The evening world. Newspaper, February 25, 1922, Page 2

deg AS to fred, Gilman dropped Meanwhile, Frank Evans and nervous clumsiness, bad sk of the cash register ~a to open the cash ran out In panic joe were satisfied Gilman murder Attorney Rustin jot Attorney Wil- mK night was over six charges besides the two mentioned had been made various members of the band. Evans brothers, Lentino and ‘were charged with the high- robbery of Julian Cohen, a clerk ' for Alexander & Stern of No. 314) ogra handkerchief manufactur- | ioe in December of a $2,100 pay- at Broadway and Duane Street. sh Gahen was summoned to look ut ‘the prisoners to-day and doclared he recognize none of them, Wil- who is recognized as the ped out froin said to inspector Cogh- ‘8 the use? If he doesnt I know him He's the guy 4 up in an elevator at No. 314 way and got $3.10 from."” William .Evana added that he was a, He assured police that none of his companions @ared to shoot any one and he was the ‘one on whom taking real risks had to William said he was the man who shot John Vetiezkano, a Greek res- taurant keeper at No, 205 Washing- ton Street, on Jan. 1. Vetiezkano has just been discharged from hospital Ralph Spiro was held up Jan ener reper erie Brooklyn tionery store, No. 253 Third Avenue, on Feb, 2, $150; Reid & Yeoman's drug store, No. 752 Union Street, Feb, 16, $260 and a dinmond pin taken from August J. Passlio, the clerk; Frank E, Mills, robbed in his drug store at Marcy and Willoughby Ave- | nues, $280. Every one of the ten men, accord- ing to the police, admitted a part in some oné of the crimes listed against the band. Lentino, Santano and! Muccl were charged with carrying | @oncealed weapons, as weil as with robbery and larceny. ‘William Evans, according to the! Police records, was sent to the House of Refuge in 1915 for burglary and _ went back a year later for violating his parole by committing another bur- Lentino was sent to Elmira Refor- matory in 1920 for burglary. He was | paroled and sent back for repeating | the offense. Frank Evans was convicted in 1919 of larceny and sentence was sus- pended. Puzyn was convicted of burglary in 1920 and sentence was suspended. For purposes not made clear except to movie photographers the Evans brothers, Keough and Collins, after having confessed, corroborated each other’s confessions and signed their statements, were paraded to the Gil- man drug store this morning and made to re-enact the murder of the druggist. They were then taken to Adams Street Court and arraigned for com- mitment on the murder charge. The other men were taken to Williams- burg Court to be charged with the robbery at the Gisalde drug store. iain slase inated FIND WM. F. WENDT, LOST WITH $750,000 LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25.—A petl- tion for.the appointment of a guardian for William F. Wendt, Los Angeles millionaire, once known as the “Iron King” of Buffalo, N. Y., was on file in the Probate Court heré to-day. The petitioner is his wife, Mrs. Mary ‘Wendt. She asked that their daugh- ter, Miss Margaret L. Wendt, be named. ‘Wendt disappeared for several hours, here Wednesday with currency, stocks and bonds valued at $750,000 | fm his possession. Police officers | found him Wednesday night and } Plated him in the psycopathic ward i of the County Hospital pending a hearing'before the Los Angeles Lunacy Commission. On Monday there also is scheduled | to come up in the Superior Court here the suit of Wenct against his daugh- ter for recovery of $156,000 which he charges she drew trom a bank with- out bis consent. The petition for a guardian alleges Wendt is suffering from dementia. A Buffalo court declared him incompe- tent last December. (ata HEIDELBACH ESTATE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW Several Charitable, Inatitutl Also Named Beneficiaries, The will of Alfred 8. Heidelbach, banker of New York, London and Paris, who died in France on Feb. 1, was filed for probate here to-day. It leaves a trust fund of $700,000 and a hote! at No. 19 Avenue d'lena, Paris, to his widow. The remainder of the banker's real estate abroad is left to his cousin and business partner, Henry R. Ickelheimer, of No. Park Ayenue, who also receives $200, 000 ut the death of the widow, A Bephew, Max J, Bonn of London, shares in the European real estate. On the death of Mrs. Heidelbach 20 |WOULD PUT CURB STATE INDUSTRIAL COURT FIGHT SET Labor Federation Opposition to Rally at Albany Hear- ing Wednesday. By Joseph S. Jordan. (Staff Getraspendert of The Evening World.) ALBANY, Feb. 26.—Another ble hearing affecting the interests of labor is scheduled for the Senate chamber on next Wednesday afternoon, when the Dvuell-Miller pill for establish- ing a State Industrial Court will come up for public discussion before the Joint Committee on Labor and Indus- try. The proposed measure would make it unlawful for an employer to declare a lockout or for an employee to go out on a strike on account of any Industrial dispute prior to the filing of a statement, giving answers and rejoinders relating to the dispute, with the State Industrial Commission, or within thirty days after such +| The Papers have been filed, Labor organizations throughout the State will be well represented at the hearing if the plans of the State Fed- eration leaders are carried out, his drug store, No. 29 Fourth Avenue, |<ent James Holland of that organiza- Krauss, in his sta- |tion has j in Knights of Columbus Hall here on the morning of the hearing. Samuel Federation of Labor is expected here Tuesday night and will address the Presi- ued a call for a conference President Gompers of the American hearing in opposition to the bill. ON BUCKET SHOPS “Blue Sky” Bill, Up for Hearing Wednesday, Provides for State Control. (Special From a Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) ALBANY, Feb. 25.—A joint hearing ‘by the Senate and the Assembly Ju- diclary Committees on the Betts “Blue Sky” dill has been arranged for next Wednesday afternoon. The bill, introduced by Senator William Dug- gan of New York and Assemblyman Charles H. Betts of Wayne, is the one introduced late in the last session by Mr, Betts, He declares the measure embodies the best features on the subject of the statutes of Ohio, Michigan and other States and would prevent bucket shop operators from fleecing the pub- lic, as they have been during the past year, as revealed by the District At- torney's investigation in New York. “Section 20,” says Mr, Betts, “pro- vides that no person, partnership or corporation shall conduct in this State the business of purchasing or selling shares of stock or bonds of corporations, or securities of any county, State, Territory or political sub-division, elther as principal or broker, or both, without a license, pov ccna oa NO TRACE OF LINDSAY FOUND BY DETECTIVES District Attorney te Take Accusa- tlons Before Grand Jury. District Attorney, Banton sald to- day that he intended to ask one of the Grand Juries now sitting to devote all its time Monday to investigation of the complaints made by numerous prominent women that they had been defrnuded by Alfred BE. Lindsay, a stock broker, who claimed to get in- side tips on the financial market from millionaries. Mr, Banton said also that he would present evidence seek- ing the indictment of Lindsay, Despite a thorough search by de- tectives, no trace of Lindsay has as yet been found. Detective Flood of the District Attorney's office said to- day that a circular descriptive of Lindsay would be sent throughout the country in an effort to locate hima, Mrs. Joseph I. Cornell, a widow now living at Bayside, L. [., with her four children, one of them a cripple, called on Assistant District Attorney Murphy to-day, She was reported to have lost 000 to Lindsay, includ- ing life insurance on her husband, but she said she had no complaint to make because she believed she had got all of the money back. She wax formerly a neighbor of the Lindsays at South Nyack and was an Intimate of Mis. Lindsay. es FLOOD OF ALCOHOL PLOTTED IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Feb. 25,—Chicago Prohiti- tion agents announced here to-day that they had uncovered a plot to flood Chicago and other large cities with grain alcohol to be used in making “bootleg” whiskey. They sald the prin- cipals had been arrested at Columbus O., and that five carloads of alcohol had been confiscated in four cities. The investigation was started follow- ng the arrest of Ohio University y tion agents when, they allege, he at tempted to unload a curload of alcohol here. He suid it had been shipped to him to be wold to Chicago druggists, and that he was a representative of the Con umbus. Juted Drug Company in Col J. BR. SAVAGE, LONG ISLAND BR, SUPERINTENDENT, DEAD, $260,000 is to be paid to a niece, Emma B. Bonn of London, and $20,- | 000 each to Richard Lowengurde of | the Lorraine Hovel, 45th Street and Fifth Avenue, and two other cousins ‘The Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum, Institute for the Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes, Children’s Charitable Union, Sanitarium for Poor Children and the Lennox Hill Howpital each receive $5,000, while Mount Sinai Hospital receives $150, - J. R. Savage, General Superintendent of the Long Islan Ri dled of Tueningitis to-day ut New York Ff nd Ear Infirmary, Second Avenue and KAROOS SAYS VY AND PROPAGANDA Takes All the Blame for Failure and Will Pay All Loses in Time. For the first time since the stock brokerage firm of Kardos & Burke, of which former U. 8. Treasurer James Burke is a member, was declared in involuntary bankruptey, Louis M. Kardos jr., the senior partner, ap- peared to-day at the firm's offices, No. 84 Broadway. The papers which Placed the firm in the hands of a re- celver were signed by U. 8S. Judge Hand on Washington's Birthday, “I will pay back 100 cents on the dollar,"* Mr. Kardos declared to an Evening World reporter, “even If it takes me thirty years, “I want to absolve my partner, Gov. Burke, from any cause leading to our unfortunate situation, If there is any responsibility I want to assume it. public, and particularly the creditors, are asked to hold expres- sions of opinion in abeyance until I obtain a statement of the firm's af- fairs. “The public may as well know that the actuating cause of the failure was the continuous closing and with- drawal of accounts, due to vicious propaganda directed at our firm be- cause of membership In the Consoll- dated Exchange, and envy of the large business that we brought to it. “I defy any one to show that one share of stock was ever bucketed. Customers’ mn were induced to leave and took their accounts with them to other houses. “When I went to Europe last fall to arrange for foreign connections, which I succeeded in making, jealousy knew no bounds. Every conceivable rumor wa sspread in my absence. I hurried back to stop it, but they Spread so thick and fast that no amount of assurance seemed of any avail."’ Mr. Kardos told the receiver to-day that he was quite willing to turn over to him all his personal property, in- cluding bank balances, life insurance policies, negotiable securities and two automobiles, valued at $10,000 each, now in Hamburg. The personal prop- erty, including $30,000 worth of house- hold silverware owned by Mrs. Kardos, is valued at about $100,000. —_—_>—___ SAY THREAT WRITER IS OLD U. S. CLERK George E. Long Reported to Have Confessed He Wrote Letters to Society Women. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—George E. Long, veteren clerk in the War Department, and, according to the Police, confessed author of the black- mall letters recently received by Henry White, former Ambassador to France, and several women promi- nent in Washington society, was ten- dering to the needs of a seriously ill wife and his three children ot their home to-day, to which he was per- mitted to return several minutes af- ter the alleged confession was drawn from him at Police Headquarters. No complaint had been lodged against him and the police said none would be filed unless those who re- ceived the letters showed a disposi- tion to press the case aguinst him, The authorship of the letters was traced by a peculiarity in the hand- witing, police said, and by a water- mark used in War Department sta- tionery. fi ia ae DILSIZIAN BROS. FILE BANKRUPTCY SCHEDULES Estimated Liabilities Are #4,000,- 000 in All Countries. Bankruptcy schedules filed to-day in the United States District Court indicate that the exporting firm of Dilsizian Bros., No. 17 Battery Place, has assets of $69,335 and liabilities of $2,634,689. Including all countries, the estimate of Habilitiés Is boosted to $4,000,000, but this increased amount is secured by creditors, mostly in (he form of merchandise. Among the creditors arc Trust Company (secured), United States Mortgage Company (secured), $41 Irving National Bank — (xc $216,577, and the Mount Royt! Steam. ship Company, Montreal, Canada, $1,003,100 in notes endorsed by the bankrupts. oaacemaiiineesee CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 72% AGAINST BONUS National Organization Indorses bilitation Plan, However, WASHINGTON, Feb. ~A_referen- dum vote of the membership of tho Chamber of Commerce of the | States, completion of which was an- nounced to-day, commits the organiz. Reha- tion definitely In opposition to thy bonus for ex-service m The vote was 72 per cent. against ‘The referendum also asked an expres- sion on tained in the so: pending in Congre sult shown by the ballot puts the chamber three, other propositions con- ed V ex-service men. Votes we business organizations | in forty-six States, in. the Columbia, Alaska and Haw American Chambers of Cuba und Mexico. enat ot of " and by} Commercy > SPAIN TO ISSUE NEW stimis, MADHID, Feb, 26.—8) jaye a new tasue of post Moat of them will bear a bus 1th Bt He went to the hospital Thursday. Born in Philadelphia in 186! Mr. Sauvage was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1889 and served in the United States Army En- ginoering Corps in Oregon, He hud charke of harbor improvements on Puget Sound and the cutting of a eanul from Puget Sound to Washington Luke He went with the Pennsylvania Rafl- road in 1897 and in 1904 was made Chief | Boginew vf the Long Iland Ruilroa Alfonso in the full dress uniter of 8 sapluln general, SRS EN a NN pap a TO RDAY, FEB ARY 25, 1922 BLUE PREDOMINANT COLOR IN PRINCESS MARY’S TROUSSEAU: _SKIRTS 7 INCHES ABOVE FLOOR Ser mavye oe) Baom Wioe Wont Seton es Black and Red, Which Will Be the Spring Vogue, Rejected by Bride-to-Be. By Helen H. Hoffman. (Special Correspondent of The Eve- ning World.) LONDON, Feb. 25.—Princess Mary in choosing her trousseau has re- jected fashion’s latest decree of black and red, which promises to be the vogue for spring. . The predominating color in Princess | Mary's trousseau {s blue, and this color is represented in all shades, from the deep tones to the pale blues for evening wear. With the royal wedding being cele- brated on the eve of the spring fash. ion season women are especially in- terested in obse. ving the newest mod- els to be worn at the wedding, and which will early forecast of the most fetching styles for the new fashion season, Orders for gowns which were countermanded alter the royal decree was announced changing the char- acter of dress from evening to day gowns owing to the intense cold and the unheated Abbey, have again swamped the London and Paris dress- makers, and it 1s practically certain that every woman invited to the royal wedding will appear in a brand new gown of latest design. For her going away gown, Princess Mary has «elected a powder-blue charmeuse, Beginning about three inches below the low cut round collar, long panels of embroidery set about two inches apart cover the dress, The embroidery is carried out in the same tone of the dress, enhanced by crys- tajs and the palest of coral beads, The round collar, picot-edged cream colored chiffon, corresponds with the simple belt of the same material, and the elbow length sleeves aro edged with a narrow band of the same. A cluster of tiny pale pink and blue flowers tucked in the belt at the lett hand side complete this fetching toilette. A coat wrap that may be worn with this gown is made of dark blue ve- jour ratine, ‘The broad flowing sleeves and high collar ashloned om gray opossum As on most gowns to-day, the *| gowns in the royal trousseau have a fair sprinkling of beads and crystals, which continue to be the rage in the fashionable dress quartera, Long) strands of beads Instead of fringe ts used to a considerable extent, but the gowns of the royal Princess, apart from the splendid wedding gown it- self, Is more {ree from the excessive trimming than one sees on most smurt dresses, particularly those for evening wear. Princess Mary's taste 1s simple in the matter of dress, and many daughters of millionaires have had more elabo- rate trousseaus, Most of the gowns made for the royal bride measure about seven inches from the floor, and this fact, it Is believed, will have no little effect in determining the controversy which still existe over the length of skirts. The wedding gown ts the only ex- on record for @ national system cof/CePtion to this ruie, and this atun- reclamation for the benefit of ex-sorvico | BIBE costume is made loug, and will men and for vocational education for| all but cover the tip of he silver brocade slippers to be worn with it It is expected that the bride's gown, | with its splendid train embroidered in silver flowers, symbolic of the Brit- ish colonies, and the dre sown to be ‘Tho first black and red gowns } Nave, Veen soya on members of emart gob jhas recently displayed for lining of | repersent, in a way, an} @icty, Blach satin made with long straight lines and long flowing red chiffon sleeves is one of the most fetching combinations of these two shades, The reds combined with black shade from pale coral pink to deep hues. In Paris the deep tones are called firemen’s red. At the same time, a silk manu- facturer in France has outdone the red for linings in novelties of design and coloring. The handsome silks he coats and wraps represent futuristic figures, even playing cards in their natural coloring, a8 well as rural and marine scenes. Some of tne smart dressmakers have already taken up, this idea, and not a few of their wraps give evi- dence of the ingenious fashion in lin- ings created by this French silif dew signer, PRINCESS MARY'S MANY BRIDAL GIFTS A DAZZLING ARRAY (Continued From First Page.) lafge pearl drops. This gorgeous display of jewels will bs worn by Princess Mary at the wedding. Nearby was Princess Mary's gift to Viscount Lascelles. This consist- ed of a pair of antique silver souf- fle dishes and a platinum and gold watch chain set with pearls. The to bo} Will renide at Chesterfield | miniature Prince of Wales's gift to his sister is a diamond and sapphire bracelet. Dowager Queen Alexandra has given the Princess a marvellous corsage of pearls with emerald drops and a beautiful necklace containing six rows of stones. Princess Mary's aunts, the Princess Royal Victorla and the Queen of Nor- way, combined in thelr present, send- ing the Princess a long diamond lace brooch, The Duke of York and Princes Henry, and George wave! given their sister a sapphire and dla- mond ring, unique in style and,in setting. From the bridegroom’s parents has come a large diamond brooch. Queen Ameila of Spain has given the bride-elect a gold brace- det containing one huge ruby and one pearl, with a circle of diamoads as a clasp. The Princess's great- aunts and the Duke of Connaught have presented her with an ebony and gold antique clock. Another clock, perhaps the most remarkable of the lot, has been sent by Prince and Princess Christopher of Greece, it is a carriage clock with a gold sun-ray face, with two silver and diamond stars moving around to in- dicate the hours and minutes. An ostate was among the gifts. This is a magnificent country seat in Yorkshire comprising a fine old man- sion, Goldsborough Hull, and exten- sive grounds, and was presented by tho bridegroom's parents, the Earl and Countess Harewood. 'This will be the future tural home of the Viscount to be used In the puvchane of gifts of Princess Mary's own selection, haye come from the City of London, the Girl Guides, British residents of Paris, from Danes and various other na- tionals living In the United Kingdom, from various charitable or Army, Navy and Air ¥ unite with which the Princess came in con- tact during her many wartime activi- ties, and the fund from “the Marys of the British Empir Intimate friends of Princess Mary have sent rare bits of furniture. Members of the royal family have given an historic clock of the Stuart period. The King’s Waterman gave a reproduction in silver of tho ancient royal barge; the Friends of the Poor a handsome fire screen tn Chippen- dale style; the citizens of Liverpool a magnificent diamond bracelet; citi- aens of Glasgow an elaborate mahog-+ any dressing table fitted with finely cut crystal requisites. New South Wales sent a gold loving cup set with Australian stones; Vic- toria’s contribution was a writing table of Australian wood {nlafd with Australian opals; Melbourne, Aus- tralia, sent a black opal.frame, and Edinburgh ‘a Mary Queen of Scots brooch richly’ jewelled. Paisloy sent a fine example of its famous shawls. The Society of Women Artists has arranged for Mrs. Blakeney Ward to | paint a portrait of Princess Mary as a gift from that organizdtion. The Clan MacDougal sent a replica “Brooch of |Lorn’—an ornament that has an ancient history. Legend says it was worn by Robert Bruce when the Brithers MacDougal tried to capture him after the battle of Methven. A struggle ensued. The clasp gave way, | HOW DO THE STAND ON OR THE boothegger nuisance? . VETERANS’ OPINIONS ON A so that the brooch remained with the MacDougals, Princess Mary has expressed a lik- ing for a unique service of gold plate that formerly belonged to King George I. It is now in private hands, | ‘The service is said to be worth £10,- 000. The royal crown and motto are in the centre of each of the eighteen pieces, six of which are fan shaped, forming one large circular dish when placed together. The service was made by a Huguenot refugee in 1714. One of the many funds subscribed through- out the empire for the purchase of presents selected by the couple will be used in procuring this magnificent service. Viscount Lascelles has _ received from the Doncaster Race Committee five silver statuettes representing types of the British Grenadier Guards- men In full dress uniforms of periods from 1660 to 1914. The Viscount served with distinction in the Grena- dier Guards during the late war. As he is also an Etonian, Eton school- boys are making up a purse for the purchase of a present. Scores of other offerings, great and small, from far-flung corners of the globe, the tributes of monarchs, dig- nitarfes and humble folk, poured into Buckingham Palace in such volume , that it was necessary to appoint a | special staff to assist in unpacking fad sorting them. They are of such a Miscellaneous character that a cata- logue would be of book-like propor- tions. Conspicuous among the other pres- ents were a miscellany of rich ropes of pearls, jeweled fans and huge sil- essels from the members of the ritish Cabinet and others from the diplomatic corps; a handsome negli- gee with a centre of emeralds and a coronet of precious stones from the navy; a silver dressing table set from the army; a mink coat and cuff from the twelve city companies. A diamond bracelet ‘from the men and women of th stage;"’ a neglixee of rubies, pearls, turquoises and dia- monds, shaped after the fashion of an eastern temple bell, from Viceroy Reading of India and Countess Read- ing: a splendid sable cont from “twenty-eight friends: two silver cake dishes from Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, widow of the former Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, OTTAWA, Feb. ‘A gold spade tea service is Canada’s gift to Prin- cess Mary. A message reaching Ottawa says that “in the course of a shopping ex- pedition with her mother, Queen Mary, this morning the royal bride- to-be, at the request of a number of Anglo-Canadian ladies, selected a wedding gift for which they have sub scribed. Princess Mary chose a gold spade tea service on gold ground, und it is generally regarded ag one of the handsomest examples of the are of craftsmen in England.” scpmeerestineeto 4-POWER TREATY FAVORED 10 TO 3 Senate Committee Agrees to Com- promise on Reservations Already Suggested WASHINGTON, Feb. four-power Pacific treaty, with its supplements and a reserva- tioa and the naval limitation and submarine treaties were ordered fa- vorably reported to-day by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The reservation attached by the committee to the four power pact em- bodies the compromise suggested after conferences with President Harding | and declares that nothing in the treaty shall be construed as forming an “alliance: It was approved by a 10 to 8 vote. Also by a division of 10 to 3, with Senators Borah, Idaho, and Johnson, California, Republicans, and Shields, Democrat, Tennessee, voting in the negative, the Four-Power Treaty then was ordered reported to the Senate, ‘The vote by which the Naval Limita- tion and Submarine Treaties were favorably reported was unanimous, SS ACOMDENTALLY SHOOTS FELLOW OLERK, —The together and hiss When in London the House. ace in Parks Lune, re r some ye bri disposal of t i © during Ui Donations of mobex. Moi of than William Seymour of No. 625 Avenue, a clerk in the und ninmunition store hora Street, waa aveidentally shot while Weatervelt De nl lork of Huckensnek, was rhoy 2 gun. Seymour was wound: | he teft les and wos Uiken to Vor unteor Hospital. Demarest was held on 4 \wabuical charge of telenious asseull. Answers received Feb. 24... Previously rec Totals What is the real sentiment of the war. véterans of the States New York, New Jersey’and Connecticut? The President is opposed to the forma of direct taxation proposed by Congress, Write your answet im the form below and mail to the Bonus Editor of The Evering Werlt Shall light wines and beer be legalized by he Velibuadl den tail Goad $0 poy bana aniiag tee Cres oF no. Sma CUOee eon 6 01h L Ee HOROLaeeee ee ene Oe 6 CESSES ESS Es LOO MeE eSeEheeeeeE® The above data ts to be preserved tor the record, and is not for publics om. If you wish to express an additional opinion which may be printed Ee ee ne eae ere Gr eam aerarmn BHCC. . 40s rncarecnccosmes BONUS OR BOOTLEGGER? VOLSTEAD ACT. Yes. sess 981 VETERANS A BONUS BOOTLEGGER? BONUS BY AMENDMENT OF Over- No. Army. Navy. Marines. seas 8 238 122 6 2 Le ed 23 «7330:«O7 e780 358 878. SOLDIERS 40 10 1 FORBONUS AND TAX ONBEER AND WINES Almost Unanimous in Belief This Is Only Way to Give Ex-Service Men Dues. The proportion of former soldiers and sallors who believe in a tax on legalized beer and light wine as the best source for revenue out of which to pay a bonus is 40 to 1, as shown by answers to The Evening World's question up to date. A great majority—more than three- quarters of those who are sufficiently interested to f" out and mail their blanks—are of the great multitude! who came back on Sgansports from) France singing: So we'll all go home, i And drink up bottle For'siackers Have void™ the untry Ory While we went over the top! Among the votes submitted tor to- day were a block of eighty in the affirmative cast by Hayes Brothers; Post No, 686, Veterans cf Foreign Wars, Brooklyn, certified by the Post | Commander, “Alexander Eckel of No. | 926 Bedford Avenue, and John J.) Kavanaugh, Adjutant, of No. 2265!/ Skillman Street, as the unanimous membership of the post. All mem- bers of the post, except five navy men, saw overseas servico. The comrades of Hayes Brothers Post are moved to tell the world that they do not think well of Ralph W. Lerman, who wrote a letter opposing the bonus, on the ground that it would be spent foolishly and in loose | and riotous living and opposing | amendment of the Volstead Act, on the ground that light wines and beers would lead to a demoralization of young womanhood. ‘They express their feelings in a manner that would have been all right in the columns of The Stars and Stripes overseas, but is a bit too emphatic for publication here in full, It is only fair to Mr, Lerman to remind his critics that much of his letter to The Evening World in which he told of his will- ingness and effort to get overseas and his being drafted for home duty because of his secretarial experience had to be eliminated to save space. It was easily gathered from his let- ter that he felt just us badly about not getting overseas us the Hayes Post boys feel about it now. Harry A, Cantwell of Hayes Brother Post says “Mr. Lerman should take a look around him and see what the young girls of to-day are drinking in place of beer and light wine, He will find it is alcohol and bootleg hooch, Also, if the bonus is paid in cash, it will not be spent for gambling or foolishness or evil, but! it will be invested or used to pay off| long standing debts.” Commander Eckel s: ther ‘a boozer, gambler, a loufer nor a foreigner,’ and then hazards the opinion that 99 out of 100 foreigners “Tam net~ understand real Americans and Ameri- | * can Institutions and have a higher opinion of them than Mr, Lerman. Joseph F. Rabig of No. Wash- ington Avenue, Elizabeth, N. J., (wo months in the Coast Artillery, writes: “You have the right tdea.' He adds: “1 believe in giving a bonus to those who went over to the other the wounded and those who have made in- workingmen, ind they belie as | do, that The Evening World sugg jon to modify the Volstead act so as to allow light wines and the only fair way to col- lect a tax to pay the bonus 50 as a months and the first Sam Browne. Wearihg person to express himself at length, comes this opinion: “Tt is rare for any to get a shot at two such birds as this. Here's hoping the Administration won't miss, “We all admit there is no “—- on the country to pay the ex-service men and women anything. But ft is the | only chance the people will ever. have to rectify a grevious wrong— that of forcing their protectors to re- turn part of their pay for protection of their loved ones by collecting war risk premiums out of the soldier's pay, while at the same time private employers insyred their employees gratis against any and all mishaps in ctvilian life. How much bonus did the Government collect from the sol- dier in insurance premiums anyway? “If anyone has doubts about the wisdom of entrusting soldiers with a bonus let him or her inquire the num- ber of men who insured themselves to the limit with dependents as bene- ficiaries and then guess what they would do with a little ready cash, land or similar grant.’ George C. Schmidt, Ha. Co. 52 Inf, thirteen months in France: “There was no Prohibition im France while we were there; ¢o why should it be here? There weren't any oases of wood-al- cohol poisoning that | heard of either over there. think that an excise tax pal for a bonus would be gladly per “Yes, tt ts common sense,” says Dr. Emerson D. Le Houllier of Hartford, Conn., elghteen months a ‘lascteaans? in the Dental Corps. “If they oan afford Prohibl tion,” says Jerome 8 Newman, seventeen months in a Motor Transport Repair unit, “they oan afford a bonus. If they ean dis- pense with the present brand of Prohbition, the bonug won't cost them anything.” Some doubt as to the bonus, but none as to the proper doom of the bootlegger, comes from another Lieu- tenant, one ‘who won promotion out of the ranks, Cort Ladd of Rutherford, N. J., who went over as a sergeant in |the 107th Infantry and came back a lieutenant in the 112th Infantry: “Your question ‘Bonus or Bootieg- ger? has but one answer—Bonus, “As a matter of fact I am opposed to a bonus to every man who served, regardless of the time spent in the army. The most important thing at present is to have our sick and dis- abled soldiers taken care of properly, and make it easier for a man to get medical treatment. . “Why not use the tax on light wines and beer, if the Volstead Act can be so changed, to produce rey- enue to take care of our sick and re- the burden on the Treasury? If here is any surplus left, let the ex- service men borrow from the Govern- ment enough to start them {n busi- ness or at least get them out of the hole they may be in, and I doubt it there are many in a very bad way, financially.” W. M. Paradis of No, 117-10 Ocean Parkway, Rockaway Park, who wes a Storekeeper, third class, in Naval Reserve, demands full care for the war injured, but says: “I am opposed onus, but I want ght wine and R. L Paradis of the same ad~ dress, overseas with the 305th Infan« try, holds the same views, "FUNERAL DIRECTORS. ‘When Death Occurs Call “Columbus 8200 [FRANK E. 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