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HARDMG DECLINES BONUS f t ,1. To-Nlghf WMth.r CLOUDY AN COLDER. To-Morrow't Weather CLEARING AND COLDER. 1 IT HAPPE NEW Y01 IT'S IN EDITION EVENING '.'MIi I "Circulation Books Open to All)' "Circulation Books Open to All.' VOL. LXII. NO. 22,001 DAILY. Cprrtht New York World I by I'rtw rnkllllilog Cumpuu), 1022. NEW YORK, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1922. tittered i .Sernii.'l Matter font Office, New V.rk. N. V. PRICE THREE CENTS ANY PART IN I 2s" HWML : I, : 1TBE WORLD fit a. U. S. SUPREME INTERBOROi ibri 10 I Says $174,221,058 Is $ 1 20, 000,000 Under Sum Sub-' ways Are Worth. TO CARRY TO U. S. COURT iMcAneny Strikes Back by Say j ing Maximum Service Must Be Given. Proceedings befoie tlio Transit Com mission to-day in a meeting eulhd to allow tepresentntlves of the stieet railway companies to flit- objections to or criticisms of Hip valuations of ip propci tlt'K of thi' transit coipoia- is fixed lis 'tin; Valuation Uureau of the conunlsslon indicated that Hit; transit managers liavi; agreed to de clare ivar on the Transit Commis sion's plan foi reorganization of the tructlon systems and uie planning a campaign lor authority to Imieuse fuics. Piotcsts against the valuatluns were filej by utik Iledly, Picsiduit and General Jinager of the lnlei- t.orom:lf n Third Avenue Railway j ttviii. othel 'traction iitituugcis and lawycis ivpro stintlng tjiicu lily holders and com mittees of security holders. The tone of tlic piotests u lliai the valuations constitute confiscation and will Lie loiight thiough to Hie United States Supreme Com I. ChaJrinan McAneny adopted rathei aMdllgeieiil attitude in discussing the uitters befoie the meeting which was attended by numerous counsel loi thu traction Interests. The Chair man told the traction people that he will Insist upon lmprocmciit of the orvtco without unnecessary delay ind the position of the counsel for the traction coriioratloiis appeared to be FIGH VALUATION BY TRANS T BOARD "l .htt they will contest the light ol the tonsil commission 10 cumin, i uicin -o furnish additional accommodations or a five-cent fare on the ground hat such action would le confis catory. Counbel for the traction m crcsts wero greatly heartened by the ecent decision of the United btatesi lupremc Court in thu gas cases. VILL INSIST ON IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICE. explaining tlio position of the Tran ,it Commission. Chaliman McAneny i ild: "Wll ion ui ithout regard to the reorganina- under consideration, this commls- ton will Insist that the companies hall give a maximum of service. The arnlngs of the futuro must bo predi cated on the kind of service wo Insist 'n having. Profits must bo estimated n futuro servlco and not estimated n tho restricted service rendered to- , ay." I . Chairman McAneny assured the l. uni lion men that the valuations are 1? recommended" by tho Transit (Continued on Second Page.) )r. Peebles's Spirit 'Sends Pledge' To Attend 100th Birthday Party monger Lire uiud Also hx- Ifpects to Hear "Guest of Honor" Deliver Address. LOS ANGELES. March 20 (Copy ;ht 1922). James M. Peebles, who , 3d a fortnight ago, will bo tho guest " honor and principal speaker at his IVthday party on Thursday evening. mcssago of ncceptanco has been jSelved irom me spini lanu, wun Silch his friends and former asso Irtcs 'say they hold constant com fwlcatlon. 5r. Peebles, an eminent scholar of Mlencndcnt means, loved and re lucted In this community, where he d made his homo for bo many irs, would havo celebrated his one I,;ndre4tU birthday unnlvcrsary on jiJ-ch 23. His friends, and especially Ills fcl- members of the Longer Life Club, P.ilans under way for u celebration aer wbex Sr. Peebles passed away U. a. aUP8ME COURT DECLARES NEW YORK RENT LAW JUSTIFIED 1920 Measure Is Held State to Protect Public in Emergency. WASHINGTON. March lO.Thc New TorkStntfi Kent Imw or 1920 was held valid to-day by the Supieme Court. The Supreme Court in its decision, which was delivered by Justice Clarke, held that the emergencies declured In the net existed at the time the law was passed and that the act was a ptopcr exeiclse of the police power of the Stute for the gen eral welfare. Justices McKennu. Vun Deventer and Mclteynolds dis sented. The Issue wus pitsented In tho cases brought by Kdgur A. levy Leasing Company, Inc.. to set aside the decision of the New York State omits holding the law valid. Justice Clarke slated that private contiacls .if touting leul (..state must yield to the exigencies of the public ueliar.. and lliat the Slates in such iiiatt 'is have a wide discretion as to ALONG ULSTER LINE; LIKE BATFlEFRONT North Blows Up All Bridges and Intrenches the Main Roads. LONDON. March 20 (Associated Pi ess). The border line of Ulster Is described as "like u battlo front" by the Evening News's Belfast corre spondent, who says rival forces of the Irlrh republican Army and of Ulster special constables are actually within riile range and were continually tiring lit each other during the week-end. The combatants were too well con ctalod for serious losses to be Inflicted, and the exchange of fire was mainly Intended to prevent the springing of surprise attacks. As an extra pre caution, the area between the two forces was sprayed with machine gun fire at Intervals. The rival armies, the correspondent continues, are gradually creeping closer to each other, and the first col. Ilslon Is expected to occur on the frontier near OUedon, County Tyrone. "Tho sound of the blowing up of bridges on the Ulster border during tho week-end could be heard miles away." Tho despatch says, "The Northern forces were mainly re sponsible, and as tho result of their activities every Important bridge leading from tho Froo State has been demolished, while hundreds of roads havo been trenched and closed with trees. "The tension is already beginning (Continued on Eighth Pare ) - painlessly and peacefully while hln aooclates. hastily gathered at his bed. sido, rejoiced in the wider freedom attained by his spirit through the me dium known as death. Dr. Guy Bogart. executive secretary of tho Longer Life, organization and one of the most intimate frionds of Dr. Peebles, has announced the receipt of messages from the doctor that he will be present In spirit at the party us guest of honor. Preparations for tho dinner have not only been renewed, but u larger attendance than at first arranged for Is assured. A chair will bo set for the spirit guest und the programme calls for him to make tho principal address of the evenll.g. Those who are arranging the dinner have not the slightest doubt of the materialization of tho honoi guest. Tho Longer Life Club baa on Its rolls many prominent men and women who uro one In their faith la a ..very human spirit world. FIRING REPORTED COURT UPHOLDS NEW YORK RENT Within Police Power of the remedies which will apply. The opinion reviewed the work of the committees ' and commissions ap pointed to study tho conditions und held that an emergency actually ex isted which warranted the action taken by the Legislature. Tho cases before the court weie those of Edgar A. Levy Leasing Com pany against Jerome Hlegel and No. 810 West End Avenue against Henry It. Stern. The Levy case attacked Chapter 944, which makes unreason ableness of rent a defense against its payment, while the other case at tacked Chapter 947, which provides against ejectment of a tenant except In case of non-payment of rent, the purpose of the landlord to occupy the premises himself or his intention of reconstructing the building to Im prove It as a dwelling place. In both cases the chief argument of Hie pliilntlirH was that no housing emergency existed when the laws weie passed. SAY SHOW 'ANGEL' ROBBED TO FINANCE BURLESQUE TROUPE Always Call for More Money, Asserts Boucher Confesses Burglaries, Police Declare. An especially conducted outomo bile tour of the city, the conductors being detectives of tho East Elst Street Station, was made, to-day by Miles Boucher, an enterprising young man who told the police at least so they say that he had committid nearly two score burglaries. In an effort to locate the places ho burglar ized. In this way it is hoped that some of tho loot he obtained may lie located, as he thought he could re membor what ho did with it If ho could find the scenes of his adventur Ings. Boucher's arrest last night In an apartment house at No. 470 Parle Avenue, where he was "looking for a Mr. Oliver," was followed by the nrrcst to-day of his brother, Harvey, In the homo both occupied at No. 112 West 63th Street. The pair were charged with burglary. Harvey de nied any. connection with crime, Irv ing he was keeper of a fruit stand In 4L'd Street near Sixth Avenue. The police say that Miles bought tho stand and gave It to his brother to run us u "cover" for his own Mdc-llnc o! burglary. When Miles was arrested ho said that he had taken to the appropria tion of other people's belongings In order to get sufficient money to finance a burlesque musical troupo of thirty performers of which ho was the "angel " Ho added that It seemed to him that no matter how much, he contrived to get thero was always u demand for more money. In his pocket was found a telegram tlated from Washington, D. I'., u.i1 signed by tho manager of a burlesque com pany which read: "May make mone. soon. Things look rosy." In the confession which the police allege Miles made of iho burglaries ho hud perpetrated, some, of the places which yielded returns were: No. 470 Park Avenue, where he was caught last night during a second visit; No. 4 to Park Avenue, and resi dences at 96tl. Street anil Central Park West, two at 103d Street and Riverside Drive, ono at Rlversldo Drive and 120th Strict and ono at Park Avenue and 167th Street. He Is reported to have admitted Im prisonment In tho Itahwuy Reforma tory of New Jersey. mil WOULD TKAVKL nUREAD. Alcd, IMlltKr (World) Uulldioc. 63-41 frk llow, N. y City Tlrphont beckioin tOua Check room for bffi and parcal span day and Dllhl Money ordcra and Iravallara' hwl for ! Advt lt World Almanac, the ready reference book, 3S eenta per copy on aland; lr mall, a prepaid, 30 renit. Aaurcu lauuer, rk World, Mew lork City. SUICIDE MYSTERY SOLVED BY STUOEN rn, rn His" ' 'ters Teil How Boston Woman nded Life With Drau, . t He Gave. WHY NOT REVEALED. Though He Furnished Poison, Tried to Save Her Life, but Was Too Slow. (Sppelal to The Evening Woild.i BOSTON. March 20. The suicldo of Otto llaldor Lirscn with the dregs of the poison that killed the pretty divorcee, Paulino Virginia Clark, art ists' model, lo whom he wan deeply attached. Is accepted to-day by the pollco as the flnul chapter in what had been a somewhat mysteriom tragedy. While tho police were seeking him to question htm. Larsen, n senior at tho Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology, was In seclusion writing an elaborate explanation of the girl's sulcido and his own. both of which had licen decided on some tlmo ago. Ills iKxly was found yesterday In the rear of tho Museum of Kino Arts a few hours after death. A short tlmo later two letters signed by him were received by a Boston newspaper and Medical Examiner Magrath, stating that ho had obtained the poison at Miss Clark's request so slio might end her lire, but made her promise slio would not drink It until she had seen her mother. SOUGHT TO SAVE HER LIFE, BUT FAILED. Her attitude at the party last Thursday morning, when she laughed, danced and drank with guests called, It is believed, to sec her die. con vinced him she was not keeping her part of tho agreement, and when she suddenly stood up and drank the potion ho used all his knowledge of chemistry in uu effort to save hor, and then went for a physician. Lai sen's friends say ho was deeply In love with tho girl, and that it was thu first time he had "shown any In terest In a woman slnco his arrival In this country. In his pocket, broken, and clasped In his lacerated fingers, was tho bottle from which his sweetheart had drunk and which. In one of Ills letters, ho said he hud taken away when he left tho apart ment. He had met her first six weeks ago, and In another letter ho re marked: "I wondered how she resisted so long the temptation that death really Is." Larsen came to America In 1018 us ono of ten students sent to America by the Norwegian Government to study American engineering methods. His attachment for Miss Clark grew steadily. Somo of hor rich friends quarrelled with her over him and sho was driven to choose between Larsen (Continued on Fourth Page.) Warden toSupply Woman an Outfit For Murder Trial Judge Orders Presentable Clothing For Olivia Stone When She Faces Jury. Supremo Court Justice Asplnall in Brooklyn to-day usBlstcd Miss Olivia M. P. Stono to get u new clothing outfit In which to appear at her trial In Brooklyn Supremo Court on a chargo of murder 1 ntho first degree She Is charged with having shot and killed Kills G. Klnkead. ono tlmo Cor poration Counncl of Cincinnati, O., in Brooklyn last Noverbcr. The case Is on the calendar for Wednesday. Edward J. Rellly, Miss Stone's counsel, told Justice Asplnall that his client "feels that her clothes are shabby and is unxious to make a pre sentable appearance In court." He Bald Warden Honcck of Raymond Street Jull. refuses to permit new clothes to be brought to her. Justice Asplnall said the Warden felt he must take precautions, but that ho would write and direct 1ilm to do somo shop ping; ior aiisij Btone. p POISON ULHU WOMEN BARRED AT RICKARD TRIAL; Defendant Is Nervous to the Point of Being Shaky as His Name Is Called. CHARGES MADE BY GIRL Reported That Kermit Roose' velt Will Be Called as a Character Witness. Tl'nee Jurors were selected this morning to try "Tex" nickard on the indictment charging that ho Impaired the morals of Sarah Schoenfeld, (if. teen years old. of No. 92 Goerch Street. Samuel J. Best of No. 37 West 126th Street, an urchltect and builder, was sworn us the first Juror, ono hour and a half nftcr tho trial began und after five had been rejected. The second Juror chosen was Albert 1.. Nash, a broker, of No. 105 West End Avenue. The third Juror ts Charles M. Per- rln. nn engineer, of No. 50 East 2d UtW.t. nnd living at No. 326 West End Avenue. Justice Wasscrvogel notified the Captain of the court squad that If any women tried to got In throughout the progress of tho trial they should be turned away. One hundred and twenty talesmen reported out of a special panel of 200 and filled the Criminal Branch of tho Supreme Court for the beginning of the trial on a charge of impairing the morals of the Schoenfeld girl. There are three counts In the Indict ment, which includes a charge of ab duction In addition to that of technical assault on tho Schoenfeld girl. Three other Indictments charging similar offenses against children rest against Rlckard. It Is the largest panel that has been called in tho memory of Chief Clerk Penney nnd represents the difficulty nntleinated In finding twelve men who do not know the defendant per sonally or by repute. Candidates for tho jury weie cx amlned by Kerdlnand Pecora, chief of District Attorney Banton's staff for the prosecution, assisted by ueorge N. Brothel s. Max D. Steuer anil Hyman Bushel appeared for .tho ac cused. Justico Wasscrvogel delayed open ing tho tria) for nn hour because of the illness of Mr. Pecora which made it necessary for him to consult his physician before coming to court. The lawyers estimated that it will tuko at least a week to finish the trial. Richard came toward, nervous to the point of shakiness when his name was called. Isaac L. Phillips of No. BOO West End Avenue was tho first talesman called. Mr. Pecora asked Mr. Phillips, besides tho usual questions as to whether ho had formed nn opinion. If ho knew Sarah Schoenfeld or Nellie Gasko of No. 725 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, tho complaining witness In one of tho other Indictments. Ho was exi used because Mr. Steuer has tried cami against him. Other questions put by Mr. Peecru tended to disclose whether the tales- i Continued on Second Page. CAR CROWD IN PANIC WHEN WIRE BREAKS Coolness of Passenger Saves Others on Trolley From Possible Danger. There was momentary panic at Kulton and Adelphl Streets, Brooklyn, at noon to-day on a Putnam-Halsey car crowded with passengers bound for Park Row, New York. The trolley wire snapped with a loud report and flames curled about the car Tho fright of the passenger was the chief cause of danger, but some ol them might have come In cc.ntai t with thi llvo wire had not Loiiib Morris, No. 723 McDonough Street, a rwssengor, warned everybody away from tho hack door, whero the ono end of the wire was dangling Patrolman Mylett of tho Do Kulb Avenue Station and Mounted Police man Peresh kept a crowd away from the wires unUI emergency men re 3 JURORS PICKED paired the dam ago. N. Y. GIRL MISSING FROM UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 5 DAYS MISS EDNA TAYLOR. HOPE TO DiSCOVER MISSING N. Y. GIRL BY CLUEIN LETTER Edna Tavlor. Chicatro Uni versity Student, Leaves Note and Vanishes. A letter held for postago at tie Chicago Post Office Is the only now clue this morning In connection with tho disappearance of Miss ISdna Tay lor, daughter, of Alfred II. Taylor of Now VnrM and. New Can nan, Conn., from tho Uplverslty of Chicago, where she Is a student. Tho father, an architect with offices at No. 138 West 65th Slree. said ho learned of this letter to-day In a tele phono talk with his wlfn at New Caanan. "Mrs. Taylor told me," lie said. "that she hud lecelved a notice from the Now Caanan Post Office about tlio letter held In Chicago. Of eoursu I hope and bcllevo thut this letter will explain the whole situation. I have wired tho Chicago Post Office to de liver trip letter to my son, who is on the way to Chicago." Later, Mr. Taylor said that he had (Continued on Second Page i Last of U. S. Troops Ordered Home From Rhine Two Thousand Exempted in Previous Order Now Scheduled to ports Bringing Men Back. WASHINGTON, March 20 Or ders directing tho retuin to the United States, by July 1, of all American troops now on the l.iiiue were issued to-day by rifcrct:u Weeks. The action of the War Dopartmcnt was merely a continuation of tho pel- icy, previously nnnounced, for wlili d rawing tho American forces from tin' Rhine territory as curly us po.sstMi., Mr. Weeks said. It wus indicated that tho status of army legislation In Congress in no way Influenced the Department's (In cision and also that tho contitncisv over payment by Germany for the maintenance of tho Tthlncland troops was not Involved. Secretary Wccka Bald that the op eration of two army, transports now HARDING AGAIN REFUSES 10 IAKE ANY PARI IN PLAN FOR PASSING BONOS BILL DODGE DISCOVERS PRISON NOT SO BAD Previous Conceptions Erroneous Millionaire May Have to Try ' It Again. DETROIT. Mich., Muich 20. "Your conception ami my conception of prison life have been decidedly erroneous. We all were of tho opin ion that prison officials were cruel, burly bruisers with no humanitarian motives. 'We thought Inmates of prisons wore, on tho whole, coarse, Illiterate ruffians, Iwatcn nnd cowed until ther" was no manhood left in them. "We wero wrong. "During my enforced Incurccrntiun t havo liecn greatly Impressed by one thing, thut prison officials uro ex tremely humuno und that lnmutcs uro decidedly human." Thus wrote John Duval Dodge, pos ses'sor of u fortune, of $1,600. ,000 who left thq Detroit Houto of Correction this mornluc with 18 In his pocket hutln'g 'Mrajpteted a. five jla; orison neiiivneu iur uuiuiiiuunn npeuuus. Ills declaration was' written for Progress, tho Jail nowspnper. - Dodgo's release, tit 8 o'clock, wus with greut secrecy, at tho request of tho prisoner. He was allowed to slip through a buck door and taken In u prison automobile to tho home of his father-in-law. Ho escuped a battery of newspupor camera men. To-morrow ho must uppear In court ut Kalamazoo und face a charge of reckless driving, following a wild ride during, which Miss Einollno Knwa kcrnack, State Normal student. Jumped front his cur sustaining serl ous Injuries, nnd nls.i on n chnrgo of violating the Prohibition laws, PAWNSHOP HOLDUP THUGS GET $100,000 Trio Sweeps Safe and Show Cases Clean of Ciems in Chicago. CHICAGO. .March 20. Three Ihligs raided tho pawnshop of Murkus Nler man to-duy und escaped with J100.030 In Jewelry. Shortly after the shop wus opened for business three men .got out of an automobile and enteieil. A chauffeur stayed at tho wheel Xlnrrunn i.hd his eleiks, Joshua I'lshman, and U. f'olun, weio onletej to thrown up their hands. Valuables weio scooped out of safe and show cases into a white bag, after which tho robbers escaped. I'rexlilrnt stKiia 9 i:iT,4K,Ori( l)r-flclenc-r Hill. WASHINGTON. March 20 The sec ond Deficiency THU carrying 1137.215,000 T.im signed by President Harding to-day. Section by July 1 Leave Two Trans lislm- .m rtlr.Vi.,1 In llln i.tntn nf flu. troops hnd been ordered continued up to July 1, by which date all of tho force would have lieen wlthdiuwn fiom the Rhine. The order includes the I'eturn by the f ml of Iho Uscal jeur of the entire lorce of approximately 1,000 men, eje ct pttd from the previous order of tev er.il weeks ago, under which the homeward movement of the majority ui the American Itliliri contingent lt imw In progress ,v n l,u y Weeks did nut go Into de tail as t how the i unction exercised hv Uen. Allen, In the Rliinchtud Com mission, and those of the American inrccH at Coblenz, would lui trans urred to the Allied commanders. Ho confined his announcement to u statement that all of tho troops would c back lu thu United States by July, 1. LAWS Places All Responsibility for Fordney Measure Squarely Up to Congress After Long Conference at White House. House Leaders Fail in Effort tr Win President's Aid as He Listens to Argument With out Offering Comment. By David Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of the Eve ning World.) WASHINGTON, March 20 (Copy right, 1S22). President Harding hus passed back to Congress full respon sibility for enacting u soldier bonus bill. Thu efforts of Houso Republicans to srcuro his Indorsement of the Font ticy bill have failed. Tho House 'Will go ahead nnd pass the bill. The Senate may or zany not ndopt lij.' ii'lf' . ..... ,. tJ ". .i j... :.. ,V any cvrur, mu rreaiutini umiuairu u- ; day clearly that ho would reserve de cision until Congress had acted. , This Is the upshot of tho conferenev held nt the White Houso between the President und Chairman Fordney of the Houso Ways und Means Commit- -tee, (.'ball man Cumpbell of the Huln Commlttie, Representative Long woith and other Houso leuders.. who have been Insisting on the passugo of a bonus bill despite the ndvico Of Sec retary of thu Treasury Mellon anil others In the executive branch' of the Government. Air. Harding's views on tho question huve lieen expressed again nnd again mid even before tlio leaders came In tho White House It was made plain that tho President favor d cither a sales tax as u means of raising the tevenuo for u soldier Ikhius or the postiHintinent of the question ullo gether. The I louse has dlscaided the sules tux ptoposal and has Ignored the sug gestion of postiKinement. In view of Mr. Harding's announced position, It was necessary to go to the White House and enlist the nciitrallt) of Mr. Harding while the House lead ers piisli.-d the bill through. For It was evident Unit many meinlifrs of the House would decline to act until they knew definitely whether tin President favored the bonus In the Fordney bill. Already much opposition has been stirred up through thu use of tli President's name. To reconcile the desires of the House leaders for some kind of legislation and the demanat of an Insurgent Republican group tliat the President's views be obtnlncd an heeded, the plan of holding n confer ence was cxolved. The purpose of th I'onfei i, nee was to throw the question of a Piesidential veto up In thn mr and leino the House fiee to act on lu own lespoiisibllitj . The 1'iesldent listened to the ex planations made, of the new Fordney bill, which lins been changed since lie lift Washington, and while Mr. Hard ing offeied no objections, nt tho same tlmo ho did not utter n word of ap proval. He simply Insisted that Con gress mut assume full iesponsIblllt for tho legislation without any recom mendation from him. Askul to Interpret that statement, some of tho President's callers pointed out that it might mean a Presidential signature ultimately on tho same giound, that Congress had by ma jority vote expressed Itself and that tho Kxecutlvo would find hlmscl. persuaded to follow tho will of Con gress. (Jtlnrs contended, however, that thu President was trea to veto the measure ami compel Congress to enact the law !; a two -thirds vote of both Hou-.es- something which ad mittedly is douhtful, for tho pio- pniients of tin bonus will havo diffi culty mustering a blniplo nujorlty In the Semite It is piccisely this vagueness, which helps the Houso leaders. The cer tainty of n Presidential veto has lcn removed far tho moment. The Kxeeu,- 0