The evening world. Newspaper, April 6, 1922, Page 12

os msi lacy, Pty SRD We Ye ae Gee Sieh Leet pas aa ; | ~assertion HR | BROOKLYN GETS BIGBOOST AT THIS “BUSINESS DINNER ® Broadway Association at Ban- Quet Discusses Measures for S: +; Booming the Borough. fremt last night and the merchants af bankers of Main Strect in the Brooklyn bdrough across the bridge haven't wot -throuch talking about the func OD yet. All the Inhabitatnts of Bis BfOAdway sat down to a dinner list MiBEt in the Hotel Bossert on the Heights to talk about themselves and théiy neighbors and the borough in which they live, and the big thing thmt they discussed was that the tigie had arrived when the war was tombe forgotten and that Brooklyn stOald put its shoulder to the wheel old borough out of t it had fallen and shove itelato its natural place among the citles of the earth. Bankers and merchants, shopkeep- me, lawyers, newspaper men and everybody else who has an idea In his ead were at the banquet and there WIT a few politicians But aster all has been said) and @dbe it was a womaa who put the Movement on its feet and carried it out ‘to its successful conclusion. The men merchants were a little bit afraid that the opportunity wasn’t quite ne. so Mrs. Ludwig Marienthal, who the head of one of the big depart- Bent stores on Broadw led the dive. nce the way was opened the rest of Brooklyn's business men were not algw to follow and the result was that the ballroom of the Hotel Bossert wis crammed to overMowing with th cream of Brooklyn's captains of in dustry selected from every industria! | calling. | The sident of the Broadway] Merchants’ Association is Willutn A Pothier, who Is a coal merchant and alga deals in groceries nd meats, Mr Pothier believes th: merchant should get an honest return tor his investment, bet ‘also believes that the public should have the first consider ation in the handling merchiandise and all the necessities of life. He sald so last night and was cheered to thé echo for the courage of his re- marks. He told those present that th time had arrived when the Bor ough of Brooklyn should look out for f and for all those included in its fines. at was the first get-together of t Bidadway Merchants’ Association se it Pas decided that it would be the fiat of many, for it was reallzed that te only way to get anything was to @@ after it, not as individuals but as @ group. 1 EWilliam A. Prendergast, Chairman | the Public Service Commissior Was one of the guests of the assoc! tion and he proceeded to take to task e Evening World, without mention- the name of the newspaper, for Its that the Public Service Commission was not a functioning body. Then he proceeded to show ‘here The Evening World was right fp its assertion. B'0f course," aid, “no com- Mission can do more than the law vides that it shall do, and with restrictions which are placed on Public Service Commission it ean @aly co so f T wouldn't want te be a member of u commission from whose decisions there would be no appeal. It would be a sad thing for the public if there were to be no ap Pals from the decisions of one of its BEpointive bodies. But there have m only five cases out of 1,500 de- isions of the Public Service Com Mission that have been carried to a Sliccessful issuc In this City of New York there has been no increase in the five-cent fare and that is more than can be said tor most cities,”” FJudge Frederic F. Crane of the Gourt of Appeals was another guest of the Broadway Association and he fold the assemblage that the way to get things was to co out and get them; that there was nothing like co gperation and co-ordination © Mayor Hylan was expected, but ‘Flonor did not show. The guests w #old, however, that ho was in accord {th the movement for the betterment id advancement of the borough frou Which he went to fame ¥ ‘3 nd he cers of the # dinner and William A. Po- Henry ©, Bohack, John BD. Wilson, Treasurer, retary. » Advisory Board—Richard J. Atkin fon, C. Ludwig Baumann, Carl Bauer, and Edward F. Reuter, Walter G. Chestnutt, Charles A. Gor- fan, Morris Heymann, Mrs. Ludwig Marienthal, Frederick W. Kruge Peter J. Keenan, A. Manning Shevill = The Banquet Committee compris the following: Richard J. Atkinson ©. Ludwig Baur ann, Henry C. Bo John W, Roeder and fhack, Charles A. Gorman, Morris Heymann, Francis 1. Ketcham, Fred erick W. Kruger, John D. Wilson and Faward F Reuter Mrs. Ludwig Marienthal was by Brno consent made the hos! f the occasion, and sie showed th she can operate a dining room cessfully as she can and d the bigrest deps Porous of i | PLAN NEW CABLE ROUTE. & WASHINGTON, April 6 suc- ps one of in the ~A new cable te from the United States to th lent by way of the Aleutian Isiands involved in a proposal now under insideration by American communica- ns interests. This cable, if inid, will several thousand the Present cable systems via Hawaii, Guam and Yap. It is expected that when the ox industrial and comme ample volume of business w able for the proposed new ce Brooklyn Broadwayites at Dinner Launch Big Boom for the Borough THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, x9. WM. A. POTHIER ED HRY oi Be REUTER Bowack FRaneis Ketcham MANAGER, MECHANICS Bank / D. WILSON HERMAN S. ARENT He TOUSEUNCLE SAM AS WORLD BUGABOO Warn- loyd George to Give ing Europe Should Self-Help First. LONDON, April 6.—In an effort to make the Genoa Conference a real step in the direction of Buropean nomle reconstruction, it 1s believed here that Premier Lloyd George will warn the assembled the outset that until Eurupe does some thing for itself no heip ean ve ex- pected from America he would be only reiterating American position as defined in t Hughes cormmunication 1e Allied Powers of Amer- opposition to taking part in the non purley, the Premier is credited with the intention of driving home the American warning at the beginning 8f the conference in the hope of er ing an atmosphere in which decisions of far-reaching tmportance ean be taken before the conference be en- da red} On the one 1 with t the eo reed conflicting Interests. iand, he has got to con- French, the eatening to wit slightest interference Geno; lready 5 LUDMIG with 1 whe tre insisting on jetinite ition by the Soviet ¢ nent of its Ha Nitty for the Czarist debts. On the er hand, he got to consider the ans, Who have not yet given any tion that they mean to set their 1 to a F ‘ dg t vealize that can co-ope reconstruction on th Am European TOASTMASTER, » toward Buropean rehabili CHAS. ; E : senior SoRMAN ie arouses hope th . HEYMANN, A muy be willing to attend a s Bes _ t conference to discus: LR Be ms, the Fren “ last mom: modify their ~ ~ ” a Gen so a8 to make the } Association and the London Salvage] iio pave been ai nee the « precursor to an | Assnetation SHEGHOW icompe ,{economie conference which would In- i Capt. W. J, Bernard, Marine Super- [waste our timber resour hi American rep! : intendent of the Army Transport “d oe aaa eee ook (— Koch Prices Make Downtown Shopping an Extravagance————> er to eu i y th et dur | James G. Peake of the Virginia lots’ Association will take the ves- Every Inch of doubtful wate Noes en sounded by the drag method dragging a heavy pig of iron Seanaitiane 4 2 ty [at a given depth, This showed the Precautions Include Sounding| javiathan cam eafely newotlate. the channels as marked, A service crew of 676 men will be of Doubtful Waters and Many Extra Anchors. 1. On the run down the coast os owe of the United States ice will be pilot Final arrangements have leen made TRAE aL ale sat to-day for the tr Leviathan ‘o Newport nster of the m negotiated at 15 knots an from ship berth voken | Hour It was demonstrat ship during the war 1 anchors will not hold her in a blow and additional News. where she Will be reconditioned Wil m Francia Gibbs of Gibbs anch ave been placed on board, Rros., Inc, as agent for the United | She now has sixteen anchors, ranging 3; on 000 to 17,000 pounds each States Shipping Board Emergency] 10M 4-000 to 17,000 F I © et Corporation, said yesterday that taken HARDING WARNS BUILDERS. win 4 ery precaution the had been to ke Initiative, protect great vessel on her trip, | Hopes They If weather conditions permit the in “Cleaning House.” Leviathan will leave her plier between] CHICAGO, April 6.—Tope that Ul 5 and 6 A, M. Sunday, when the] buliding industry would an ho Whe iis «LT without the necessity for Governr Hide: sa) favorable, Whe plans have intervention waa expressed in a been passed upon by Admiral W. S.] suge from President Harding, Benson, Commissioner United States | #!! at the annul be s P Uolted! State th Lumber Manufacturers’ Assoc Shipping Board; a appointed Navy naval committ the Durall, a by the Secretary of consisting of Capt cost busca, elimination of w former commander of the Leviathan, | "4d conditions which would — pron _ Muilding through re le assurnn and Co} ni eadalasal orece Commander Woodward, former] that tuilders would n chief enrineer; Members of the] vestments impalred stion If the Indust re that furt He r disorgan so expressed y do awe United States Stoamboat service Inspection the A Great Easter Sale of BOYS’ $15.00 Spring Suits With Two Pairs of Knickers At §G* Mostly Tweeds— Sizes, 8 to 18—All Wool Extra Quality SPORT-MODELTWEED SUITS With One Pair Golf Knickers and One Pair Plain Knickers In a Sale at $16.50 Three Convenient Stores near Chambers. Broadway, at 49th Street Street Hudson 279 Broadway, 47 Cortlandt Opposite Terminal sane s 125th Street, West SALE—Beginning Friday 2,000 Pairs of Women’s Imported Kid Gloves 1.00 pair They are splendid quality lambskin gloves, and come from an importer whose gloves are represented in all the best stores throughout the country, with Tan, Two-clasp, In Gray fancy embroidered backs. Brown, Black and White Main Floor _Alexander_ Shoes Women’s Easter Footwear at Remarkably Low Prices This Easter, when the dressing of the foot is such an all- important item of feminine attire, gratifying our unusually |, you will find particularly arge selection of styles. 5 to °8 Equally satisfying are every in the prices, because se the regular Alexander standard of high-grade leather and honest workmanship be taken for granted. =A may Patent leather sandals, turned soles, wood heels, $8, Sixth Avenue, corner Nineteenth Street j} Hudson Tubes. cth ve "1" and West A number of styles similar to above at $5 to $9.50. side Subway All Convenient APRIL 6, AT GENOA PARLEY) PATRONAGE RAID 1922, serving Government employees from @ revorsion to the old spolls system haye rallied and the echoes of the ex plosion will reverberate through the campaign, This will hardly benefit the luckless twenty-eight, but may prevent the continuation of the pro cedure of dismissal without hearing. There was an entertaining fight in the Senate when the re lutions were being disposed of. The preamble of the fi that the employees had in violation of the Civ SENATE SMOTHERS EFFORT 10 STOP rvolyes a very "said Senator Borah “It brings up the point as to how the President shall discharge lis duties. The most important is the right of Congress to dent Resolution to Investigate Re- movals Sent to Commit- tee to Die. why he discharges a man trom of : ; fice. I doubt whether that can be WASHINGTON, April 6. ‘The donet Publican fire department in the Sen-|~ «yp the president violates a. law ate has smothered the annoying] what is to be done?” asked Senator confingration started by the Presl- ¢ (Dem., Utah) here is a way to reach him if dent's order dismissing the executlve | that ig done,” answered Mr. Borah. heads in the Buren of Engraving and] “phe Democratic President, when & Printin similar request was made. informed oferred the two Caraway | Congress that it was none of its bus- iness.” be 5 luttons—asking for an: investi The ‘Treasury Department has tion and calling on the President for}made known that auditors had been his reasons, and a resolution by Har-[assigned to make a complete check 5 rraaide on all stock, delivertes, &c. at the Tiason requenting that the President |i oa of Eneraving and Printing Senate a of all the @X- The audit, it was stated, is of a peri- rs by him ti clvil ser- odical nature. vice positions—to the Civil Service| Louis A, Fill, the new Director of Committee, where they will slumber |¢he bureau, @ald the investigation was indefinitely. under the direction of the Depart- The interment of the Senate reso-|ment of Justice and reports would be lutions {ts not going to be the end of|made to it rather than himself. He the Incident, ‘The various clubs and|turned over 100 employees to assist other organizations intere inp the investigators. PROPAGANDA STIRS DENBY. Secretary Warnn Navy of “Sinister Influences Abroad. WASHINGTON, April 6—My at tention has been ealled to the fact that there is sinister propaganda by cieties lyving thelr origin in for- elen countries to undermine the morale of the navy and to insinuate into its personnel elements of dis- loyalty nd disorder.” This is the opening paragraph of a adeasted to the naval eervice 3 lay by Secretary of the y Denby. Mr. Denby makes it clear that he has every confidence in the loyalty of the personnel of' the navy and merely seeks to make sure gene that they are not misied tto joining While no particular societies are mentioned, Secretary Denby In com- clusion appeal 0 the officers and men of the service to be ever alert in guarding themselves from the preaching of Sovietism, Communism and anarchy.” am trying to le of prisoners in naval could not show leniency, the number prisons. f however, to any man who, in combination or alone, In violation of his oath com- mitted acts of disloyalty to his country PLANS 150 WESTCHESTER HOMES, About fourteen acres, known as the Ludwig and Ivins property, on North Broadway, White Plains, N. ¥., was ac- quired yesterday by Charles Warren, an importer and exporter, of this elty and Paris, through George E. Doolan, real state broker. Mr. Warren intends to rect 150 homes on the property, the cout of each be m $9,000 to $15,000. 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