The evening world. Newspaper, February 25, 1921, Page 2

A MISTAKE LED PAPPONTHEN as HA 9} + | ———»—— © Told'Hatding In Letter Criti- . eismiéf His Work in War Was Justified. ‘Teld “President-elect Opposi- » “tonto Iowan Should Not > APrevent Appointment. '® © By David Lawrence. iat jial Correspondent of The Ev ta ning World.) | WASHINGTON, Fob.25 (Copyrient, J—Hetbert Hoover's acceptance | Portfolio of Secretary of Com- Mereehas been, on the whole, well mm the national capital, the men in Congress who Opposed him from the start still certain misgivings concern- thé selection. They do not douht ME 'H66ver's ability, but they quest] S‘cothpatibility of his temper- fi/any institution like a Pres- ki -Oabinet where the element ) ef Petition plays so important a part. _Wistbr¥ "iv boing told at the Capitol ef G doxiVersation that took place at ‘Mugiistihe recently between Mr, tind a United States Sena- went there to oppose the ap- mt of Mr. Hoover. The Pres' defended Mr, Hoover ‘add answered the objection eoncemming Mr. Hoover's inflexibility By ldhowing his visitor a copy of a Pbecelved from the former Food 7 communication Mr, Hoover ‘saiP He! had noted the criticlams | whieh’ ere being made of the poasi- le melection of Henry C. Wallace for Beéretary! of Agriculture, and he Roped Mr. Harding would not be dia- “sunded, from appointing Mr. Wallace what criticism. Mr. Hoover Of to ‘say that during the war AHeIY had been severely criti- ks THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1921. ON WN PROTEST ON TRENST BL Legai Advisers Point Out Menace to Home Rule in Miller Traction Plan. MAYORS WILL ACT. Conference Called at Albany. on March 2, Date Set for Legislative Hearing, By Joseph S. Jordan. Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) ALBANY, Feb %.— Thirty-three cities in New York State bave off- clally protested the Miller transit pro- gramme a# a menace to home rule. The conference of Mayors yesterday, adopteed resolutions of opposition and will be officially represented at the hearing’ on the bill next Wednesday. Fearful of the result of this oppoal- tion added to that of the New York pe Arridipegtal in the Legislature the rg of the measure have drafted several amendments and will offer them probably on Monday nigh! One of these will provide there ‘shall be no increased fare on the traction lines of Greater New York until the Miller programme has bean put Into operation. Another ts designed to make the de- cision of the to-be-created Rapid Transit Commission as binding on the traction companies as on the elty. Aas the bill was introduced, the understanding of a number of legis- lotors is that if the companies apould not agreo upon the proposition sub- mitted to then by the commission they need not accept it, Several minor amendments are to be added, the purpose of which js to straighten out mechanical defects in the bill, The latter in ite amended form, \t is sald, will be ready for the public hearing which is to be given in the Assembly Chamber on next Wednesday afternoon, nar. Wallace, who as the ‘ot @ farm journal had a. good fifa to say about the Food tration. ‘ADMITTED HE MADE A cane 2 MISTAKE. “Mz. Hoover in his letter widte gedstantially as follows: MGooking back now over what hippened during the war, I have conclusion that Mr. ‘wae right and I was } i ent-elect pointed to that ‘a MR Er eesdeace that Mr. Hoover a minded man and that Hie Was wrong he did not hesi- te acknowledge it. That letter “to have had more to do with rmination of Mr. Harding to yint Mr. Hoover than anything Bhadiy speaking, the opposition fr. Heover cannot be said to ‘Been qyollified by Mr. Harding's At confidpnce In the former Administrator. The scepticn {that thelr judgment has been d by the attitude which Mr, a ‘assumed when the portfolio ered him. The critics say it unwise for Mr. Hoover to ask if about the Cabinet portfolio i pfoe neroring to accept and that It “pula Ms. .Harding in the awkward ‘position of having submitted to con- PRM, by Mr. Hoover. the opposition to Mr. js really political and hax origin in the fact that the former d inistrator issued a statement ing President @Vilson’s appeal re-election of & Democratic Politicians rarely forget yh titings and wherever the Hoover { was used to the disad- ntagy of members of Congress in u “t tampaign there is still a peri ital HOOVER’ MIGHT BECOME A FACTOR IN 1924. iNatupalig there was another angle be jtaken into consideration that ir, Hoover outside the Cabinet might ow |nto a pdtent politica! factor rea@iness for 1924, that he could y the’ role of critic without shar- the burdens of responsibility. ‘Hon the other hand, the presence of Héover in the Cabinet will inake im “part and parcel of the Harding pinjatration. He will stand or fail the) Harding record so long as he Ha snamber of the Cabinet. And Hohe ptays until 1924, then the old jog! adage will be invoked: If rdiix has made good, he himself is dy good, no member of his Cabinet @eservbs the nomination any more than the Chief Executive. On speh a line of political reasoning, en the opponents of Mr, Huover in Honwrda» are inclined to accept Mr. ‘ding's decision as perhaps best titled to renomination, If he hasn't} der }the circumstannos. Now the sation is: What will Mr. Hoover do ith the Department of Commerce, will he make good? Because of SEE “INCONSISTENCY” IN MILL- ER'S STAND. Some of the legislators who listened to the hearing of the Theatre Ticker Scalping Bill before the Governor yes- terday are expressing dobut on the Gevernor’s consistency with regard to the scalpers bills and the traction bill. ‘They claim to see where the Governor {8 reversing himself in taking opposite sides on two similar propositions, “Louis Marshall at that hearing." said one of the solons to-day, “laid great stress on the statement that the State might as weil try to fix the price of food, clothes and other necessities or commodities as to pin down the scalpera ax to what comm{saion they should charge on theatre ticket, “The Governor bore out the lawye: and in fact later quoted his own words, yet Gov. Miller is assuming to set a price for riding on our own rail- roads, invoking the police power of the State to do so. It scems to me that for the gander. | don't assume to know the law as well as dora the Gov- ernor, but it Is a poor rule that does not work both ways.” The hearing on next Wednesday promises to be one of the most remark- able as well as one of the most im- portant over attended at the Capitol, The hour for it has been set for g o'clock in the afternoon, when it in expected that the biggest lobby ever gathered in Albany will be in the Assembly Chamber. Whether anybody else out Senator Hiram Johnson will present the case tor'the city has not been learned here yet, but it ls not supposed that there will be any of the legal lights from the traction companies supporting the measure on the floor of the House. ‘They will do thelr supporting, accord- ing to information, in other directions, ‘The Conference of Mayors is to hold ite midwinter seasion here on the day set for the traction hearing, Prelim- inary to this the corporation counsels were called upon to give their viows upon the traction bill at a meeting yesterday, The legal advisers of thirty-three citles of the State pointed out either personally or by letter ob- Jectionable features In the bill and a resolution was adopted opposing the measure The feature of the bill most se- verely criticised was that which would deprive the Board of Datimate of New York and the authorities of other cities of power to to m re- vision of franchise contracts carryin, 6-cent fare stipulations. This w. attacked from all angles and by Cor- poration Counsels from large cities alike. Corporation Coun- Senator John Knight, sponser for the Miller bill in the Senate, provoked ap- plause when he protested: “This i with the municipalitie: tion.” for whom they meeting will ample really spoke follow thet ox: very controversy which has been what Is sauce for the goos is sauce}! small and ee! Lascur of Batavia, county seat of another Boston Tea Party playing the role of the colonies so far as the autocratic and revolutionary legisia- Ulon ts concerned. Batavia is opposed to the Transit Bill In its present shape, It means taxation without repregpnts- Confident the Mayors of the cities t this oh 2 and go unequivocally on record against the Miller bill, the), Corporation Counsels predicted ‘that 35 C1TIES OF STATE TRAINIS HELD UP Stu TWEEN 2 WEEKS, TOTAL PLUNDER $53 Bandits in Illinois Cut Off Mail Car and Get Registered Letters and Pouch. ROODHOUSE, If, Feb. 25.—Posses to-day are combing the Mississippi River bottome near Quincey Junction, thirty-seven miles west of here, where four men, armed with rifles, held up “the Hummer,” the fast Chicago and Alton passenger train from Kansas City to Chicago, early this morning and escaped after forcing the mail clerk to hand over three registered letters and a registered package. Reports received at the division offices of the railroad here indicate) the amount stolen by the bandits will not exceed $60. Messenger Ayers saved several hundred dollars in express remit- tances, by hiding the pouch contain- ing the money when the bandits or- dered the door of the mail car opened, ' ‘The train is the same one held up| two weeks ago at almost the same lapot, when the bandits obtained $9 from members of the train crew, It is believed the same men were impl!- cated In both hold-ups, Ayers sald one of the men looked like a par- tiolpant in the previous hold-up. The robbers gained more than two hours’ start when the possees began the search. ANTICS OF GHOST ~ DRIVE AGED WOMAN FROM HER HOME (Continued From First Page.) which had not been there when the family retired. The nature of the cracks indicated that the wood had been rent asunder by a sudden shock of reat force. One freak of the ghost was to juggle the silver, Knives and forks floated upward from the dining table and at least one spoon is said to have been scen floating out a window, Buttons on Mra, Lowd's work basket soared in the air, hovered there a few moments and then came to rest on the floor. Mins Effie Lowd, a daughter, who had been called to her mother’s home, says her hat and coat were slowly lifted into the air, as if supported by ghostly hands, and followed her owt of a room. Suggestions that boys playing pranks had used wires or other me- chanical means to cause the strange man festations were met with the answer that such a possibility had Leen fully investigated, Beveral cititens were dared to spend a night in the house, but what- ever they believed wbout the “ghost” they did not take the dare, Old residents say that fifty years ago the house now occupied by the Lowds was reported to be the ab d- ing place of ghosts, One man who claimed he feared “neither man or devil’ moved into the house with he intention of staying. He moved tily in thre days, declining to explain bis hur out CARUSO HAS A BIRTHDAY. Tenor Receiving Congratulations; 48 Years Old; Bulletins Favorable, Who's Who says Enrico Caruso's birthday is to-day. According to hia Dusiness associates he will not be forty- eight years old until Sunday, Meanwhile the friends of the famous tenor evi- dently intend to make a three-day cele bration of it, Mundles of letters and telegrams are being received along with huge bouquets of flowers at the Hotel Vanderoilt, His physicians {ssued a bulletin at 11 o'clock this morning which was # real birthday prewent. It Hy 80 8 proxreasing favorably. ‘the course of his disease is slowly but steadily improving.” His brother, Giovannf, is on the Pa- ronia, due here shortly. BLAME COLD FOR BLAST. Two Bodies Recovered From De-~ molished Lehigh Valley Engine. The bodies of John McGee, conduc- tor, No. 201 Clerk Street, Jersey City, and Willian McCauley, brakeman, No. 110 Erle Street, Jersey City, killed when the boller of a Lehigh’ Val Rallroad locomotive exploded: last night In the Jersey City yards, wore recovered from the wreckage to-dsy and removed to te Morgue. A third man died on the way to the hospital and a fourth in dying. n imventigation will be made by railroad officials to-day. People who viewed the results of tue accident state poasibly the water was allowed to run ™ B BILBAO, Spain, Feb. was created ame duy wh © on board, Scores of familicn r homes, taking thelr furniture 00 tons of d off Bilbao. stock with them, and fisher- men returning from voyages immediate- ly put back to sea. Laborers were afraid to go aboard to unload the dynamite. notwithstanding offers of high wages. ‘The Governor, however, summoned workmen from a nwarby explosive factory and brought the dynamite ashore. Returning Seapt Punta Arenas, BAN FRANCISC Feb. 25.—The first squadron of seaplanes of the Pacific fleet arrived at Punta Arenas 1045 A.M. yest uniess the measure is radically al, tered, particular ry ly 90 88 to carry @ The soapiane their retu right members of the police force have two and a half inch cuffs has roused some of the cops to levity. picture offers guggestions that STOLEN GEMS USED TOGET BAIL, SAY Magistrate George W. who conducted a John Doe inquiry following a letter from Mayor Hylan Intimating criminads were putting up stolen property as surety for bail donda, filed his report with District.) Attorney Swann to-day. Magistrate Simpson reported while | it had not been legally proved, he | was sional bondsmen and had accepted stolen jewels, merchandise or cash as sccurity for ‘bail bond: given bail. the ground that Commlasione: mitted $300,000 was all he needed immediate payroll To le Suggestions for New York Police Go With Enright’s Trouser Cuffs \ Ms GO ThE A NIFTY UNIFORM FOR. BROADWAY The order of Commissioner En- that summer trousers of The INQURY REPORT Proof Missing,-Declares Magis- trate Simpson, Who Hopes _| reductions. Firms Will Continue. &impson, “morally certain some profes- indemnitors bonds, He urged they be driven of business. As @ result of the Inquiry, Magis- trate Simpson said, the surety com- panies have a committee at work on plans to remove the abuses, They are considering discontinuing criminal ‘bail bond business, but the Magistrate says this step would be unfortunate, ‘Phe report says some companies ac- cept extra fees in addition to the reg- ular 2 per cent. rate. shown of a woman who said she had paid $450 for two bail bonds of $8,000 each, She deciared she gave a chattel mortgage on her apartment and was compelled by the surety company to put her furs in storage, paying a $60 storage fee. cent, was paid for a $300 bond fur- nished at night. companies, Magistrate Simpson gaid, many of the extra charges were without knowledge of their officers Magistrate Simpson urged persons working on corhission be prohibited from furnishing bail bonds and law- yers be prohibited from signing in- demnity agrements in criminal cases. He also advocated raising a private fund to care for the worthy poor after they have been examined and A He said thie should be undertaken by some philanthropist. $500,000 TO REMOVE SNOW. Board of Eatimate Cots L the One case wan In another case 15 per In justice to the ade + Street Cleaning Commissioner Leo to- day was allowed $500,000 tor snow re- moval by the Board of Estimate, too low In the boiler, Another reason | 8#ked for $1,000,000. Of this amoun: advanced Is the pipes on the engine] $300,000 would be needed to meet to- became frozen, stopping the circula-| morrow's payrolla, the Commissio tion af water. explained, Y “ aging 8 Mayor Hylan thought the \Commin- DYNAMITE SHIP AGROUND, | stener should be allowed $500,000. t et any — emergency Manhattan: ‘ough Prealdent Curran objected o: He Leo ad> tor may enable the Commissioner fur- ther to embellish his men sar- toriadly. ' He could require a Broadway uniform—something nifty in a wide stripe or check, hat band to HARDING FAVORS WARSHIP BUILDING Sends Word to Washington He Wants to Carry. Out the Present Programme. ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Asso- clated Press).—President-elect Har- ding sent word to-day to Genate,Re- publican leaders that he desired ad- equate appropriations for the Navy and favored continuing the present building programme without material With this definite etatement of what was regarded as the new Ad- ministration’s ®aval policy, Senate Republican leaders sald they would insist upon Senate increases over the House totals in the (Naval Appropria- tions Bill, even at the risk of de- feating the bM at this session Mr, Harding’s views were given in response to inquiries regarding the reduced appropriations made by the House. The President-elect, it was said, did not indicate his posi- tion with reference to Senator Borah’s disarmament proposal. ———_——=—_—_—. SUICIDE CUT OFF WIDOW AND SON Alleged ‘Raincoat. Profiteer heft Estate to Two Daughters and to. Brooklyn Charity. The will of Josiah Nichthauser, who, according to the police, com- mitted suicide on April 11, 1920, after his arrest on a profiteering charge, cuts off his widow and son entirely, leaving the entire estate to Brooklyn charities and his two little daughters. ‘The will was filed to-day. Nichthauser owned a haberdashery store at Court and Montague Streets, Brooklyn, and lived at No. 78 Pros- pect Park Wei He was alleged to have sold a raincoat at an excessive price to two Government investiga- tors. The estate waas worth $147,- 702, according fo the report. Re- ferring to his wife and son the will gays: make no provisions for them for reasons well known to them.” SIX DEATHS CAUSED BY METAL PLANES Post Office Department Stops Their Use as Mail Carriers—All Bought Abroad. WASHINGTON, Feb, 25.—Accidents resulting in the lows of six livse have caused the Post Office Department to discontinue the operation of the metal monoplates purchased abroad, John A. Jordan of the Air Mail Service sald Committee. have been burned while in operation, it land, the committee was told, ° land Mr. Jordan as to responsibility for {the accidents. Mr. its utmost to sufeguard aviators, ~ WHAT IS DOING TO-DAY IN CONGRESS SENATE. Begins consideration of Army Appropriation Bill, Interstate Commerce Commit- tee to discuss resolution to send food to starving Chinese. Finance Committee to take up Soldier Bonus Bill, HOU. Post Office Committee begins Inquiry into aerial mall service eth 0 aad > — ADMITS ROBBING WOMAN. Frederick Langenheim No. charged stolen $60 from hou; him of taking rac $1, 400, nied her to a sat er savhs she G Bre fet to-day before the House Post Office Three of the eight planes The eight planes were shipped to the United tates from Denmark, and were r| constructed either In Germany or Hol- ‘The hearing was marked by frequent clashes between Chairman Steenerson Jordan contended the Post Office Department was doing the lives of 83 Hav- ward Street, Brooklyn, on trial before County Judge Martin to-day, changed his plea: of not guilty of grand larceny to guilty of petit larceny, Mirs, Cather~ Nagle No. 660 Atlwtic Avenue, ancoifically that he! fein, her testi sony she accused that ‘in March, 1910, ene opened an ec; said she turned im and eaeh month torney General Sut TRAE CoP ON TAFTE sim. OCidEr PM termined. match, with a feather stuck jaun- tly into it. The very latest style . uniform could be of any modish cloth, with cane and spats, while the policeman on duty after 6 P. M. could have regulation evening dress, except for his cap. WEEKS WILL PUSH WATER-POWER PLAN Incoming Secretary of War Declares This Is One of Most Im- portant Problems. WASHINGTON, Feb. hibition 25.—Immedi- E tte 7,550. > ately after March 4 Secretary of War — ———e : lager Se eae iad Ce United Vir Pere Sicte ac adnan |P RENCH WORKMEN 2 sete Dutt Gee foay: SEIZE BIG FACTORY Judge Pollock is regarded by United ‘Weeks, as Secretary of War, will be a member‘of the Water Rower Com- mission, charged with administering the Water Power Act. . “I am told that not a single permit has ben issued for development us yet” said Weeks. “There are projects proposed, PARIS, trical which, if they were all undertaken, |Gennevillers, just would represent a capital outlay of |Paris, by workmen $2,000,000,000 or more. Getting this water (power commission to func- tioning is one of the most important problems that will confront the next administration.” i, HOLP-UP SUSPECTS UNDER $550,000 BAIL Bonds of Four Men Held for Mail Train Robbery Increased Again. TOUNDO, Feb. 25.—Ball for four suspecta held in last week's 51,600,000 ‘post office hold-up here was raised a second time to-day by United States Commission Gaines. Bail for Charies, Schultz, who wae arrested yesterday, | was placed at $160,000, ‘The figure for Joe Urbaytis, first put at $25,000 and later raised to $100,060 now stands at $175,000, and the bail for his brother, Frank Urbaytis, is $125,000 Joseph Culbert must furnish $100,000 or remain locked up, Attorneys for the suspects asked for an jate hearing, te force of police ai maintain ord The company efforts, decided upon. Louis Loucheu' Liberated Regio Leaves to Pres tetpation 4 WASHINGTON Mr. Harding Administration. under the proposed plan, State Prohibition enforcement agents would be dispensed with and the work of enforcement left to the De- partment of Justice, through United States District Attorneys and their logal or augmented assistants. COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 26.—Harry M. Daugherty to-day refused to discuss proposed changes in the Federal Pro- enforcement While admitting changts have been talked over among Republican lead- ers, he said nothing definite had been decided pon and any euch changes would have to be authorized by Con- A large |¢!!minals of first offenders agains\ nd a email detach. |e Volstead Act by sending them to jail, All the Judges permanently sta in the vicinity, tionet in this district had reduced wages, and the workmen, it was claimed by the employers, had let down in their Therefore the the ts ni . Feb. NEW ENFORCEMENT PLAN FOR RY LAW ~ BENG DSEISSED Contemplates Centralization of Responsibility and Authority Under Attorney General. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—A new plan, for enforcement of Probibition is being discussed among Republican leaders as a prospective policy of the] jurist in the United States District It contem-|Court to-day. Saloonkeepers and plates abolishing the present dual en.| bartenders accused of violating the forcement machinery of the Depart-|Volstead Act flocked to his court in ments of Treasury and Juatice and| droves, and milled Uke Hartemites in the centralization of full responsi-|® Subway crush for a chance to ap bility and authority under the At-|Pear before him and plead guitty. Some Republican leaders in the| first place Judge Pollock announced confidence of the President-glect say|!% Open court last Wednesday he this plan may be one of the earty| Would not impose jail sentences on announcements in the new Adminis-|frst offenders against the Volstead tration’s programme for reornganiza- tion of Government agencies. Harry|Wh0 had been stalling off thelr ap- M. Daugherty, who is to be Attor-|Pearance for months before judges ney General, is known to have dis-|known to favor prison sentences for cussed the subject during recent con-| fret offenses experienced sudden ferences at the Capitol. Whether the plan contemplates ré- tention of a Federal Prohibition Com- missioner has not been definitely de- It ie understood, however, that all machinery, Raise Red Flag and Refuse to Quit Plant When Company Declares a Lockout. Feb,” 25.--The was raised to-day over the big elec- works under construction at to the north who refused to quit the place in spite of a ‘lockout declared by the company. Red ment of troops were called out to lockout Minister interested ——— HARDING ‘DEFERS TO WILSON. 25.—President- elect Harding has written President Wilson expressing a desire to de¢talis of the inauguration so fur as they affect the President to Mr. Wilson, it was sald to-day at the White House. Officials said it was presumed that Harding would call at the Whit2 House on the morning of March 4 and accompany the Preaident to the Cap! fag was all DRY LAW CULPRITS IN GRAND RUSH 10 » “NO JAIL” JUDGE Eighty-Five Plead Guilty on Announcement of No Prison Term for First Offenders, \ Judge John C. Pollock of Kansas City, on the iast day of his aseign- ment to this city, was a popular ‘There wore several reasons. In the Act. In the second place offenders contrition and everything. When they heard what Judge Pollock's sen- ‘iments were they craved his ac- quaintance, And in the third piace, ae mentioned above it was Judge Pollock’s last day and he may ex- perience @ change of opinion before he come back again. There were 109 Volstead Act victa- tion cases on the calender. Of these eighty-five were called. Every one of the eighty-five ofenders pleaded guilty —an unprecedented record. Generally the majority of pleas are the otber way. Judge Pollock inflicted fines of $100 on those who admitted they sold liquor and fines of $50 on those who_ admitted they had been caught in the possesion of Hquor. The total in fines collected by the clerk amounted to States District Attorneys as one of the best District Judges. He is noted for his independence as well as for bis knowledge of the Federal laws. Wednesday was to have been Vol- stead Act violation pleading day in the District Court, but Judge Poil- lock, because of the’ disarrangement «f schedules caused by Washington's Birthday, put pleadings over until to-day. At the same time he an- nounced he did not believe in making of are under ogreement to send first offenders to jail. Judge Learned Hand, for {n- Stance, has ‘been imposing jail sen. tencea and $250 fines besides. Judge Pollock, as a visitor, was not bound by the agreement, of in It’s packed with zest and jazz and joy. Puts | pep in your alse and— | f oh, boy! at am I talking of? Don’t tease! but— ‘ What else could it be? FRANKLIN SIMON. BOYS’ SHOPS — FIFTH FLOOR LONGFELLOW at a very early age began to show great aptitude in his studies, : He wrote his firs: poem when only 13. with silk yoke and sleeves. 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