The evening world. Newspaper, August 28, 1922, Page 2

THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, AUGUST 28,/1992 Principals in the Movie Tragedy, Wives of the Slayer and the Man He Shot —— AC In the note which Bergen prepared scousing him of murder, is George F. ‘von Walz, son of Mr. and Mrs, James von Walz of 12th Street, Philadelphia. His sister, Miss Margaret Walz, man- ages dancing academies in New York and Philadelphia and {s a policewoman SHUTDOWN ORDER OF FORD FAILS 10 WORRY CAPITAL shington Politicians Scep- tical That Coal Strike Caused Move. (AER ATI Parents and sister were ensack yesterday. explained his use of a different name, mor would members of his or his wife's family. He has not In one of the notes found on Bergen, Kline was referred toas “alias Mrs. May Bergin, who Insists that] Wa is the correct spelling of Bergen's name, identified his body as of the man who married her in 1917 and deserted her one year later before her daughter, Margaret, was born. ‘The prosecutor has been that Bergen was arrested recently at the instance of a ‘woman who charged him with steal The conference called Mayor Murray Hulbert at City Hall to-day, to receive suggestions dnd ad- emergency action should be taken by the city authori- in the event SHREWD ACTION SEEN. Atlantic City at Sareea garded as Pretext to Stop Overproduction and High Material Prices. ng gome of her clothing. He was held in $250 bail, furnished by Kline, to whom Bergen appealed for help. Mrs. Ellen Ber- gen, and his brother, Joseph, yester- day removed his morgue in Fort Lee to their home at No. 214 East 116th Street, Man- hattan. Funeral services will be held crippling the body from Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of The Eve- ning World.) WASHINGTON, Aug Although news that men might be thrown out of employ- ment would ordinarily cause shivers of apprehension to run up and down the political spine of the incumbent Administration because of the possible effect on other industries, it cannot be said that official Washington ts Particularly disturbed Ford's threat to shut down his plant. The truth is, considerable scepticism to whether the coal shortage was the real reason for the action of Mr. discussion of city owned and operated bus lines, in whjch Grover A, Whalen, Commissioner tures, furnished most of the facts. and Struc- > HARDING CONFIDENT HARD COAL PEALE NEAR AT HA (Continued from First Page.) There were 84 persons at the con- ference but not participated. The conference took a recess until Wednesday at 11 o'clock. Acting Mayor Hulbert appointed the following committee to report Wed- of the Allied Schwarzler of the Board of Trade; Sidne} dent of the Owners; Simon Rothschild of the dry goods trades and Preston P. Lynn of the department store In outlining the purpose of the con- ference, Mr. Hulbert declared that an emergency is facing the city ~|the Board of Estimate, whether with or without power, would prevent stag- nation in the transit systems. emphasized transportation showing effects of the coal shortage and asked for suggestions or advice Simon F, Rothschild of the Retail Dry Goods Association asked how his tion might help and what the programme was. exists here general situation would be such as to -establishment of Many men in the Government conversant with the au- Just what Executive steps are in|tomobile industry credit Mr. Ford with a shrewd stroke in seizing upon the as the pretext shutdown when reached the saturation point of pro- enable a gradual complete stability. contemplation to facilitate coal ments was not revealed, but it was Commerce Commission and the emer- gency fuel distribution mac ready set up would be relied on to] duction. provide effective measures to protect the interests of the public. were intimations that in order to the maximum results a curtailment s expressed, for instance, that nothing bettor could happen from plants than a shutdown ) gives opportunity to of passenger, traffic in all commodities except fuel and essential foodstuffs was among the possibilities. hold up all or¢ makes possible the negotiation of new ‘8. Some hints are heard here that the prospect of an increase in [the cost of steel caused Mr adopt retaliatory measures before the manufacturers: him for a higher price. provoking is expected to pa programme. ward P, Doyle said he thought MRS GEORGE KLINE RAILWAYS FIGHT WAYMMEN'S APPEAL TO LABOR BOARD dhe Sta Ue Say They Do Not Represent Majority and Some Are on Strike, Chairman Cummins, who has ad- vocated steps to authorize Presidential operation of roads and min: not discuss the Mayflower conversa- tions on his return to the Capitol to- day, but he indicated that he might not offer for the present the authoriz- Hischoice of time vised waiting until the Legislature at Albany took definite action. Commission prepared to enter enlightenment of the whether no wor ¢ and it will respond ¢ o's plan will be submitted to the Board of Estimate on Sept. 6. Chamber of Commerce said 700 the- atres had no coal are in the market now for 50,000 tons He suggested that a public demands, ny other moment, in their bins and But basically, ing legislation he has prepared. was the clear implication of all the} Who were discussing HYLAN TRANSIT PLAN S INPRACTIABLE (Continued from First Page.) for the winter. committee be appointed to cc with the Fuel Administration and he offered the ald of the motion picture theatres to inform the public how to conserve coal. Hulbert said informed before any action to-night of how the busi- ness men of New York feel over the Henry Ford to-day declared that the closing of the Ford plants was by no leaders, both in executive and legisla- tive circles, however, that possible ac- tion in that direction still] was a part] ™eans an unusual step in the auto- of the Government strike programme, | Mobile trade, if lesser measures do not prove ef- RAPID TRANSIT. The long document, The theory was ad- vanced that whenever tion reaches the highest peak there is always a sudden retrenchment when it is discovered that more automobiles have been made than the public There was noticeably increased op- Mayor Hylan’s Plan for mism at the White House to-day over the anthracite situation, officials clone to the President indicating that | @>¥erb. they expected some agreement within forty-eight hours that would insure & resumption of hard coal production, appears to end a!! hope of an agree- ment between the City Administra- tion and the Transit Commission and to put off indefinitely n®w subways, better service and a solution transit problem The Mayor's plan is almost in every way the antithes: by the Transit commission Mr. Ford concedes that his produ tion 1s at an abnormally high stage and that he was reaching the great- est) rate of output in the history of This, however, is seen as @ reason for readjustment on ground that More than enough handle the demand for months to Meanwhile, the shutdown will Cohen, President of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners’ ciation, declared that a suspension of rapid transit facilities would mean millions of dollars’ it out, and any additional borrow- ing capacity to be realized within the next few years would not pay for one-tenth of the Mayor is talking about. —That the so-called re- apture of parts of the existing system, now operated under lease by the private companies, would mean nothing more than the fur- disintegration and ent fare system, without the slightest correspond- ing benefit at uny points; and Their hopes were centred in the con- ferences in progress at Philadelphia, where peace overtures originating from Washington were reported to have made a favorable impression, Secretary Hoover told the commit- if the Winslow bill were we hope that control may be] Prove an economy in the long run, for it will permit tha making of new contracts on supplies or the holding supplies which have| Pending new wage already been ordered. One man who has had much experience with auto- mobile production and who now vernment here said: “Many manufacturers would like to shut down every now and then when they reach the peak of their produc- tion and are at the saturation point y try usually to readjust and re- loss to theatre 28 .-— Railway have} maintenance of way employees, com- dealers will Commission. sentative of the Hippodrome spoke in the same vein. Whether or not the Board of Esti- has the power to establis' poMry bus lines if regular trans- portation systems fa'l, was the ques- tion raised by William F. McConneil, Assistant Secretary of the New York rade and Transportation Commissioner shortage that confronts the transit companies also confronts th City Administration, seventeen truck manufacturers pron: ised that 1,541 bus chassis could be delivered in one week on which could be mounted bus bodies, thirty days 7,000 buses could be ue approximate With such equi: - Whalen said, the city could transport 8,800,000 persons daily afte: the first thirty days of the emergency He ulso pointed out that the Board of appropriated $1,000,000 for buses, but a taxpayer brought a restraining suit ‘The coal shortage prising approximately the approval workers and crossing flagmen, threatened strike with the shop laast month tions of the Administration blocked from carrying out its by the Transit 4 Transit Commission. ‘The attitude of the commission, it is Mayor's plan only an attempt to influence the voters in the Gubernatorial vember to vote the Democratic ticket yor’s plan provid City ownership and operation of all the present subways, with the excep- t side line of the Inter- imate Board, and the necessary for not more than ninety days, bui it may be extended for six] (mtructs on demands for increased pay be- fore the United States Railroad Labor 18 In} Board here to-day When the hearing opened the first union submissions came when six Eastern railroads re- fused to recognize the He estimated that 2,000,000 tons of bituminous coal a week was necessary for railroads, 750,000 for publicutili- Ues and 300,000 for Governmental, hospital and miscellaneous essential the building of new subw installation opposition to new surface is to be offset by the ripping out of existing facili- add practica He declared that “We rely on approximations of r quirements made during war time, he said, ‘‘in concluding that a distri- bution of 9,000,000 tons per week would prevert any general closing up| "4 dangerous, The safest way ts to union's appeal und that railroad shopmen, maintenance he ea men, were on strike tion of t! Four other roads later protest, declaring that new organiza- tions of trackmen had been formed on i those lines as a result of strikes and “We haveseen a gooddeal in the} celvable that Mr. Ford, who owns a|tnat consequently the maintenance railroad which connects with one offunion did not represent a majority Representative] the largest coal producing areas in|o¢ their trackmen. the country, should find it difficult to get enough coal to run his plants.” system, and leave the public for Joined in the shut down entirely and start with a ‘This is undoubtedly wh Mr. Ford has done, for it is the lines after and 1926, as provided in the duai subway contracts PROGRAMME FOR $600,000,000. Construction of 125 route miles of of industry. We hope with rapidly increasing production of relief that should be provided What the situation calls for is the promptest sort of provision for the building of new to prevent immediately Press about taking over anthracite financed, and the prese every point of the common Huddleston, Democrat, Alabama. am led to believe there is nothing in this bill to cover that, and no such step is In contemplation."’ “Buch processes have not been re ommended by the Presidential com- mittee now in touch withcoal distri- Mr. Hoover replied. ‘lass 1 railroads 105 were ‘The mainten- partiongo. the and a tri-borough bridge, requiring an investment by the city of $600,000,000. Abolition of the “existing obsolete” surface lines Inauguration of a city owned bus system if the Legislature will permit the city to buy buses—calling for an expenditure of $25,000,000. **Disappearance”’ elevated roads. ‘The universal 5-cent fare The cost of constructing bridges for the proposed new lines is not included in the $600,000,000 budget. In recapturing the dual subway force, the city must pay to the roads 15 per cent. original investment amount to many millioins. ‘The city’s plan would be to recap- ture one system at u time, operate it for a few months, show that it was self-sustaining—meaning the on the bonds issued to pay for it could be paid and amortized regularly—and then have the sum declared by the courts outside the debt margin and issue new bonds for the recapture of another system. ‘The construction of the new lines, promised by the City Administration, would require fifteen years, the plan From a political angle, the news of tion was a subject ot some discussion, but only as a symp- the general which the coal and rail strikes have “The plan of the Transit Commis- sion, concerning which the Mayor stil shows an almost unbelievable lack of understanding, calls for further uni- fication, and for the restoration of the broken lines and the abandoned trans- fers that the Mayor's poli veloped during the last five years, does not propose for a moment the use of city funds to acquire existing prop- erties. It would not add a dollar to the city’s budget, but on the other hand woul dprovide for a means of libera- tion of the xisting city lines from the indebtedness they and a corresponding provision of im- mediately available funds for real sub- way building. TO DRAW DISCUSSION INTO THE CAMPAIGN, “I have not, of course, had an op- portunity to examine minutely the de- tails of the Mayor's scheme, but the will be plenty of time for cussion—though the 1 time for the launching of a plan, ter five years of inactic higher wages on the increa President of the trackmen, said the 23 to 35 cents an Jones of the Board of Education said, in which event 200,000 pupils would be out of school. —————— BOY DIES FROM WHEN CAR HITS HIS DOG While Child Board's July 1 decision was “less than a living wage.” ‘The hearing Was on a petition of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Employes and i , asking an inc cents to 48 cents Control must be maintained on the] Made for those members of Congress even] Who are up for re-election this year, Administration officials already admit ‘FRIGHT though coal output increased sharply, because the northwest had to be sup- plied, because anth: had failed, and because stocks had to be bullt up before winter. he continued, “that railroads, in a weakened condi- tion, may be unable to carry the load ‘There must be a continuation, traint on prices."’ INQUEST TUESDAY IN WAINWRIGHT CASE Dr. A. L. Higgins, who performed] new indication of the course hi the autopsy upon the body of Katherine Wainwright of Springfield, M., following her death Saturday at ‘the Nassau Hospital, will be the prin- cipal witness at the inquest to-mor- row in the Court House at Mineola, that unless the country is in a pros- Perous condition when election time comes a vote of protest will inevitably be registered which will elte production Pet Escapes Unhurt Goes Into Convulsions, mum wages from an hour, a virtual demand for recogni- (Special to The Hvening World.) tion of a basic the subways under time and a half for overtim fear exists that the Republicans will lose control of Congress. The next ten or fifteen days will be The feeling in Administra- into convulsions when his pet dog was tenance Brothtrhood, refused to affirm or deny the reported plan to include a tion quarters 1s that industry is on} minimum cost of living base in pro- the verge of a great era of prosper- the coal and rail The President on his retutn from the Mayflower gave no|fincrease the minimum wage of Jobson, six-year-old son of and Mrs. Jobson of No. Street, died a few minutes later. The dog was uninjured ‘The child and his pet had gone out to play shortly before supper. ing automobile attracted the attention gave chase, struck and knocked over. into the house screaming. could tell his mother the cause of his into convulsions deapite medical aid died without regain- ing consciousness. posals to amend the can be settled, rhe union's position in its effort to an hour for trackmen to 48 cents an 4 to be developed in the testi the moment Mayor's choice of whether the railrcads can operate ef- ficiently and carry the coal which the representing east ern railroads, and John Higgins, at quantities since the Cleve- y of peace was signed plan of the Transit Commission, sug- resented the railroads, Dr. Higgins has reported evidence of bichloride of mercury overnment operation is in- District Attorney Weeks said it had|evitable, though it must be understood een reported to him there were in dications Mrs, Wainwright had under- gone an operation Other witnesses will Gra. Fensterer, who attended Mrs: Wainwright received relative to the men in the railroad shops, Eastern carriers were confide nt that 4 movement of strikers re work had set in, but gave no figures to back up their opinions and predic- BOTH SIDES CLAIM GROUND GAINED IN RAIL STRIKE HERE Carriers See Drift of Strik- ing Shopmen Back to Heads of the N Vacation have T' World follow you. Mail carrying capa and would be completed in five year In fifteen years, {t continues, Administration is not com- course and making no preparations in that direc- tion as yet and hopes some other so- lution will be found. rhe situation $6,000,000,000 and would $500,000,000 being added to the debt margin, which might be used fe construction of stil! more subw While no official issued at the headquarters of the Cen- tral Strike Commit WORLD SUMMER RATES prevailed when th President invited the mines to resume rations under Government protec It beeame evid caune of death: Catherine Cusack of Flora Park; her ister, Mrs. Gra Z 2 Van Wyck Avenue, Richmond Hill, and John c¢. W 283 Broadway, said to have been . Wainwright as a clos: Morning & Sunday. Evening World Sunday World 10c. per Sunday ‘becribe now tor a! Address changed e# often Your aewedeater will for you, oF reas! Cashier, New York World, Park pe, New York City. Hotel Conti- claimed sub nt after a short time that not enough cowl was being| shopmen's strike produced to affect the nental, the labor Je stantial gains in number to the striking shopmen's cause The strikers also gained consic satisfaction over of the East ministration, situation very} tojowing the developments in Wash ny length of th scribed by M deterioration of » keneval inability king higher Wainwregilt humband of Mrs went to South America last April and whe has been living with her mother. truth and whether mined can be carried are clear, Mr mot much sooner, © marked inere Harding will act—and| terest to national elevated lines ing the strike centred around reports henings regard- hold, substantiates there is no brevk ia the wtrike, Routes on Page 5. nn ee COMMITTEE NAMED MILLER IS LIKELY TO SOLVE CITY'S |T0GET $10,000,000 GOAL SHORTAGE) STATE COAL FUND Eighty-Four Attend Mayor’s Conference and Urge Quick Action. Albany to Act Fast in Session Starting To-Day—City Democrats Opposed. ALBANY, Aug. 28.—Tho extraor- dinary session of the Legislature, which convenes to-night, Is expected to carry out Gov. Miller's programme for meeting the coal shortage ‘emer- gency and adjourn by Wednesday at the latest. The only opposition Is ex- pected from New York Democrats who may make a fight for the Hylan plan, under which the City of New York seeks power to appropriate $5,000,000 to buy and sell coal and to give it away to those unable to pay for it. Other clties of the State want t power and through the N State Conference of Mayors a_ bill will probably be introduced giving all cities the right to buy and sell coal to their citizens and industries. Gov. Miller is opposed to this plan. holding that with fifty-nine cities competing for coal it would increase the price and destroy the benefits of ization. Gov. Miller's plan contemplates en- actment of three measures—declar- ing that an emergency exists, creat- ing a Fuel Administration and giving him full powers. He is reported to be considering the names of several men for the post, in- cluding those of Major Gen. George W. Goethals, retired army engineer and builder of the Panama Canal, and former Gov. Charles 8. Whitman. It is understood he will ask for appropriation of $10,000,000 a re- volving fund to buy and distribute coal through dealers, The coal would be turned over to the dealers at cost ew York the s and a fair profit would be allowed for the work of distribution. Drastic prison penalities are provided for profiteering, and the administrator could even take over the work of dis- tribution in le litles where the deal- ers refuse to co-operate. The Coal Administrator would: have power to curtail the use of coal in schools, public institutions and even certain industries not deemed abso- lutely necessary, and plans are al- ready considered for encouraging th burning of soft coal and wood [ household purposes, Cities with dinances against the use of soft coal may be asked to abrogate them. Some action may be taken to meet the fears of New York City land lords, because of the housing laws, which make it a jail penalty for a landlord to fail to furnish, heat or hot water when leases call for it TIE-UP OF ALTON COMPLETE; CHIEFS TRYING TO END IT Attempt to Dynamite Two Bridges at Roodhouse- Bombs and Shooting. CHICAG Aug. 28 (Associated Press).—Their charters endangered by revocation by their national chief, W. G. Lee, members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen by unauthorized walkouts at Roodhouse, Ill., and Slater, Mo., still have a strangle hold on traffic on, the Alton, Striking clerks and firemen aided the trainmen in holding the road in their grip and neetings were called to-day to decide whether the throttling would continue J. A. McBride, Vice President of the iiremen's Union, was at Roodhouse to take charge of the situation among members of his organization, A few men remained at work in the roundhouse at Roodhouse during a series of bombings, promiscuous shooting and attempts to dynamite two railroad bridges near the town. Train despatchers and the regular staff of telegraphers remained at their desks with Mttle to do, The ticket office was open, but the waiting rooms at the station were deserted, Arrest of three men by United States Deputy Marshals was reported, following the explosions at the two bridges. Examination showéd that the explosions did only slight damage. Company guards and Deputy United e s Coupon Entities i Woman, Who, on Sept. 11, 192%, at the ) MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL G) AT CONEY ISLAND a Will Be Crowned © KING AND QUEEN FS 1922 Coney Istand Mardi Gras Revue g 1 vote for.. Mail Votes Or votes may corner 38th Theresa Build! ing, Park Row, De not only ane can fe hestrozed. Harlem, date. (For Story See Page Six.) States Marshals patrolled the yards, which were filled with stalled passen- rand freight trains. Some perish- able freight was transferred to other lines and railroad employees fed and watered two carloads of poultry stranded on a side track W. H. Penrith, general superins tendent of the road, had his office car on a siding and with other of- ficlals was directing efforts from there to tron out the trouble. With the blockade at Roodhouse complete, postal Inspectors were vestigating the delay of a Chicago and Alton mail train at Slater and Ma shall, Mo. It was said to be the first instance of interference with mails in Missouri A non-union man, place of a union who took the fireman at Slater, jumped from the cab and fled after firing the mail train's engine to Marshall, when he learned that strik- ers had followed the train in an au- tomobile from the former town. Trackmen on the Missouri Pacific at Jefferson City, Mo., joined the walkout of trainmen in protest against the presence of armed guards and D¢puty United States Marshals in the shops and yards. Freight service there was at a standstill. actinic PRONOUNCED! RECOVERY oF MARK IN LONDON. LONDON, Aug. 28.—The feature of the foreign exchange market to-day was the recovery of the mark, which was quoted at 6,450 to the pound as against 7,500 Saturday, on the cessation of sell- ing and a more optimistic fe garding the outcome of the re discussions. & POUND PROF!’ mY : There Is No Corner on Quality In the Candy Market No Confectioner has a monop- oly. 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