The evening world. Newspaper, November 29, 1921, Page 2

cut EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBEX 29, 1921, BEGINS INDAY NEX | | Bvening World || AS F ne ee a ee ne ee ne ee ee ee ee ee ee ee oe Ena? Slew © FOU WN. AS Vg Lo ORO ‘| Charlie Chaplin's Own Story of His Trip PIC P. U R E S\|t| Evening World "Abroad BEGINS ONDAY NEX ld hoa y Jaborér,| No. 52 Skillman Street, Brockiy}. Beth Moses Hospital. KESSE, ‘getty ~aaetonga a 8 Fifth Avenue, Brookiyn. ‘Moses Hospital. Sinnot}, William, forty-two, of No. Catalpa Abate Kast prnkty Fax. possible. fractured Williamsburg Hospital. Rtobertpon, James, No. 2714 Atlan- tic Avenue, Bayonne, N. J., frac tured femur; ‘Williamsburg Hosp!t ‘ Larson, George, seventeen, No, 52} © 624 Street, Brooklyn. ~ Bauer, ;Charles, twenty-six, No. 603 West 420 Street, Manbattan. Munn, Adam, twenty-five, N». 16 West Third Street, Manhattan. Relily, Luke, No. 9 Bradford Street, ~) Brooklyn} *y S —s- Bavalide,, Samuel, No. 178 Harrison ‘ Avenue. | { Page, Mes: , no address, ; Lambert, Joseph, No. 48 Reld Ave- | mie, Brooklyn. Nichol, Clement, No. 1703 Wood- bine Stréet, Brooklyn. A Alunad, Joseph, No. 372 6. 199th ‘ Street, thg Bronx. ' Oynot! Thomas C., 2537 Cataipa Avenues Brooklyn: Rigoletto, Joseph, No. Avenue, Brooklyn. | Carmalo, Russo, No. 187 Forsyth Streot, Mgnhattan; Cumberland Street Hospital. Dringpy Louis, No. 189 A Rockaway Avenue, Brovkiyn; Cumberland Street odpite 2T14 Atuntic _Casse,.Dennin, No. 78 Spencer : © Btoeet, Brooklyn; Cumberland Street 4 Gf Tioapita The body of Philip Stein was taken + from the ruins‘at 3.35 P.M. He wa @ toncrete contractor and a partner ‘of Schneekman, He walked into the “buliding just before the crash oc- wurred,, An ambulance surgeon felt | for his pulse as soon as a sufficient | Part of bis pody had been ancovered | © and announced that life was extinct, | © The body was taken to Kings County | “Morgue. He lived at No. 294 Howard Avenue ! The accident occurred m a thickly | eltied section, und it became neces- | sary to wummon 300 police reserves to andleithe immense crowd that assem- | died. fire lines weye drawn 300 feet rom the theatre, : vy, Experts from the Building Depart- | « arrived at 2.30 o'clock aud took | | cyeey] Altmun, one of ‘was at work on-a scaffold a feet ‘below the roof with Sheri- the foreman, and another man a minutes beicre the collapse. He ‘went to the ign) floor on an errand ‘escaped jamming him- well against the te south coat when the ‘coiling fell in. Altman saye he saw ‘Bheridan and the other man go down with the root. -. Sambel Moskowitz. one of the two builders hea owners of the structure, | a3] SConstryction had advanced to the point at which the theatre was com- Pletely Inclosed and we were putting the brown mortar on the ceiling. In - all the work we have used only the 3 "finest materials. We have used union | Jabor and paid union wages, even a ~ premium in some cases. “Our Pjans were approved by the | Building tment in eVery detati, -) Ynspectors of the department have : ‘an the scene practically every i? fia “Although we have stood ready to uny change or alterations the tment nt ila feeomte mene ot Sy peer aot T were at lunchoon a when the accident occurred, On onr 7 ‘ the police brought us to this 7 contractors’ shanty and have ~ here detained us. So we have had no ‘hance to Inspect the ruins, “The house was to ha’ voted to moving pictures, have 4 seating capacity of 1,800. been de- Tt was to It 200 we van estimate now, “fathers, ten bricklayers, four plumbers, electricians, four steamftters, twenty metal workers, ten six fireproofers, ten laborers and a few others I can't re- wots working, which would bring number up to close to a hundred, fteen to Twenty of our men ““What was the couse, in your opin- | ten?" he was asked. “1 have been detained in the tool- and don't know,” but from what the mechanics tell me, the roof went first and carried the walls with it, Clement Nichols, @ plasterer, thirty years old, said he was on a frold were ranged on either side of him. saw the ‘right hand wali bulge, then buckle up, and as it started to he made a jump for a girder over- and caught it from his perilous perch, he sa: saw the wall fa}! in and bis friends go down in the debris. made his way along the girder t window, through which he went Stare down to the ground oa inpipe. He was not hurt, but ‘mgt phat he felt mighty sick or BSB aila POWERS ADOPT RESOLUTIONS ON ; _ CHINA WITHDRAWAL | TON, Nov. 29 (Asso- with his brush, and that fifteen others | LRT DIRECTORS. - WONT TAKE STAND. TILL T0- D-MORROW Granted Day's Del Delay by Tran- sit Board to Consult With Personal Attorneys. On application of James L. Quack- enbush, general counsel ‘for the In- terborough examination of the di- rectors of the vompany before tiic Transit Commission to-day was pos'- Poned until to-morrow. . Quack enbush sac that in justice to the individual directors whose presence reqtired to shed further jight on the financia! affairs of the com pany, he thought they should be given another day tn whieh to con- ault with thelr personal attorneys, Mr. Quackenbush added that he was not the general younsel to the Inter- | borough Corporation at the time ths directors borrowed money to pay enormous dividends and did not wish to appear now in a legal capacity 0 directors who are to be examined for their acts at a time when he was not the leg! adviser of the corporation. Mr, Quackenbush told the commis- | sion that a special meeting of the In- terburough directors, at his suggb: ton, was called for noon to-day, e lier than tho regular hour. “L think If the directors are to be ; Subject te civil lability they are first entitied tu the advice of their personal gounsel,” he sald. “I will address the} | directors because of my position with | the company, but I cannot advise suoh of them who were directors in! jeartier days when I was not the gen- ‘eral counsel.” Judge Shearn, counse] to the com-| nussion, said: “It Is true that Mr. Quackenbush ! ‘was not responsible counsel for | any of the transactions of the early days of finance and operation of the company. He hag no responsibility in advising the Board of Directors then. In view of the situation the directors now find themselves, it is only fair they have an opportunity to consult with their persona! attor- neys before being examined. We will expect them here to-morrow." “The Commission holds the same view as Judge Shearn,” said Chatr- man MoAneny. The directors who will be heard are August Belmont, Cornelius Van- derbilt, Bdward J, Berwind and Daniel G. Reid. Frederick W. Lindars, chief ac- countant for the commission, offered in evidence a chart showing the fluctuations of the stock of the In- terborough-Metropolitan Corporation, It showed that at the close of 1911 when the Interborough Rapid Transit Company changed its dividend policy, raising the rate from 9 to 16 per cent, annually, the inter-Met. preferred tock in two months rose from 46 to 59, reaching the latter figure in De- cember, 1911. In 1912 the stook went to 67, When the Stock Exchange re- opened in 1915, with Inter-Met.-at 55, there was a gradual rise from 5§ to 75. At the end of 1915 it reached 86. Judge Shearn reminded the commis- sion that the increase was coincident with the plan for paying dividends on literborough Consoliated stock. The stock was quoted at $6 a share last October, Similar testimony concerning the common stock of the Interborough Consolidated was also given by the witness, which showed quotations of 50 in 1906 and $2 a share this year, Frederick T. Wood, assistant to the general manager for the receiver of the New York Railways, who is also the secretary to Job. F. Hedges, the receiver, testified that since 1912 the New York Ratlways has operated only a few lines that it owns out- right and said that many of the lines it operates are leased. He added that almost all the lines in the New York Railways system failed to earn op- erating expenses and taxes. The Eighth Avenue line was unprofitable under the terms of the lease and had to be returned to its original owners, which restricted operation of the routes. r, Wood said the franchises at the | vim ‘they were granted to the various | | companies were of value because of the direction and the volume of travel | along those routes at that time. The | ubway, building of changes have made A material change in the routes of ).—The nine powers con- to-day adopted resolutions | for relinquishment of for. | territorial rights in China. lution provided for with id an international com. “which is to make a study laws and court tee, | the Chinese judicial system in executive commit-' of the crosstown storage battery lines a ques!) continued discussion of quests for withdrawals of were understood to od informalty in te mis} angl Neh pap termae: payee. ee ference Pacific and Far Eastern | travel, and when the receiver began tw default on the leases the operation restricted to arteries of travel | regardiess of franchise routes, He said it was better to disregurd old | franchise routes and reroute the cars over the shortest lines and the busiest | asserted that the return of the Nint venue line to its owners abolished ai! of the through west side Famous a ee ee Vienna Surgeon and the Wonderful Hands With Which He Performs His Surgical Marvels ‘ Federal Court to discontinue that form of operation, which ceased Sept.’ 20, 1919, As a result of the cessation Of the Hast Side service Mr. Wood asserted the most congested section o' the world has the most renee transportation facilities. If the stor- age battery cars were continued, Mr. Yood explained, the Receiver would have to shoulder an annual burden of $400,000 in operating expenses. STORAGE CARS A DRAIN ON OTHER ROUTES. That the East Side storage lines were a drain on the receipts of the other more profitable routes was shown by the annual lospes. The operating expenses of the New York Railways exceeded the passenger re- venues as followi 1911, $171,000; 1912, $240,000; 1913, $127,000; 1944. $164,000; 1915, $148,000 % 9 19 104,000; tein, $268,000; 0. #1 All this, Mr. Wood sald, was due principally to the cast side storage battery lines, which showed in 1 operating deficits as follows: Avenus C, $166,000; Spring-Delancey Street, $92,000; Madison Street, $97,000; Sixth Avenue Ferry, $15,000. Mr said the Fourth and Madison Avenue line was returned to ity owner, the New York and Har- lem Rallroad Company, on demand, and as the line was not earning its operating expenses the Receiver could not ‘hold on to it after its owners demanded the return of their property. Leased lines that showed profits last year were: Broadway-Seventh Avenue as of Deg. 31, 1920 with pas- senger receipts of $28,272 over the \operating expenses; 34th Street with $32,000; 14th Street with $25,000. The total excess on all was $119,000, but the total loss on the other lines was $451,000, making the net loss $332,000, he said, Mr, Wood admitted that the rails of the New York railways are “patched,” instead of being renewed, due to Jack of funds, He said that “fish plates” were put into the broken pluces in- stead of new rails. “Just living from hand to mouth? asked Judge Shearn, “Absolutely, | was the answer. The witness also teatified that If the owners were willing to forego one year’s return on thetr investment tt might be possible to operate on a 5- cent fare—barring a snowstorm and other contingencies, He admitted that the present service is not what the public ought to have. He de- clared that new subways develop a short-hau! surface car business, ult mately, but there was a slump in surface car passengers when the sub- ways opened, | Opening of the Lexington Avenue | subway, he sald, was “a dlessing to the | Third Avenue in its short haul feeder lines only Job E New York Railways Company, may be @ witness later to-day | Hedges, Recelyer for the} TRANSIT BOARD SALARY APPEAL | | 1SSUE ARGUED. ‘The Court of Appeals at Albany will) hear to-day the appea: of the Roard| of Estimate and Apportionment from | the order made by the Appellate DI-| vision of the Supreme Court last July | directing the Estimate Board to make | appropriations for salaries and ex-| penses of the Transit Commission for | surface lines. He reviewed the history that for a time wore operated. ane width of many of the east side reets made it impossible, he said, to Mb eer the lines. he operation of storage battery Mi ‘WAS 80 Costly, declared, that hes on of the the lar 'x months, The city rateed | as to the constitutionality of | |the act creating the Transit Commis- sion but the Appellate Divislon nant: | mously, held the wet to be constitutional any ted that the appropriati Berea at bé represented oy em: Corporation h4 | the decision as to (Row far Japan will a" ital LANDS. NEL Pro TTALY NOW ASKS —BALFOUR OPPOSES FOR NAVAL RATIO EQUAL TO F FRANCE Preséntation of Jap of Japan’s Claim for Change of Ratio Not Favor Washington Postponed. for Sessions. WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (Asso- clated Press).—The scheduled mect- ing to-day of the “Big Five” naval | experts, the first general meeting held | by the naval men for nearly a week, was postponed until to-morrow at the request of one of the delegations. No official statement as to the reason for the postponement or the delegation making the request wae given. ‘The French and Italian Arms Con-. ference delegations, it was learned to- day, have had occasion to taik with each other on the qubject of the rela- tive maval strength of their respective countries. The French position is that France has to objecion whatever to Italy having the same size navy as France, which it is contended should eventually be 300.000 tons of capital ships and 15.000 tons of submarines. Italy's principal interest is that no nation should have an absolute con- trol of the Mediterranean, as other- wise she would be suffocated in her own sea, That is why Italy insists that her navy must be at least equal to thet of any other Mediterranean country. At present the navy com- peting with Italy in the Mediter- ranean tg that of France. Italian official papers give the strength of the two fleets as follows: Dreadnoughts, Italy, 6; France, 7; pre-dreadnoughts, Italy, 4; France, 4; armored cruisers, Italy, 6, of which two are obsolete; France, 10, the | greater Part obsolete; light cruisers, |Italy, 10; France, 6; flotilla leaders, iltaly, 8, of which three under con- |atruction; France, 1; submarines, Italy, 43, of which 12 under construc- |tion; France, 61. Both Italy and France lost a con- ‘widerablo number of thelr auxiliary ships during the war, but their losses were replaced with the part of the fleet surrendered by Germany. Italy and France each received 10 per cent., |while England received 10 per cent.; Japan 8 per cent. and the United States 2 per cent. WASHINGTON, Nov. 39 nie Preas).—The Japanese naval will to-morrow reply to the ree American answer, which insisted the Hughes calculations,are accurate and stand unchanged, it was declared by high Japanese naval authorities. Admiral Baron Kato will announce Noy! of Nations” port. Parallel lines will not suit. arms delegation. fore, atrongly for the League, and ton—for an international body. subject?" he was asked. yet,” he countered. clse statement on it?” the matter. the League of Nations ther queried. some very beneficial things.” association plan—he sald: be worked out. very central, lke Geneva 1 (Geneva is the League seat.) Eastern session, dor Geddes. “We don't want two leagues, go in accepting capit ship basis, whieh may make or mar peared. the conference, ASSOCIATION IF IT PARALLELS LEABUE Press).—Increasing attention is given | so The theory upon which the next is sug- gested by persons familiar with the through a series of| 4 aministration view, is best expressed the con-} tn the recommendations of the Brus- 23.—Presi- dent Harding’s proposed “Associati: must fulfill functions other than those of the League of Nations if it Is to have British sup- This idea stood out incisively to- day as the result of @ brief interview with Arthar J. Balfour of the British Mr. Balfour has been avoiding with consummate skill any statement which would bind his Government officially, but his brief talk on the subject left the conviction that he stands, as be- opposed to annua! sessions in Wash- ington—with emphasis on Washing- “On Saturday you suggested you had not read the papers as to Presi- dent Harding's association idea, Can you say something to-day about the I baven’t really studied the matter “Is there a pre- He was told he could safely assume that the ided emanated from President Harding, though there had been no actually official written statement on “Can you say then how you stand on he was fur- “{ don't like to enter into a dis- cussion of that now,” he replied, “but I must say that the League has done As for the association, he pleaded| he didn’t “know just how that would function,” and in answer to a ques- tion whether he favored continuing! sessions of the present conference— an idea dovetailing in with Harding's “| don't know just how that would If the sessions were, held in Washington, that wouldn't be Mr. Balfour was leaving the Far _ He swung into the revolving doorway to join Ambassa- LONDON EDITORS ONLY LUKEWARM TO ASSOCIATION Harding Proposal Accepted Demanding Respectful Consideration. —~ 29 Nov. thy the London Press to Presi Also Sec kaye England Would | Harding's suggestion of an “Associa- ! tion of Nations" international conferences, clusions of which would be obse junder a “gentlemen's rather than by treaty. to-day says that Mr. Harding's ception of the principles under! “tonic effect.” Prefident, from which the possibility the solution of international prob! is not excluded.” The Morning Post says: “The President's aspiration mands serious consteration. is The Post, however, expresses {i as being not a strong believer in league or association, and it is proceedings in Washington. Interest in and sympathy with growing movement in America is expressed by the Daily News. NO TALK ON DEBTS AT CONFEREN British Wouki Imperil Parley’s Success. WASHINGTON, Nov. ference delegation, through an thorized spokesman, intention on the part of the Br! the conference. It was said the conference was tes to extend the other del do|belleve that an extension of wer’ he volunteered as he disap- agenda would diminish instead of in- orease the chances for complete cess of the conference. agreement” The Times in its editorial columns such an association has in itself a The newspaper ada “it is heartening to know that the inspired by the results of the Washington conference, is al- ready looking forward to a future active co-operation by America method whereby America can bring to | * ‘ear her vast influence for the restor- alton of civilization is most welcome.” especially enamored of the present Delegation Says Subject to-day stated | Governments Oro Governmen: of bringing up the sub- ject of international indebtedness at |tria issues a guarantee which in turn ssets hering strotly to the agenda so far me lan has been rt ‘as could be observed and the British | Britain and delegates had no, Intention of asking (Continued From First Page.) dent Harding held at House last spring. | j | the globe. plan of action. ministration intends to throw the ful weight of its influence on the side ou Along this line cablegrams international exchange to devise mean: -o pay her regular reparation pay- | ments. nevertheless this country is deeply in- servers at the conference to de hel: in Paris next month which is de In other words, it may be taken fo} granted that the Harding Administra. tion has embarked upon a policy not merely for the.reduction of arma. peace of the Far East, but financial questions which have been, hanging in the air ever since the war ended and which admittedly have done more to disturb business conditions every- where than any other single factor. aS\America from selling her abroad. to the root of the trouble. dent conference will proceed, it sels conference {tself, which said: “The conference recognizes rved re- lying activity without assistance abroad. This ass! for periods which exceed the normal term of commercial operations. of in lems de- Any ll results. iteelt any esis by Governments. “The conference makes the follow mime: 8: “the ing reco! ndation: ‘Yor CE ed to cover the cost of commodities.” ‘The United States, of course, being % (Associ | creditor pation, does not have ta ted Press).—The British Arms Con- Fuarantoe the assets of its own busi- . ve Con | ines 100, ba I is deeply intercated in made by the ther countries with do busi- positively again that there was no|ness, cy opviously, the extension of credit rantee ane peeing some which American exporters itish | by an American merchant to a bust- ness man ni ing, but if t Government of A ratlable is protected by all th of Austria, the risk to 4-)Cusiness man would be minimized. the m abeyance r Hitchcock the | solution and has jt plan th oar? an international isl 's business. task aa oa AMERICA JOINS GREAT POWERS TO SAVE WORLDS FINANCES, the White When there je agreement among American bankers as to the proper course to be pur- sued, there probably will be o final | conference in Washington at which jae whole fiscal situation of the | world will be reviewed and definite | plans latd for financing the trade of i 1 1 America’s part in the deliberations {will hardly be passive, even though | her delegates will not have the power to commit this country to any definite The Harding Ad- financial reconstruction. This has ie ae been urged for many months by lead- Encouraged Not to Do eed ing bankers as well as by such in- So by Allies. ce jfluential organizations as the United rnd \ gtatan® Chawbeb of Commores, gol A Die) Nov. @) (Associated Exess Br) | vital has the question of International | —7he Zrench Government ts strohety; ¢ ¢ § opposed to the proposed moratorium: * finance become that men like Frank j\anderlip and James Simpson of Marshall Field & Co., who have just returned from Burope, are insisting | that chaos will follow if America does not save the financial situation abroad. from | Paris to-day tell of the decision of the ! Heparations Commission to appoint a committee of bankers and experts in for preventing a shock to exchange rates whenever Germany pays or fails Although the United States) doesn't receive any reparation money, terested in international exchange, and therefore America will haye her ob- scribed in the Paris press despatches. {oo-operation with other Governments, | ment burdens and the settlement of such political matters as disturb the The drop in exchange has prevented goods All sorts of artificial meas- | ures to relieve exchange have been suggested, but the tendency now 1s| (Associated | to avoid experimental measures and that any general improvement in the sit- uation requires a considerable period of time and that in present cireum- stances ‘it is not possible for certain countries to restore their economic from nee is required “This assistance, however, can only be effectively accorded to countries which are prepared to co-operate with one another in the restoration of economic life and to make every effort to bring about within thelr own frontiers the sincere collabora- tlon of all groups of citizens and to secure conditions which give to work and thrift Mberty to produce their “The conference does not believe that, apart ¢rom the particular de- cisions dictated by national interests or by considerations of humanity, credit should be accorded directly An interna- tional organisation should be formed T) and placed at the disposal of states greater participation in world affairs” | Gesiring to have resort to credit for the purpose of paying for their es- sential imports. These states would then give notice of the assets they are prepared to pledge as security for the sake of obtaining these credits, and | would come to an understanding with the internotional organization as t) the conditions under which those assets would be administered. The bonds issued against this guarantee would be used aa collateral for credit intend- in Austria would be a risky ypproved in Great | France, but without the) membership of the United States the whole fiscal situation has been ee © | juriedietior. of the conference They | Nebraska has been ‘active in n urging a } mn brough Sorwaee £ 0 whieh the whole world could is stupendous and the seward: ae Themeay will not be found at onee. Ingidentally, the Marding Admin! tration ia waiting patiently for the Senate ,to pass the Funding iit which has already passed the House. This would give to a commission ap- pointed by the President power to negotinte with forelgn Governments with respect to payments of princi- 1 and Interest on war debts. The important step, however, of coneulf=s ing with the other Governments the world, including in all probabil Germany, tas been taken. It is epoch-makine event in the era reconstruction. S ey FRANCE TO OPPOSE ‘% WAR ae Believes Germany Can Pay Unless 1 it for Germany's debts to the Allies, tha movement for which ts understogd} [% here to be gaining great strength int 24 British official circles. The Freneh: =! view is that Germany can pay her, reparation payments and will do so unless given encouragement ftom “f Allied sources to resist payment. While agreeing that Germany's finances a-¢ in a critical condition, French officials indicate their belief that a readjustment can be effected without resorting to such a radical’ move a8 a moratorium. France up-to-date has heard noth- ing with regard to a proposed mora- torium in Germany's reparations pays+?4> ments for two or three years and any such scheme wonld be unacceptable, to this government, it was semi-offi- cially stated to-day. BRITISH PROPOSALS IMPOSSIBLE, CRAIG REPORT 10 ULSTER (Continued From First Page.) Sa a , free wills" in the government of all Ire« land is ascribed to James Craig, Ulster Premier, in an interview puo- shed to-day by the Daily Mirror. “I do not say that Ulster will never accept an All-Ireland Council, though the Sinn Fein says it will never ac- cept any other scheme,” Sir James ja quoted as saying. ‘What we say is, «+ let the Sinn Fein first prove its abil- ity to govern itself along constitu- tional lines. Let it win Ulster’s oon+ fidence by practical proof of its fair- ness and impartiality toward the Southern Unionists. Then, in the course of time, the two Irish Gov- ernments might coalesce of their own free wills, “Jf Ulster conceded all the Sinn Fein's demands,” the interview con tinued, “the whole world would throw its hats into the air in a frenzy of joy ~ and relief, There would be world- wide thanksgiving services in thé churches and wonderftil scenes of happiness, But England would thea” banish Ireland from its mind and” turn its thoughts to its own prob- lems, and if the Sinn Fein began to oppress Ulster under the all-Ireland Council, England would then answer Ulster’s complaints by saying: ‘You accepted the council; you must man- «a age your own affairs now,’ Indeed, #n% England would have no right to inter. -2ee* Ly | | ENNY A POUND PROF! [Pei pala PROFIT) \ wd bone ® at Ankh oe * om DB dvt. on page 16 = a BIRTHS. CUMMINGS,—Mr. and Mra. Alex Cum- mings of 2020 Washington Bronx, announce the birta of @ girl on Noy, ®fp7% at home. one aul FUNERAL DIRECTORS. ri nent “LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS. * Qing sate te on 7 ercier. brown eng »: Fevenily t 80 aoe we