The evening world. Newspaper, January 23, 1922, Page 16

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c ¥ SERS 400 HOTEL GUESTS IN PAJAMAS DRIVEN OUT BY FIERCE FLAMES | aang Throng the Lobby of the Langwell, While Others Shiver in Street. Clad in pajamas and other cloth- tng snatched up in haste, 400 men end women guests of the Hotel Lang- well, No 123 West 44th Street, tried te keep Warm in the lobby early this morning while firemen attacked briskly burning biaze in a room on the second floor. Many of the guests carried poodle dogs, jewel cases and ‘personal belongings. Many of the more timid women ‘etood across the street in the biting wind, some of them in evening dress. sulation, was discovered iqroom No. 206 shortly after midnight. Many persons on the floors above were through their doors, David Nelson, night clerk, In alarms. man, ran his car up and down many times, arousing guests and bringing them to the lobby. Assistant Chief Martin and the firemen, who came in response to the alarms, put the fire out in an hour, The damage was aroused when smoke began seeping | Europe, they cetrtainly should not be | turned) Joe William, the elevator ‘The fire, started by defective in- about $5,000. ENRIGHT ECONOMY” TD COST TAYPAYER A MILLION 8 MORE (Continued From First Page.) i Commissioner Enright would replace them is estimated at $300,000, or $160,000 more than the two old sta- ons. This is the second chapter of the Baright ‘‘economy’’ plan. The third step consists of the aboli- tion of the 2ist and 26th Precincts which are located at No. 327 East 220) Street und No. 160 East 35th Streets, | respectively. On the city’s books (he former is valued at $44,000, while the) 2th Precinct is valued at $59,000, thus making their combined value $103,000. Commissioner Enright's plan ie to replace the two with one sta- tion, the cost of which, land and he estimates at $260,000. the taxpayer of $147,000 in chap- ter three. Commissioner Enright also pro- Ecses that the 102d Precinct at No 371 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, 1 @iscontinued and that a new site and Gullding costing $215,000 be subst tuted. The Bushwick Avenue pren- ety, land and building, is assessed on the city’s books at $25,000. The a:-} here is $190,000. th Precinct Station, at Ful- and Flushing Aven, is valued by the city to be replaced by a sta- $220,000. the Enright new sta- mentioned = fere cost $1,236,000, The official 1201 sion’s custody is $527,000. The differ- @nce of excess of cost to the tax- payers in this part of the Enright “economy” plan alone is $708,000. ‘ENRIGHT ON JOB ‘AS HEAD OF POLICE FOUR YEARS TO-DAY Commissioner Holis Record for Incumbency Since Consolidation * _ of Greater City. Four ‘Years-ago to-day Police Com- missioner Enright was a Desk Liev- tenant in yniform at the desk of the Bushwick Avenue Station in Brooklyn. He received an order to report forth- with to Mayor Hylan at City Hall and a few minutes after a private talk with him was escorted to Police Headquarters by Grover Whalen, then to the Mayor, as Police He assumed office in ‘With his four years of ‘service Com- missioner Enright holds the record for fmoumbency (since the consolidation of Greater New York in 1898 by six months over Gen. Theodore Bingham, ‘who was removed by Mayor McClellan areton three and a half years. the accomplishments erm Enright are: Doing away with nine detective bureaus housed outside of precinct headquarters and placing Captains in command of detective divisions. Completely changing the personnel of the upper strata of the department Making of two Chief Inspectors, thirty-nine Cap- of tors to be Deputy Police Commission- and the demotion of nine Inspec- Appointment of the first woman the Inaugurated the ten-platoon system off in six for every police- of his announced deter- mination “to make a policeman's job Created more Honorary Depuly Po- ice Commissioners than any other of the department, the list of officials now numbering nine. Abolished more station houses, five fm one recent order, and conavilidated more precincts than any predecessor. Stated recently that ho intended to motorize and modernize the if FARMER IS KING PIN OF G. 0. P. POLITICS, CONVENTION SHOWS. (Continued From First Page.) disaster that will affect every indus- trial and commercial activity,” the | President made seven specific recom. | mendations to the 826 leaders of agri- culture and related lines here for the conference. ‘These were: 1—Extension of farmers’ tive marketing organizations. He in- | dorsed indireotly legislation pendins in Congress to exempt these orguni- zations from the working of the unti- trust laws, long held to be one of the Principal barriers to their growth. rovision must be le for much gre “working ca * for the farmers. Means must taken by | the Government and private business to insure that “turnover capital shall he generously supplied to the farmer and on as reasonable terms as to other | industries.” 8—The Government must place more essential and scientific infor- mation at the disposal of the farmets and their marketing organization, — | 4—To aid both the farmer and con- sumer, measures must be taken to prevent violent price fluctuations which result ‘from unorganized wad haphazard: production." 5—The farmers will be benefited by far seeing and wise transportation policies. The President recognized a greater use for waterways and sug- gested that eventually nearly all of the railroads of the country be elec- trified, He also risked arousing the ire of Eastern Republicans by giving unqualified indorsement to the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway Project, recently framed by the Inter- national Joint Commission, which would enable ocean liners to dock at Great Lake ports. 6—The fullest development of na- tional regources through increased reclamation of arid cut over and swamp lands. 7—The nation must obtain a now conception of the farmers’ place ‘in our social and economic scheme’ and must realize that the farmer of to-day is a combination of the expert scien- tist, the business man and the worker. “The heart of the continent, with its vast resources in both agriculture and industry, would be brought in communmtcatian. with all the ocean ©o-opern- routes by the execution of the St Lawrence waterwi project the President said. 'To enable Gcean- going vessels to have access to all the ports of the Great Lakes would have a most stimulating effect upon the in- action of the ' intestines Hundreds of men and wo- men have already found proper elimination of waste matter should be brought about by food, One doctor comes right out and states plainty that the indiscrim- inate use of cathartics is oneof the cases of constipation, Physicians all over the country are recommending Fleiechmann’s fresh yeast because it is a fresh food, rich in those elements which keep the intestines healthy. Inone series of tested cases, normal func- tions were restored in from 3 days to 5 weeks. ‘Try tt out for yourself. Begin to- dayby adding 2or 3 cakes of Fieiach- mann's Yeast to your everyday diet. Keep it up and see how nor- mally and regularly yourintestines act. Be sure it's Fleischmann’s Yeast—the familar tin-foil age with the yellow label. Place « standing order with your grocer. continent's -inte- | dustrial tite rer “The feasibility of unquestioned, and its with some other great engin works, would be small. Disorganised 4 and prostrate, tie nations of Central | Europe are even now setting their hands to the development of a great | continental waterway which, connect- ing the Rhine and the Danube, will bring water transportation from the lack to the North Sea, from the Mediterranean to the Baltle. “Tf nationalistic prejudices and eco- nomie diMfcuities can be @vercome by of the the cost, project formidable obstacles to an achieve. | ment less expensive and giving prom- advantages to the peoples of North America, only would the cost of trans- portation be greatly reduced, but a yast population would be brought overnight in immediate touch with the markets of the entire world,”’ Ise of yet greater NO RATE REDUCTION IN COAL SHIPMENTS Induste Advined ut WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Seeretary to-day that 1 in freight rates April 1 Are over. Hiny Now. Hoover announced there would be when the coal year ends The purpose of sti for the ulatiog buying and stor s and industries ‘to meet an expected coal strike. Mr, Hoover said that in the fae the coming coal prisia many firms were holding off f lower rat de atte snnonncement wos made age by railr Reduced from $375 extending to 6 feet. genuine brown Spanish leather seats. The Dependable Daveno ANight’s Rest for the Extra Guest Mahogany finish or oak frame with brown Spanish Imperial imitation leather. Opens to comfortable double bed. Special price $47.50 Cane Wing Chairs Comfortable and graceful, with carved arms and rails. Antique brown mahogany. Re $24, 00 duced from 834 to. . Cowperthwait’s Liberal Credit Terms 25c Weekly on = $15 Worth 7Bc Weekly on $50 Worth $1.50 Weekly on $100 Worth $2.50 Weekly on $200 Worth $12.50 Weekly on $1,000 Worth Other Amounts in Proporti Pay by the Month if You W: No ion Charges of Any Kind. % Off for Cash | huret harrowing enough $259—Queen Anne 10-Piece Walnut Suite Well designed Dining Room Suite, with 54-inch Buffet, 48-inch Table, 36-inch Server, 43-inch China Closet Many Handsome Designs in Walnut, Mahogany and Oak ¢HE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JANUARY 38, 1922. | oxipia hair stand on end when he was found wandering about in a bewil- dering manner at Broadway and 324 [Street yesterday. When Bill's dad at the station Bill decided REVISED KIDNAPPING TALE. 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Who remembers the one big asset of every family— furnishes your home by means of it? Judging by the names on our books, it’s a woman, and judging by the many thousands there are, these careful buying women know that Cowperthwait’s credit is as helpful as their furniture is dependable. Put the name of your family’s “Purchasing Agent’’ on our books. You will be proud of her management, and your home will be cozier for some of our furniture, rugs, or other home comforts. Move credit—and Harlem Store Open Monday Evenings Both Stores Open Saturday Evenings Payable $3.25 Weekly | $160—Colonial 4-Piece Mahogany Suite Reduced from $225 Payable $2.25 Weekly $178—Same Suite in Walnut—Reduced from $250. A substantial suite made along the severe lines of Colonial furniture. Prettily grained wood. Dresser, Chifforobe, Dressing Table and full size Bed. Chairs, with Stand Table In golden oak and mahogany finish. Top 18 in, in diame- ter, Reduced ' $ from $9 to.. 6 Golden Oak Table $21.75. 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