The evening world. Newspaper, May 17, 1922, Page 5

ent > genre ee f EgRERNRREE nets RATE SUSPENSION ON QUEENS LINES REFUSED BY BOARD Transit Commission Loath to Complicate Pending Habeas Corpus Suit. The Transit Commission at its Meeting to-day considered the request of District Attorney Wallace of Queens that it order a suspension of] the tariff filed by the Receivers for the Steinway lines.» The commission decided, and so informed Mr. Wallace in a letter, that in view of the writ of habeas corpus pending Yefore Justice Cropsey, the commis- sion felt disinclined to do anything that might affect the status of the case in court. however, It was further pointed out in the commission's letter that the tariff ix automatically suspended now until June 6 in view of the diverse conten- tions of the receiver and the commis- sion. Mr. Wallace said he could not un- aertake a civil action against the re- ceivers. He said the receivers of the line, Slaughter W. Huff and Robert C. Lee, were not committed to the Queens County Jail yesterday tn vin- dictiveness, “but in an effort of Mag- istrate Miller and the District At- torney’s office to uphold the law.” Revenues of the company have fallen 50 per cent. on the Hnes still under its control since the seisure of the 29 miles of Steinway lines by the receivers, Arthur G. Peacock, counsel for the railway company, said to-day fn asking the Transit Commission for dismissal of the application by Bor- ough President Maurice E. Connolly of Queens that certain stretches of track on Jackson Avenue be relocated at the company’s expense Mr. Peacock sald that even If the Transit Commission issued an order to this effect, the company did not have the money and could not borrow the money to carry it out for several years. He intimated that the financial outlook for the concern was dark. By agreement with Assistant Cor- poration Counsel Joseph A. Devery, Gen. Lincoln C, Andrews, chief exec- utive officer of the commission, who presided, ordered adjournment to a Gate to be fixed later In the interim, it was agreed that Mr. Peacock will confer with Prest- dent Connolly as to means of secur- ing the improvement, elther by the city’s doing the work and billing the company, with liberal credit terms, or by some other method. The sections affected on Jackson Avenue are a stretch between Junc- tion Avenue and Sist Street and another in the heart of Corona be- tween Newtown Road and 26th Street. The cost of this work wns estimated by the company at $270,000, although borough engineers say it could be done for less. Borough, President Connolly of Queens to-day gave out a statement jn which he declares the delay in extend+ ing the Corona elevated line from Al- burtis Avenue, Corona to Flushing 1s entirely up to the Transit Com- mission, The people of the Flushing district are making vigorous objec- tion to the delay. U. $. MAY ATTEND HAGUE PARLEY ON RUSSIAN. PROBLEM (Continued from First Page.) Seeteros will warrant the Pnited States in extending its hand. This accounts for the speed with which the American reply was dés- patched. ‘The powers in conference at Genoa were expected to use the American note as @ medium for fur- ther negotiation with the Russians. THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1922, In official quarters here tt ts fully realized that the United States can exert a powerful influence on the direction of European affairs at the present moment and the responsibili- ties of the United States in the cir- cumstances are by no means regarded with Imaifference. The readiness of President Harding to participate in a conferences of the powers on Russian matters !s in itself the first indication of an affirmative action in a European question. The United States does not wish to dictate the conditions ant had hoped that the powers would reach an agree- ment to recognize Russia and that the United States would follow suit. The desire of France to follow America and the eagerness of the powers to have America express her opinions is fully appreciated, and the significant thing is that the Harding Administra tion says publicly it will enter a con- ference. under certain conditions These terms, it is supposed, will noi be difficult to arrange, and unless the Russians maintain an unalterable po- sition the prospect may be said to look bright for American co-operation after ali. French sources at Genoa, prior to issuance by the Economic Conference of an Invitation to the United States can attitude toward such participa- tion, it was learned to-day. The American reply, It was ex- plained, was sympathetic In charac- ter, but was not an acceptance, al- though apparently construed at Genoa as forecasting participation by the United States. The French proposal was of a gen- eral nature and fixed no time or place for the suggested Economic Commission to meet, The American reply crossed on the cables the formal invitation to The Hague meeting and tho result, it was said to-day, evi- dently was that the American sym~- pathetic attitude toward the original French suggestion was construed in some quarters abroad as indicating acceptance of the invitation to The Hague RUSSIA ACCEPTS ALLIES PROPOSALS Soviet Delegates Announce They Will Attend Hague Meeting. 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