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Estimate Board
Bars Garages
Near Schools
Mention of Ettinger and
Livery Stable Causes Mayor
Hylan Much Merriment;
Superintendent Is Absent
Only Few Lively Clashes
Hospital Counsel Rouses
Dowling Momentarily, but
Police Were Not Called
The police were not requested to in?
tervene at yesterday's meeting of the
B^ac! of Estimate. Several member*
attacked.Dr. W lllam L. Ettinger, su?
perintendent o:' schools, who was ab?
sent. Toward the close of the session .
Mayor Hylan said to a;: occupant of a
front scat:
"Say, Snyder, you've kept quiet nil
day. Have you nothing to say?"
Mr. Snyder said he hadn't, and the
Mayor relapsed into indifference.
Tr bright est n i men ts of the meel ?
ing occurred during n hearing on the,
proposed amendment to the building
sone resolution, providing that herc
after no garages for more than five
cars iay be erected or extended within j
200 fee of a public school or private
school for children under sixteen years
of age.
.1 S. de Selding, represent the Church
of St. Mary the Virgin, which main?
tains ?i kindergarten on West Forty
sixth Street, and other property hold?
ers in the neighborhood, drafted the
resolution. He objected to the pro?
viso added to it which exempted prop?
erties wtiose owners have already made
ap? ?cation for a permit to conduct a
garage.
Ettinger and Livery Stable
v, ?. Do Selding said that this might:
lead to tin. conversie:i of a livery
?table into r ext to the
kindergarten of St. M pry the Virgin.
and thai the garas? uld !'"r only
men;?.?-: ?; ?? children the kinder?
garten but those of a nearby public |
iii? said thai lie had a tacit
,.' lei tanding with Dr. Ettinger to ;
present a protest on behalf of the
school
"That's the first 1 knew that Ettinger'
was interested in a livery stable," '
said Mayor Hylan, chuckling. Then
he mused aloud: ?'Ettinger. Livery
stable. Ha, ha, ha! "
"1 Dr. Ettinger would give less time
to livery stable* and more attention
to the schools," .<aid Controller Craig,I
"the Board <~>f Education might be liv?
ing up to its promise to give us the.
plan for two new public schools a
week, instead of one every now and ;
then "
The .Mayer laughed.
"The education-..1 system has had no I
time to iio anything while the legisla-'
tive session was on. They were up in'
Albany all the time trying to get theiri
salaries raised," he saW.
rValk of Salary Raises
"Yes," added the Controller, "and
Etting r wanted his salary raised so
1 would be getting Se.000 more than
the Gov rnor of the state. In the last
years the vvholc Department of,
'. ition has gone to pot."
'1 can "" that this is no roast on
Ettinger." interjected Frank L. Dowling.
Pii ?dent of Manhattan,
ri o Ma 'or : u?rhed.
The jolutii .. with the objectiona?
ble pro\ iso, was adopted.
milar resolution, with a like
provi . applyi g to hospitals, and re?
?ue ted " .spitals, was next
'. ken up. Martin raylor, counsel for
i i Graduate Hospital, objected.
' ? o, saying 1 hat it might
i ea " ? . ? red on o a ga rage ad
istpital oi East Twentieth
S '. r c ?
To Issue Permit
' - on i hat the permit for
? ol .- .' age will be is
he Bu ?: : Dcpai tment this
- d Dowling. "Why
< hospital indemnify this
' ??? . ecd ?:"! e space, don't
? goi?i? ? ?? build, aren'*.
t
"Ves." ? plied M r 1 aylor.
don't you buy 'hern out?"
q ii . President Dowling.
..'? want to commit the hos
i ta ? anytl rig until I have d'ts
. the matter with them."
"You van! to throw that man into
h ind out into the street!" ex?
clu;' - ; Pre id< nt Dowling.
"No one wants to do that," protested
Mr. Martin
Y*ou just want to hack your am
bu : -? into his place and take him
out and throw him into a newer, don't
you' said President Dowling.
Martin's Reply Cut Off
I>V1 ? Mr. Martin was about to reply
to this President Dowling moved that
the matter be laid over for two weeks,
which was done.
?V the '.???.ring on the resolution to
convert the site of the former Grand
1 ?? ???? Hotel into a park, to be known
as Pershing Square, which was passed
Board of Aldermen two months
ago, Controller Craig declared that if
those who wanted the block converted
into a park or memorial would bid it
in at public auction he would not ob?
ject. In order to enable the backers
of the enterprise to consult with those
from whom they expect to get financial
aid further consideration was put over
one week.
?
Or. Von Tiling Defeats
Attack on Citizenship
jnilg?* Mant?n Hol?!- Govern?
ment Failed to Sustain
the Caae
United States Circuit Judge Martin
Jlanton, in a decfi ton handed down yes?
terday afternoon, acquitted Dr. Jo?
hannes von Tiling, Poughkeepsie phy.
luc?an, who was a defendant in a de
naturalization action brought a week
ago. The prosecution contended that
pr. von Tiling had not been true to
pit oath of allegiance and Federal op
jsratives testified a? to alleged disloyal
utterances during the war.
In bis written d?cision Judge Man?
t?n say? :
? On 'he whole I shall hold that the
'jnyarnrnent ha? failed to ?u*tain the
r>ur<i"r? assumed by it in attacking the
responden*>. citizenship Ofl the ground
of fraud in it? procurement. I will
?grant a deer*? for the /??pondent "
Copyright, Underwood & Underwood
Down in Pall Mall, Tenn., to-day there'll be a wedding of nation-wide interest when Sergeant Alvin
York, greatest individual American hero of the European war, takes Gracie Williams, a mountain maid, as
his bride. Tennessee's Governor will perform the marriage ceremony. Below are Sergeant York, his mother
and a sister before their mountain home. Inserted above is Gracie Williams, the girl he hastened home to
wed after spurning a vaudeville offer of $50,000 for one month.
9 Transports Bring
18,590 Officers and
Men Home in Day
Son of August Belmont Is
Back, oil Same Ship Tha?
Brings Rival Clergymen
Who Praise Others' Deeds |
The tide of horoebound troops ran
full and high yesterday when nine
transports brought home from France
18.590 officers and men of the A. E. F.
The day's grist was not a record
breaker, but it was the biggest aggre?
gation of returning fighters that has
come to port within the last, two weeks.
The troop ships carried remnants of
divisions the greater part of which
are now discharged from service, ?rid
mingled with the belated units came
hundreds of men grouped into casual
companies.
The military passenger complement
of the Sajita Ana, consisting of 1,428
officers and men. was made up largely
01 soldiers of tiie 78th (Lightning)
Division. These troops have been trail- ,
ing homeward in large and small de- !
tachments for nearly ten weeks but the
group that came home yesterday v.as
accompanied by Major General Jumes
H. McRae, who was the division com?
mander throughout its service in
France. General McRae said that
there was no division that surpassed
the 78th in gallantry, morale and
tenacity o? purpose. The division's of?
icial casualties according to records
brought over on the Santa Anna were
8,300 dead and wounded.
On this troopship fame two chap?
lains with mutual admiration for each
other, one a Catholic and the other a
I rotestant. Both had fought the en
emy beside their men in the heat of !
battle and each had assisted the other
in caring for wounded and dying men
of their creeds.
The Catholic chaplain of the 78th
was the Rev. Father John A. Farrelly.
His side partner was the Rev John H.
Buchanan, of Blue Mountain, Miss.,
senior chaplain of the same division,
who is pastor of the First Baptist
Church, of Finchville, Ky.
Father Farrelly said there was no
finer or more fearless man in the ser?
vice than Dr. Buchanan and the lat?
ter had the same impression of his
Catholic associate.
Captain Raymond Belmor.t, son of
August Belmont the banker, who was
with the headquarters troop of the
78th Division, returned on the Santa
Ana. He went overseas as a first lieu?
tenant and was promofed shortly be?
fore the St. Mihiel drive.
Another traveller on the transport
was Major Robert 1'. McDowell, of
Klrnira, X. Y., who was greeted at the
pier by Ins wife and eleven months
old son, who was born soon after the
major arrived in France.
The Pannonia, which carried 2,0.">3
troops, brought home Colonel Sydney
Grant who trained and took overseas
the fiOth (.'oast Artillery, which was the
old 13th of Brooklyn. He was greeted
down the bay by several hundred men
who fought under him, headed by Col?
onel Clarence W. Smith, who succeeded
him as commander of the 13th Regi
mfrit.
Two weeks after his arrival in France
Colonel Grant was assigned to con?
struction work at base ports and for
his work received the decoration of the
Legion of Honor.
The Pretoria, which brought home
2,9s!? officers and men, had among her
units the 144th Infantry and detach
of the Mint Infantry. Among
tl : : t.'iters were several hundred Ind
ia<<<\ ?torne of whom were decorated
for gallantry in action.
The Madawaska carried 2,838 officers
and men, made up chiefly of men of the
8?th and 90th divisions. When two days
out of port a sixteen-year-old stow?
away, named Robert Chevreul, was
discovered in the hold. Hi? parents
were killed in the war, and for nearly
seven months he had been living with
troop? o? the 79th Division. While in
France he attracted the attention of
.Major It. L. Stcbbjn?, of Irontonville,
Mich., who offe/ed to adopt him. He
was ec/it to Ellis Island, where he will
I I
be held for the decision of a board of j
special inquiry.
The Duca d'Aosta brought home
11,757 soldiers, the Furana, 1.79 ! ; ths
Britainia, 856; the Von Steuben, 2,814,
! and the Santa Cecilia, 2,064.
While the Santa Cecilia was in mid
Atlantic Private Joseph Byler, of Piano,
Tex., attached to the 345th Machine
Gun Battalion, died of ccrebro-spinai
meningitis. His body was nut. into an
hermetically sealed casket and brought
home for burial.
? Heiress Missing
Since December
\ Court Proceedings Show
Mary E. Wood's Estate
\ Is Becoming Involved
< _
I Proceedings brought in the Supreme
| Court and the Surrogates' Court re
; veal the disappearance of Mis? Mar;.
E. Wood, a spinster and sole ??gale?
of the large estate left by her mother,
Mrs. Virginia Wood, who was well
known in society in New York and
Narragansett Pier.
Mrs. Wood died September 15, 1918,
at her home, 259 Lenox Avenue. ilc?
daughter probated her will in October.
The Wood home is closed and boarded
up, and Misa Wood h:'S i o1 been heart
from in New York since last December
when- she was traced to the Laure
Hotel. Laure. Hill, X. J.
i In the meantime Maj ir John W
I Lyon, an undertaker at 69 East 125tl
Street, is trying to collect his charge
for the funern! of Mrs. Weed. Because
of the alleged disappearance of Mis
Wood he applied yesterday, throng]
Thomas H. Smith, to Surrogate Fowlei
for an order to pay the bill from asset:
remaining in the hands of real est?t?
agents.
In the absence of the spinste
heiress, agents who were employed b
her mother havs continued to collec
rents from the various propertie
owned by the decedent, but have nc
I body to whom they can render an ac
, counting. Also numerous bank?, mort
'gag?es and creditors have been tryin
?to ascertain the whereabouts of Mis
] Wood.
j Deputy sheriffs and other proc?s
?servers have sought her, but with ou
'avail, and in . Supreme Court actio
I brought against Miss Wood it has bee
i necessary to serve her by the public?
i tion of the summons. A half year
j mail has accumulated a! the Woo
(home, the mail being dropped into a
| aperture in a basement door.
j It is alleged that Miss Weed, v.-!
| also is the executrix of her mother
i estate, lias not concerned herself '.vit
i the affairs of the large property le
?her, and that taxes, interest on mor
gages and other indebtedness ha1
been permitted to accumulate until tl
estate, running along ?wthout attentio
has got into a very much tangled en
dition.
W. A. Campbell, who occupies i
apartment in the house next, door
the Wood home, said last night that i
several occasions recently he had sei
; a woman, accompanied by a maid, j
I into and out of file house. The la
! time, he said, was ten days ago. 1
; could not say that ?I was Miss Wot
| but he thought it probable.
Other neighbors have seen no si|
of life about the house ? m-e In
November, and a policeman on the cc
' ner said last night that he did n
, believe any one had been in !!,-? hou
, i inco fall.
$500 Poetry Prize Splil
It was announced at Columbia Ui
? versify yesterday that the Poetry i
ciety prize of $500 for the best volui
of verse published by ati American t
thor dining the calendar year of 1!
, has been divided between "The i
I Koad to Paradise," by Margare! W
dinier, and "Cornhuekers," by Ci
I Sandberg. Th? jury consisted of I1
i fessor William Lynn PhclpB ol 'i a
j Richard Burton and Sura Toasdnle I'
singer, ?
Max Lyjiar Caught
In S?. Louis; Will
Be Brought Here
Ho Is Alleged to Have Ob?
tained Several Thousand
Dollars by Forgery; Long
Rerord in the Courts
Max I.; iar. alias Count Max Lynar
Loudon, known also by other names,
under arrest in St. Louis on charges
preferred in New York, has obtained
hundreds of thousands of dollars by
forgery in recent oik rations, polio
? In ils iiere declare.
Following his arre.-t en a warrant
sworn to by William Bernard, presi
denl e the International Salt Com?
pany, of _' Rector Street and a director
in the Irving National Bank, charging
I ynar w ith ? S10,000 forgery, Assistant
Di trie! attorney Ryttenberg said yes
' :? thai evidence involving Lynai
rt'hicl mighl lead to indictments foi
forgery would bo presented to tht
grand jur\ on Monday.
."?Mine the middle of May Detective
Russo, attached to the Dist i ?ct Altor
?<?'? office, had been seeking Lynar
i1: o trailed him to varous Westen
cities Finally the Si. I mi police ar
vested him.
Still going abou; feat urii ?: wha' h
cd i ideal anti-submarine vessel
cargo carrier and transport, naming i
Liberty '. an "unsnkable'' ship. Lynai
according to the police, interested Mi
Bernard in his project and becam
? presiden! ; nd general manager o
the Tonga Trading and Transportatio
Company, which had offices at 166 N'as
??.ni Street. On May 10 Lynar. the pc
lice say, forged a blank check by mak
ing ; out to the Chelsea lixchang
I .. ik hi re. The bank would not aeeep
i the check because ?t was signed "Will
in m H. Barnard." Lynar then disar
| peared and on V.ay 12, M r. Bernai'
complained to the police, chargin
J 'liar with forgery for a total of $10
: 10.
i li Libert y I, according to th
police, is now !? inj at the foot c
I f)8th SI reel a id the Harlem River. I
Washington, the police say, he stole
batch of Navy Department li tic
rotary Daniels, circulated a lettc
which purported to say that Mr. Dai
, Is approved his boat. It is sai
Lynar gained Ihe attention of varioi
wealthy person; b> attempting i
show correspondence regarding h
ship from Federal officials, and pn
senting photographs of the Liberty
was able to obtain sums of mont
which re pr e ? e n ted a : i all eged i n t c re
in it. In this way, the police say. 1
obtained much money.
Lynar was sentenced on April 2
1916, by .Litige Rosalsky, in Gener
;?'?? ions, on the ch? rge of bigamy. I
admitted he had three wives.
Lynar is said to have been a memb
of the companj of the German spy Vi
Rintelen,
Lynar is ?fty-one years old. Wh
in New York his residence was at 1
Third Avenue.
German Newspaper Men
Free of Treason Chars
NEWARK. .In ne C. With the s ta
ment thai i, ? was acting under
structions of the United States .
torney General, Charles !?'. Lym
United Slates Attorney, asked lud
Jlaight to dismiss the indictmci
charging Benedict and Edwin Prie
former publishers of the "Fr
Zeitung," with treason and violati
u? the espionage law. Judge liai),
granted the motion, and also dismis:
similar indie! ment? against Willi,
von, Kattzler, managing editor; Hi
von Hundolhausen, an editorial writ
and Henry Waechter, city ettltor
the publication.
The indictments were returned
1917. They were founded on mat
appearing in the "Freie Zeitung." 'I
live men went to trial on an uspiom
indictment m September, 1918, II
dclhau.ien and Wnechtei vtic- <
missed al the lime, The lury i
agreed as to the guilt of the Ol
| three.
World League ?
Against Liquor
Is Organized
Extension of Prohibition
Throughout the Universe
Planned at Temperance
Convention in Capital
Four Presidents Named
Sixteen Countries Expected
To Be Represented in the
Crusade on Alcoholism
WASHINGTON, June 6?With a
view to carrying prohibition to all
parts of the world, temperance workers
assembled here for the annual national
convention of the Anti-Saloon League
of America organized the World's
League Against Alcoholism.
Four presidents for the new organiz?
ation were elected, as follows: Lief
.iones, London, England; Dr. Robert
ffercod, secretary of the International
Temperance Bureaj, Lausanne, Swit?
zerland; Dr. Howard H. Russell, West
??t-vi?e, Ohio, founder of the Anti-Saloon
League, and Lniil Va'ndervelde, Brus?
sels, Belgium. Ernest H. iiherrington,
.!" Wcsterville, Ohio, was elected general
ecretary, and instructed to open per?
manent offices for the body in Wash?
ington. Miles Yokes, of Toronto, was
chosen treasurer.
Countries expected to be represented
in the league '.?.?ere said to be Canada
Mexico, Japan, Scotland,-Ireland, Eng
hind, France, Belgium, Denmark
Switzerland, Australia. New Zealand
Sweden, Czecho-Slovakia, Italy and the
United States. Under terms of a con
stitution adopted, meetings of th<
league will be held once in three years
the first coming; probably next Octobct
in Washington.
Delegates to the Anti-Saloon I.eagu?
Convention adjourned their session;
to-night, after passing resolutions ii
support of a world campaign agains
liquor and against proposals to re?a:
war-time prohibition enactments,
Sheppard Statute
Called Iniquitous
Ami - Prohibition Protes
to Congress Against Or;
Enforcement July j
New ) uric Tribun?
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 6.?A prot?t
against the enforcement of nation;
wartime prohibition was received b
members of Congress, including- men
bcrs of the Judiciary Committee of t!
House, this morning from the Associi
'.ion Opposed to National Prohibitio
an organization with headquarters
,\>w York, said to have a membersh
of over 1,000,000. The letter of prote
is signed by three New York bankers
Joseph W. Harriman, president of tl
Harriman National Rank; Arthur Co
pel!, of Maitland, Coppell & Co., ai
Laurence McGuirc, president of tl
United .States Realty and Improveme
Company, and by James Arthur Leave
managing director of the association
The protest is made on the groin
that there is no reason for making t'
United Stales "bone dry" before Jan
ary 1, thereby depriving the liqu
interests of an opportunity of dispc
ing of their stock and throwi
1,000,000 men out of employment coi
cident with the demobilization.
"it would seem to us," the protc
leads, "and we think it must seem
you, to be the worst possible schei
of national economics to thus unncct
sarily add hundreds of thousands
men to the hundreds of thousands
ready on? of work. Grave riiir.fK
threaten our national life. It is r
too much even to say that the vc
foundations of this republic arc t h re
rncd.
"Ini'tuifons Measure"
"You aie a member of the .Six
sixth Congress, representative of p;
of 100,000.000 of the free citizens o
free republic. The Association (
posed to National Prohibition rep
sents more than 1,000,000 of your f
low citizens, some of them, perha
your own constituents, because tl
lind their homes, in every state, tci
tory and foreign possession of the
public. Wc represent this number
your fellow citizens, because they hi
asked us to voice their stem prot
against the abridgement of their c
stitutional liberties by constitute
amendment, and because they h;
asked us to demand from you the
peal of so-called war-time prohibit
as an iniquitous, abhorrent and
American measure, the necessity
which no longer exists.
"f?n July 1. unies; executive or 1
i -, i si t i vc action prevents, the coun
will become bone dry under the ?li
pard act. That amendment, am?
other things, provides:
"'After June .'JO, 1019, until t
conclusion of the present war. a
thereafter until the termination
demobilization, the date of whi
shall be determined and proclaim
by the President of the Unit
States, for the purpose of consei
ing the man-power of the nation a
to increase the efficiency in the pi
duction in arms and munitions, shi;
food and clothing for the army a
navy, it. shall be unlawful to sel! i
beverage purposes any distill
spirts.'
"The President of the United Sti
declared, after the signing of
armistice, that 'the war thus come
an end.' The necessity for the 1
.and Fuel Administrations hu i ecu
munition factories have tinned
peace industries, the clothing need
the army and navy have become
mal. As for the need of conserva
of man-power, the vital problem of
hour is employment for the h und
of thousands of men, returning
idlers and others, who are unwil
conscripts in the legions of ur
ployment. The army is being
mobilized as rapidly as ships cat
provided to bring back our sole
from Europe. 'The war thus come
m: end '
Mean?s Man? Idle Men
"Therefore, there is absolutel) no
eon for the Sheppard amendment
com ing; operative If this mea
|.W?r? proposed to the Sixty-sixth
gress, it obviously would be over?
whelmingly defeated in both Houses.
If euch a measure were proposed and I
defeated now it ought not to be put In
force now. Even the framers of the
so-called Federal prohibition amend- !
ment realized that all persons affected
thereby should have a reasonable time
in which to get rid of their stocks and
leases, to readjust their affairs, and,
if possible, to readjust their lives. ;
Accordingly, the prohibition amend- !
ment allowed one year in which the
capital and labor employed in various
branches of the liquor business might
arrange for other means of liveli?
hood, if the Sheppard amendment be?
comes operative these men will be de?
prived of six of the twelve months
given to them under the terms of the
Federal prohibition amendment. Such ;
a thing is iniquitous, unfair, unjust j
and unAmerican.
?'.Moreover, if this amendment goes
into effect, nearly 1,000,000 men di- j
rectly employed in the liquor business
and also thousands of others employed
by allied interests will be thrown out
of employment. Most of these men
have families dependent upon them.
"It would seem to us. and we think
it must seem to you. to be the worst
possible scheme of national economics
tc thus unnecessarily add hundreds of
thousands of men to the hundreds of
thousands already out of work. Grave
dangers threaten our national life. It
is not. too much, even, to say that the
very foundation of this Republic, the
land of our home and our ?ove. are
threatened. Samuel Gompers, presi?
dent of the Federation of Labor, in
the June number of "McClure's Mag?
azine.' writes:
Danger Threatened
"'Bound by every tie and principle,
hope and aspiration for my country's
welfare and progress, associated with
the men and women of our country in?
timately as 1 am, for the first time in
my whole life I am apprehensive of
the future.'
"And well he may be.. If the Con?
gress of the United States insists
upon depriving thousands of Ameri?
can workingmen of their hire by re?
fusing to repeal a present absurd and
wholly unnecessary piece of legisla?
tion, then that Congress is bidding to
rise all over this land the black
wraiths of famine, the red wraiths of
discontent and the pale wraiths of
death.
"President Nicholas Murray Butler
of Columbia University, the largest
university in the world, in a recent
public address said :
"'The most pressing question that
now confronts the American people,
the question that underlies and condi?
tions all problems of reconstruction
and of advance as we pass from war
contlit io.is to the normal times of peace,
is whether we shall go forward by pre?
serving those American principles and
American traditions that have already
served us so well, or whether we shall
abandon those principles and traditions
ai .i substitute for them a state built
not upon the civil liberty of the indi?
vidual but upon the plenary power of
u) gu.nir.ed government.'
"We have here given to you the views
of labor and of learning on this ques?
tion. Will you heed the warning
sounded by each? Will you lister, lc
the protests against this present mon?
strous measure by the thousands this
association represents and repeal the
Sheppard amendment ?"
House Committee Hears
Prohibition Arguments
Anti-Saloon League to light
2.7 ?> Per Cent Beer Making
in Courts, Says Their Counsel
WASHINGTON, June 6.?Argument!
foi repeal of war time prohibition ant
?'or legislation for drastic onforeenieu
of that and constitutional prohibitioi
were heard to-day by the House Judici
ary Committee.
Representative Sabath, Democrat
or Illinois, in favoring repeal of th
wartime act, contended that dealer
-hou'.d have had at "least one year i
which to close up their business. H
urged the committee to interview sol
diera back from the front, investiga!
conditions in the larger cities and tic
he influenced by "professional prohi
oitionists."
Wayne B. Wheeler, counsel for th
An i-Saloon League, discussed lega
phases of the bill for enforcement o
?prohibition, now before the corr.mittei
In the course or an extended argu
nient, Mr, Wheeler vas questioned b
Representative ?goe. Democrat, of Mis
.un. and others, as to what migh
happen if certain states permitted th
manufacture of 2 3-4 per cent beer i
the amount of alcohol to be usetl fo
beverage purposes be limited under th
constitutional amendment to onc-hal
of one per cent. The Federal law, h
contended, undoubtedly would be cr
torced.
Il was the intent of the amcntlmen
he declared, to wipe out the liquc
traffic, "which has no inherent right t
exist," and the only difficulty ahea
would come when a state attempted ;
permit somt thing which the Constitt
t on prohibited.
"When that comes," he added, "v,
".ill nicer it in the courts."
4sk Legislative Action
To Curb Profiteer
A resolution addressed to Govern?
Smith, asking for a special session c
the Legislature to take steps to cut
profiteering in rents, milk and ice, wi
adopted at last night's meeting of tl
Central Federated Union, in Labi
Temple, Eighty-fourth Street and Se<
ond Avenue. The resolution, intr
duced by William J. Coyne, points oi
that immediate relief is needed in tl
local housing crisis. It is suggest?
that the distribution of ice and mi
be taken over by the city.
The resolution also asks that actit
be taken to stimulate public improv
incuts to make work for the unc?
ployed.
A Nutritious Diet for All A?;c
Quick Lunch; Home or Oftk
OTHERS ?t IMITATION?
Loans to U. S. j
Check Housing
Aid, Says Day
President of Equitable Life
Assuranee Society Believes
AnotherGovernmeiitDrive
Is To Be Expected Soon
Insurance companies are not invest?
ing in real estate operations because I
of their large holdings in the five
government war bond issues and the j
expectation of another loan drive, ac?
cording to testimony of Judge William
A. Day. president o? the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, at yesterday's
session of the joint legislative com?
mittee.
Judge Day's statement that another
loan drive is impending was heard
with interest by insurance company i
officials ami other big business men
fit the hearing. Senators Calder and :
Wadsworth and the members of the
House of Representatives from ? New
York State l.ad been invited to the
session, but did not appear.
After Judge Day had testified to the
efforts made 1>> his company to sub?
scribe $90,000,000 in government bonds,
he was asked by Senator Lockwood,
chairman of the committee, regarding
the prospects of another loan drive.
"It will either ho by drives or in?
ternal issues." Judge Day declared. ?
"The government will have to have '
more money; the Secretary of the
Treasury himself told me that night
before last. Everybody who knows the
situation knows that. It is our duty
to turn in and support it as much an
we can."
"How soon are these new govern?
ment bonds expected?'' asked Senator
Lock wood.
"I could not say es to that," re?
plied the witness, "but they are not
far off. The government must have
money; and it is of importance to
everybody thai it should have it."
Judge Day declared" that although
his company v. as desirous o'i lending
assistance in relieving the present
housing crisis, it. is in debt to banks
to the extent of about Slfi.o00.000 on
the government loan-;. When Senator
Lockwood pressed him for spec;';, in?
formation on what the Equitable So?
ciety intends to do to provide ade?
quate housing, the witness said that
it is favorably considering building in?
vestments -uggestod by Richard M,
Ilurd. of the Lawyers Mortgage Com?
pany.
Accord;:.!: to Judge Day, Mr. Ilurd
is offering guaranteed building mort?
gages on a basis of 66 per cent of the
new buildings and land, to run for
five years at an assured interest of
5Lj per cent. While ;t rests with the
executive committee am! board of di?
rectors o'~ his company to make the
final decision on investments, Judge
Day said he determined to place more
than a half million dollars in tiic
project.
The witness declared that he be?
lieves that granting exemption from
the income tax to mortgage loans of
less than $40,000 would stimulate build?
ing.
Walter Stabler, controller of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
also asserted that the generous pur?
chases ' of government bonds by his
company had withheld a large portion
of its assets front investment in other
lines. Mr. Stabler said that the Metro?
politan Life Insurance Company has
9120.000,000 invested in the Liberty
and Victory loans.
Like Judge Da;.", he said his company
is prepared to devote a share of its
available assets to providing .uelt?
lor the city's population.
"We said to the State Reconstructs
Commission." Mr. Stabler said, "tha
we would consider loans on walk-u
houses to the amount of $600 000 W
will close a loan for that amount-with
in a day or two. Wa will conside
other appltcations beyond that amount
and we are proposing, for the presen,
at any rate, to use whatever funds *
put m as m building loan fund, loan
for five or ten years with mstalmen
payments, but permrtting the owners o
the houses to pay us off whenever the
can obtain the money from source'
that cannot make building loans "
He said that his company ha8'aPpt?
cations for between $2.000.000 a,"
$0.000.000. made by substantial build!
ers. The houses to be erected m pur
suance with the deal to be clo*e
shortly will be situated in Queens am
will accommodate 191 families. In re
sponse to a question by Abram I /??km
chairman of the State Rcconstwctini
Commission. Mr. Stabler said that h,
thought a sufficient amount of mone'
would be loaned to builders, obviatin
the semi-philanthropic fund Mr. Elkus'i
commission is seeking to establish
The fund would advance builders ?>!
per cent on the cost of building. leaVi
ing insurance companies to provide 61
per cent and the builders thcmselve?
20 per cent.
Alfred E. Marling, president of th<
Chamber of Commerce, said that a can?
vass had revealed that lending institut
lions have lost their enthusiasm oi
other years. '
Louis .1. Horowitz, president of tht
Thompson-Starrett Companv, testified
that $75.000.000 invested in building
here would completely relieve the Bita!
ntion within six months. He aBscrteij
that building material is not highei
than other commodities; that manu?
facturers would gladly sell it at slight.
ly inore than cost if only to keep theii
plants operating.
Victor A. Lersner. controller of th?
Williamsburg Savings Bank, who said
he came to "lend a happy and pleasant
lone to the building cause," did so witt^
the announcement that his bank M
ready is ready to invest $5,000.000 ?>?
building operations. About $800,000 til
placed in operations which are airead]
under way. Applications from twenryJ
five reliable builders are being consid-l
ered. he said.
There must be a steady flow c{
money from the general investment
companies if building is to continue,
Clarence H. Kelsey. president, of the
Title Guaranty and Trust Company,
testified. He thought that exempting
mortgages under $-10,000 from the in,
come tax levy would accelerate build
m,?:' investments.
Ldward I. Hannah, president of th?
Central Federated Union, said that
200.000 building trade workers are out
of cm ploy ment in this city. He said
that labor unions are almost bankrupt?
ed, supporting those who have been
without work. He declared that wages
have advanced but. 15 per cent in the
past four years.
-Mr. Klkus read into the record the
rcpoi "?' the Hc-onstruction Commis?
sion on Horn ing, made to Governor
Smith.
Declinen to Argue
Ln ter my a" s Charges
Charles A. Pcabody, president of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company, de?
clared yesterday .that he <7?y <*i? : ?
time or taste" for controversy/with ?
Samuel Untermyer. In a letter,to Na?
than Hirsch, chairman of the Hdayor's
Committee on lient Profiteering, and
later in testifying before the Aldcr
manic Welfare Board. Mr. Untermyer
criticised some financial transactions of
the Mutuel Life Insurance Compapy.
Mr. Pcabody declared that Mr. Unter
myer's statements are made in "% bid
for 1 ho support of policyholdrrs" and
added that they are "in spirit and sub?
stance untrue."
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