The evening world. Newspaper, May 16, 1922, Page 18

a 4 , ae Wye ene * Purchasers to Spend From 15 4 ~ACKAWANNA CO to 25 Millions on Improvements. Miners Hopeful of Operators eeing Upon Their Counter Wage Basis Plan. ~ S56 MILLIONS FOR {STRIKE SETTLEMENT| FOR CASTING LIQUID} COURT FIGHT ON /REJECTS ASSERTION BEGINNING TOLOOM) IN'MOVIE THEATRE| TAX EXEMPTIONOF EMPLOYERS HEAD Manager Causes Arrest of Trio] Declare Law Is Class Legisla-| Attorney Clarence J. Shearn Accused of Driving From Blue Bird Directors of the Lackawanna Steel] Officials o fthe United Mine jompany to-day approved the pur s of America have summoned to| Picture operator, No. 1658 Barnes Ave-| Estate Owners’ Protective Assooka- nue; Robert Leo, No. 116 East 110th] tion at the Hotel Majostic, Joseph 8. hare of its properties and assets by ne Bethlehem Stecl Corporation Tt was officially stated that a holder MB cach share of Luckawannn stock jiN receive four-tenths of a share of the Wage-Seale Committee senting the anthracite locals, six-tenths of a share of Bethle- em **B"" stock. t Lackawanna stock at the time of| wage sc se announcement was selling at $81 a hare. Yet four-tenths of a share of wethlehem Steel 7 per cent. preferred t present market quotations is Worth pproximately $39.50 while six-tenths fa share of Bethlehem Steel “B" ts] gince the conference held its rorth $48, a total of $87.50. » conference which Club after a week's recess, Although members of the Moses Taylor, Chairman of thoe|bershin hus been called to New The reason for the summoning of the committeemen, the miners state, is Joard of Directors of the Lackawanna fompany, issued the following state- aent: “Ata meeting of the Boards of Di- ectora of the Bethlehem and Lacka- yanna Steel Companies, purchase by he Bethlehem of the properties and because little doubt apparently ing upon thelr \ounter wage New York City the entire membership vations for the full committee were at the Hotel Continental to-day. venes to-morrow at the Union League Scale Committee have been in the city during past sessions of the confer- ence, this week will be the first time meetings March 16, that the full mem- as to the anthracite operators agre: proposition at the meeting of their General Policies Committee to-morrow and in presenting it before the con- sets of the Lackawanna, as recom-|ference adjourns for the customary Work-| Frederick Rossonagino, « repre. | Street, and John Ryan, No. Reser- ington Heights Court to-day, with having sprinkled an iil the Hudson Theatre, No. 1968 recon-| intent. motion picture weeks. operators Wage Hudson Theatre, last night, initial York. searched them. Two bottles fe in front of the theatre. Leo and Ryan, according to basis i do not know, to uncork the bot! fended to the respective boards by] week-end recess on Friday, When the|pird, last Friday night, drove Miciais of tho companies, was ap-|operators' proposal is introduced at}trons to the’street. Magistrate Cor- | erection of such houses would have to rigan, in Night Court, held the three j act as a janitor himaelf for 866 days Com- fin $1,000 for a hearing this morning. | a year. I say positively tho emergency ( oroved. “The purchase price agreed to be/submitted to the Wage Scale ald by the Bethlehem is in aggregate | mittee. at amount of its preferred and class } 3° common stock, equal to par mount of stock of Lackawanna out- tanding, $35,108,500, consisting of 40 er cent. in 7 per cent. preferred and|the operators, this afternoon. 0 per cent. in class ‘B' common of|reported that a preliminary confer-| G Re nee will be held by the operators to| 5t#tes Asked to discuss the wage proposition to-night } Jethiehem, with an option in Bethle- em to reduce par amount of pre- erred and increase par amount of ass ‘B’ to be de!tvered by $1,648,000 pon the payment of approximately “The Bethlehem is also to ‘assume ‘he debts and obligations of the Lack- supplemented by a statement President Grace of, the Beth- Are Caught.” hem Company that the latter com- y will expend from $15,000,000 to 000,000 on improvements to] Jail is a big sign reading ‘For Sale. wanna plants. A stranger tacked up the sign, to the amazement of Warden ners SR GER FAILS TO AFFECT | gui. SIX BIG STEEL FIRMS steel companies that have been| Drosecuted all the criminals, er kn negotiations under Jeadershi of mas L. Chi ocday in the offices of Kuhn, Loch| all the crooks to Bing Sin Prior to the convening of the meeting| hang on the jail door, the con>rénce It will be immediately Members of the operators’ General Policies Committee, which numbers fifteen, are scheduled to arrive at the Pennsylvania Hotel, headquarters for ——— “FOR SALE” SIGN ON 300,000 in cash. WHITE PLAINS JAIL Stranger Amazes Warden|to call a constitutional « nouncement by Mr. Taylor! and Says ‘“‘All Criminals “What's the idea?” asked Hill, — “Well, you see,” said the stranger. dents, 4 Directors ef Inde-| "I know that Sheriff Werner ,has pendent cerns Meet Here, captured all the bandits, robbers and The Presidents and Chairmen of the| Other crooks in the county, District rda of Directors of the six inde-| Attorney Frederick E. Weeks has our genial, good-natured County tate: Judge, William F. Blakeley, has sent | te” once That's}own immediate representatives for A\MANY, Co. at No. 62 William Street. the reason I think the sign should] their own improvement.” a eee nas e It is ——— Amendments to That latures are asked to requ eute war or discharge the debts, in a resolution adopted by the On the door of the White Plains| Anti-Centralization League. 108th Street, were arraicned In Wash-| said the organization was opposed toltary of the Hullding Trades Em- quid in the Blue Bird Theatre, Am- thishem 7 per cent. preferred stock] The committee men will arrive to-[ sterdam Avenue and 148th Street, Fri- morrow morning and remain during essions of the anthracite day evening, and with having entered] tion at its first fall meeting,’ dam Av ‘nue, last night, with the same Henry Harris, owner of the two theatres, has been fighting a strike of] courts. labor on excavation work ‘for two The actions of the prisoners in the the suspicions of the manager, and Policeman Carovetta arrested and seent-producing solution were found in the pockets of Leo and Rossonagino has been on picket duty Neeman, admitted they had been em- ployed by a man, whose name they roll them down tho aisle of the thea-|and in my judgment will not take Brindell. tre. The same tactics at the Blue | place in the Borough of Manhattan. WOULD RESTRICT [except the poorer class.” Demand] the tax exemption ordinance, when 19- | subway work and bring here a Brin- Convention to Frame |Schwab, said that to attack the tax " ° part of the real ostate interests, as ST. LOUIS, May 18 (Associated miltions of dollars’ worth of housing ure e ie Press).—(iovernors and State Legis- prepare amendments restricting, Fed-| «t am sure that even if the ordl- eral taxes to those necessary to prose- 300 tion—Will Stand the Test, Enters Charges Against Says Curran. Contractors. moving] Ata meeting Inst night of the Real Transit Commissioner Leroy B. Harkness to-day rejected the testt- 1883 Hast| Schwab, President of the association, | mony of Samucl 1. Donnelly, Secre- charged] the tax exemption law and would test smelling! it validity in the courts, “It is the purpose of this organizn- he aaia,|C- Edwards, counsel for the Inter- ployers’ Assoc tion, as alt expert in the costs of subway construction. J. Amster-| "to instruct its counsel to take such| borough in the proceeding to fix the steps as will bring the question of the] value of its property, sought to show law's constitutionality before the] that $4.50 was tho fixed rate paid for “There is no doubt but that it ts] Clarence J, Shearn asserted that class legislation. It is unfair to theltestimony from the Building Trades old property owners in view Of the! po tiovers’ Association had nothing fact that renl estate in New York City represents 93 per cent, of all the taxes puld in, There is now no emer-|tract work. ‘The Building Trades Em- gency in the better grade of houses, ployers were “in bad repute’ with of the city. Bley te nate i Ane citys that there are no go a/the public, he sald, and many ofits room houses going up, despite the|Members were under indictment for ‘hurray’ of Mr, Untermyer thet the] unfair price boosting, in conjunction Metropolitan Insurance Company !8}with the Building ‘Trades Councti ready with $10,000,000 to build them. “That does not seem to materialize. aroused to do with the costs of subway con- of the Ryan. the po- under its former leadership by tles and “These gentlemen could produce here,”’ said Mr. Shearn, ‘‘the officers of the Subway Contractors’ Associa- tion and find out what is actually paid by members of that association. They know very well the rate of the sub- way contractors is $3.60 a day. Know- 300 pa-| “A foolhardy bnilder attempting the Is over and that people can and have been finding dwellings about the city, Major Henry H. Curran, former President of the Board of Aldermen, | ing that, they fail to produce proper who worked hard for the passage of] evidence of what is actually paid for formed of the announcement of Mr. dell union record and attempt to foist exemption ordinance at this date would be an act of bad faith on the End. construction has been begun solely because of the passage of the ordi- nance. FOR INDIGESTION nance is attacked in the courts it will be found valid,” he said. eS ee The or- vation's nization, recently founded here, de- MUSIO 'TO SIMPLE AS 8 RS, "Fonn | S10RAl power to levy taxes indiscrim-| S¢ conferences will begin June 6 g* - =| Sure Relief inately. The resolution charges the Hotel Commodore “‘to bring forth a pro: Federal| gramme by which music and its gance and waste of public of local self-government by Federal bureaus. Chadbourne sald “But the stranger didn't know that| FOUND REVOLVER UNDER Co. “I do not believe any statement will] in jal are five men accused of mur- made to-day as to the results of this) ger who will be placed on trial be- 3 fore Supreme Court Justice Tompkins if the Lac! vel The abeonce of (he Lackewanna Steel! next week," commented Warden Hill, sald, would make no difference] Warden Hill decided to let the] der his raincoat he found a .45 Colt re- ‘the plans of the six remaining par-| sign remain on the door for a while! volver, he said. Alono arraigned in|{) Like all the good house- corporations. to. attract attention to the jail. 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