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Copyright, 1921, by The Press , Publishing "3 Ati ‘New York World). VOL. LXI. NO, 21,694—DAILY. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, ‘MARCH 22, 1921. Font Ottiee, STILLMAN RESIGNS, BANK REJECTS OFFER ALREIMMBOET saw ee KILLED BY MILLER'S MACHINE arco in S45 0 STREET BY FARE IN FINAL ASSEMBLY FIGHT Steam Roller br Cres Plans| to Change Governor’s Pro- gramme for City. FAITHFUL KEPT IN LINE. Majority Issues Call on Floor \ for Members Who Will | ee Vote for Scheme. By J. S. Jordan. (Staff Correspondent of The Even- ing World.) AUBANY, March 22.—Tie last battle jn the Legislature for control of the subways of Greater New York and the city’s §300,000,000 invested in its traction lines was opened this, af- ternoon in the Assembly under a Glose call of the House, The leaders of the majority forces, although boasting of their superior numbers, took no chances of losing inary skirmishing, so they had a call issued for them, making every man of them stand up to be counted. Minority Leader Charles D, Dono- tue of New York City took the of- fensive in a motion to recommit the traction bill to the Judiciary Com- mittee for amendment. At the same time he handed over « sheaf of amendment& that appeared in bulk ae big as the original meusure. tanks of the enemy were scattered | over the field of battle and in less than three minutes the amendments) -—had been steamrojied into the wa’ basket, The amendments were not eve) read, A similar fate was waiting for the amendment of Assemblyman N than Lieberman, Republican, of New York. This amendment wanted wiv the Board of Estimate io the to final veto power on the contracts of | the Rapid Transit Commiasic Speaker Machold placed the moti before the House and it was bawaed any of their legions in the prelim-| But the} e.|'ns Workers’ Union has a fund of $1,- {000,000 from which it Is financing the | | GARMENT UNION SUED FOR $200,000 FOR PICKETING Injunction Also Asked by, Brooklyn Firm, in Making Conspiracy Charge. A request for an injunction to re- strain the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America from maintain- ing pickets in front of the clothing factory of Samuel W. Peck & Co. No. 65 Roebling Street, Brooklyn, an application for a judgment declaring the Amalgamated a “common law | conspiracy” and a suit for $200,000 damages against the Amalgamated were grouped in an action begue to- day in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, before Justice Van Siclen by Meter | Stelnbrink, counsel for the manu- facturers. Decision was reserved | Mr. Steinbrink said a strike was declared against Peck & Co, last De- jeember and that since that time jthirty plekets have continually pa- |trolied around the factory during ; business hours, He charged that these pickets and persons in aympathy with them have assaulted workers in, the factory and almost killed Charles \Friend, a superintendent. He also | charged that the Amalgamated Cloth- |Peck strike and other strikes. | William Szold appoared as counsel |for the union. He denied violence and characterized the situation {at the Peck factory as a “lockout” and not | a’ strike, Supreme Court Justice Erlauger to- ‘ty granted another sweeping injunc- |ton againyt picketing on the applicu- tion of the Pre-Catalan Restaurant under a tidal wave of “noca,” the| 0, 110 West 89th Street, Manhattan, “ayes” sounding like the drops from |SEUNSt the International Federation a sprinkling can in the ocean of the|®! Workers in Hotel, Restaurant, Soapaition aedne Lunch Room, Club and Catering In- Assemblyman Thomas F. Corgrove, |248'"Y The injunction is directed Democrat, of Staten Island tried to/M8s\nst Louis Merlin, Secretary derai} the traction subway express by throwing a few tacks on the tracks, but the obstacies were swept away like chaff and the express went thun- dering on. Mr. Cosgrove's amend- ment read: “Provided that the State shall reimburse the City of New York for its interest in the subways and for all its rights, title and inte and to all contracts, franchis ment and ali and every r' ever.” The umendment was read, notwith- standing the objections of Majority Leader Simon L. Adler, Only » momentary stop of the Mil- (Continued on Second Page.) HYLAN’S BUS BILL 4 UP FOR HEARING | ‘Mayor Leaves for Albany—Says City Is Prepared to Operate the Subways. Mayor Hylan will bo in Albany day attending the lative heart on the Bus Bill and he again that the City “prepared to operate sub: the Interest of the ta fare.” The Mayor added jhat if Jet Itbe known the tn Administration ts ‘Treasurer of the vida! members Justice Erlanger in his decision says that the papers in the case show “a series of acts of violence and intimi- dation against its (the restaurant's) employees and intended patrons go shocking that one is almost stunned jat the thought that such occurences are possible in a elvilized community.” lw hown that one employee | union, and the indi- is In Roosevelt Hospital with a frac- tured ©, another was beaten un- conscious and a third assaulted in the head It was further shown that patrons were threatened and intimation was made of the intention to break up the business of the plaintiff. Justice | Erlange r said: | f to strike and picket means that | employers must through violeney, in- | Umidation and threats of destruction | Jor their business yield to the demands which they, the strikers, through | their union, shall see fit to impose, that is a direct challenge to existing | jaws and defies the basic principle | freedom of action, on which our Gesmer Shocks St Staten Istand by Turning Up Long After He Had Been Laid Away. THE DEAD MAN? WHO IS Identified as Gesmer, Found in Gesmer’s Stove-in Boat and Interred in Potter’s Field. When a man dies and |s duly buried that is popularly supposed to be the end of him, except sa far as memory It is hardly pected that be will return to his onst- 4s concerned. to be ex- while haunts, certain! a bright yellow motor car with about $47,000 in is pockets and a cheery gr¢ the astounded populace But that is just the prank that Paul Gesmer played upon the people of Stapieton, 8. 1,, to-day. He came back fifiven months and more townsfolk had identified his and learned of its buria) and atter- ward gold out ali his.worldly belong- ings, paid hie debts with the receipts and all save forgotten him And now they are wondering who in the world it was they Identified as Paw Gesmer, whose body was buried in Potter's ting tor Grand Ball Room in. Peril When Blaze Starts in Ad- dition U nder (@) onstruction. SMOKE _ IN CORRIDORS. Telegraph Office Put Out of Commission—Loss Is Es- timated at $7,000. A three-story wood temporary wall of the Plaza Hotel where 350 rooms is fire this twenty minutes and paper erected along west side of the an addition to contain untler construction, caught forenoon and in the it blazed the flames invaded the hotel. ‘There guests in the were more than a hundred hotel at the time and although they were notified that there took was no danger most of them time by the forelock and went to the street with thetr portable valuables, which spread so quickly | | that the wail was soon ablaze in four pla d into the main floor and put a Western Union t ‘aph office ut of commission, thence to the mez- zapine floor, de ing a file room, &nd so to the grand ballroom and re- Field in November, 1918. tion: rdom on the second’ fidor-and This body was found in a motor! s, another room on the third floor. boat belonging to Gesmer which Wat) “At the outset of the fire an auito- discovered stove In and awash at the! yr m wns sounded which foot of GSth Street, Brooklyn There) rouge all the to the base- was no doubt of the identification! ont nd sume stateot ene the friends said. Gesmer says he| vec. under clitet .enaineer. hasn't an idea whose body it was mor) |e iss were ru out and the how his boat got over there uniess| {He Of Bese wens pul oul a ; Jhote: personnel begun flighting the it wits stolen. | Aisappeured from Stapleton On Nov-| ote pougherty arrived, the fire had 1, 1919, He is an Inventor, a student t into the walls of the hotel and of intricate problems of machinery, ciia it with amohe. ‘The fin-men lost and when Stapleton first know him | tl cutting through the walls ten years ago lie lived in the back | ait necessary destruction and the room of a shanty-like machine shop at Bay and Prospect Streets, 11 was, und still is, a bachelor, and Stapleton came to know him for his eccentricities of appearance. Suffering from a nervous disorder, he had been advised to “keep out in the alr” as much as possible, and to this end he discarded such portions of his wearing apparel and sleeves in his sl the coldest time of winter he went about bure-urmed and hatiess. His hair and beard he permitted to grow to almost aboriginal length anda so Became a well known figure in the streets of Stapleton. He lived himself, kept to ently enjoyed h. general Then one day he disappeared out @ word te a soul. The s shop was closed the motor boat had bought from Cha the Stapleton as hats, coats rts. Keven in imself and appar- in self and life he les Meinteer, erchant coal my swung at its moorings in the 1¢ harbor. | Gesmer had vanish’ But to-day inte 5 n came the gaudy yellow car with torpede body and in it Paul Gesmer, the same Gts- mer save for one thing he wore a bat (Continued on BUE ifteenth Page. FROST DUE 1 TO-NIGHT by| {of water caused the greater part jot the $7,000 dariage. | At thie time of the me degorators | were embellishing the grand ballroom for a reception to-night in behalf of the new enlam Hospital ia 16th Street and other decorators were mak- dy for to- Vaudeyille they und fre- je reception room re of tn tion, | meeting | Mana | hustled j men subdued wen rv Assut ut by The employees $u0q fumes w back to their tasks, The t the rooms for the eve- Ube but | hotel management said ch readiness ents. construction | wouta be in ning The wall is being done by the George A. Fuller Company. The manager of the otel, J. H. Brennan, said that fire started from an acetylene being used on ironwork out- side the ph room on the employees began | HIGH HEELS TRIP 59¢ OF 600 GIRLS IN HEALTH EXAMS IS THE FORECAST, Will Be Warm Again —Drop of 40 Degrees Since Yesterday, A drop to fret night was pred Weather Bureau To-Morrow ng tempera to- sted to-day the followin rm of government rests, oppressed by threats of held remediiess bei | charges are denied? injury and use forsooth these Ir the State to be k that i cannot “i courts will modify existing inj mite th ware t tions and the Legislaturé pase opabl sha i) ae ing acts tho Board of Hstimate will lis right to appropriate $10,000,000 for additional lling to work municipal Buses. to him? Preak of the Board of Aldermun things are permitted and La Quadia and Borough Presidents | (He courts rim to be hold powerloas to ruckner, Riegolmann, Connolly and| Protect the weak against the strong, lan Name accompany thy Major, then the law is a mockery,” re employees to be coerced and bepring mally warm weather The t 40 40 degree Ngur dear day wa drop of eradually grow v was said at the bu How ik will not get va w a whl wv It will continue New ¥ for several strong nortan westerly winds, ir ( e Mhat Confort Rules Laid Down BOSTON, March 22 IGH HPBLS tripp MO gir! students Bos Unive f Seereta ence © Puce c k I pine Dy Malder students whic dealth regulations. obeyed al) the were | werk behind the} ea STILLMMAN OFFERS 10 RESIGN, “BUT NATIONAL CITY BANK DIRECTORS WILL NOT ACCEPT There Had Been Rumors That) WILL HAUL FREIGHT at Weekly Meeting Some |THREE DAYS A WEEK Action Might Be Taken. . Delaware and Hudson ies New NO COURT ARGUM | Order on Account of De- pression in Business, SORAN Pa., March Due to Stipulation as to Ability to Pay) (0°) Counsel and Alimony Fees | \ « to Be Entered. | nformity with the campaign re- ly jnaugurated in the operating do- timent to cut down expenses, an or- at the locul di- of the Delaware and Hud ler Waa received to tay President of offered his James A Stillman, the National City Bank, vision office om Raliroad setting forth that, begins resignation, to t effect immedi ning to-morrow and continuing in ately, at the regular weekly meeting| definitely, northbound ond southbound Py Joval freight traffic i be ted io of the Board of Directors to-day. ree Gays ain shi direction : woele In cae GERMAN REFUSAL, REPLY 10 DEMAND The directors unanimously refused to receive the resignation various ens ‘Because of the Pres made by Mr. Stillman in his divorce the i allegations snl. |aetion and ounter {made public on behalf of M man regarding his entanglements im have been ru- his’ private life there mors t*at the bank would take some FOR 238 (0 000 | action. ; : Charles V. Rich, Executive Mane Jager of the bank, in making public 7 the board's refusal to aS me ive Answer to Allie |Sullman’s resignation, refused >| Saleeo rs name the directors at the meeting, | Order, It ts Unofficially It was predicted at White Plains Stated, Is Bein Dratted. would be n divorce cade to-day that there no urgu- ment when the Stillma BERLIN, March “1 (Aasoctited called on the calendar before Jus tice Morschauser to-morrow. Atior- | Press).—Germany’s reply to the neys closely associated with those re-| mand of the Ententy for the payment ined in the case said they under-| before March 23 of 1,000,000,000 | stood u stipulation would be entered marks, gold (#238,000,000), ‘to wppty | regarding the counsel fev and all-| iy peouvations obligations will be in | mony to be paid by Ja AL Btls iris cusmnrwar Tig eae GIBHONel ate |man pending the trial of the tues) ted to-day. Jin bis sult against Mrs.. Stillman!” oie Gorman Government's answer | which would make argument un- ,,, the Allies, now bein: ftod, will [nacaeeary e presented within ¢orty-ehirht hours, The motion on the calendar was) ay the time limit svt expires Wodnus- | to the president ¢ any tonal City Bank to submit*to ques- no. |tioning, either in open court or ..-| The Allied Reparations nmis fore a referee, as to his ability to} lo in a note sont March 16 demand meet his wife's demand for $120,009 | 'N8 TiGllment by Germany of Article r alimony } 285 of the pener treaty tifled the Cornélius J. Sullivan of Mr SRR lank este mt that it mist pat Jiman's couse) sald to-day. how | 4.000,000,000 marks gold before Maren that he nieant to'go to White | 2%, and that she m aI the | | himself to-morrow to combat the mg. | MTnent of 000,000,000 marks guld |tion om the grouna that the Court | %Y May 1 many was given until jalready had conclusive information | APF! 1 to submit a proposal to pay as to Mr. Stillman’s resources. Ae balance oF the: #000, 000 me A mysterious letter, ‘ong, rambling | ie ab Aire pcan te Lb oe ee and pitiful,” written, it is alleged, by | 0") td ee ae aevinn | Mrs, James A. Stillman to her hus-|% foreign loan, the proceeds of which band nearly three years ago, Will | seen be payable to the Commission ale a8 announced b. that the Germany nun asa “trump card’ divorce sult. It is sald, figure the banker's pene however, written before the birth of Mrs. $ Inanertin sheen regret man's youngest BU, WHOSE Te a aa ais (Continued ou Second Page.) [atiearopresuy Mod 4 }IRISH PARLIAMENT | {iris “account could hardly | 100.000 marks by May 1 MAY MEET JUNE 21 |*' Reported in London £ ions Will a d ast I sad Be Held May 18—Hom Allies demandes! of in Gh Rule April 19. ree a LONDON): Marah 38 Pais CONGRESS CALLED TO MEET. -day ared th Cab mr id ecomin President Sets ‘Syrtl tt for Begine ne Home Ru be declared ning of Special Session e April 19 WASHIN y A pro fed that a stion ‘ tal sued May 3, the Ma euniAt 18 and the represe ves 7 . ; ; ould be vened June 21 : . 4 mo font Hard Infirfensa in & pider hus f r ' spat ‘ ; I y has fh quarantined I r ' a: tith 4 said the attack im very sev wie ned ve call for jtmere Lave beep no deaths depression In business and also ARRESTS FOR WALL ST.BOMB EXPLOSION shes Books [“Cirentation Books Open to All.” | to Al Entered as Second-Chal New York, as To- Morrow's Weather—FAIR. PRICE THI THREE CENTS 28 Matter ¥ SECRET SERVICE CHASE ENDS IN ARREST OF FIVE BOMB SUSPECTS IN BRAZIL Five Russian Poles and Germans Captured on Ship in Brazil Port Had Been Pursued by Detectives Since Sept. 16, Date of the Wall Street Blast—Are Being Brought to This City From New Orleans Handcuffed and Shackled. (Special to The Evening World.) NEW ORLEANS, La., March 22.—Five self-styled Russian Poles ind Germans, shackled hand and foot, after a chase across the sea, havé been Frought to New Orleans for shipment to New York in connection with the Wall Street bomb explosion Sept. 16 last. Throughout the United States, across the seas and in the far coun- tries of the world, Secret Service men and operatives of the Department of Justice have been searching for the perpetrators of the crime since it Was cominitied, The five captured men brought to New Orleans were arrested late in Februsry on the Shipping Board vessel, City of Alton, then near Rio aneiro “and were taken to that port in irons, From Rio Janeiro they were brouskt to New Orleans, The five are to be sent to New York for examination by the United Sletes District Attorney's office. The Russians are believed to bold the secret of the inside plot. rey arrived in New Orleans at o'clock lo 5 HELD FOR MUTINY; |Snicstag occ erties Panne ibe MAY KNOW OF BOMB |which is under charter to the New BLAST IN WALL ST. York and Cuba Mail Line. The veasel was met by a squad of seven police. men. From 7 to 8 o'clock the polee- men waited at the wharf while prap- arations were being made for the Janding of the captives. The police were heavily armed and the crew of 99 —aniee| (be Rushville and the oMcers stood near the detention place, amidships, to meet any emergencies, A small crowd had gathered under the dim lamps along the wharf. It was suddenly dispersed at the order Possible Connection With the Explosion Is Now Under Way March Inquiry as to WASHINGTON Wynn of the Department of Justice, Hureau of Investigation said to-day no evidence had n uncovered to connect five men under arr Orloans with the Wall § nb {Of the police and custom offclats An investigation of the men aii] aap ’ ance of being Heine made, however Fe eee yen som. the| «THe crowd scurried to shelterundar leafy City of Alton appears, Chief] Under the welnt oe nee eno vin said, to have resulted from a! tot shack ht of handcuffs and mutiny on board that vessel, He nee: “were taken froce neni ships and hauled across the Rush- ville's well-deck over the rail to the slippery whart. A patrol wagon, waiting under the vided that the Departmem of Justice had heard of the arrest ten days ago and immediately began an investign- whether the tlon to determine men m ta-ah were connected with the bomb ex- Peden baat eis en we policemen plosion. v kept guard over the five. When interviewed at the Parish Prison the five refused to talk. Their. hames, us put down on the Parish’ DRYS’ BILL BEATEN IN PENNSYLVANIA | Prison register are Philip Beuder, ‘ig |itlias “Chet” Bender (@s ho said he Drastic Enforcement Measure l ICKS | was called); Lionel Kugbreeautf, Rus Five Votes of Passing jdulph Dorsh, Hans Randip and Hen- in Legislature, BR, BipaD. ! They suid they had come trom Ni HARRISBUE Pa, Murch 33--] york thom—Randin—is k votes for a constitution ave resided in South A ne Martin bill, p New York. He is an oiler. 4 dristi enforcement |W} He and his comrades are between 1 Pent uta, went down to deteut itwonty-five and thirty-flve years, ace lay when the House vored 103 to a9 | cording to Bender tthe measu | Im « few terse statements, Bender A last minute effort to save the bill !said he hag, resided im America, bat \" nade by Representative Vieker- | declared he was not an American. forme: sponsor of the dry bills “Because t live in America” he age Lit before the ii tte urged the | serted, “is not a sign that f apn th t and ie in this stata | 4 ag ne thie Bik When questioned about the Fed- The greatest inte Jeral investigation, he snorted: “What : ; § mj {#8 that to me, Let ‘om come, ‘They fy H | won't make me afraid.” > | When asked If he was a Bolshevist, COUGHS UP WAS BULLET, |ne courted bis tip and muttered: Weil, that's ny businesw only, ond POINT. Ga, Match 22—A) not yours. It concerns only me." V Mvadows,| Capt. J IL B, Van Weeldern of the / i veg wounded 1M) tushville said . |taken from th ; ol, City We wie a member « ruary, Members of the crew * me a7 Aladbaue Lofantry. Rushville eaid there Bad een ea eprint ah ~Gemnesns <eraeemiratemnnbaes ye i cease te ae ——