The evening world. Newspaper, May 9, 1921, Page 2

That of Konstantine Which resigned Ins: weet Febrenbacb, Dastador to France, has declined the iniVitation of President bert to for: 4 Ministry, and the German Peopte's tty continues its attitude of reserve ‘The leader of the latter organization Dr. Gustay Strésemann, ie opposed to Beceptance of the Allied terms, Dr Mayer has been conferring with mem- | bers of the Reichstag, attempting to show that the signing of the Allied demands is necessary. Prime Min- isters of all German states were sum- Moned here to deliberate over the reparations terms. BERI2N, May 9 (United Press).— Only the Volkspartel wing of the German Cabinet held out to-day against accepting the Allied ultim: tam. The Cabinet was in sessic throughout the afternoon, with indi- ¢ations that the last opposition might be broken before adjournment, Foreign Minister von Simons was reported to have convinced his col- Yeagues that there ix small chance ot | persuading the Allies to propose softer | terms, Those members of the coall- | tion cabinet who Still held out against acceptance of the terms were conti- dent the Allies would not enjoy en- forcement of the penalties and could be persuaded to alter the reparations conditions. Germany has until midnight, May | 12, to consider the Allied terns, and by that time she is required to give & categorical answer—yes or no— whether she will accept these terms. Failure to accept, the Allied ultimatum stipulates, will be followed by Allied coctpation of tho industrial region of | political the Rubr Valley, for which Allied mil-| "i.e rippieg of complaint which hav itary rations are now in prog- plea of complaint which have ‘asked to accept include, as the main} who are inclined to see Buropean feature, the payment of 35.000,000,000 gold marks in reparations to the Al- Bes, or approximately $33,750,000,000, Meanwhile the German Cabinet of| Chancellor Fehrenbuch, with Dr. Wal-| ter Simons as Foreign Minister, hax Pte holding over temporarily offing the formation of a new Min- istry, and the German political lead- ers are being kept in almost constant in of pon economic reasons: have Desire to Support. Policy for U. S. sit oes =. DECISION TO JON TAKEN UP BY CABINET. Making Germany Pay Debt Considered Good Economic | By David Lawrence. 1g World.) WASHINGTON, May 9 ( 1921) ~ @ decision the Allied Counoile and ¢ Government Wusinesa prosperity, topyriaht, to f pondent of The Eve ent use hi | moral support to compel a satisfac adjustment of the German repa- rations controversy is a much based | a desire to! hring about @ revival of business the United Statea—ne upon anything affairs from the political angle, par- tleularly as something consistent or maiatent with campaign #peeches, fatiod to swerve the executive branch of the determination to bring about an era irrespective of low the formula aftecta the purely | rim i THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, MAY “ 1 |WRESTLER CHOKES A BURGLAR WITH HIs BARE HANDS BUSINESS REASONS, Had as Much Weight as Our tend Moral ast Oni Meant De tain tater, SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 OUI8 H. ARDOUIN of the Olympic Club, who recently m the amateur heavy weight wrestling championship of the Pacific Coast, early to-day | killed with his bare hands a man he found rifling a bureau drawer in his home. The man later was identified as William B. Ander- | son Ardouin told the police that af- ter grappling for five minutes with Anderson, who was unarmed, he applied 4 severe wrestling hold to detain him until Mrs, Ardouin could telephone for help EX-BANK GLERKS ACCUSED OF THEFT IN INDICTMENTS er] er | | | in| Fivé) Other Employees — of Chatham & Phoenix Said To Be Under Investigation. Acting on information furn bank examiners to Staten District Attorney Louis D. Schwartz the Federal Grand Jury handed up to-day four Indictments changing embexzlernont against four shed by Assistant United to consittatios over the problem of con-| rwilltteal aide of things here former clerks employed by the Chat- stituting a Ministry and reaching Ade-| tiie commonly reported staten Gision ax to just what attitude Ger-| splals , stater ham and Phoenix Natlonal Bank. many shall adopt toward the Allies, et Secretaries Charles 149 Broadway, with twelve yaa oe Hughes and Herbert Hoover a branches in Greater New York. Mr SILESIAN TROUBLE fencing the policy of Vresident| schwarta says that five other em- VERY UNFORTUNATE, Harding is only partially correct.| ployees of thie hank are under in- » | There are others in the Cabinet who] vestigation as the result of @ recent SAYS LLOYD GEORGE) ‘ce! that the big thing before the| cxamination of their accounts. Harding Administration to-day is the} he men indicted are Walter K. |revival of business—the return to] prontey: : Sites aley, formerly reoelving teller of Tells Commons England Is Striv-}normatcy. Therefore when the ques-|the heanon at Broadway and 144th ing Hard to Bring Pressure Yon came up in the Cabinet as tol street, accused of stealing $1,177: on Polish Government. whether the invitation of the Allies|ftenry ©. Rolph, of No, 417 60th © join in their councils should bel street, Brooklyn, accused of stealing LONDON, May % (Associated | accepted, the point was how accept- | $1,282 from the branch at Bowery and Préas).—Mr. Lioyd George, the Prime) ance or réjection would affect the|crand street, where i was employed Minister, in responding in the House of Commons to-day to ques- tions regarding the Upper Silesian Situation and its possible effect on wit mands, said that while he might not |the be prepared to agree with the conten- tion that Germany's answer would mecessarily 66 influenced by the Si Jesian trouble, yet it was very uw! fortunate that this incident should many, was deciding as to the disarm- ament demands. Asked if Great Britain could not do more toward settling the trouble by Anuencing the Polish Government, the Prime Minister said: ing many, make satisfactory money they owe Our Government refuses formally to recognize the relationship and will not have arisen at the moment when Ger- | consider any transference of the for- elgn debt from the Allies to the backs of the Germans, but, nevertheless, the Washington Government js not ignor- Germany's payments to the capacity of the Allies to pay America, future of American business NOT CONSIDER TRANS FERENCE OF DEBT, reparation the owed th Allies will a be the the relationship of Officials recognize that until the AL the German answer to the Allied de- | !l€s have a satisfactory adjustment of) by Qer- unable | payments on the United States. fas a bookkeeper; Bamuél Rosenberg, No. 526 Eust 147th Street. also 6m- ved at the Bowery branch, accused of stealing $1.87, ahd Richard B. Gifford, of No. 1028 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, formerly a note teller In the branch at Broadway and 18th Sttect, whose peculations ate said to total $1,519, According to Mr. Schwartz the ac- cused men abstramed the money, a few hundred dolixts at a time, and covered their peculations by false en- tries In the books, Unexpected ex- aminations by Banking Department experts revealed the thefts, Judge Learned Hand issued bench warrants for the indicted gen and set thelr ° “We are doing everything in our| The Harding Administration com-]examination for May 16 power to bring such pressure as we|sidered seriously the embarrassing| 6. L. Haski pe president and ean on the Polish Government.” position in which America would be| “shier of the Ch m and Phoenix, said none of the men is now employed Placed If she declined to une her|) the wank TWO MEN SHOT moral force alongside the Allies when| hey and the men mentioned IN ROCHESTER RIOT “omy made her proposal to medi-| under investigation were dismissed | Jate. If the United States had taken time ago." he added, "The eeremneemr re made good by the bonding | ; : ; position whieh the Allfes believed was |, La the sorenerieprosectithia't m Try tc encouraging the Germans to evade is being couaucted Hy 1 Strikers and Women Try to Pre. rl he Gi de | b ted hy itt! ‘ heir obligations, it might have re- | vent Work ata City Plant— | | pf sulted in a sentiment among ie | “BENNY” KAUFF Policemen Injured. ROCHESTER, N. Y., May 9—Ri ing broke out to-day when a crowd! Allied Governme America had ts to the effect that correspondingly vented the Allies from meeting their pre | GOES ON TRIAL of 300 striking laborers and women |0bligations. To collect from the Al-| He Is Accused of Grand Larceny, members of their families attempted | lies, in other words, {ft was necessary First Degree, in the Theft to prevent 4 wagon loaded with|for America to help the Allies get ; asphalt from leaving the plant of| their money from Germany of an Auto, | Whitmore, Rauber & Vicinus in| Such, in brief, is the Harding policy| ‘pne trial of “enny" Kautt, former | Trinidad Street. and or not it pleases the|star outfielder for the Giants, ix Two men were shot and wounded! nent ts somethin ibe armed with & and deere in th whon the police fired into the crow@, | t by force of circumstances | first de and criminally receiving ; : letolen property In the first degree, Many strikers were hit and injure Made a accondary consideration. | 9! begun before Judge Crain in by police clubs and several police. | President Harding naturally wanted |Wa* bewun before | Jude men were injured by stones and clubs | the complete support of his party, but | Twrere! Sessions ay hurled at them by the strikers. Seven fi party, DUC) ye indictment chargea that on trikers were arrested following the |‘ “Ases of division he must rely upon | nec, 9, 1919, Kauff stole an automo- encounter, which lasted for some|PUblic opinion, The feeling in execu-|pile valued at $2,500 fram James 1, time, tive quarters is that the country !s|Brennan, of No, 708 West End Ave- ——_ — CHASE MAN IN FLAMES, Worker im Serious Condition After Coatect Wh Third Rati |back of Mr. Harding in bis efforts bring abowt a return of normal business conditions. He is still as| insistent as ever that the course of nue, and Inter sold it Assistant District Attorney Pecora appeared for the prosecution. Former City Magistrate Emil B. Fuchs js de- fending Kauft. Joveph Bvilo, Wo. 448 East 15th |Our Government will be so carefully! pngel, an automobile broke! who Street, a track repairer on the New| steered that Involyment in FoOpean |hought the » from uff, will be political tangles will be avoided Jone of principal witheges agamat third ul with @ ates crowtar on the | HOPE FOR REVIVAL OF EXPORT |!!tn Former Dots pera Bue Viaduct at 1Zist Street and Park Ave- | TRADE. larronted Kautt and te ius ‘this afternoon, He was immedi: | Tut aguinst those who claim that |" et aly n@ flash of blue fluin which set fire to his clothes, pation in Allied Councils ‘6 4) tepubitcas * Confers With Dropping the crowbar Evilo ran alo ‘toward the entry of the United MS aad abt deve eg AE BAe the League of Nationa} WASHING’ Representa completely burned from his body be- | the answer Is made that for the prea-| tive Mundell, ning, Republican fore they caught hin and beat out ent the Harding Administration a leader of the Hous conferred with flames with their gloved hands, Ww o-llooking at things purely from an! President Harding again to-day regard - men in the windows of tenement houses nomic basis, To reduce taxes, fo: legislative #ituation in Con= screamed “Wire and Policeman t . there must be more revenu 1 was understood that the talk nings turned in ai olan, ‘The ‘tire | a general character touching. On men found several woode tire bl ly every important subject” be and extinguished the flan taken to Harlem Homlta Hine thelr taxes, tion In serious to inake mn eee nust have bec FRENCH OUTLINE ARMY PLAN 22.00 merkats @ piace to NGF | good wbroad. To sell profitably Troops to Be Held, Pendinu Be h foreign) purchaser: varian Disarmament. nternations! exchanre PARIS. Mey $.—The army contingent red, would-be E f 1819, called to the cntolm tn connec: ent Bee ae tlon with the preparatio ibid ocoupation of the Ruhr ley dine Adml @very mean, Wil in nO case be sent home bafdre|a stabilization of 8 possible to bring adeut| Mind them 16 the practically unan interfationa) ex: they owe the United purines pol not cam- | paign polities back of the Harding |polley und that is why Mr. Hughes. jin the Department of State, and Mr .| Hoover, in the riment of Com mero, who trade, concerned with sidered the chiet the situation, but be- su afuonces pivup sentiment ef the Cabinet—the rng St wae sii today in oMeta! cir. | change, which, it is expected, would | Secretary of the Treasury, who fesls dies. Even if the Germans aceopt. the | be followed by a revival c port | that busitees will be revived when Allied ultimatum, the troops movil trude and the reopening of ean European questions are settled; the for the occupation will be held In ri factories that now are shu ent, who ina public speech News for action in case Ravarta Ta Ha 3 Adm i) POs pe waa) not disarm before June 30. the Neves that t ieat to a e the Yealt fixed by the Alles to etme GAt CHM Carn atlonas Of the disarming prov ae , lement of International questions; The contingent af 1921 wit! by DURIRENE GO) sone Agricul who ve been suMciontly ned fesistance given the Allier ib) 4 t take the piace of the older class. in their councils prevents any eveud ues, and Vi conaider: America herself is preventing! the line, I is business and not party | and the 1919 cla. iit eh rs i he el hat w en | the Allies from paying the ten bil- | poutins. ——., * 921, WHITMAN NEEDS v= $20,000 MORE 10 PUSH HIS INQUIRY District. Attorney HORRY Swe Re- quests it—Two of the Inves- tigators to Be Dropped. After District Attorney Swann ‘had appeared and re-newed his request for $20,000 with which to continue the Whitman the Finance and Budget Committee of the Board of Estimate decided to-day the matter on the calendar to | voted on at next Friday's regular meeting of the board, This was done without recommendation. At the beginning of the Whitman investigation, to place had been spent several weeks one of the Assistant Distriet Attorneys ap- peared before the Finance and Bud Committee and made a request for an} additional $20,000. Aldermante Pres- ident La Guardia protested on the ground that the staff of the District Attorney was sufficiently large to handle all criminal cases. He sald the employment of the Whitman staff was an !mposition on the taxpayers. Aw a direct remit of the La Guardia protest no action on the $20,000 re- quest was taken by the Finance and Budget Committee until District At- | torney Swann appeared to-day. District Attorney told Mayor Hylan at to-day's hearing that two asnistants of Mr, Whitman could be dropped, and he gave assurance that if the $20,000 was granted no further | requests for funds would be Mr. Swann explained why the Whit- man investigation had been started. He said the State Senator and an| Assemblyman had made sensational | charges to the effect that never in| the history of the history of the city | has there been so much corruption In public life as at the present time. “In view of these charges,” con- tinued the District Attorney, “1 thought the people wete entitled to} the facts. With a former Governor and former Disirict Attorney and a) former Assistant United States Dis- trict Attorney making the investiga- | tion, I felt that the people of this} city would be satisfied with the re- sult. If it were true that there was corruption every one connected with it should be punished; if corruption made. | couldn't get along with less than four investigators, Mr. Swann replied that two of the Investigators would be | dropped. After the hearing he an- nounced that the two who will lose their Jobs abe William Chilyers and former City Magistrate Frederick J. Groeh!. GERMAN TROOPS FIGHT POLES: SVER FRENCH PROTEST (Contin sd on Second Page | British soldiers sent to preserve or der during the plebiscite. One body of these troops succeeded in @riving the Polish insurgents from Kreuz- berg. In other portions of the ple- Discite urea Poley held their gains along the “Korfanty line.” (The Korfanty line was drawn by Adalbert Korfanty, Polish Commis- sioner for the plebiscite, and includes a strip moré than twenty miles wide Sileslay Silesia. | ‘The situation in Dpper Silesia ia hour- ly growing worse. Large numbers of German militia im citizens’ clothing are crossing the frontier and heavy fiehting has been going on with vary- ing success. The French are accused of alding the Poles by inaction, and the Italians, who have lost many men, are sO greatly angered that they are threatening to withdraw their forces unleas they are permitted to accept German aid, Silesia are followed by a train of arms and ammunition German irregulars to the nuniber of 1,500 retook Kreugburg from the Poles, but 5,000 of the Polish insurgents formed # ring around the town, To prevent a pitched battle on the spot, Parliamentarians, acting in the name of the {nterallied Pieb- iscite Commission, tried to mediate, ‘The Poles agreed to release the sev- enty German pulice they had cap- tured if the Germans would deliver |to them 180 Polish prisoners, but the Germans refused the offer and the status quo has been resumed. —— Her “Old Gweetheart” Cate With « Razor. Mrs Jennie Baibilé, of No. 45 Have. thayer Btreet, Broo'dyh, pursued by a man whdn she later described to the Police of the Clymer Street Station as an old sweetheart, ran into a candy | store at No, 174 South Bigth Street this Her |afternoon, Cornering her in the store the man attacked her with o ragor slashing her shoulder and arm. He then ran from the place and escaped. ve woman was taken to Williamabu Howpltal by De. <i) be! |investigution Into ullexed graft and | irregularities in the Police Depart- jment the Board of Hstimate ap propriated $20,000. When this sum| ef i} The Germans who have entered | ‘ ICABARET SINGER ON METROPOL al FA a Y e | Miss Yvonne D’Arle, Soprano, Engaged for Next Season— Caruso to Return. yesterday, includes the name Miss Yvonne d’Arle, former cabaret and theatrical entertainer. Bet 1916 and 1920 Miss d’Arie sang in several Broadway entertainments, including Raymond Hitchcock's “Beauty Shop.” Thomas tlealy’s Golden} Glades, the Moulin Palais Royal. Her rise from cabaret to | attributed last night to her amb ni! and devotion to study. All the time she was entertaining Broadway aud ences, she spent her » hearsing and studying for the Several months ago she went abr and continued her stu On bh Rouge and the hedel| y are opern turn to this country, about two months ago, she went to a “call” on I the si 2 he M ape Ope ra House nd submitted to test of hor ice. More than at the “call,” but she was tho only one chosen. STRIKING SHIP MEN GIVE GOVERNMENT NEW PEACE TERMS did not exist the public should know (Sontinied srom, Birs EAs.) it” — Mr, SWann did not state what his} an mete ee conclusions to date happen to be. fee PONOODEGE-weble menion the Asked y Mayor Hylan if ne | bonus system STRIKERS AND SHIP iinplovers Expect W Com- mittee to Be Called to Capital Optimism of both the striking i rine engineers and the Steamship| | Owners’ Association, y expressed leas the belief in each camp that the strike will be ed before the cud of t wet At prevent both sides are marking | time, awaiting word from Washing ton, whitker tho representatives of the engineers went yesterday with the reply of the engineers the latest proposals Shipping| Board and the Owr Ass n ax voiced at the mass meeting in Cooper Union “The owners have wn in the least fr that there must be « 15 per cent, reduction in wages. Of course we id to protect in every way sincers who have remained loyally on their Jobs during this trouble “As soon as word Is received from] Washington, the Wage Committee of the Owners’ Association can be called Aili The lst of new American singers engaged for next season at the Met- ropolitan Opera House, announced! OWNERS CONFIDENT : SETTLEMENT NEAR) Winthrop L. Marvin, Vice President | and General Manager of Association, sald to-day into session within am hour and an answer sent to the Capital, But I belleve that the Committee will be} summoned eventually to Washington for conferenc It was announeed this morning that steamship Bl Valle, of the Suoth Pacific Ling, had soiled Inst night iveston fully manned and Irving direc | CORRECT sizes FOR EVERYONE EIGHT ARE DEAD “INIRISH SHOOTINGS; AWOMAN KILLED ae Four of Those Slain Were Soldiers —Sinn Feiner, Shot in an Ambush, DUBLIN, May 9—Four members and two former members of the crown forces lost their lives In Une woman, in Ireland | week-end disturbances. | kined tor Jand associating with ex-soldiers, Sinn Feiner brought the | death list to eight. ‘Two constables were killed here, and the congregation in the Jesuit Chureh jin lower Gardiner Street was thrown into panie by shots fired outside. At Island, County Kerry, Con- stuble Storey was shot and killed as jhe left the church, Constable Ster- jland was killed in Cork Two former soldiers were killed in hat Youghal, near Cork, early A woman with them was | Saturday, killed also, Unofficial reprisals fol- jowed the attack, An ambukh In ‘oun Cavan ulted in one Sinn Feiner being killed. STRIKEBREAKERS BEATEN IN RAID BY MARINE WORKERS «c ed From First Page.) on five or six lively ¢ un to th ear,” dered a pe iting bass volce, mr fifty or sixty husky Indi- viduals broke assembled in Some of the was coming out of the crowd and the rear of the room, others, sensing what d for the only door, id was immediate- truggling forms. roared the commanding who had gathered room made a rush rughe who ce with the among those look- He told an Evening that he hadn't seen jany more action in any of the major engagements against the Germans jthan happened in that big room. Several strikers had cannily parked themselves the hall and through the war ist Division was ng for a job. in ngaged In pasting the strikebreak- ers as they erupted through the door. | Naturally this halted prozress and |the windows offered the most direct | route street. Passersby and elghborhood attracted and tumult were as- torrent of men pouring out of the windows, landing | on the sidewalk, getting up and run- ning away he hall was cleared in about two minut strikers faded away And Lieut, Cogan, at the head of a de tail of patrolmen and detectives, an- awering a riot call, was unable togb- description of any of tain even a | them The Pioneer Industria! Service did no more business to-day the Shipping Board Reeri ng Sery- Jice here, received the following tele- gram to-day from Admiral W. 8. | Benson, “Hoard will protect in their posi- tions men who come to the Governmént’s assistan: by manning ships at the present.time, regardless of the outcome of the present con- troversy ) arrangement which re- lquires the discharge of such meh or Jany discrimination against them will | be agreed to by the board. | | president H. H. Raymond of the | Ship Owners’ Association said ship |owners had voted unanimously to | give preference to the men whe have refused to strike, A cablegram from the British repesentatives of the Owners’ Association in London mai “Por vessels signing from to-day the standard rate of pay for all rat- ings has been reduced two pounds ten | shillings. The National Maritime Board < accopted this mgdified reduetion Jexcept for the catering (cooks and stewards) departments whiol have announced their intention to resist There is some opposition also from the deck and engine room depart- ents to this. settlement by their Traders, but the owners have decided to stand firm.” All cm ie taar rot LA Sa a a A ee Liv i | IE PST | BOOZE IN AUTOS AFE IN MARYLAND. ul + Cannot Be Se ed yy Warra BALTIMORE, May 9 PTORNHY GENERAL ARM | STRONG has fuled that 4 man’s autotnobiie, like his house, is his castle, Probtvition enforcement officers may not en- ter it unless they have a warrant OVER PALISADES; ONENEARDEATH Victims of 150-Foot Tumble Are Identified as New Yorkers. Two giris who fell over edge of the Palisades yesterday afternoon at a point north of Englewood, N.J., and were taken to Englewood Hos- pital mnconscious from the effects of the tumble of 160 feet, were identified to-duy as Elizabeth Muhienporth, sixteen, of No. 612 Bust 17th Street, and Irene Fredericks, fifteen, of No. 209 «Avenue C, Manhattan Miss Mublenporth's gkull was fractured and she is expected to die. Miss Freder- icks, who regained consciousness to- day, is suffering from concussi ot the brain and painful bruises. She will recover, The girls were alone on the lop of j the Palisades and Miss Fredericks is unable to describe the accident in |detal. It appears from her ount | that they were near the edge and one lost her balance. The other sought to old her and tt nt over together Persons on the river bank who saw them fall carried them to the near- est road and halled an automobile which took them to the hospital. It was not until Miss Fredericks was able to talk to-day that the identity of the girls was revealed. |JAPANESE PRINCE WELCOMED BY KING Display Unegualled Since the War at the London Ceremonies for Hirohito. LONDON, May 9 (United Press). — Amid a display natled since the begtaning of the war, Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan arrived in England to-day. The Prince was welcomed at Portsmouth by the Prince of Wales and a group of Brit- igh officers and was brought to Lon- don at once, where he was estab- lished as a guest at Buckingham Palace. The royal visitor arrived on the | Japanese battleship the Katori, which steamed into the harbor to booming salutes from British vessels and land forts. At Victoria Station here King George waited with the Coldstream Guards, whose band played the Jap- anese anthem as the special train drew in beside the red-carpeted plat- | form. Long lines of troops in dress uni- regal ur. forms flanked the route to Bucking- ham Palace. The King will tender a state banquet to-night. The Prince's visit at the palace terininates May 12 when he will be established in a private residence from which he will tour the provinces. As a special honor to the Crown Prince, Admiral Colville, Gen. Monro and Capt, God- frey-Fausett were assigned to his | |statf. He also was given a commis. | sion, signed by the King, as a General in the British Army é: NY APO CHOCOLATE, VANILLA and STRAWBERRY COCOANUT KISSES: pounp Box 24¢ CHOCOLATE COVERED NUT NOUGAT: Made from Pure Californi« Honey and tasty chopped Nuts. 49¢ value. 24c¢ D BOX 1S OFFICIAL RULING mail (000,000 PHON. * RATE BOOST NOT - NEEDED, SAYS CITY Fertig (Spclures Company Tries | to Pass $500,000 Income | Tax to Subscribers. | Assistant Corporation Counsel M. Raldwin Fertig appeared before the Public Service Commission at 9 Lafayette Street and launched final nents against the $11,000,- 000 iner Mr. | York Telephone jures show a total in | $187,000,000, and said the ret not be greater than $10,960,000, figures, he said, showed that $11,000,000 increase Is not necessary. “The New York Telephone Come pany,” Mr, Fertig said, “turns over 4 1-2 per cent. of its gross revenue to the parent corporation, the Amer= ican Telephone and Telegraph Com pany. This contract takes $3,000,000 @ year, and there is no justification for it At best the New York com- pany ehould not pay to ite parea® more than $1 per’ telephone, which would amount to $960,000, "The company has also included im its schedule of ‘fixed charges’ $3,600,< 000 which should not be charged om the subscribers. They are trying ta collect their full pound of flesh from the subscribers.” He said one of tihese “fixed charges™ which the company was trying te hand on to the subsertbers was $500, 000 for Federal Income tax. Another item he said was $1,600,000 for the schooling of new operators, He then ealled attention to the profits and surplus funds rolled upon the “fat” years that are gone, and demanded: “What are profits and surpluses for anyway?" It was velieved would be be that the New “sown fig- f only that the hearing concluded and a ruling made night on the city's motion te revoke or at least to modify the im- rease The oity will put former Public Service Comrnisioner Milo R. Maltble nd in support of the follow- ons nars past the te! © earned enc fore profite 2. That the present increased rates are too high. 8. ‘Mhat the company has Invested large sums in telephone companies outside the State. 4. That the company has huge re serves and surplus, and that, even in 1929, it earned 5 per cent. net on the investment 6. That the whole surplus of §34- 600.000 at the end of 1920 was earned in New York City alone. 6 That tne surplus representa overcharges to subscribers in past years, and that the surpius belongs, not to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, out to the sub= seribers, The accuracy of the telephone company’s figures wit be disputed, and it will be maintained that tf the company had husbanded its resources in tis pent and had not loaned millw ions tollars to other corporations in outvide States, all to the ultimate interest of the holding American Tele~ ne and Telegraph Corporation, the New York company would now havo a larger credit for extensions and bets terments and would be able to realize jfunds for Improvements on a lower scale than It ls now required to pay. Declining costs in materials and equipment will be another strong point by the city In op, $11,000,000 increase. terials copper | part, declining from 28 conte jin 1918 to 12.6 cents now; lead came down from 9% cents a year ago to @ leents now; tin from % cents to lcents: rubber from 68 cente te psition to the id es ma- plays an hem | | 18% cents, and cotton from 41 cents te 12 cents, Led ND PROF Pesee we Special for Today, Monday, May 9th ITALIAN STYLE CREAM CHOCOLATES: pound Box 44.¢ Special for Tuesday, May 10th ASSORTED RABY CUTS: A collection of taxty long last- gz sweets in many flavors. POUND BOX Also Offer: Six in # box. PACKAGE, oil i