforts to te certain well known inate certain corrupt outside force. 1 don't Will be indicted. It nay be one or twenty, But no inno: fear punisnment.” adic n the LET GO, OF COURSE | Raided in Broadway Resort and Spectacularly Rushed to Station House. Thirty-nine «ills and fifty-five men Wilson's Dance ated last aight ina lar raid which interfered with » were all dischar by Magia rates Douras a on, Who said ere was no evidence on while ‘hold vam. ‘The girls were discha: y in the Night Court, but th remuin in jail all night ve net result to the police of At wits olling up Thom ece af lead vragen ho Was discharged on that count LOVE ME, BILL?” Mleged Girl Bigamist Puts Ques- ion to Second Husband on Witness Stand. Fana Fitagerald, eighteen years old, West 82d Street, who pleaded Centre Street Court to nitted bigamy, was asked ny inquiries ‘to make of William Ferguson, her second husband, who was on the stand. "Do you still love me, Bill?” was the ution #he asked, but Magistrate Cobb rected the witness not to answer, ina burst into teara as she wan AWAY LO thie nba in default of $1, action of the Grand a 7, fiemuine Taxative Ket he firwt and Grip ‘Tablets, (De ayre “| you 66: BROMO) Be—mdave With Legion Se Wounded Soldier’s Ep Won’t Be‘ Died of Red Maimed Heroes Are Left to Shift for Th | selves by a Neglectful Nation, and Citizens Must Do the Country's Duty— ning World Plan Would Correct Deplora Conditions—More Cases of Neglect Cited. — dawn, cried, Think of a laddie who never even saw me having such confidence those words from an unknown soldier to an indorsement of my work from Gen, Pershing, the Commander inf” Unions you want’ your own Chief of all the armies. - |my own boy: t This boy gave the blind soldier ato die, because we don't help them; Send all contributions to Even! nickel to telephone, and these two World's Service homeless boys walked the streets when daylight came, ‘ that ihe Government was elghtocn months in arrears In his pay. He had but the tatter a shocking sight. Theso clothes had not been off his buck for two months. not some chance acquaintance, some Ct ets eg out-patient at Polyclinic Hospital. discharge paper aa collateral! his offering it. Now Iam wondering what report [ will get fro Studio, Broadway | Cone % my mind, boy dear, wherever By Lilian Bell. Tread them with my heart and ‘This ts not the story of a wounded | through tears. soldier, but in some ways !t is worse, etna ‘boy will come to | we Mr. Shaw says that people have} Building any afternoon, I been calling up tho Federal Board|!t that he has poste toe ee money in his And protesting against my stories, | ning World has it to lend to sueh | thinking I must be mistaken, he I sent this boy, whose story I will| THE RED TAPE THAT tell you, to Col. Meyers, and it being STARVATION OR SICH Lincola’s Birthday and the board ote earite to peemar n! e cide, except for y closed, he lent the boy money out of vate cillsene. whe Gre fs tet his own pocket, for which I person-| ove: the Government's pes od ally thank him. or else see our wounded fighting Saturday morning, I was wakened | die in our streets! a tata Pie ravi c from soldier who asked it he could see me.| ation, ansiety over, tmity. Half blinded by sleep, I told him to! tions poe heart gh due to vous strain over the whole peels ‘The World Building at 3/ yous strain over the whe os . could be written in letters of He proved to be a Regular Army} “prep OF RED TAPE!” soldier who had served six years. His} The trouble is that we discharge paper wald his character | Much money to organized was “excellent.” Ho was so nearly! 99 and pledged annually by the telephone. It proved to bo a| Red tape! blind he feared to cross streets, yet, | more, not having carfare; he had walked sab aden fe ‘Teeore relief "1 ganizations a) from the Grand Central Btation to} Fanisations ee ae eae the a in banks, paying huge ov He had spent the night between the | charges, paying commissions y Grand Central Sta-|drives, paying fabulous salaries Pennsylvania and Grand © Geves, Dayne. Sp Beye hours a week of actual work, first, once out of the second. He spent! “Tet them explain why the public from 4 o'clock on in an ali-nigeht res- to do se such ost yore ara ervice houses, where starving nt, as he sald, ‘waiting for the Whe hace tongat tor been wounded my off; in The World Building. tions, being twice thrown out of the taurs “she will do anything for us bo; called so went to my heart that I nearly in my willingness to help! 1 prefer A TATTERDEMALION WITH 18 MONTHS’ PAY DUE HIM. 1 questioned the boy, t found Wh t civilian suit he wore, at 0 old it was and an army ove tora expe in France sol how can such things exiet? Why jess passer vt a helping band? | property, No. I jent him money—all I tad except |ter live. carture home--and he offered me M8! She. complained that through undueh influence the daughter obtained the” property, agreeing to take care of her m the doc-| without expense for the remaind tors at Polyelinte when they read/ her tife, Instead, Mrs, Eldred H the daughter demanded as high as 3 per week for board and lodging, and 1 refused, of course, but I loved this? MAN WHO STAYED AT HOME oT TAR IEe later told her to move and let ber | sae ae ot tead your |. Mrs, Lockwood denied the atlegn- ticle in to-dity's ‘Evening | tions, answering that her mother bad wr ounded men Jasked that they lve together and that are in New York. | Well, 00 | cave the deed as an inducement. Jus- World about the tell you the truth, I agree with you. months, but I wish L were back the tnother, there, and then I wie redyead e of getting three Time out or the (JERSEY POLICEMAN — # hospital L bave been walking the GUILTY OF ROBB Y Been streets in search of work, Now, for instance, I will show you how S jort re an advertise- That diers. Tue paper for a chauffeur, Theft of $9 and a Fountain {happened to be the first one there. The man that was doing he hiring asked mo did I have George Kreiner, No, 179 Hopkins Ave- ye ‘and I showed him nue, a patrolman of the Central apers. He sald (hat | Avenue Station, Jersey City, was con- don't show wie where you have | victed of robbery by a Jury in Common 7 8 Court last night. to him T had Just gut out of Fox J rittea to the Hudson any reference, my discharge been working. Well, I explained? |, ii only two months ago and Hitteibeen on the army payroll years: 1, this didn't cut no i hin so he asked me did I have |pen. $200' for security, because you handle money on the job, and I FIRE DES told him no. ‘Then another man came in and | ¢4y MeManas’ Heme Se ¢ asked him what can you show an rence? Well, be had a reference from the American Can Antiques and ny in New Jer Comp worked the there, and he said §60 a week, H 0 ), and the job was his, = aes Miss Bell, will you tell mo | of Col. Edward McManus on Artingtoa how they get away with it? Avenue, Caldwell, N. J. 1 walk two miles every day to The Colonet Polyclinic Hospital for treatment, | of Shia et eee eee It was im- to save 5 cents, 1am getting my | Possible to get enough water pressure to leg massaged. Tam not getting | his home was only two feet fower than any compensation from the Gev- |that of the ernment, and only for a few boys | mountain from which Caldwell draws Its, down at the Federal Board, who | water supply. are helping me with a few pen- nies now and then, I would be down on the Bowery m the bread line, where so many of my bud- dies are, They are in the sume fix I am—too proud to beg. 1 ain't. much of a writer, but T hope you will understand’ this letter, and if my claim for com- pensation goes through I won't forget your fund. I saw you down at the Hotel Commodore at the wounded men's dinner you got for us at Christ. mas, and | said to my buddy next to me, "She is an angel from tho sky Will closet don’t care to slan my tame, Tam just anott SOLDIER OUT OF LUCK, — | 1 don't understand such lotions with ( rvice Ho We gave $3, sloriously ‘may be” While there he met a buddie who! housed and fed, are needed instantly. told him about me. His expression, We are raising money for one to AMERICAN LEGION SERVICE HOUSE NO. 1 If you want to help, send in money now. A thousand dollars of” one. All are welcome and all only for God's sake, be quick about? the country's own House Fund Wounded Soldier: AGED WOMAN, SUES * DAUGHTER F. Says She Gave Away Her Brook: lyn Home and Is Now Charged for Board, Mra. Margaret A, Eldred, eevemty-. ) pted such} nine years old, brought suit to-day ims things, but here, in God's country./ the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, againat! — her daughter, Mrs, Thoresa E Lethe! wood, wife of a Fulton Market fish observed this lads | dealer, to recover the deed of they 17 Arlington Place, Brooklyn, where she and her daugh- R DEED! : § jon for the nded “inan my- [tice Kelby granted a moti yore shat out ot Fox Hills two [filing of an additional complaint by v1 Wtf tee the “men that wae aver, us ele | Charged in Indictment With the He was com-) Gounty Jail with- out ball for sentence Wednesday. Wwenty-one | ‘The indictment charged that on the, four years and ted when f got [night of Aug. 25, 1930, Kreiner rethedy ot school. Michael Selinsky of No, oAvell, tl with | Waggnen Avenue of $9 and a fountain ciipealalieal TROYS RELICS. igh Water Preasare Fails, 4 treasures collected. y. He while serving with the United States during the war,'on | Ampy in the Boxer Revolution ef China, ammunition, The employer asked | 414 cups won in army athletics in the him how much was he getting | piiiopines were completely destroyed by fire yesterday which razed the home to taste Amcre Cheese at one of the many demonstrations now running in grocery and delicatessen stores, , There is absolutel; obligation to buy. Look for the Ancre