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$1 a Day Bonus
Plan Favored
By Congress
Compensation Money for
ex-Service Men Could Be
Raised by Bond?, Say?
Representative Johnson
Quick Action Demanded
Legislators Worried Over
Cost of Lesrion Program;
2 to 25 Billions Needed
Frrrm TKa Tribune's WaaMngton Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.?Members of
Congress are plainly disturbed by the
four-plank beneficial legislative pro?
gram put forward yesterday by the
American Legion. They all desire to do
everything within their power to make
the former service men contented and
convinced that the country is not un?
mindful of its obligations to them, but
they shrink from the financial conse?
quences of undertaking to carry out the
legion's program in any substantial
degree.
The program determined upon by the
legion, with action by Congress de?
manded within sixty days, Is as fol?
lows:
First?Land settlement projects cov?
ering all states.
Seeond?Home aid to encourage the
purchase of either rural or city homes
jy ex-service men.
Third?Vocational education for all
?x-serviee persons.
Fourth?Adjustment of compensation
or extra pay based on length of service.
While the former soldier will be re?
quired to take his choice between these
four forms of aid, and most of them
will favor the fourth, which is com?
monly spoken of as a bonus, it was cal?
culated to-day by a member of the
Hou*e that it would take anywhere
from $2,000,000,000 to $25,000,000,000 to
carry out the four forms of aid. The
consensus of opinion was that the four
plank plan was therefore incapable of
rea'ization. Members who are con?
vinced that something should be dono
for the former service men expressed
the opinion that the outcome would be
a crush bonus at the rate of a dollar a
day for each day of service.
Johnson Favors Cash Plan
"Opinion in Congress is eolidifyjng
in favor of giving the boys a cash j
bonus of a dollar for each day of serv- ;
ice," said Representative Royal John- I
son, of South Dakota, who enlisted as ?
;; private during tho war and advanced j
o the rrtnk of first lieutenant. "I
rather expect to see that plan adopt- j
ed. The money could' be raised
by a bond issue. The expert, financial ?
opinion is that it would bo better to ;
make the compensation in the form of
cash derived from a bond issue than
io give the bonds directly to the bene?
ficiaries, as favored by the executive
committee of the Legion. Bonds di?
rectly issued in small denominations
would pass from hand to hand so
readily and freely that such an issue
would be equivalent to inflating the
currency by th? required amount.
which on the dollar-a-day basis would
be between $1,400,000,000 and $1,800,
G0O ono."
"The condition of the Treasury and
the financial cond;tion of the country
generally is such that the present ses- j
pion of Congress at least would-not be .
justified in doing more than acting !
?n the fourth plank of the Legion's '
program in the manner I have indi- I
cated." I
Representative Frank W. Mondell, of ?
Wyoming, Republican floor loader in
the House, who believes that the situ?
ation is such that nothing on a large
scale can be safely done in the way of j
soldiers' beneficial legislation at pr?s
eut, discussed the problem largely on !
?he assumption that most of the for- j
mer soldiers would prefer "adjusted j
compensation" if they were to have !
their choice, thus reducing the finan- \
clal load to a minimum, and involving j
"an outlay of from $1,400,000,000 up to I
f2,0?0.000,000, according to the rates, of j
compensation most generally favored.
Financial Troubles Feared
"To make any considerable appro?
priation to provide compensation for
?^-service men," said Mr. Mondell,
"thereby inflating the unbonded in?
debtedness of the country, would be to
invite sure financial difficulties. To
embark upon any scheme running into
billions and requiring, a bond issue
would probably necessitate an interest
rate on such an issue of 6 per cent if
the bonds were to be kept at par,
would probably reduce to a very con
siderable extent the value of tho out?
standing bonds of the government and
involve the risk of going off the specie
basis for our currency. I am speaking
now of a commercially floated bond
issue to raise the cash with which to
pay bonuses.
"On the other hand, if the 'adjust?
ed compensation,' or bonuses, were
paid directly by issuing bonds of small
denomination to the ex-service men we
would have all the ill effects already
re "erred to. with the additional dis?
astrous effect of probably increasing
tremendously the cost of commodities
through the resultant increase of the
circulating medium, as these small
bonds would pa: s from hand to hand
as freely as money.
"I am more and more convinced that
L any considerable demands on the
Treasury are to he met over and above
the estimates already mad? the only
safo way to meet them is through the
levying of i direct tax in the form,
pos ibly, of a consumption tax, heavy
enough to corr spond to the additional
expenditure. To attempt to increase
the Federal outlays in any other way
by amounts running into the billions
would, in my opinion, be to court finan?
cial disaster."
Allotment Return Urged
Mr. Mondell expressed the hope that
when the subject has been thoroughly
canvassed and examined the ex-service
men would appreciate the difficulties
before Congress and meet the situ?
ation in the same spirit In which they
serv d during the war. On the whole,
he thought that the soldiers of this
war .Uke the soldiers of the Civil War,
would receive their reward from a
grateful country as the years passed
and they com?? to need help as they
do not need it now. He added that
there was much consideration in Con?
gress of the proposition to dispose of
the bonus demand by repaying to ex
service men the amounts deducted from
their pay for family allotments. This
would require about $300.000,000.
A Senator expressed the opinion that
the refunding of the family allotment
deductions was all that the service
men could expect of this Congress, but
that they were virtually certain to get
that.' Other members of Congress,
however, hold the view that there is
enough sentiment !n Congress favor?
able to the adjusted compensation idea
to make it an open question whether
something general and very substan?
tial viU ?pt bt d?M> i
Majority of Legion
Here Back Bonuses
Action of Boat4 in Going
Counter to Convention]
May Cause Friction \
The majority of former service men
seem to favor a Federal bonus for war
service, according to a poll taken yes- j
terday by The Tribune of American
Legion posts in and near New York.
But whether the action of the
Legion's national committee in going ?
counter to the decision made at the i
Minneapolis convention last November,
when it was .finally planned after
stormy debates to allow Congress to
proceed as it saw fit in the matter, will
precipitate a row in the Legion that
may destroy many of the accomplish?
ments and seriously affect the progress
of the organization is the ' subject o
general discussion.
George Brokaw Compton, chairman
of the county organization, when, in?
formed yesterday of the newest action
of the national committee, declared:
"I believe such action is unrepresenta?
tive of the sentiment of the legion as
voiced at the national convention at
Minneapolis. I am not opposed to suit?
able provision for disabled persons and
for others who need aid, but any flat
bonus to all shows to my mind that
the spirit of the convention is being
altogether forgotten."
Loans for Disabled Men
Lucien S. Breckenridge, who is sec?
retary of the county organization,
voiced much the same sentiment. "The
American Legion," said he, "has taken
the position that the disabled should
be provided for generously and that the
able-bodied really in need t>f financial
assistance for reestablishing themselves
in business should be helped by long
term loans at low interest, or some
other method. It has felt, and this was
the prevailing-opinion at the last con?
vention, that the ability of the govern?
ment to help all such persons should
not be diminished by the payment of
a flat bonus to hundreds of thousands
who don't need financial ass'stance."
According to Harold Zulauf, member
of Yonkers Post No. 7. and state and
national delegate for that post, West
chester County is virtually 100 per
cent in favor of a bonus, and he said
that he believes the entire state ap?
proves a bonus. Referring to the op?
position of Mr. Compton and Mr.
Breckenridge, of the local county or?
ganization, Mr. Zulauf said: "Just a
1 title common sense would tell the
New York County spokesmen that our
national committee is acting in ac?
cordance with the trend of events,
which are entirely different from last
November. I know a great many fine
New York County members, but it
makes me tired to read of a small
group who think their words of wis?
dom represent the American Legion.
They do not represent New York State
and they misinterpret the reply of the
nation. I doubt if they represent even
the real sentiment of New York
County."
J. C. Roth, formerly secretary of the
Chemical Warfare Service post, which
comprises about 150 men, said yester?
day that the men of that post are prac?
tically unanimous "for a bonus, but
that the taking care of wounded and
disabled men either by a direct money
grant or by some-other, method to pre?
vent them from becoming charges oh
the community was of the foremost
importance.
$30 a Month Plan Backed
A resolution recently adopted by
Borough Park Post, 159, favors a bonu3
of $30 a month to ex-servi?e men, and
efforts aro being made to urge Con?
gressmen to support such a measure,
F. Hcymann, secretary of the post, said
yesterday.
Members of the Metropolitan Post,
composed of employees of the Metro?
politan, Life Insurance Company, all
favor a' bonus, said W. H. Mclntyre jr.,
organizer ..of that post. "Men of this
post need the money," said he, "and we
think that if profiteers got it while we
were away, as well as the good posi?
tions, the least they can do for us now
is to grant some sort of bonus pay?
ment. We all feel, however," he added,
"that the disabled man should have the
preference in any. system of bonus
award."
F. T. Sutton, secretary of the M. B.
A. Post, comprising employees of tho
Mercantile Bank Association, of 41 Pino
Street, said yesterday that while the
post had taken no formal action on the
bonus question, the consensus of opin?
ion approved the granting of some pay?
ment by Congress.
"The Home Sector,** a weekly peri?
odical conducted by members of the
! Stars and Stripes Post, is advocating
the bonus for all ex-service persons,
Tyler H. Bliss, secretary of the post
and member of the staff, said yester?
day. Such a bonus to all veterans of
the war is secondary to ample pro?
vision for disabled men, however, he
declared.
"Like a Grab," Says One
Arguments against the awarding of a
bonus were advanced by Stephen J. Mc
Tague, head of the Jefferson Feisrl 1st
Divi.-ion Post and a lawyer of 55 Will?
iam Street. "This post has not voted
n.n the question." Mr. McTague said,
. "but I am convinced from talking with
the members that the majority do
? not need or want a bonus. Most of us
: feel, I think, that the country is not in
' any financial position to pay a bonus,
the cost of which would run into the
hill ions, and it looks like too much of a
! 'grab.' There is, however," he added,
: "a strong feeling that the wounded
men have not been taken care of prop
. cr!y, 8nd we all want to see those con
I ditions improved."
Wellington Wright, head of Don
; Martin Post, is another who does not
believe in a bonus award. "Bonus talk
at this time I consider out of place,"
said he. "The time for a money award
was when the men were demobilized,
when $60 wasn't sufficient to give a
man a decent civilian equipment. ? Any
indiscriminate bonus award now is a
hold-up. Take care of the disabled
and the chap who needs help, but do
not grant a fiat bonus to all, is my
attitude."
Douglas B. Baker, vice-president of
the Western Electric Post, thinks there
should be no bonus and indorses the
stand taken by the New York County
officers.
Many members of posts did not wish
1 to be quoted, but their views for and
against a bonus award by the Federal
government generally were proportion?
ate to those who commented on the
efforts of the national committee to
obtain a flat bonus award, supposed to
mean $50 a month for each month in
the service of all ex-servi?e persona.
i m . .
Belmont I. ?. U. for Gaming
Financier's Son Asserts $15,000
Claim Is Uncollectable
The consideration for an "1. O. U."
for $15,000 given by aymond Belmont,
son of August Belmont, to E W. Ran
kin, o Newport, R. I., was an indebted?
ness growing out of a game of chance,
it became known yesterday.
Mr. Belmont, who delayed filing his
answer to the action of Mr. Rankin,
received permission from Justice Plat
zek to file it in court. He sets up two
defense?, first, that the plaintiff is
barred from collecting on th? slip "of
paper by the statute of limitations and,
second, "even if the facts are as stated
the 'I. O. U.' was made imsettlement of
a game of chance and is, therefore, un
eollecUbl? in the eyes of the law.''
Sherman Again
Attacks Ford;
Rouses Senate
Democrat Charges Illinois
Republican With 'Address?
ing Jury in Michigan';
, Bitter Debate Follows
Auto 'International Pest'
Administration Is Accused
of Assisting the Detroit
Man to Acquire Land
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.?Bitter par?
tisan debato on the fraud charges
against Senator Newberry, Republican,
of Michigan, took up much of the Sen?
ate's time to-day, as yesterday, precipi?
tated by Senator Sherman, Republican,
of Illinois, continuing his attacks on
Henry Ford, the defeated Democratic
candidate.
While tho debate was running its
course Senator Watson, Republicau, of
Indiana, called a meeting for Monday
of the sub-committee appointed to re?
count the ballots in the contested elec?
tion. It was indicated, however, that
the sub-committee probably would post?
pone its task until the trial of Senator
Newberry and his campaign workejs,
now in progress at Grand Rapids, was
finished.
Senator Sherman included the mem?
bers of Mr. Ford's family, the auto?
mobile which he manufactures and all
his activities in his vigorous attack.
He declared Mr. Ford had furthered
his financial and political fortunes by
enlisting the services of the govern?
ment.
Sherman Taken to Task
The Illinois Senator was taken sharp
'y to task by Senators Stanley, of Ken?
tucky, and Walcott, of Delaware, Dem?
acr?is, who declared he had violated
Senate decorum, the latter charging
.hat Mr. Sherman had been "addressing
a jury in Michigan." for which he would
have been in contempt of court if done
in that state.
I Senator Townrend, 'Republican col?
league of Senator Newberry, injected
a new element of bitterness by declar?
ing that while the truth was being
earned about- Michigan he would like
to see the facts brought out concern?
ing the last Senatorial contest in Ken?
tucky.
Senator Sherman in his speech said
that Mr. Ford, setting himself up as
"one of those persons who knew every?
thing instantaneously from birth," had
reared "a financial Moloch," had ob
tained Congressional aid in acquiring
and improving land for private pur?
poses and had enlisted the services_ of
?he Federal government in promoting
his political interests in .Michigan,
While his son, Edsel, was making good
his escape from the military draft.
Automobile an "International Pest"
"And T may say," added the Senator,
"that I regard the Ford automobile as
an international pest. It destroys more
useful material than any other sinkhole
in the world. It is a waste of time and
substance,"
Senator Sherman declared Ford had
acquired 2,000 acres of land along tfie
Rouge River in Michigan in 1917 for t>
new plant and then had induced Con?
gress to appropriate $100,000 for the
river's improvement to give right o?
eminent domain by which adjoining
land might be condemned. lie said the
courts had made i'this great philan?
thropist" double the prfce he had pur?
posed paying to the estate of a minor
child for one tract of land.
"The government at best," he con?
tinued, "has become a philanthropic in?
stitution for the benefit of Mr. Ford, ft
continually is engaged in promoting hii
interest?, financially and politically."
The Senator declared Ford had fount
the Federal government machinery in
adequate, however, in prosecuting th(
Michigan Senatorial case, and that
"literally hundreds of Ford's private
agents" were swarming about th?
Grand Rapids trial, "scrutinizing ever?
nook and corner within a hundrec
miles of the courtroom.":
Senator Sherman said Mr. Ford's at
torneys were assisting the governmen
in tho prosecution of criminal indict
ments.
"Mr. Ford is as devoid of a sens'
of right and wrong as a beast of thi
jungle," he Bald. "He proposes t>
crush and destroy all who raise thei
voice against him."
Refrigerator for His Brain
In some ways, Senator Shermai
said, he regretted that Mr. Ford dii
not become a Senator, "for a greate
refrigerator for his effervescent hrai;
does not exist" than the Senate cham
her, adding that nothing would "cur
Kim better than talking to empt;
benches."
The Illinois Senator also attacke.
the manner in which the Rod Cross i
being administered. He declared tha
40 per cent of the money it receive*
was paid ont for salaries and traveliri;
expenses of those "directing the othe
GO per cent." and asserted it had on it
ray rolls ":he paid emissaries of social
istic propaganda in this country."
Senator Sherman criticized Rnymon
Robins, who he said, was "a physica
runt," who represented the America
Red Cross in Russia, and Charles Ed
ward Russell. He said both were "up
lifter,?," adding that as long as Mi
Russell was in "eruption" he was "no
dangerous."
Other uplifters, he said, include
George Creel, former chairman of th
Committee on Puh.?c Information; Job,
B. Dcnsmore, formerly head of the Fed
eral employment service; Frederic (
Howe, former immigration commis
sioner in New York, and Louis Pos
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
As long as they can attach themselve
to a Ray roll, ho said, "suffering human
ity is sure to be redeemed."
- ? - ,.
Drys to Let Wets Visit Cub;
No Efforts Planned to Sto]
Thirsty Pilgrims
From The Tribune's Washington Burean
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.?No effoi
will be made by the "drys" to prever
American tourists visiting Havana an
other nearby oases, Secretary Wayn
B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon Leagu
s_aid- to-night.
"We hope eventually to make Cut
dry," Mr. Wheeler said, "and we ai
trying vigorously to prevent the smuj
ghng of liquor from there into th
southeastern states. The only relie
of course, will come when we have pe
suaded the people of Cuba and othe
nearby 'wet' countries to do to th
liquor traffic what we have done here
The "drys" anticipate a rather Ion;
; hard fight in Cuba.
? "Red" Official Again HeliJ
?'C E. Ruthenberg, Released o
Bond Here, Arrested in Detroi
DETROIT, Feb. 19 -A man said I
the police to bo Char'es E. Rufhenber
executive secretary of the Commun!,
party of America, was arrested hei
last night, it was learned to-day, whe
j he W.1S turned over to a Chicago office
to bo taken to Illinois.
! According to the police, Ruthenbei
is under indictment in Chicago charged
with violation of the state syndicalism
act, and also stands Indicted in New
York on charges of conspiracy to over?
throw tho government. Ho had been
released on $15,000 bond in the East
and waB taken into custody here, the
polico say, after a meeting with local
Communist party leaders.
?
Staten Island to Fight
To Get Trolleys Back
Will Ask Estimate Board To-day
to Re-establish Service
at Higher Fare
At least 100 residents of Staten
Island expect to attend the meeting of
the Board of Estimate and Apportion?
ment to-day to back their Borough
President, Calvin D. Van Name, in an
offort to reestablish service on the linen
of the Midland Railway Company of
Staten Island at an increased fare.
Staten Islanders have expressed their
readiness to pay a fare of eight cents
in order to get their trolleys back.
According to Jacob Brenner, receiver
for tho railway company, all the mem?
bers of the Board of Estimate, except
Mayor Hylan and Comptroller Craig,
are ready to accede, to Staten Island's
demand. Judge Mant?n declared his
intention yesterday in the Equity Term
of the United States District Court.
Brooklyn, of confirming the appoint?
ment of Mr. Brenner as permanent re
ceivcr.
The Corporation Counsel had asked
that such action be delayed until the
state courts had passed on the city':!
application for the appointment of a
receiver. He said his "opinion and
belief" was the application of the
Westinghouse and Electric Manufac?
turing Company, which resulted in Mr.
Brenner's appointment, was "?ollusive
ly and improperly and unlawfully he
run." Judge Mant?n declared he
would deny the city's application, un?
less it presented evidence of collusion
within five days.
Defects in Ships Built
For France Laid to Haste
Shipping Board Also States That
Green Lumber Used During
War May Have Swollen
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.?A charge
made by French Under Secretary
of State Bignon in addressing the
Chamber of Deputies' Commission on :
Merchant Marine, that eighty-two ships
built for France in this country dur?
ing the war were defective because the
! ?umber used was unseasoned, was
partly explained here to-day by the
statement that perhaps the green fir j
lumber used in the bottoms had |
swollen.
"These ships for the French govern
ment," said one authority, "were built ?
i by a Seattle company and a Columbia
River concern at a period during the ?
i war when haste was the prime factor, i
It is highly probable that some of the
fir used was not sufficiently seasoned !
I and may have caused some disappoint
( ment, but proper ship repairers in
j French yards could readily remedy the ;
ile feet s.
"The Shipping Board had nothing to ?
i do with the construction of these ships j
i for the French government,-except to ?
c;ive the private plants authority to
j do the job. The bottoms were ;
I auxiliary motor vessels of not more
than 1,800 tons deadweight, and they
were fitted with sails for use in short j
voyages and coasting service. They i
had a maximum speed of eight knots !
an hour."
-.
?New Navy-Made Shell
Pierces 13-inch Armor
Ordnance Department 2,1 OO-Lb.
Projectile Triumphs Over Out?
put of Private Plants
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.?Boring its ?
I way through more than 13 inches of i
: armor belt steel, a lG-inch projectile ;
? produced at the new naval ordnance
j plant at South Charleston, W. Va., the :
third shell fired out of a test group
of five, met every requirement in a ;
; ocst to-day at the Indian Head, Md.,
1 proving ground, and established what
j .he naval officers believe to be a record
: 'n big shell production. Of the three
private plants that have contracted
? :.o produce 16-inch projectiles for the
navy, officers said, two had failed to
produce a satisfactory shell in fifteen
months, while the third shell of the
first group from the naval plant came
up to requirements.
The 16-inch projectile, which weighs
2,100 pounds, against the 1,400 pounds
of the 14-inch snell, will be turned out
j in quantities at the South Charleston
j plant for the 16-inch guns of the
I dreadnought style ships under con- i
struction.
Testify Newberry.
Managers Failed
To Produce Money
Promises Were All They
Got After Giving Time
and Expense to Campaign,
Political Workers Assert
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Feb. 19.?
Whether Milto Oakmnn, Detroit politi?
cal leader, was "kidding" or "serious"
when he told Chase S. Osborn's Detroit
campaign manager that the Ncwberry
committee promised him $20,000 for hin
support of the junior Michigan Sena?
tor, was a mooted question after to?
day's testimony in the Newberry elec?
tions conspiracy trial. The ?sborn
man, Henry A. Montgomery, said ho
knew Oakman's reputation as a "kid
dcr," but "took it seriously enough to
report it to Mr. Osborn," and there the
matter stood. The defence did how?
ever, get Montgomery to emphasizo
that Oakman told him he never got a
dollar.
Thcro wns other testimonv to-day
ir.dicating that not all the Newberry
?.'.'orkers got moncv for their pains. The
grand jury evidence of Louis Burr,
Iloughton lumberman, was read from
notes, and it related that Paul King
complimented Burr on his work and
promised he would be reimbursed for
time and expense connected with nu?
merous trips about the copner country.
Burr added he never saw the money.
Willard C. Smith, of Grand Rapid3,
swore that Charles B. Carpenter, a
banker defendant, gave him some New?
berry buttons and ?10, and told him to
"get busy, there is more in sight."
Later Carpenter, learning that Smith
had not received "that money," prom?
ised to "see that it was fixed up," but
Smith said he got nothing more.
Grand jury testimony by Dewitt
Brown brought a $30,000 item to the
attention of the jury. He was quoWi
by Claire Hip;bee clerk of the grand
.iury, as saying that John B. Harris
told him that Roger Andrews, Menomi
neo publisher, had received that
-mount from the Newberry committee
? for work in tho upper peninsula. Judge
Sessions instructed the jury that this
i gossip could be used only as affecting
Brown's knowledge or belief that
money was being used. He told them
to disregard it as against Harris and
Andrews.
j ? The government centered a const?
! ?rable nart of its efforts to-day on
Frank McKay,- of Grand Rapids. Prac?
tically all of the testimony referred to
work done in the general elections
from the headquarters, of the County
Republican Committee, of which Mc?
Kay was secretary. The defense moved
that the evidence be stricken out as
not applicable, to tho Newberry com?
mittee, and Judge Sessions indicated
that this might be done later, al?
though he allowed it to stand when
the prosecution said they would con?
nect it later with the Newberry activ?
ities.
Vandals Smash Windows
Police Believe Striking Glazier?
Are Responsible
Striking glaziers, seeking to earn r.
little motley during their period of en?
forced inactivity, are believed by the
police to be responsible for the smash?
ing of several plate glass windows^ in
Third Avenue, on the upper East Side
early yesterday morning. The theory
of the police is that the glaziers ere- ;
ated jobs for 1 emselves by vandalism.;
and two suspects are being held.
Among the stores and business ;
houses reporting that their window;. !
had been broken were: Lahns Broth?
ers, 1338 Third Avenue; Regent Shoe
Store, 1486; Douglas Shoe Store, 1452;
Joffe Drug Store, 1406; De Witte Broth?
ers, photo supply dealers, 1398; United ?
Cigar Store, 1388; Feldstein's Drug i
Store, 1384; Colonial Meat Market
134G, and Buddour Brothers Drug Store,
1344.
Patrolman George Gettinger, of the !
East Sixty-seventh Street station
heard the crash of glass when Lahns
Brothers's window was shattered ano
arrested two men loitering near by.
Neither is a glazier.
Woman, 91, and Daughter, 57,
Found Dead of Gas in Home
Mrs. Amanda Tulis, ninety-one years
old, and nor flfty-seven-year-old daugh?
ter, Jeane,.were found dead last night
from gas in the rooms they occupied
at 1273 Prospect Place, Brooklyn.
Mary Tulis; forty-five, another daugh?
ter, returning from business, dis?
covered the bodies. The old woman
was lying on a couch in the front
room and Jeane was seated in an arm?
chair in the kitchen.
Gas was escaping from a defective
hose attached to a gas stove in the
kitchen.
ALIEN PROPERTY B
CUSTODIAN J
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764 SHARES
of the
COMMON CAPITAL STOCK
and
$76,400 Face Value 6% Registered Income Bonds of
FREDERICK PUSTET COMPANY, Inc.
(Dealers in Church Supplies)
150 SHARES OF
COMMON CAPITAL STOCK
of
The H. Tapke Realty Company
New York
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned
FRANCIS P. GARVAN, Alien Property Custodian will
offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder at
the office of Frederick P?stet Company, Inc., 52 Barclay
St., New York City, at 11 o'clock A. M? on the 24th dav
of February, 1920, 764 shares of the common capital
stock, par value $100 each, out of 1.000 shares issued and
outstanding, and $76,000 face value, and a participating
certificate to the extent of $400 additional, 6% registered
income bonds, due 1937, of Frederick Pustet Company
Inc., a corporation created and existing by virtue of th?
laws of the State of New York, e
And
150 shares, par value $100 each, out of 300 shares issued
and outstanding of The H. Tapke Realty Company a cor
poration created and existing by virtue of the laws' of the
State of New York.
FRANCIS P. GARVAN,
Alien Property Custodian
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Stort Hours
9 to 5:30
Stort Hours:
9 to 5.10
$99.00
$92.50
$150.00
Now Comes the Big Stir in
FUR COAT
3? i? ??
Sample Line and Surplus Stock of the
Highest Grade Makes in America at
FRACTIONAL PRICES
* *
Radical Reductions in
Our Own Good Stock
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Men who know to an ounce the present unfilled tonnage of United States Steel
are just the sort who will appreciate the offering it is now our privilege to make.
For they are wonderful coats?quality and good breeding sewed into them with
every thread. We say the "highest grade makes in America"?and we mean
just that. He has no peer. The cream of the stock you know?not one of them
reserved?of prices that smack of days before the war.
Fur-Lined Overcoats with Fur Collars
Black Shell, Muskrat Lined, Beaver Col?
lars. Sizes : One 38, two 42, $300.00
Black Shell, Muskrat Lined, Otter Col?
lars. Sizes: One 40, one 44, $150.00
Oxford Grey Shell, Muskrat Lined,
Otter Collars. Sizes: One 40, one
42, $150.00
Black Shell, Muskrat Lined, Dyed Rat
Collar. Sizes: One 40, one 42, $150.00
Black Shell, Muskrat Lined, Hudson
Seal Collars. Sizes: One 40, one 42,
$150.00
Black Shell, Muskrat Lined, Hudson
Seal Collars. Sizes: One 38, one 40,
$250.00.
Black Shell, Dark Muskrat Lined, Hud?
son Seal Collars. Sizes: One 42,
one 44, $250.00
Black Shell, Muskrat Lined, Beaver Col?
lar. Size : One 40, $200.00
Black Shell, Skunk Lined, Persian Lamb
Collar. Size: One 44, $175.00
Oxford Grey Shell, Muskrat Lined, Hud?
son Seal Collar. Size: One 42, $150.00
Black Shell, Muskrat Lined, Hudson
Seal Collar. Size: One 40, $300.00
Oxford Grey Shell, Muskrat Lined, Bea?
ver Collar. Size : One 40, $325.00
Black Shell, Muskrat Lined, Otter Col?
lar. Size: One 38, $137.50
Black Shell, Mink Lined, Persian Lamb
Collar: Size: One 38, $400.00
Blue Mixture Shell, Angora Seal Lined,
Hudson Seal Collar. Sizes: One 38,
One 40, $200.00
Heather Mixed Shell, Nutria Lined,
Hudson Seal Collar. Size: One 38,
$325.00
Heather Mixed Shell, Angora Seal
Lined, Hudson Seal Collar. Sizes:
One 36. one 38, one 40, $200.00
Black Shell. Marmot Lined, Blended Rat
Collar. Size : One 38, $250.00
Black Shell, Civet Cat Lined, Per?ian
Lamb Collar. Size: One 38, $300.00
Grey Shell Nutria Lined, C-Otter Col?
lar. Siz^: One 38, $375.00
Brown Shell, Nutria Lined, Mink Collar.
Size: One 38, $375.00
Black Sheli, Rat Lined, Hudson Seal
Collar. Size: One 38, $275.00
Heather Mix Shell, Kolinsky Lined,
Ringtail Kolinsky Collar. Sizes: One
37, one 38, $400.00
Heather Mix Shell, Jap Mink Lined,
C-Otter Collar. Size: One 38,
$300.00
Black Shell, Rat Lined, Otter Collar.
Size : One 40, $475.00
Brown Shell, Jap Mink Lined, Hudson
Seal Collar. Size: One 38, $275.00
Heather Shell, Angora Seal Lined,
Hudson Seal Collar. Size: One 40,
$225.00
Fur Collared Overcoats
Light Fabric with Dyed Rat Collars.
Sizes : One 37, one 39, $62.50
Grey Fabric with Raccoon Collar. Size :
One 34, $37.50
Heather Fabric with Opossum Collar,
Size : One 37, $92.50
Brown Fabric with Beaver Collar. Size :
One 38, $150.00
Grey Fabric, D. B., with Hudson Seal
Collar. Size: One 40, $92.50
Grey Fabric. D. B., with Real Persian
Lamb Collar. Size: One 36, $200.00
Black Fabric, D. B., with Angora Seal
Collar. Size: One 44, $100.00
Grey Fabric. D. B., with Persian Lamb
Collar. Size: One 38, $150.00
Heather Fabric, D. B., with Nutria Col-.
lar. Size: One 36, $100.00
Brown Fabric, D. B., with Otter Collar.
Size: One 40, $150.00
SPECIAL
Dark Blue Heavy Cloth Shell 1). B.?Belted Back?With
Angora Seal Collars. 50 Overcoats?Sizes: 35 to ?4 - -
$67.50
Auto-Coats
Black Dog Fur, with Fur Collar.
Size: 44, $82.50
Black Dog Fur, with Fur Collar.
Size: Two, 44, $99.00
15 Bear Cloth Auto Coats.
Black Dog Fur, with Fur Collar.
Sizes: 40-42, $88.00
Black Dog Fur, with Fur Collar.
Size: 42, $93.50
Sizes: 38 to 48, $42.50
G1MBELS?MEN'S CLOTHING SHOP?Fourth Floor
me-Ttnird Off
the Present Marked Prices of
.very
Only 70 of them
range from $ 10
m
to
ur Cap
the stock. The present prices
$30. Take one-third off them?
GIMBELS?MEN'S HAT SHOP?Fourth Floor