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f “eerot a return from the city-owned sub- The “ Cirenlation Books Open to All.” | a i FRENCH ARMY CUT IN HALF BY SERVICE LIMIT VOL. LXII. NO. 21,902—DAILY. To-Morrow's M21, hy The tren (The New ¥ we ms Publishics fori), mk LR 1. AUDITOR EY PREV CONFESSES ‘IS CHARGED AGAINST SUBWAY Admits This Means a Delay in} City Participating in Prof | its of Lines. } NEVER PAID A DOLLAR. | —— | Interborough Has Earned $67 867,878 and Has Disburse.t $65,625,000 in Dividends Edward J ehief auditor of the Interborough, confessed on the witness stand ‘before the Transit Commission this afterfioon that the cost’ of the power used by the bank- rupt New York & Queens Railway Co, which is supplied by the Inter- borough and the Manhattan Elevated, je charged against operations cf the subway and the Eelvated. The con- fession was made under pressure of close questioning ‘by Clarence J} Shearn, counsel to the Commission, ‘The Queens County concern has never paid a dollar for the power, Mr. Gaynor’s confession meuns (hi the city las been paying « share of the cost of operating the street gail- ways in Queens, in which It hus 20 interest whutever “Does not this system of making cliarge against the Interborough for the cost of power furnished to a sub- sidiary company of the stockholders of the Interborough tend to postpone the day when the city will begin to Gaynor, ways?” asked Mr, Shearn Mr, Gaynor equivocally that the effect would be to delay the participation of the city In the prof- its of city-owned subway lines. Earlier in the day Mr, Gaynor ad- mitted that the financtal reports of the Interborough submitted to the old Public Service Commission and to the Transit Commission did not prop- erly set forth the true condition of the corporation. : The Transit Commission ordered the Interborough to produce to-mor- vow copies of the proceedings of the Board of Directors in 1918 and 1919 to ascertain when, how and why div- idends were declared and who voted thom at a time when dividends were declared and paid but not earned The-admission was drawn by Mr. Shearn by questions about an items of $9,985,000 listed as au asset by the 1. R. T. representing the value of the New York and Queens County Rail- way when as a matter of fact the New York and Queens County Rail- way as a part of the Intefborough has produced an operating deficit of $4,000,000. Delving into the history of subway construction, Judge Shearn called at- tention to assets of $12,000,000 as the cost of the Rapid Transit Construc-,| tion Company wihch was organized by those who procured thé original contract between fhe late John admitted to bull. the first subway. The Rapid ‘Transit Construction Company had a three-quarters interest in the con- rac. Mr. Gaynor sald the Interborough Company paid $12,000,000 for the capi- tal stock of the Rapid Transit Con- struction Company by issuing $9,600,- 000 in stock and paying cash kmount- ing to $2,400,000. Q. And you had In addition to that, in order to get the contract, to pay Mr, McDonald $2,500,000? Yes, sir. Q. For his quarter interest, and there was issued to Mr, Belmont $1,500,000 of stock, wasn’t there? A. ‘Yea, sir, Q. For his services in procuring the t A. Yes. that in nine teen years that have elapsed since the Interborough invested $16,000,000 in tne subway lease $320,000 a year should have, by correct accounting, been charged off, or a sum in excess of $5,000,000 deducted. \ Q. And that has not been done. A. lt has not. So that if that had been done, what you have reported here as a <.urplus would have been a deficit, quid it mot? A, Well, it would have “ad oa Sistecaus Page.) i oth a ee ety the City of New York | flancee of the alleged slayer when FIANGEE'S ADDRESS. AS TOLD-BY LANDRU HELPS HIS ENEMIES Search There Reveals a Naw Witness to Refute Stories of the “Bluebeard.” VERSAMGLES, Nov. 21 (Associated | Press).—The dramatic announcement | by Henri Landru last week that one of the ten women, for whose murder} he is on trial here, lIved at a Paris | hotel six months after her alleged murder to-day, proved to be a boom erang. The prosecution, at the opening of the third week of the trial of the “Bluebeard of Gambais,” in the As- sizes Court here, said a police investi- gation had shown that Mme. Heon,/} the alleged victim in question had, never lived at the address Landru| gave, but that instead they had found a witness to contradict Landru’s tes- timony. This witness appeared to-day an testified that Mme. Heon had lived with Landru at one of his numerous apartments, where the prisoner pre-| viously had testified she never had} been. The witness also contradicted | Landru’s ass@rtion that another of his alleged victims, Mme. Guillin, had seen alive after the date when the prosecution alleges she was murdered, The prosecution this afternoon pro- duced a witness whi testified he had sold Landru four dozen hacksaw blades shortly after the accused took up his residence at Gambais. The theory of the prosecution is that Landru used these saws in connec- tion with the erimes with which he is charged. VERSAILLES, Nov. 21.—The trial of “Bluebeard” Landru, charged with murdering ten of his 285 alleged fidncees, was expected to be concluded this week. ntering the last stages of the caso to-day, the prosecution~ presented a number of exp€rts to testify whether the charred bones found at Landry's vila in Gambais were human, and whether it would be possible to burn human podies in the comparatively smal! stove. Neighbors told of clouds of ill-smelling smoke arising fre- quently from the kitchen chimney of the villa, Landru appeared haggard and drawn, and was intensely nervous to- day. Taking the witness stand this week will be a girl who has played minor roles on the French stage and was he was arrested, Although called for the prosecution, it (Continued on Sixteenth Page.) a od { MAN TAKEN ILL AT SEA | IS CURED VIA WIRELESS | Prescription Is Radioed and Satlor Is Relieved tn Four Hours, Details became known to-day of how @ physician of the Public Health Service Hospital on Hudson Street on Saturday cured a patient on the steamship Can- adian Volupteer, about 160 miles from New York. Administering his treat- ment by wireless, The steamship sailed from New York on Friday, On Saturday a wireless message to the Seamen's Chytch Inst!- tute, No, @5 South Street, this city, ated, “seaman suffering from bad swelling over kneecap, unable to move, intense pain, advise.” This message was relayed to the Puo- ‘ite Health Service Hospital Dy Gray took the case in hand, by yadio Four hours later reply by radio stated | that the directions had been followed ead the patient was convalescing. s MISS ZEY PREVOST POWER COST FOR QUEENS C0. tharmecrrers ARBUCKLE ACCUSER ae Comedian Nervous as He Hears Repeated the Dying Words of Miss Rappe. FORCES SELF TO SMILY. Police With Difficulty Control Crowds Which Rush to the Court Room. FRANCISCO, Nov 1 of SAN dey Prevost. one the prosecution's was called as (he principal witness first occupant of the stand at the resumption to-day of the manstnush- ter of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Ar- buck M St. trial © Prevost attended the Hote! Francis party in September at which Arbuckle is alleged to have in- flicted which death of Virginia Rappe, motion pic- ture actress Injuries caused the Miss Prevost bas becti saying that Miss Rappe. Iv the presence 6f tie comedian, declared “Arbuckle hurt me.” Arbuckle steeled hiwself for the most trying ordeal he bas undergone sfnce his trial open. H> kept his fa- mous film smile firmly set as the words of the girl now dead were repeated in court. “Arbuckle hurt me,” almost the jast words of the dying actress, were felterated by nurses who attended her in her final moments. Crowds stormed the courtroom long before the doors opened, eager to see Arbuckle as central figure In a real life tragedy. Police had dif- ficulty controlling the crowds, and opening a path through the throng so that Mrs. Minta Durfee Arbuckle, the comedian's wife, and the law- yers could get Into the Hall of Jus- tice. Defense lawyers had their heads together before the session opened, planning a strong fight to twist the testfmony concerning Miss Rappe around so it would help Arbuckle. The defense, In cross-examination, intended to make the witnesses swear Miss Rappe told them she was suffer- ing from an ailment which caused her death, and that Arbuckle was not responsible for it, If the prosecution should place Dr. William Rutnwell on the stand the de- fense will try to show through cross- examination that his failure to diag- nose Miss Rappe's fliness and admin- quoted as ister proper treatment really caused her to die. It seems to be settled that Mra, Bambina Maud Delmont, who during the party discarded her street attire for pajamas, is not to be called by githev side, It was decided she could not help either prosecution or de- fense, it 1s said. Miss Alice Blake, also a show girl, will follow Miss Prevost, and is ex- pected to testify that she and Mrs, Bambina Maud Delmont kicked and knocked on the loeked door, that Ar- buckle opened It, and they then found Miss Rappe in agony, sufferin} from the injury that caused her death. Ra eae SENATE APPROVES MATERNITY BILL Amendea Measure Now Goes to President Harding—No Record Vote Taken, WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—The Sen- ate to-day concurred in House amendments to the Maternity Bill and the measure now goes to the I ves- ident. There was no record-vote. Under the amended measure §3,- 750,000 will be*available in the next five years for the care of infancy and maternity in the Nation. placie bt thats THE WORLD TRAVEL BUREAU, Arcade. Pulltzer, (World) Building, $:-03 Park Y City. Welephowe feckinan 4000 a Check room for b Money 0 1s opin day and lors’ checha (or ‘NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1921. Entered uy Second-Class Matter Fost Office, New York, N. ¥. FINA EXTR. Weather—PROBABLY RAIN. PRICE THREE CENTS ARBUCKLE ACCUSED IN DYING WORDS OF ACTRESS, SHE SAYS Miss ZEY PREVOST FIRE RAGES ANEW ~ ON SHIP AFTER | Blaze Believed to Have Been | Caused by Bomb Meant | for Governor. | Believing that a fire In No. 2 hold |of the Atlantig Fruit ine steamship Tanamo, which urrived yesterday | from Porto Rico, with Gov. E. Mont Relly and nineteen cther passengers, had burned itself out after threo and a half days of smothering | with live steam, Capt. Herbert {Hudson ordered the hatchway ro- moved at 9.80 o'clock this morning | while the vessel was at her North River pier at the foot of Rector Stree:. The fire is believed to have started from an inflammable bomb placed aboard in Porto Ri by native ene- mies of Gov. Reil: The moment air was admitted to the hold volumes of dense, stifling smoke rolled out and spread over the water front and the flames in the cargo of tobacco, fruit and cocoanuts broke out afresh, Capt. Hudson, realizing that the fire was beyond any chance ef contro! by ‘his crew, ran to the pler and turned in an alarm, The fireboats New Yorker, Zophar Mills and Mayor Gaynor soon we: alongside and pumping water {nto holds Nos. 1 and 2, the blaze having eaten its way through the steel wall of the former. Under the weight of water thrown in by the fireboats tho Tanamo gradually settled with a list io starboard. She was towed out from the pier, and it may be necessary later on to take her down the bay and beach her on the flats. As the fireboats appeared to be in- adequate, Deputy Chief Edward Worth, in charge of the marine divi- sion, asked for help and Deputy Cnief steel sides and deck of the ship were red hot forward, and fireman were un- able to get close to the seat of the blaze. ‘ With the intention of sending men below to fight the fire at close quar- tes, the Rescue Squad was sum- moned at 11 o'clock, The members of | the squad went aboard with their gas masks and other up-to-date para- phernalia, but Chief Kenlon, who had arrived, refused to allow them to go below deck. The offlcers and members of the (Continued on Sixtcenth Puge.) pastel cacao CHILD ACCUSES FATHER OF MURDERING THREE WILMINGTON, Ohio, Noy. ten-year-old child to~ was cuser of his father, Oliver Vandervort, under arrest here charged with a triple murder, Vandorvort insisted he was a of clroums' vietin inces in being found tn th |home of his divorced wife, with the bodies of Bertha Whit, Candervort, thirty, her mother, Mr Whitlow, and Howard Bosier, senty-four, a visitor. His ‘aon, Oliver, however, answered pollce queries with “Papa did it.” ~—REILY 1S LANDED. Binns ordered engines to the pier. ‘The | OST TELLS JURY OF ARBU IOMILIONFORBUS WILL CUT LINE, SAYS MAYOR, TF ALBANY PERMITS Hylan Calls Department Heads to Draft Home Rule Laws for Legislature. TO MEET WEDNESDAY. lan Asserts Administration Will Show It Really Has a Transit Plan. iH 7) Mayor Hylan announced to-day that he will call together his depart- ment heads next Wednesday morning 10.80 o'clock for the purpose of formulating a programme of proposed and amendments to laws which will be submitted to the Legislature iv January. at laws “Now that the people of this city | have spoken*in no uncertain terms,’ [asia the Mayor, “the legislation this city favors will once more he sub- |Mitted (o those who have the power | to pass ft or pect It. If they reject New York City's programme of re- lief, its programme of home rule, the | burdetf' must “be borne by the powers at Albany.” , The firs: step in the city’s legis- ‘lative programme will be an amend- imept of Chapter 444 of the laws of 11914 #0 that New York City may ‘have the same power as up state, \gmaller municipalities to consolidate |certain departments if such a scheme would make for efficiency and econ- omy. Such an amendment would |permit other important changes the city saw fit to make them. nere is absolutely no use doing janything about the city’s present charter until Chapter 444 of the law |of 1914 is amended,” the Mayor said The Mayor then announced | the city does not propose giving up | its Aight for municipal bus lines on |a strictly five-cent fare basis. “We are going to ask the legish ture again for authority to operate buses," he said. “It has been claimed by those who speak for the | traction interests that the City of |New York has no traction pro- |sramme of lis,own. Let the legis- jlature give us the power to attend to our own transit affairs and we | will show the traction interests and | those allied with them whether we | have a programme, | ‘We are prepared lo spend $10,000,- 000 in the purchase of well-lighted, comfortable and well-ventilated |buses, This programme would have been carried out long ago, the | public is generally aware, had it not | been for the fact that the Board of | Estimate was restrained in @ suit in which Guggenheimer, Untermyer and Marshall were counsel. his action is now pending in the Court of Ap- peals, “In @ nutshell, the object of Wednesday's conference |x the for- | mulation of a general home rule pro- jgramme of legislation.” | The Charter Revision Commission, | which was provided for by the Legi lature when the Meyer Committee wus created, has not yet been called into being, and the work of the Meyer Committee has not yet been com- | pleted. Unless this commission Is or- ganized quickly, the Mayor's own cbarter revision experts will beat them to it with a definite programme. ROCKEFELLER MUST ’ PAY TAX ON STOCK Supreme Court Rules a Distribu- tion by Illinois Companies Comes Under Law. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—John D. Rockefeller and others who partict- | pated with him in the distribution by the Ohio Oil Companies and by the Prairie Oil and Gas Company to their stockholders of stock, respectively, in the linols Pipe Line Company and the Prairie Pipe Line Company must pay income tax upon the same unde @ decision to-day by the Supreme Court. it that) | IN A HUGHES DECLARES “ULS.IS GRATIFIED ~ OVER CONFERENCE Expectations on Far East Prob- lem More Than Realized, He Says. FORCES CUT TO 150,000. ‘Secretary Calls Attention to the Immense Reduction in U. S, Army. WASHINGTON, Noy. 21 (Associated Press).—Aristide Briand, seven times Prime Minister of France, held + Arms Conference In a rapt hour to- { | CKLE PARTY RMY ‘One Essential. WASHINGTON, Nov, world's 21 of ils “effective” strength. With this official d&claration by Premier Briand, the Arms Confer ence to-day began discussion of the armament. The cut in the French Army effectiveness could be made, M. Brian said, through a bill in Parliament decreasing the period of compulsor: military service from three to one ai needs a strong army because of the Premier said. Italy, with an army of about ductions soon, Senator Schanzer, her chief delegate, said. | aay, with the world for his audience, while he told of the need of France for a large army. “strong man” of France, acknow!-! edged, by Lloyd George as baving “the finest Parliamentary voice in) Europe,” was the drawing card which | packed Memoria! Hall of the Daugh-| ters of the American Revolution with) such a gathering of distinguished notables as is seldom found under the| roof of one building. ‘The Premier's voice, ordinarily vt brant and penetrating, and particu- larly rich in overtones, modulated to fi! tha hall and no more. Tho »t- fect upon the auditor wag as though the statesman was speaking directly) and personally to him, rather than to a large gathering. There was no d‘s-| | play of “cold storage” eloquence. | M. Briand had before him a slip or two of notes, on the big green ble, but he did nor refer to them, ‘and in this respeot followed his man- ner of speaking from the tribune of) the Chamber of Deputies. M Briand radiates force and in- tellectual power, and to-day his every intonation and gesture Indicated that he felt the seriousness of his sub- ject and its great Importance to France, Indeed, he came to Washing- ton, his friends on the delegation de- clared, more to make the explanation of the French position on land arma~ ment than for any other purpose. Five feet six and heavy of body, the French Prime Minister was a striking figure, as fired by his own eloquence he pleaded for adequate protection for his native soil ‘A “close-up” of the French Premier shows that his eyes are blue—rather fan unusual color among the dark fea- tured Bretons—they are large and expressive of emotion, But they snap and flash fire and appear dark as he plunges headlong Into bis subjec they are touched again with softne as his voice pleads for France. Secretary Hughes called the con- ference to order at 11.01 A. M. after photographs had“been taken of the historic occasion for the first time. In introducing the subject of jand Secretary Hughes suid armament, | (Continued on Second Page.) > TURKEY PRICE SOARS DESPITE BIG SUPPLY State Commis: ALBANY, Nov. 21,—With more ture keys in storage than at any time during the last two years prices ought not to ba so high, 1s the belief of officials of | the State Foods and Markets Division, Despite the large quantity availaple the price here is only slightly lower than that of last year, and that holds true of practically every other article which goes to make up the Thanksgiving dinner, with some prices on @ level with the peak of 1919. Figu ssued Comm ot to-day by the State Agriculture show ihat there we State. rupared with a18,11u pounds & year ago and 406,427 pounds two years ag. |the Baron Kalo, for Japan, said his country was quite ready to give il jhearty approval to the principle of reduction of land armaments, but sug ‘The pleturesque S¢Sted the position of Japan should be considered, Secretary Hughes closed the speeches by saying, “The one essenti: is the will to peace.” The conference then sent the Committee on Armaments, composed of the heads of delegations of th Adjournment then was taken, subject to Mi tive leading powers. Hughes's call, Premier Briand's speech, as ofMcially interpreted, follows: “Gentlemen, you will readily admit that I, as the delegate of Franc should feel moved when rising to speak this full-sounding platfo: id goes to the attentive and anxfous of the world and of all civilized peoples. “1 wish, first of all, to thank my colleagues of the conferenc: who, on the opening of this public meeting, so kindly allowed me to spea as the representative of my country. ne WOULD BE HAPPY TO OFFE whence every word that ts STATE HAS CONTROL OVER CHICAGO FARE Supreme Court so Decides in Ap- peal From Illinois Transit Regulations, WASHINGTO. ov. 21.—Strevt car fa in Chicago are subject to regu- lation by the Illinois Utilities Comm: sion, the Supreme ‘Court to-day ruled, dismissing the case brought by the city, for want of jurisdiction. The city contended that the State Commission's regulatory powers un- der its police authority did not give {t jurisdiction to regulate the fares of street railways within the city and operated under franchises grant- ed by the municipality which re- served to the olty control over fares to be charged. The decision to-day ts considered of wide importance as» a precedent ‘n the numeroua controversies be- tween municipalities and State Com- missions over the regulation of mu- nicipal public utilities. et eS McLANE OF U. OF P. BEATS FRESHMEN Wins Junior Cross Country Title Vo-day Over Van Cortlandt Course. O, MeLane, University of Pennsylvania, romped home a winner in the three-mile intercollegiate fresh- men championship race held over the Van Cortlandt Park fiat course this afternoon, A good crowd turned out to witness the race, which preceded annual running of the collegiate Blur |eross-country championship run. Due to a wet and soggy track, McLane could not negotiate the distance in better than 16 minutes 26-10 seconds, The first six men to finish were: Elmer O, McLane, University of Penn., 16.02 6-10, Sayman Kerr, University of Penn., 18.12 4-10, Harry 8. North, Cornell, 16.19. W._ . Seufert, Princeton, 1 Adgms, Yale, 1 BE. J i iimot, Yah i SERVICE OF FRANCE Premier, After Arguments on Coun- try’s Position, Makes Concession— Hughes Says Will to Peace Is the (United Press)—France, with the largest army, is ready to make a reduction equivalent to one-hal third major task—limitation of land nd one-half years. France, howeve: Russian and German “menaces,” thi 200,000 men, will make further ré question of land armaments to th FULL SACRIFICE. “I shall endeavor to make it api to your eyes and to the eyes of world, with its true, genuine face, {t Is; that will show you that she ready, and I might say perhaps mo: ready than any other country, to di rect her attention and her earnest * to whatever steps niay be thought ‘4 sirable in order to insure final peag for the world. | “Nothing, for my colleagues an myself, would be more pleasant thal to be about to tell you this: W bring here sacrifices to the futles extent possible. We have our ow security Insured. We lay down arm| We should be so happpy to be ab! to make thal gesture in order participate in the final disarmamey of ths world. “Unfortunately, we cannot speak i this way. | say also, unfortunately we have not the right to do shall briefly explain, later on, f what reasons. I shall tll you, f France, that she wants to mak peace. If you want to make peac there must be two people, you your self and the neighbor opposite. T make peace—I am speakng, of cours of land armament—it is not sufficien to reduce efectives and decrease wa material. That is the physical sid the physical aspect, of things. “There is another consideratio| which we have no right to negiec ip such & problem, thut touches vita questions which are of the most ser] ous character for the country con cerned. It is necessary that, besid| this physical armament, there sho be in those same circles what I s! call a general atmosphere of peace, FRANCE OBLIGED TO FAC! SERIOUS ELEMENTS. “In other words, a moral disarma| ment is as necessary as the materi: one. | have the right to say this, an I hope to be about to prove It to yor And I have the right to say to yo that in Europe, as it iy at presen there are serious elements of inztabil ity; there are such conditions pre | vailing that Prance is obliges tu fe | them and to contemplate (hx neces! leary matters from the point of vie) of her own securtty. 1 om oy