The evening world. Newspaper, February 21, 1921, Page 1

TO-NIGHT'S Weather—CLOUDY, by tea edad WALL STREET I EDITION AE Di TION WORLD VOL. LXI. NO. 21,669—DAILY. Copyright, 19: by The Press Publishing Co, (The New ‘York World). “NEW YORK, MONDAY, “FEBRUARY ‘21, 1921. Katered as Second-Clase Matter Fost Office, New Lead! Ne Xe Ss PRICE THREE CENTS — - HIRAM JOHNSON IN HYLAN’S TRACTION F IGHT TRAINS AND 16,000 MEN ~ CLEARING CITY'S STREETS MORE SNOW is PREDICTED < Commissioner a se Asks for Fund of $1,000,000 to Clean T! horoughfares. | SURF: ACE CARS RUNNING. Long island Ratiroad Service| Crippled—Ample Supply | of Milk on Hand. With more snow officially predicted in next thirty-six hours, York to-day redoubled its efforts to dig itself out of the snow that, be- the ew sinning early Sunday morning, buried the city under more than twelve inches of snow in less than twenty- four hours, disrupted traffic and resulted in twelve deaths, Street Cleaning Commissioner Leo to-day asked for an appropriation of $1,000,000 for snow remoyal. His department has 16,000 men shovelling smow and they have cleared the main arteries within the city so that little congestion in surface traffic was reported. One hundred and eighty-six trac- tors are in operation, 150 in Man- hattan, in Brooklyn and 14 in the Bronx, In addition to the trac- tors there are 300 new trucks with “Wlades in operation, It was estl-| mated that the work of cutting routes] for traffic had already resulted in} the clearing away of 891 miles of snow, ‘The progress was made possible by GOV. MILLER ABLE TO WORK 8 HOURS A DAY, HE SAYS Statement Follows Report Doctor Had Limited Him to One Hour Daily. ALBANY, Feb. 21 66] THINK I shall be able to live up to the eight “hour law, if I do not exceed it,” Gov. filler said to-day in reply to @ question concerning his health, The question was prompted by @ published report that the Gov- ernor had been ordered by his physician to limit his activities to one hour of work a day for the present. BENNY KAUFF MUST GO TO TRIAL ON AUTO THEFT CHARGE a Case to Be Called Within Two Weeks—Can’t Go South With Giants. Notwithstanding the opposition of Lawyer Emil Fuchs, Benny Kauff, the early start the snow cleaning! tne Giants’ outtielder, will have to forces got and the fact that the ab- : of traffic on Sunday gave them|&° ‘© trial the last week of this @ chance for unhampered operation.|™onth or early in March on the ‘The holiday to-morrow also is wel-|charge of haying stolen an automo- @omed as a chance to continue the|piI2, street clearing work. , r In addition to its other facilities Asaintent District Attorney Sullivan the Street Cleaning Department is] ™0ved this morning before Judge testing to-day a new loading and|Mulqueen in General Sessions that piling machine said of loading a five-ton truck in one minute and of doing the work of twenty-five men shoyelling snow. RAPID PROGRESS MADE CLEARING THE STREETS. In the district between 42d and 724 Streets from Sixth Avenue to the Hudson River 1,000 men are at work, with fourteen tractors®nd 100 trucks. Rapid progress was made and no se- vious congestion was reported. More than 6,000 men are working at snow removal in Brooklyn. ‘The New York Railways Company to be capable IN announced that while its surface cars were subjected to a certain amount of delays due to motor trucks stalled on the tracks, there has been no tie-up in the Job Hedges, receiv (Continued on Second Page.), REITERATES CHARGE AGAINST BARUCH New Yorker ‘Made More rhan| 0,000,000 In Copper Alone,” Mason Says, In the War. | IN, Feb, 21 House Mason, tn an ad-| to-day Republican, WASHINGT dre F sv today In the prosentative {Uinols, reiterated bis charged that BoM. Baruch of New York ad made more than $50,000,000 in cup) slone® while Chairman of the Wa Indust‘ies Board “Dh ce was & corrupt conspiracy and Barney arch wan head af it," shout;d Mr. Mason, “He had th powe of the Government and turned to the use of men who were rot bing the Government.” Representative Wingo, Demos Arkansas, asked Mr, Mason w ie had attempted to have Mr. Baruch prosecuted Tl try to have him indicte d after | Mason replied, March 4,” Mr. ¢| client, the case of preferred calendar, dicted Feb. 19, 1920, on the charge of the theft of the automobile of James 8 West End Ave- nue, which, it is alleged, an automobile broker named Dngel of No. 54 West 125th Street. Kauff was arrested by Detective Sergeant Martin Owen and Thomas J. Horan, both recently indicted the Whitman Grand Jury for accept- ing unlawful fees while members of the automobile squad. In opposing the motion of Assistant District At- torney Sullivan, Mr. Fuchs said that to put the case on the preferred cal- endar would be an injustice to his as he had to leaye on Feb, 2¢ with the Giants heir Southern training trip The lawyer said that the case had been sleeping for a year, and that if the defendant were to be kept in the jelty his live Kauff be placed on the Kauff was in- F, Brennan of he sold to on hood would be impaired, could not be tried, Attorney's admission, within Judge Mulqueen ordered 4 cal- to the ce on the District two weeks, thi placed on the prefe und Benny will not be ants. endar ible accompany the ¢ | KILLED AFTER HITTING CAT. Row Due to Feline En Loft of Ma Simi special Lo The Hirening World BUFFALO, Feb, 21.—A quarrel over the beating of u cat which entered a pigeon loft resulted in the killing of Joseph Karasiervic, owner of th da. by his neighbor, 1 ade owner of the reat pil ts alle 0 hrown a brick which aril tyvie on the head. He diod at me gency Hospital m a ‘tompound fyacture of the slulh by] ering Pigeon! ©} with them - | bitterly BROKERS FAIL FOR, 300,000: BLAME CLERKS Herrick & Bennett Say Em- ployees Juggled Accounts | of Favorite Customers. |TWO RECEIVERS NAMED. Assets Said to Be Several Hun- dred Thousand Dollars ~» More Than Debts. Announcement was made from the rostrum of the New York Stock Ex- jchange at the opening of business jto-day that Herrick & *Bennett, members of the Exchange, with of- at No. 66 Broadway, had failed. ne firm charges its failure to un- |authorized speculation by employees, and in a formal statement asserted that accounts of favorite customers of employees were so managed that it was not until after the close of =|business on Saturday that members of the firm hadany inkling that they were in a bankrupt condition. The statement sald in part: “The heavy unauthorized spec- ulation of our employees and the large losses gustained by them in such speculation—none of such | speculations were known to any member of the firm—coupled with their studied failure to have fa- vorite customers of theirs cover their margin calls, have resulted in our suspension. “We had no information as to our employees’ activities until the afternoon of Saturday last when we for the first time discovered the situation, and one of them made a clean breast of their ac- tivities, “The hasty and cursory exami- nation of our books, which we were able to make over Sunday, convinced us thet the best course to pursue, having in mind the in- terests of all concerned, was ( make a general assignment. Time, however, has not permitted us to ascertain the exact condi- tion of our affairs, but we hope that our condition is only tem- porary.” * Herriek & Bennett have been bet- ter known as dealers in municipal bonds than as a stock commission house Members of the firm are W. Wilson Herrick, floor member, BE. Eversley Bennett, Frank I. Scheffey and Franklin W. Palmer jr Judge Manton, in the Federal Dis- triet Court, appointed Raymond H Fiero and John B, Johnston, of No 100 Broadway, receivers of the firm under a joint bond of $50,000. ‘The petition in Involuntary bankruptcy was filed by three creditors—William HH. Reed, Herbert D, Smith and Mur- ray Oliphant—whose aggregate claims mount to less than $1,000. In the petition the liabilities are aced at $1,800,000 which, it is al- is the amount loaned by banks, sets are placed at $1,700,000, which, it is claimed, are secured by securities lodged with banks. ‘The petition alleges that on Feb. 20 the firm made an assignment to Ed- ward F, Fitzgerald, but did not do so to other creditors, who thereupon brought the petition in order that the firm's assets might be distributed equitably NO MORE BALL FOR MATTY. Weeps as Boys South for Prac- tlee Without Him. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y p leged, and Feb, 2 Christy Mathewson wept to-day he read of the team golng South without him: | “You know this is the first time in | twonty . # not gon brok+ down and erie I neve w him do that be- NLY.CHTY RETAINS SENATOR JOHNSON IN TRACTION FIGHT ————== Corporation Counsel O'Brien, Acting for Mayor Hylan, Secures His Services. IS A HEARST COUNSEL. Californian Has Appeared for| Editor in Legal Matters on Several Occasions. Senator Hiram W. Johnson of Cali- fornia, who won the fight for munici- pal ownership of trolley lines in his State, has appointed special counsel to city in fight against the Miller plan of admifister- been ahis its ing the city railroads by~ commission and the fare, A letter of acceptance was received abrogation of the five-cent to-day by Corporation Counsel John P. O'Brien. Senator Johnson will ar- rive in New York on Wednesday to begin the battle. has been W. R, Hearst's legal representative on many occasions. The following statement was sued to-day by the Corporation Counsel: “Inasmuch as the traction Interests intend to have abrogated the five cent fare contracts existing between the city gnd the traction corpora (ions, by legislative enactment at} Albany, which has for its purpose, by nullifying and setting aside contracts at will by State officials, an increase in fare, extracting between sixty and one hundred millions yearly out of the pockets of the people; and inasmuch as the abrogation of solemn contracts against the people's inter- ests and in favor of powerful cor- porate interests goes the very vitals of constitutional governmen and has a bearing on every contract made in the United States under yur constitutional form of government, It behoves the Mayor and the poration Counsel of this city to use every means at their command to uphold the solemn agreements made Johnson to Cor- with the people of this city by the traction interests, and protect (he people from being compelled to pay additional millions yearly to these in- terests. “[ have, after consultation with and approval of Mayor Hylan, secured the services of Hon. Hiram W, Jobn- son, who fought the railroad interests in the State of California and drove them from the ntrol of the State Government; who was a dominant factor in the establishment of munic- ipal ownership and operation of street rajlways in that State, and who will aid in this fight to uphold | and preserve for the people the sa- cred rights guaranteed to the: State and Federal Constitutions, the bulwark of government and the pal- | ladium of our liberties and our free- dom, “L received last night from Sena tor Johnson the following telegram “Lam very glad to undertake the employment as special coun- sel in the endeavor to protect and preserve the city's rights from the agsault now being made upon them. 1 congratulate the Mayor and you and the other city officials upon the valiant struggle you a King. 1 rece odds in the contest and the tre- mendous opposition’and dimtcult | obstacles which must be encoun- snize the ‘name n by the | ling with him tered, but it's the old, old fight | with special privilege and exploit ing corporate greed on the side and the simple justice inherent rights of the ma people on the other, fighting the goud fight ai delighted ty be you. HIRAM and} ofthe } are Ye it am & part of it with W. JOHNSON." fore,” sald his falthOn nurse—his wite, “Matty will get well, but I don't want j him ever to go wo | want him to sp, | doing the tings he " do—dishing, hunting and Lhe great outdoors.” tramping t } alas ¢ ey Washington, D, C, ~~ - 6 WORLD TRAVE fi World) Buildin i witinie Hewk aay RBav. Care 4090, nth day apa ebecka “ft JAMES R. ANGELL, NEW PRESIDENT OF YALE UNIVERSITY (c) Barta & Kwing, OR. J. R. ANGELL. HUSBAND TURNS UP SHE WOULD ANNUL MARRIAGE TDN. Wife Brings Action Modern Enoch Arden Returns After Eleven Years. The Mrs. against Ernest R ‘husband No, 2," Court Justice Young, at White Plains to-day, revealed the fact he plain- tiff's first husband had suddenly “re- turned from the d had claimed her as his wife City Judge Holden «ppeared counsel for Mrs, Frances, who testi- fied on Oct. 6, 1908, she married Win- field L. Finley and after living with him for a rhe suddenly disap- She heard no more from him believed he had died. Ou Dec. 1917, the plaintiff, whose maiden annulment brought Ple suit by) Lina antville ‘rances of Frances, known as bofore Supreme 1 and peared and was Lina Partlow, was married to Frances by the Rev. H. J. Lane at St. Paul's Methodist Church, Newport , Va. ently Mrs, Frances received a sudden call from her first husband nd since then has been correspond “L only received a let- ter from him the other day.” Finlay is now in Auburn and wants his wife back, Then she decided to bring sult gainst “husband No. 2" for annull- ment of the marriage because it was Neat. oe $12,000 FOR SERVANT When} HARDING 0. KS TWO TARIFF BILL PLAN IN CONGRESS | 1 Payne-Aldrich Schedules to Be Revived as a Temporary Measure. THE PERMANENT BILL. wiched Between the Two Tariff Schemes. WASHINGTON, dem-elect. Harding programme of tariff and tax legisia ; ton for the extra session of Congrase tarift | porary and a permanent measure— with tax legislation sandwiched be- Chajrmah Fordney of the Feb. 21.—Presi- “has approved n | comprising two bilis—a tem- tween, House Ways and Means Committee fannounced to-day upon his return from a conference with Mo Harding at St, Augustine. Mr. Fordney said iis committee would turn its attention to the néw programme a@ goon as the pending emergency tariff measure was out of the way. There was said to be some for re-enactment of the Payne- Aldrich law as a stopgap measure. that being the shortest possible way sucha proposition could be handled in. Congress, Mr. Fordney was inclined to favor such a proceeding, although he felt that some of the rates were not In proper relation to the present ex- change situation. Many detaile of the programme agreed to will be worked out be- tween Senate and Mouse leaders and submitted again to Mr. Harding, it is understood. In this connection Mr Fordney said that “We in Congress jus in anything before starting on lany legislation.” HARDING To BOUNCE | SHIPPING BOARD “Of Doubtful Value,” He Says After Talk With Averell Harriman. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fia,, Feb, 21.— President-elect Harding conferred to-day with Averell Harriman of the Harriman abipping Interests, and said afterward he was much im- pressed by the angument of shipping men who want the Government to “go outo ¢ the shipping business.” The President-elect said he regurd- ed the suggestion to abolish the Ship- ping Board and create a new execu- tive department to deal with ship- ping problems, “worth thinking about." “think there is a growing feeling,” he added, “that the Shipping Board method of handling the problem is of doubtful value." HARDING SAYS DAUGHERTY HAS BEEN CHOSEN as IN LIEU OF WAGES) “opposition Makes Me More . Determineh—Put That in Neier g Nae aeeEE T Black Face Type.” five years of service sow) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fia., Feb 21 at White Plains to-day bere NNOUNCEMENT that Harry oxaie Sioter: The wit eas A M. Daugherty of Ohto had Harriett Louise Cark, late of been chosen for the Attor- Park Avenue, Mount Vernor ~| ney Generalship under the coming servant Is Gertrude: Appoldt | administration wus made here to- She served me fe rty tive} diy by President-eloet Harding yoarait! maid. the: will, withe al I think Mr. Daugherty is a fine penaution in wages and nursed me| Mn and I believe he would muke during long vious iilness for| & at Attorney General,” Mr, ; rs. Yo her care ana at] Harding maid, “And the dpposi lention [ owe so much. Ih consides,| ton to him oniy mazes me move LIOR BEANIal bil this bequest 1a| determined to im. You r, the saine | tet to] cam put that in your papers in of wages pick face and $1,000. 4. the Dutch crivicism ¢ peu nue, | wcond and” shird to be u cabinet L Bireels, Mount Vernon, he sald | Tax Legislation to Be Sand-| | will never have Mr. Harding against | { Representative WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Some Democrat, Ohio, Mr, Welty read hia LANDIS CHARGES CAUSE ROW IN IMPEACHMENT HEARING SELECTION CALLED “BRIBE” \ “As a Man He Meant Nothing to Baseball, but as a Federal Judge He Meant Everything,” Declares Welty, Quoting Unnamed Correspondent. what stormy scenes occurred before the House Judiciary Committee to-day with the presentation of impeach? ment charges against Federal Judge Landis by Representative Welty, charges as outlined before the House last week and was subjected to a cross fire of questions. Representative Walsh, Republican, Massachusetts, wanted to know if Mr. Welty had any proof that Judge Landis in acting as supreme arbiter of organized oaseball had neglected sald he would “unload the facts,” his official duties. The Ohlo member “When you are trying to catch a rabbit you've got to follow hig ‘racks, mysel sentiment among committee members AIRSHIP BUILT WITH FIFTY BEDS LIKE A PULLMAN R-36, Rapidly Approaching Com- pletion, to Carry Mail Over Ocean, | GLASGOW, Feb. 21. OMPLETION of the R- latest Clyde-bullt airship, ie rapidly approaching and the craft may undergo a trial fiight next month, She is a few feet longer than the R-34, recently | Wrioked, has greater oll-carrying capacity ad is likely to be speedier, It is expected she will be used to maintain a mail and passenger servico between Eng land and Cairo, A prominent feature is a huge fondola suspended in the centre lowered and the cabin converted into a spacious dining room, ‘The oll tanks are so placed that in an emergency they can be tilted overboard without damaging the airship’s envelope. PATERNO’S WIFE ASKS $500 A MONTH Charges Husband With Misconduct With Unnamed Woman in Home at the Drive. Helen Fay Paterno of No. 616 West 114th Street, off Riverside Drive, wife of Francis B. Paterno, president of Paterno & Son, builders and con tractors, filed a petition in the Su preme Court to-day for alimony and $4,500 con! ing a divorce action In her aMfdayit and 500 a month el fees pend n the affidavits her said in reply to another question. “1 am trying to unburded ‘Well, ; make so wive us the facteand-don't many speeches,” admon- ished Chairman Voistead, ‘The Ohio member then offered @ from District Attorney Clyne of Chidago saying 921 criminal and 309 other cases were pending im Judge Landis's court, “How many were tried last year?” Chairman Volstead asked. telegram “If you want to know you eas find out,” Welty replied. ‘ going to be insulted by the Chairman, “ want a civil answer.” Declaring it was outrageous that Judge Landis should be drawing $42,500 from organized baseball, Rep-~ resentative Husted, Republican, New York, insisted the committee wanted facts on which an indictment could be drawn, m not you,” announced with accommodation for fifty pas- “In other words, a legal way te sengers, Beds will be provided on | impeach him if we can," suggested the railway sleeper principle, two | Representative Boles, Republican, in each cabin. During the day {j/lowa. ‘The crossfire of questions the beds can be folded and stowed | became hot. away in recesses, while tables “I am going to show that these and seats, suspended from the baseball players are guilty of bribing roof during the night, may be | Judge Landis,", Mr. Welty shouted ‘This statement was made in coms nection with the indictment for throwing games, but the questioning quickly shified to other subjects, Representative Gard, Democrat, of Ohio, wanted Mr. Welty to get down facts his charge that Judgq Lane neglected bis official duty Mr. Welty said Judge Landis ace cepted (he job of arbitrator a month after the baseball players were in- dicted ago for throwing the 1919 World Series “The record is in the exhibite—the footprints are there,” he exclaimed. Mr. Welty declared baseball could hot be made clean “as long as base. ball magnates can be protected ey « ‘ederal Judge.” Rete 000 to on s had at Chi » the damages of $240, assuciations in the the District af Co~ sasessed On Supreme Court of other witnesses, Paterno is charged] lumbia under the anti-trust laws, with misconduct with an unnamed| Mr Welty sud woman at his home on the aight of | “While baseball organiaations needs Dec. } last. Among the witnesses are} ed a bath, Ju Landis, reveived Jon J. Brown *4uterno oh ffeur hem in open court and fave them a Mr, and M Gi: May. velotlvus bath.” Mr. Walal suld he could not Mrs, Paterno, and Maurice P. s@uries,: Bet that argument 1 friend of her husband Judge Landis wault not have | Mrs, Paterno me nls ened e° sel convact if ne na@ expenses | year unted to 45 neliayes’ she ys was just" Mr, Mh and that he about $10,000 in| Welty replied. vck#, She says he gave her an a Why did they pick Judge Landis? towanee of $200 ucmonth. | Her law-| str. Husted asked. Mr. Welty teplied 5 Nassau Stree that a letter from a man in Chicago, ~~ whose name was withheld, answered F Rescued from Drifting Ut rae) that—that K. M. Landis “as a. man Tuckahoe, adeft on peaked bill bara in| wanaia ax a Federal Judge meant hae ky ny ay wer 3 i 4 to, everything.” buoy, eral Judge as an arbiter?" asked Ss ET