The evening world. Newspaper, April 27, 1921, Page 1

) To-night’s Weather—SHOWERS. CITY'S PLEA FOR INJUNCTION TO BLOCK TRANSIT BOARD IS ARGUED BEFORE MAVOY and Federal Constituti ’ FILE BRIEFS MONDAY. MARINE WORKERS coresousPRYOMUST BET Raised Unless Board Is Re- : strained Pen Vest ——- i = t Is “Basis on Which Ship- ‘ ; i ; ping Board Musi and si Arce Will Act.” = i a = . rene SHINGTON vhn F. O'Ryan and Le He rare pons Ot HOE: Tens) t of the present war ness, from performing any duties of | ‘ ‘ . Roane ; “basis o} eh @ Sh pared wn official nature un atus of : b witch the, Shipping Bos! | must and will act,” Chairman Benson ominission is leer: detorn.ned Nd the conference of marine workers conclusion of the arguments) ind own and operators of Ameri- he direcied that botn sides submit|can steamships called here to-day in Monday, and a decision an effort to avert the threatened hortiy after the briefs are) Strike May 1 of the seamen, through t the adoption of a new agreement cov- | m Jotnson argued the| ering wages and working conditions. he city and Former Justice} Present economic conditions y warrant a reduction in marine wages, ne Chairman declared, adding that he| the Tra: ourse of ceedings Justice McAvoy made i weighed the matter long and) inquities which had strong interest | Carefully, taken advice freely and| or the Jawyers in the case. | come to a mature and well considered | ie Senator from California em-| Conclusion, plasized that the legislation creating} 1 addition to the wage reduction ion takes away|the Chairman declared there should rom the Boar timate control of | 2¢ Virtual elimination of overtime, discontinuance of night deck and en- r officers, a substantial reduc- subsisten lowance and auithinin'? aeked the court, [*ue8 other modification of the work |ing rules as would make for efficiency jon for | 2d economy of operation. These, he |sald, were his views of a reasonable nt of the matter. © Shipping Board,” the Chair- man said, “does not desire arbitrary wage reductions based solely on the present industrial depression, which might except the seafarers from the higher standards of living.” In mak- ing readjustments, he continued, it proposes to stress the same factor which was so largely considered in making increases—the return of the purchasing value of the dollar toward its normal worth as refiected in the percentage drop in the cost of living "L want to be fair to the interests of the men and offic who manning our ships,” he added; “to the operators and owners who are| looking to the Shipping Board to pro- tect their interests in the Merchant | Marine, All the interests of the private owner in in the subways. | gin tain s is a violation | eet f the Constituth “Don't gislature has t ard of Estimat power to Transit Comm emphasized the city has no option ept any plan of rehabilita n adopted by Transit Comm sion, Mr. Scott in his argument set | up that the o approached t Isn't the mmission has not even » preparation of a plan, | t conceivat the court in- qu the commission might | submit a plan which would be ceptable to the city?” “that ace Senator Johnson opened and closed the arguments, and his final state- ent was: “We aver that this com- mission, if it ig not restrained until he legality of the act creating it is passed upon, will raise the fures in this city.” Justice McAvoy gave both sides un- til Monday to file briefs. in the meantime the Transit Commission will continue to function under the cir-| cumstances attending its amicable aelzure, yesterday of the offices and records of the old commission, None ling the burden of competition un- assisted by the Government.” of us should consider | foreign trade who is manfully carry- | Che | irculation Books Open to All.’’ | te World). RUNAWAY KIDS TRAPPEDBYAFLAT TRE ON THER AUTO | Return Home After Police Chief Inveigles Them to Lock- Up on Promise of Eats. ‘GOOD LARK,’ GIRL SAYS Long Branch Youngsters} Broke, Hungry and Penni- | less at End of Tour. rteen-year-old | li White, the fo E si school girl of Long Branc wi 1 on last Friday ran away for a in a borrowed auto with Garrett Dishrow jr, sixteen, and Bradford Ziegler, fifteen, told to-day the story adventure, after she had been dio the home of her sister, am A, Hewl t No. 236 rect, Long Branch, | We started out for a ride last Fri- day afternoon,” said Ruth. “We drove for a long distance--I don't know how far—and it was fine, But Dora Hib- betts, who was with us, wanted to go back and we wanted to go on. Then Dora began to cry and asked to be taken back, so we let her out at Park Place, Long Branch, Then we went to Duby's garage on Chelsea Avenue, where we got some gasoline and an inner tube, “This time we started for Trenton, and that night we slept in the car ouloide that city, Next day we went to Atlantic City and from there to May’s Landing, We got six gal- lons more of gasoline and another inner tube. We only had a little money and Garrett put up his watch for the things. “We've only had two square meats since we left home,” said Ruth, “and we only had the car to sleep in till we got here, but we surely had a good time, Saturday night we slept at At- lantic City. I had the front seat and the boys slept in the tonneau.” “On Sunday and Monday night,” Ruth went on, “we stopped at Mays Landing and toured about the countryside. For one thing we had no money. We did not plan to leave home at first, but while we were taking a joy ride Friday after- noon a stone flew up and broke the windshield, The boys were afraid they would get into trouble, so we decided to run away. We went to the garage and got some candy and cake we had there and then set olf. Betrayed by a flat tire, they were caught last night by Chief of Polic George Baxter at Haddonfield wh’ parties’ of police and Boy Scouts were searching three States for them, ‘They were unrepentant, and de- jclared they had a “wonderful time” touring Jersey, though they were enniless, hungry and sleepy. Ruth least concerned of the trio and seemed in the best of spirits, “We had a good lark,” she said. Rapidly changing economic condi- of the new Transit Commissioners! tions, Chairman Benson continued, “nor Public Service Commissioners was have caused a tremendous decline in in court, Senator Johnson's opening address went over all the points that have been so frequently set up by Corpora- tion Counsel O’Brien, Mayor Hylan and all the opponents of the new ! transit scheme, He paid particular attention to the confiscatory nature of the powers given the Transit Com- n freight, the tying up of many ships and the unemployment of many men, Wide price revision has been brought about, he asserted, by the pressure of reconstruction in land industry, General liquidation is tak ing place, he declared, and as far as labor is concerned substantial reduc- . tions in wage scales are reported | ‘ ; daily. (Continued on Seventeenth Bags) six points on which the marine en- a gineers asked favorable assuran before discussing wages in the pres ent negotiations were rejected by the Chairinan, The board, he said, could not give its consent to ihe ubolition Jof the Sea Service Bureau, which | | Places American seamea on American | | ships, | | Classified Advertisers Important! Nor can it consent,” he continued, Classified advertising copy for “as a Government ‘!naituton, to Tue Sunday World sbould be Points 6 and 6 Involving union tm The World office preference. The Shipping Board as a . |Government institution must sind On or Before Friday |} | (or that equality in its relations to the Government which ls guarantee to every citizen by the Constituu of the United States. | Preceding Publication SS —— was im foree, v3 ne jaw Chief Baxter had read descriptions lof the runaways and was watching! | tor them when just after sundown last night he heard the bump, buinp| of an automobile with a flat tire coming from the direction of West- | mont, | He stretched out his hand for| the car to stop, It halted and three tired juveniles voiced a doleful in- jquiry; “How many miles to Long Branch?” The Chief promised to find out and inveigled them into driving him to the “City Hall,” where he hinted |“eats” might await them, He put |them in the lockup, after they had been fed, and notified their parents. Ruth will not return to high school, her sister is quoted as saying, but will attend a business school in Newark. The boys were discharged in the cus- tody of their parents after a herring before Recorder Warwick, No charge has been made against them, | THE WORLD TRAVEL BUREAU. | steer (World) 3 Sree ot athe Mertioan 4000, Cech roam Yor te Vaginas snd patvsle 9pce, day “and aid Warellen” obecks tor RUTH WHITE, BACK AFTER RUNAWAY TOUR IN AUTO aunt Sine Babe Ruth Bats 25‘ Bones’’ Into City’s Coffers Pays Fine for Speeding on Broadway With Usual Home Run Grace. “Babe” Ruth, the home ran wizard, to-day was fined $25 in the Speeders’ Court driving his twenty-seven miles an hour on upper for automobile Broadway a week ago. The crowd of speeders made the hike a on a fine lay usual Wednes orning tourt- toon jook miniature Polo Grounds “Babe” over the fence, day when the is programmed to swat one Ruth, grinning sheepishly and twisting his yellow cap in h nds, entered the court room difidently and approached the railing, Policeman Winfleld H, Merritt sald he arrested Ruth April 20 at 10.50 A. M. for driving his car 27 hour on Broadway between 100th Streets, He drove straight and was not “weaving” through traftic, the policeman added. Ruth pleaded guilty. “The Board of Aldermen has fixe1 the penalties," Magistrate House aid. “I'll do the best'I can for you, m an ith and Ruth dug into his breeches pocket, produced the money and ‘paid the clerk. “See you again,” he remarked— “mebbe,”” Then he ran downstairs, leaped into his bullet-shaped maroon roadster and drove away, He was not clocked. eens PENN .R.R. CUTS DIVIDEND TO 1% First Reduction of Quarterly Pre- mium in 22 Years Puts Stock on 4 Per Cent, Basis. PHILADELPHIA, April Pennsylvania Railroad Company to- day reduced to 1 per cent rhe diy its quarterly The decre fend s¢ is a quar |terly reduction of one-half per cent This is the first time in twenty-two years the Pennsylvania reduced the annual dividend basis below 6 per cent. Since 1899 it has paid 6 per cent annually, with the exception of 1906, when it paid 61-2, and in 1907, when it returned 7 per cent 1899, the d For seven years ridends prior to were 5 per cent, ‘The announcement of the reduction did not come as a surprise, for jt had been widely 1 the company would cut its div to meet the renoral slump in business, Last No- ber the company started to re- duce its expenses by dismissing thou- tands of employees and asking all officers and employees to accept a reduction in pay to permit the com- pany to meet expenses. It was fully expected the stockholders would share in the general reduction in earnings ve ——— (Racing Entries on Pages 2 and 20.) NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1921. BAND UNDER EAST RVER ~ONEMANCAUGHT | Three Attack and Rob Man in | Subway Station, Then Flee i Into Tube. j |"PHONE GIVES ALARM. | | — | Train Crew Captures One Man Near Manhattan Side— Others Not Found. | | Detectives and Interborough | ployees had a bandit hunt under the East River early to-day and vap- who Is bellevel to the perilous trip afoot from the Columbia Heights section of Brooklyn almost to the Wall Street station through the tube. August Mailhes, No. 108 Pineapple Street, Brooklyn, French chef on a steamship moored at a Brooklyn dock, was in the Broadway-Seventh Avenue subway station at Clark and Henry Streets, Brooklyn, at 3.30 A. M, to-day waiting for a train to New York.” “The station is far un- | derground, and an elevator is used to carry passengers to and from the street. Few persons use {t at night. Three men, one with a blued-steel revolve the Frenchman with blackjacks and robbed him of $325. He was found dazed a few minutes later by the porter who runs the elevator. The victim cannot speak English, but Indicated that the robbers had jumped to the tracks and om- tured a suspect have made attacked disappeared toward New York Stations all along the line were telephoned to be on the lookout and detectives and Interborough cm- pioyees searched the tube with lan- terns, but could not find the bandits. Shortly after 4 o'clock K. Hill, the nm on a train approaching I Street Station, the first on the Manhattan side, saw a man walk- ing the tracks in tne tube. Thinking him crazy he stopped the train and he and another Interborough em- | The prisoner described himself as| Harry Gross, thirty-six, a printer of Mills Hotel No. 3, He told the police| he was “chasing the crooke,” but ac- cording to the police the Frenchman | positively identified him as one of} He was arraigned {n the Adams| Street Court to-day and held without | ball on a charge of grand larceny, The police say real name is Samuel Larar, that he has a record of seven| arrests and has served « term at El- mira | y his WILL OF OYSTER | GIVES BRIDE $25,000 Amount Specified in Second Cod! His widow Is twenty-six. He married | have bee analyze the German offer. -U.S.WILL NOT FORWARD GERMANY’S OFFER UNACCEPTABLE TO BRITAIN AND FRAN ry I; “Circulation Books Open to All.’”’ ] Entered ax Second-Clast Matter Post Office, New To-morrow's Weather—SHOWERS. WALL STREET BiG rk, N.Y. HUNTED U.S. WILL NOT FORWARD PROPOSALS OF GERMANY 10 ALLIED GOVERNMENTS FRANCE, BRITAIN DEFER ACTION ON GERMAN PROPOSAL Regarded in Paris as Entirely Unsatisfactory—British At- titude Not Yet Stated. PARIS, April 27 (Assoclated Pres —Germany's propo: 8 relative w reparations are still being considered by Premier Briand and it is probable a decision will not be reached before this evening regarding their accept- ance or rejection. When such decis- ion is reached it will be communica- ted first to the United States, Officials morning regarding the German pro- posals, but in political ¢fMCewP lose to the Premierethere was a belief to- the Ruhr district of many would be occupied immediately here were reticent this day that ier- after May 1, Germany's reparations propos are entirely insufficient, it in de clared in authoritative circies he being at least 100,000,000,000 marks o-- low the terms fixed by the Supréme Allied Council in this city last Jan- uary. The reparation demands di ceded upon at that time have been considered as a minimum, amountiog to approximately 6,000,000,000 marks, with the addition of an unde termined sum equal to 12 per cent. of German exports over a period of years, In discussing the German terms, it is sald in well-informed circles that in offering an installment of 1,000,000,000 gold marks, Germany made no men- tion of the 12,000,000,000 marks held by the Allies to be payable before May 1 Germany also asks the abandon- Dloyee got off and captured the man.| ment of the penalties decided upon in They kept him under guard in the|yondon early in March, as well us train until they reached the Wall| those stipulated by the Treaty of Ver- Street Station, where he was turned | sajjies, Assertion is made that, should over to Detective Kalbfeisch, who! Germany be exonerated of all other had been called from the Old SUP! reparation obligations, she would be Station. than from her given an advantage gr would accrue to the Allie future paysnen LONDON, ABH 27 (United Press) —The British Foreign Office to-day asked Berlin to clarify clauses in her latest reparation offer. The Foreign Office regarded tbe note as clumsily prepared. It usked, | particularly, that Berlin explain fully its plan for funding the debt. It also desired a clear explanation of the Gcr- man demand that the Allies abandon the tles and guarantees which acted Allied experts met this afternoon to If Berlin's pretation of salient points is re the experts will pre seting forth all some pens tn! ceived n time, pare a statement details for consideration of the Su Effort to Bring About Understanding Balked by Germany in Making Offer Public in Berlin—Secretary Hughes to Take No Further Action By David Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, April 27 (Copyright, 1921),—America will not forward the German proposal on reparations to the Allies. Great Britain and Frarce have already advised the United States Government infor- mally that the German note is unacceptable. Whatever chance there was for the United States to act as mediator and bring the Germans and Allies into accord has been destroyed by the action of the Germans in publishing the full text of the note. President Harding and tis Cabinet are not inclined to regard seri- ously she Cerman effort to secure America’s services as a mediator for the reason that full publicity was given the note practically the same time as it was sent to the United States. No time was given for negotiation, and as a consequence the German move is looked upon as simply a plan to draw the United States into the discussion. ~ UPON GERMANY’S APPEAL TO HARDING. without, Simons Believed to Have Strengthened Position by Reparation Moves. of course, officially trans- The Allies | in effect declined to accept the nota ana Sir, Hughes in turn has not been in the position of offering it to them. The German communication lies on the desk of the Secretary of State where it probavly will remain in- definitely—nobody being willing to receive it, This means that the Ameriqan Gov- ernment either will be obtiged to notify Germany that the Allies deem the com- |munication unacceptable or America will simply allow developments abroad to give the Germans thelr answer. Premier Briand already has spoken, Prime Minister Lioyd George will have expressed the British viewpoint before another twenty-four hours, ‘The upshot of the situation will be & new proposal from Germany or the occupation of the Ruhr Valley by French troops and further pressure upon rmans for an acceptance of the Allied demands, mitting the German note, BERLIN, April Press).—The German 27 (Associated Cabinet faced to-day a vote by the iehstag on the Government's policy in its reparation moves, including its appeal to Prest- dent Harding for mediation and the} new reparation proposals, | Just what the Cabinet's fate will be| if the effort for a settlement made through President Harding should fail| Four or five days still remain with- isn not known. in which time Germany can make an- It seems generally considered that| other offer but the probabilities are Dr, Walter Simons, the Foreign Min-| that if she decides to accept the Allied ster, materially strengthened his po-| demands the negotiation will be di Reichstag as a result of | and without sition in | rect an intermediary. his speech of yesterday, In which he} The feeling in the Washington Gov- not only dealt with Germany’s ap-| ernment, indeed the hope, is that the peal to President Harding, but in| matter will be taken out of America’s which he gave what leaders | hands by direct negotiation and that designate as the most | the United States will not be fur- analysis of the reparation issue yet|ther embarrassed. ‘There ts no tell- 1 by him ing, however, what the Germans are ign Minister expressed be- do, and the desire to in- that the action of the Cabinet in this situation would ultimate'y re- full approval. Defending appeal to Washington and referring | ¢ to President Harding and Secretary | f State Hughes, Dr. Simons said America into the negotiation is so strong that Berlin may yet yield Allied demands by Indirect ommunication through America, The school of thought here which rowns unpon meddling in European Oa ean ren esti etal with {affairs is of course displeased with another state naturally cannot act as|the German manocuvre and ts hoping i mediator, but its leader can do so,|that the Allies will take mafrers in oelve his| to the ty | thelr own hands and ignore Ser- i] Made Few Days Before +c and he is a man who is ardently e ¢ preme Counetl Jehampioning the idea of arbitrajon|{4n Communication to the On. His Death. 7 aaa land who la being advised by a d's- | States. On the oti. r hand, those whe WASHINGTON, April 21,—George M. GAR II JR, HOURS LATE. tinguished jurist. But we are not | have from the start believed Amex Cypter lef Dis DEMS of eOvere) MONEE ce a an ireai tera [ONLY addreasing ourselves to. these | 4's moral influence was sufficient to oat im Hace with ‘Train Katers| ae settle eparation controversy an i oo fo tho will) Wed £ e pnally, but also appealing to aie dbo ‘aocsrditg to the will ntad tart eee Stim Taste men personally, but also APPSAtINE (0 linus improve the world economia at: fe here tox 2 ° principle of ce the G probate here to-de MOREE, Ya. Aon The ex. | the PF sil ! Minister read the /waten look upon the German note as This amount was specified tn the s#c-| proms crulser Gar IL, Jr, racing from} Tre eS eee re hhumen, (offering a splendid opportunity. to ond codicil made out on April 20, a Miam! to New York against the tims | Relohetage Orief le paris adershrp of which they are still hop- days before the wealthy Washington| schedule of the fastest Atlantic Coast| tary practice, declaring that under | in president Harding will avail him- ; ih ‘ ston) Lane train between those points, reachel| democratic Government the Cabinet | .o1¢ hes aie ke Canal to-day and ts duel of Parliament in advance when wn-|oped a unanimity of feeling as to her Just January, ‘The 000, accords | ing to the codicil, was bequeathed Mra. | Oyster In leu of all claims against the| ontate, Five bequests of $1,000 were left to| five brothers and sisters, Numerous smaller bequests were made to other relatives. The rest of the estate, un derstood to be about $200,000, Ix not din posed of attorney, @ ©. Brandenburg, Oysters 1a named exeoutor, ) cre at 1.30 P. M,, several hours behind sohedule. « Maye m Vetoes Bill Raiat Salary. Mayor Hylan to-day vetoed the bill providing for increasing the sataries of the Mayor and Comptroller from $16,000 to $25,000, and that of the President of the Hoard of Aldermen from $7,500 to $10,000, Ty mandatory. lexislutic ‘There t# no money for increases," mai the Mayor, My! | bouee dertaking important action “The men who conduct the Govern- | ment,” he said, “must have courage to ammume the responsibility for their acts. If they have not that courage, then you might as well dispense with them.” Audible contradictions of this state- anent came from various parts of the America’s duty in the circumstances. It was agreed that the United States could not put her stamp of approval on the document even vaguely, and that the action taken must be of such as not to encourage t believing the Unite herself from bey associate the War, Some Cabinet members believe that except for poll- a character Germans in | {st States has s parated A 3 |