The evening world. Newspaper, December 15, 1922, Page 3

PETROMT MUNICIPAL LINES. “HAE INGREASE INSTEAD 0 FIVE-CENT FARE PROMISED) THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, DEG Ped I oters Fear for Succe City Operation With Couzens Gone. POLITICS SPELL RUIN. ouzens’s Flat $5 a Day Wage Scale a Barrier to Flat 5-Cent Fare. By R. R. Batson. Correspondent of The Evening World.) Fifth of a Series of Articles.) DETROIT, Dec, 15.—After having complete charge of their street ways for more than six months ers of Detroit seem to have come the conclusion that the real test of hnicipal ownership and operation 1s Pi in the crucible, and that the re- It will be determined by the politt- and business course of the Mayor be elected early 1n the spring to seed James Couzens, who was ro- tly named United States Senator. here is an ancient story, prob:fbly ¢, that crucibles were marked © 1th ross to prevent the devil from Brfering with the operations per- ed therein. The mood of the lo of this city reminds one of the for ‘they secim to belleve that, ratively, with the withdrawal of nes Couzens the cross has disap- yed from the crucible in which he is testing municipal ownership and litical devils will now raise Cain. lie more one studies the traction uation here the more one realizes tif politics are permitted to enter he management of the depart- s of THIS IS LAST DAY TO PAY INCOME TAX Collector Reminds of Penalty and erent. Collector Bowers announced last night that to-day {ts the last day for payment, without adding penalty and interest, on the fourth quarterly in- stalment of the 1921 income tax. The Collector is prepared for a@ rush at the Custom House, and an extra force will remain on duty until the last sacks of mal] post marked Dec. 15. < Sep should succeeding Mayors pfove less apuble or less honest politically than Couzens this biggest and most in- teresting experiment,in munteipal op- eration of tractions 18 altogether likely to prove a disastrous disuppoint- ment, It seems impossible to find any one In Detroit who will refuse ta admit that Couzens’s management was in any way inefficient. Starting from the miso that it was efficient, the contents who are urging a flat S-cent or lower rate of fare have only to analyze earnings for the foar months ended with the close of Oc- tober to see how tmpracticable it now is to reduce the rate. In the four months in question the munictpally operated company earned a total surplus of $3 or an MIDE WORL.DY EOWIN_ GOOLD_AMONG-THE. CHiLOREN Edwin Gould has made this Christmas a merry one for more’ than two hundred little orphans. Mr, Gould, together with his glster, Mrs, Finley J. Shepard, gave the orphans a home at Yonkers, N. Y., and the orphanage was dedicated yesterday. by singing songs which they composed. of the children. WILL WER, OUT SURPLUS. vsearsa: 2 wes *cel QTARTO IN SUBWAY}TO. DRUG PEDDLER| DECISION KILLING AD JANFS INGREASE|SENDS HER TO CELL|NATONAL BANK TAX eiiinment. Any tt had an Advantage in the fact that it was not burdened to a large extent by claims for loss . and damage and tnjurtes, payment nt, munictpal ownership 1s alto-| 0" + payments ther likely to prove a dismal failure | ‘V"ic! normally are Nkely to amount ———— ie BLE AT FAILURE] (eos. * month or mare. ‘This ie DTERS GRUMB A the amount the privately owned trac iv i ations 5 Cc ry -inanci i ctives Patrolling Stations|Collapses at Sentence for}Heavy Financial © MAKE FARE FIVE CENTS. | tlon company in Detroit had to pay. Detective 8 Coll BpBES at ats aie) 1s > [Now that Couzens has gono to tho mat goo ae Couzens manage- Arrest Two Suspects Attempting to Destroy Evi- | Shifted to Home Owners, Ee i jeomec expedient to increaso re. . 5 : ey pited States Sonate, there 1s a GrOW-} the wages of motermen any condu- With Long Recor dence in Apartment. Mayor Charges. ruible of discontent that the elty| tors, Couzena decided. to in aes jot been given a flat b-cent fare] Wage scale not dissi ale - minimum way res, {Indications that professional pick-| 4 woman's loyalty to her husband, | During un outburst ich political promises made voters | ™! ge scale of $5 5 Be ae ’ ‘ : et shortly after the ousting of which he initiated at the Ford Com-| Pockets are exploiting the subway] who is a fugitive from Justice, earned | over the action of the alee t. Thi a Neill bany when he was an official there. conditions which are blamed by sub-) hop a sentence of from six months to [peals, whose decision agement. This discontent! Beginning with the first of the + vay 1 8 present ths ite ; a lneeae ican oi 8 not scom {to have legitimate} experienced platform men a aed way officials for the ere 4 three years in the penitentiary in th per cent. national for it is diMcult to conceive] a minimum of Ae st and consequent opcrating delays Cor iu Sessions to-day. 8 evied by the city meu ction management more efficient] hour day, or 4 conts hous, presented In the exhibition of pris- |; out to bec mother, and ), Mayor Hy in during the six months or moro} man working six hours will bo en. |Oners to detectives at Police fend-|, stieation that her baby will be born |x’ Fatinnate Mean! my Pecharee. titled to eight hours" pay, and he quarters to-d on, unless some unforseen in- | mandatory. 1 sis of the} receive time anda « sep Harris, ew intervenes, caused her to col-} oo iia to ie Ue hie cee ee Heo Tre weil 4 “mil 4 = f 197 Ov- when sentence was pronoun 1 the rate of sare will! vacation annually with Bee oc astidaa ne ut she remained firm in her attitude] ‘to cor Host i, lacey ny eran Be “one-man SUES A 1 by Detec- | 55 deflance when she recov u verm M set forth in the City Charter are} cents an hour move thaw ve on en platform of | (OPA Wau VS Sahar vane Gann tia be achiev m men. Street t of the Tex- ars old, and well atetior t is ve he City Charte Thes 4 unction i i " vy uisith , Y subw n @, TURN The Mayor < ve Ba wot the « utely owned line in At jou Turns anid he saw ves I x | met eae nd conductors, Harr hand in another man's BN abeeanlh Chae lie nt i ann le sufticient to pay average noc that the crowd was artment socupled — by M omptroiier Cras, ae ihe accsne i : J dense tho at Pa Or ne: We d hey lusband in the Wot the decision of 115 esd at Saini nthat, the} before the detective could: °} Arthur, No. 88th Strect, oul peals menns, 1 shifficiont eventually Il will be increased by inare than | had been robbed. Wuris did not_ get October 11, for the purpose of arrest- | “Well, then as 1 of the & month, ont train and Bu 1 bhed It ling Brooke, raed: with ‘being 2 ’ be eause-of thear fa tors that) War: hind 81,0%q tn ENG HNIN Sy aoBy ler of dru Vrooks was not tn nuane y ndditions ( 2008 and other strongest adic wu 0% of Appenty ¢ be) made, und while these may fof municipal ownership endeavored to] “I got tt gambling.’ Burns report eR rencneisers tence ote Waid for ont of new bonds issue et that the muinfed If ms) Snow: nnove: Ly aaa 1 my shoes Jineden off hankine av to be authorized by voters, thes t of municipal operation | dian't eee siinconsay iy ali Ne have to be Hy paid off out tinment of a flat S-cent er Ons n Sah onan cumninod sto raw tcc the it A PR agnings unless the City Charts and fo convince them that} eharged wil ene Cutan: tube, pickwd up 4 ose ck dad: . of snunielpal¢ his fellow Be Masta te pe ae ae Uatibe a cent service s camera ad attempted te ¥ CESS OR FAILURE OF VEN- [OO inough it mish ai e window. While she was strug. [1 ono. RE TREMBLES IN BALANCE. |.1; 1 flat 6 ae ling with the window, I neko of hdaing by the arguments advaneed, ts ge uch service lig wave . amern and nd six y Hf " i 1 the polici Jopted by Couzens ~ Ware ‘ ourteen | four. bottles oD ¢ n ae 2 few weeks prior to his resignu- | NOW TRIAL ORD times f Fl we au Mayor, no ono appreciates MOND (sev tn M y aa Ne Ue le thoroughly than he ALBANY, Dec atl : sine jlestified that Mi ud wulties to be ever in order | peals to-de a . rddiet. TL y>M i improvements infor aymand C. avieted of th 1 ave | Mangin rf es with a fare} murder of Mike O'Connors ou Staten a N60 t sta Hate 7 cents aud an additional cent for a} y) and ordered a wew/ trial, Cole I sugltive found ’ which Is in fores at present. |. Spee Sainent “ ” with Tihs wit oe {s frankly admitted by former 5 eT ee ee P Justice Wreseht told M Bro! ! or Couzens's chief uidy that suc : ssid key from saeco that her bushand is a menies to t i Bes eects ce muro) O'Connors wh \ terferrod Ae community and to himself white 1 mn: tit 6 now 80 delicate! aiid WwW n wit jacks, dying shout at She wis tirged hy the cou’ Mi Wye fence of uncertainty that la day ov (wo later from injuries ier seue aie }re uabmnit = feal and an ext , pe gilla Reais t hoe Gillis wrestiias . : ths Harris. of .No. 110 TUTOR FOR RUMSEY BOY ; : Shores Mat whe LEAVES ELLIS ISLAND 1 ppears to his pocket Gillis had i pardon for beits reas jareclay Quick 1 umbrella Duc to Death of Mex “But, laine Me. HH to the agi detectives mil lifting woud Barclay e » yr W Bagtiah who my p , q rhe records s 1, qocording to|the Carmanin on Dee. 1 f fi hinn and Harding, that the Gillis t Elia Boland | he « mal € ri ' Tike it hae en responsibl 1 vested twenty time Y 1 had sheltered } on Tis w c i penitentiary and Sing Sing at least ten times. . in Two men who descrthed t Ives ae | Wednesday h Peter Devine, twenty-for which M i West 19th Street, and bs oy Was neces i x Mh AY hein astene nis ea se 1 ! ugh R i tour | fclals hastened his tel i : lost night an =o ; Andrews | NAVY YARD SMOKERS nd guilty o jul eats ef! ~~ WARNED TO BE CAREFUL id —— A been tn | Small Fives Cause Threat of Pos- ba Nee} etble Order Porbidding Practive Warning to smokers tl thelr 4 oro legea may be curbed unless jeveater ' mn JUSHIED WEMONEAE I ent fires In the Navy A ah orci y ings was lesued by Copt . the Brooklyn N y £ t y posted in all depas s ir Tha notice fe the ¢ reo ama sh, | S¥e8 recently | 4 { yard ! . | t+ [Ren bow ee apaber sien be iunace MBER 16, 1922, Edwin Gould, by Gift of Yonkers Hone. ‘ Brings Happiness to 200 Girl Or, hans After the dedication the children gave aa enter: talnmeut for Mr. Gould, showing their appreciation shows Mr. Gould sitting on the floor among a group “rca re PUEDE WIFE'S LOYALTY. {HYLAN HTS COURT FUEL CO-OPERATION iASSURED GITY BY), FEDERAL RECTOR Meanwhile State Officials Jeer at Troubles Caused by Muddled Orders. ~ dera! Coal Administration Conrad i. Spens, before leaving this city early to-doy after a survey of the coat situation, sald that any co-operation the state and city authorities needed to meet the pecullar altuation in New York City would have ¢ull attention from Washington, It 1s recognized, Mr. Spens sald, that for a time It would be slow work to get the con- glomorate population of New York to understand tho necessity and the method of using substitutes for stand- ardized anthracite sizes, Meanwhile officers of the state ad- ministration were jeoring at the dif- ficulties created by the wording of thelr orders to dealers for the pur- chasers of coal In thet abscnce of State Fuel Ad- ministra W. 1. Woodin to-day, Harry T. Voters, Assistant Adminis. trator, who is a coal merchant, re- ¢pived complaints that coal dealers Were putting an unfair interpretation on the order that every purchaser must bt cent. of his order tn small 5 or other substitutes for standard anthracite. sizes, . Thoy were tnsiting, tho assistant administra- tor was told, In literally “mixnng’* the small size coal with the standard sizes, hus making it impossible for the pur- chaser to verify the comparative prices of the two varleties he was getting —|and permitting the dishonest dealers to Include run of mine coal and other cheap substitutes at profiteering ho ‘mixed’ Interpretation of tho order, Mr, Peters was told, also put householders to the work of sifting ‘ut the small coal or hand picking e larger sizes in order to make use ot the small coal, which is advised by the administrator, for ‘banking’ a foundation of the larger size, “My answer to these requests for a change in the wording of the or- der,’ said Mr. Peters to-day, ‘is that the people who make the request are damned lucky to get any coal at all." ‘The publicity agency of the admin- Istrator’s office gave out the informa- tion to-day that the city is now re- ceiving anthracite tn ‘a quantity whjch iueets its normal demands for day to day supply but not enough to create & reserve against extraordinarily. cold rather or heavy snow, 134,000 tons ming into the elty every week 1 coal Is reaching the elty within hours after it is mined, according to the offeial statement When asked by complainants how the careful instructions issued over the name of Mr. Woodin as to the banking of with buckwi ane Inhweite were to be carried out If lealers were to be supported in their terpretation of the “mixed de- he merely pated in dusement ‘atement man who was lucky enough et con! ought not to complain of condition in whieh it was de | livered, even ‘thdugh that condition was directly due to the wording of onler tewed by the Arminis- wien Mr, Deters said also that Néw York was “the coal sink of the countr; to-day." From every community o{ Which has enough coal to afford to he particular about the quality of Vliat it buys, he satd, eoal whieh has ed because of its pereen of slate and dirt and its tow Hbustibitity: ts being elt ‘Amt the people who get it are in said once more —— SC HNEIDER SENTENCED »| TO REFORMATORY FOR TWO YEARS FOR PERJURY Ruymond Sehnelder, who ae- { Clifford Hayes of the murder the Itey, Edward Hall and M Kiley Milly, was sentenced by County Judge Peter P. Daly here t the full senfence of two y the State: Keformatory at Rahway, f perjury. The charg r rl Babmer agains bnelder was dismissed Hulke Daly said that Schneider, wenty ‘ weak, and could 1 wrong, He y ent nsideration by (he Court Wd. He adited that tl made by youn Mair accusations against the [rose ffect that it had Statement by it had done all it ile down the statement to get it the Bourd of Edu nn and elsewhere Will we leave out the banic tax” © Comptrolle Hyhun said he 1 have ning ants Presidents shipped into |] INHERITS $1,000,000 TO-DAY, MAKES GIFT TO ST. JOHN CATHEDRAI Miss Marian K. Hoffman, daughter of Mrs, Charles Frederick Hoffman, who to-day on coming of age will In- herit a fortune estimated at over $1,000,000, hus offered to Bishop Wil liam T. Manning of te Protestant Episcopal Diocese of New York und the trustees of the Cuthedral of St. John the Divine funda to meet the cdst of erecting the cleurstory of the cathedral chunce! Tho gift by Miss Hoffman ta memory of her {i the. late Charles Fretevick HM nineteen years was ' tee and members of the Builing ¢ mittee of the Cathedrul Tho new clearstory also will form a Memorial to Miss Hoffman's mother, who for fifteen years wax Secretary and Chairman of tho Committee on Ways and Means of the Cathedral Auxiliary and who sted the Is Rev. Dr. Hunti! mn oin raising the funds with which the crossing of the Cathedral was built. To celebrate her daughter's attatn- ing ler majority Mrs. 7“offman will large dinner to-night at NINE OF JURY SELECTED 10 TRY BRONX PIT SLAYER patel Defense Questions Talesmen As to Sympathy With Morris Pott Columbus Avenue, and Teo 1. John son, a travelling salesman of No. 1116 Hoe Avenue, were d to-day a the eighth and ninth Jurors who are to try Abraham Necker In the Bronx County Court on the ing his wife and bu 1 boiler pit last: spring ker was brought to trial ks after the body of his Was taken from an abandoned t Southern ‘ud and t was thought the case would be disposed of In almost record The extreme care shown in the however, and the questioning by the law of mur her ina niteate the tr t and thorough nly one Inchlent yestor to relieve the dull examination alesmen, Tt was the injection by lawyers for the defense of questions ning the Ku Klux Klaw questioning by Mr, Coben tn a the pre tderable clreuny Halle fecker may HATED PENITENTIARY, SO HE GOES TO SING SING Georg Wilson, forty-eight, who say lives In Milla Hotel No. 3, hax a eo loseu! dread of the penitenthary anil elures that, compared te " is somthing in th 1 of o Ana winter 6 lay by € tn the Bron | te months in Arrested two Werks ay Irom Europe hy re r Of ‘car there were no suel puch — FULLER LESS CHEERFUL AFTER NIGHT IN TOMBS | Sure to Con. istant District Attorney Oleott tosday told wh ia t try Edward M, Puller for ¢ bat stone, seemed mors nei 1 cheerful than at hie lust trial thou nie lewrer wits ' earetnedateat er of No. 976 inter of | Hoceenst from 50 *200 Thastyered Desks from*22 to #125 KELLNED ft Furniture XCEPTIONAL quality always heightens the character ofa gift—which, of itself, should recommend selec- tion from the Kellner collection of occasional furniture. 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