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inramritirir'i?
Gartens Admits
He Would Like
Soviet in U. S.
Russian Agent Denies, How
ever, That He Actually
Worked to Bring About
the Condition He Desires
? .
Attended Detroit Parley
Wrote to Emma Goldman
Because Her "Feelings
Were Hurt," He Says
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.?Ludwig C.
A. K. Martens, Russian Soviet agent in
the United States, told the Senate In?
vestigating committee to-day he would
like toi see the "dictatorship of the pro?
letariat" set up here.
"That is what I wish," he said, "not
what I am working for."
He was given permission to qualify
his statement made at a previous scs
sian hat he was a revolutionist in the
United States.
"I meant," he said, "that I have al?
ways worked for the revolution in
Russia, not revolution elsewhere."
The Soviet agent?who told the in?
vestigating committee last week that
he never was in secret council or com?
munication with revolutionary activi?
ties vin the United States?was ques?
tioned about his attendance at a meet?
ing of tho Russian Socialist Federa?
tion at Detroit last year and about
messages exchanged with the Federa?
tion. It was the activity of this and
other Russian organizations in the
United States which led the Depart?
ment of Justice to make recently the
greatest radical raid ever undertaken
in this country.
Greeting to Radicals .Admitted
Martens admitted he attended the
Detroit meeting and identified the fol?
lowing telegram to the conference
which was introduced by Wade II. Ellis,
counsel for the committee:
"Comrades, I greet you and wish
you success in your worlc, in the name
of the Russian Federated Socialist Re?
public of Workers and Peasants."
Martens conceded that this meant
he "wished for success of Communism
in the United States." A rep.y from
the convention ' told Martens that the
Russian Socialists were "striving with
all their power to break the yoke of
capital on the United States."
The reading of a manifesto, prepared
?at the Detroit meeting, bro i an im
' passioned protest from Mtrb Th
manifesto said that ''combining the
activities of Comrade L?nine with other
revolutionary activities in the ? nii !
States, in the words of L?nine, will
build up a strong revolutionary move?
ment here."
Martens said Ellis was using docu?
ments unfairly, and formel Senator
Hardwick, of Go irgi i, ? ? unscl fur tne
Russian agent, joined the debate.
"The trouble is with you. Mr. Ellis,
that you don't know anything about
thi.-," said Martens.
"The trouble ?s I know too much for
you."
Plans for Revolution Charged
"Now, you talked to this convention,"
Mr. Ellis continued, "on their work in
planning a revolution in iho United
States, the means to be used und the
methods they pursued?"
"No, I did not," Martens responded,
" "you are mixing up three things, Mr.
?Ellis"
"Nobody's mixing up anything but
' you," the examiner retorted.
"We'll have the speeches here."
Adjournment for the day cut :-hort
the examination.
Previously Mr. Y\Uia asked if a Colonel
Beck was on the Soviet bureau staff
in New York, listed as "military at?
tach?." Martens identified him and
Mr. Ellis introduced a report signed by
Beck made by British mi itary authori
? ties outlining a plan of military opera?
tions against the Bolshevik power in
Russia.
"He has changed his views,'' Martens
said.
"You knoW this man betrayed his
cause when he camo over to you?" Mr. :
Ellis asked.
"I know Colonel Beck is an honest '
man, and I don't mind his honest
change of opinion," Martens said, add?
ing that Colonel Beck was receiving
$250 a month as "military attach?."
More Money Asked For
Introducing a cablegram addressed
to M. Litvinoif, Soviet envoy in Scan?
dinavia, Mr. Ellis said:
"Senate investigation proceeding fa?
vorable. Transfer money to me in
larger amounts.
"MARTENS."
The witness identified it as one sent
a week or two ago.
Under further questioning Martens
?aid he did not know Emma Goldman,
but had written her a letter because
"her feelings were hurt by reports that
we had made statements about her."
"My country will be glad to offer an
asylum to the first group of political
refugees from the United States,'1 the
letter said.
Mr. Ellis asked if this statement was
intended to "promote friendly relations
between Russia and the United States.''
"Tho crimes for which many persons
are given ten to fifteen years in prison
in this country," Martin; replied,
"would never be touched upon in Rus?
sia."
"The point is," said Mr. Ellis, "you
shoot people in Russia who oppose the
government and welcome those who
oppose the government of the United
States."
Society Women Aid Club
Pledge Thousands of Dollars
Toward 8700,000 Endowment
Society women gathered yesterday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles
B. Alexander and pledged several thou?
sand dollars toward the fund that is
being raised to endow the Navy Club
as a homo for men of the sea service
in this city.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank E. Evans,
of the 6th Marines, told the gathering
of the battles of Chateau Thierry and
Belleau Wood, and heartilv indorsed
tn?. Project of the club. Miss Julia
? Arthur made an appeal for aid in the
campaign to raise $700.000 for th;s
purpose. Mme. Alda, of the Metropoli?
tan Opera Company, sang several
eongs.
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Bad Salmon Sold to Army
Almost 100,000 Cans Are Con
demned and Returned
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25?Between
75,000 and 100.000 cases of canned sai
mon bought for the army in 1918 were
condemned as unfit for consumption
Director Alsborg, of the Department
of Agriculture's Bureau of Chemistry,
to-day told the House committee in?
vestigating contracts between the War
Pepartment and salmon packers as re
Jated to the return of rejected salmon.
The salmon condemned. Dr. Als berg
said, was decomposed before canning
and was not allowed to be sold to the
public after return to the packers.
Telephone Girls Balk
As Leaders Urge Union
?. F. of L. Organizer Meet?
Opposition and Is Forced
to Adjourn Meeting
New York telephone operators are not
yet organized. There was trouble on
tho wire last night, and when the or?
ganization meeting held at 725 Sixth
Avenue was called to order all tho
wires wero busy. The meeting broko
1 j up at midnight without having made
! anv definite progress.
?lugh Frayne,.general organizer of
j the American Federation of Labor;
i James P. Holland, state president of
I the American Federation of Labor, who
. has had considerable success with
: strikes of longshoremen; Frank Gil
1 more, secretary of the Actors' Equity,
1 and Rose Schneiderman, of the Wom?
en's Trade Union League, aided Miss
| Teresa Sullivan, of Boston, who is vice
i president of the Telephone Operators'
! Union.
? Some remarks of Mr. Holland aroused
i opposition, nnd there was an exchange
of courtesies which was revived from
time to time during the succeeding
! speeches. Finally the meeting was
1 thrown open for questions from the
.Moor, and strong opposition to tho un?
ion developed from a group of girls
I who said that they represented the
Telephone Employees' Association.
"Antis" and "pros"- wrangled until
Hugh Fravne invited all those who
wished to 'join the union to send their
I names in confidence to his office and
declared the meeting adjourned.
?
Pastor Fighling Move
To Raise His Rent $50
Rev. Dr. Calvert Obtains Order
Halting Municipal Court
Ouster Action
The Rev. John B. Calvert obtained an
order in the Supreme Court yesterday
rcstrainir.fr Walter J. Salmon, as land
. lord of the Osborne Apartments, at
Seventh Avenue and Fifty-seventh
Street, from prosecuting a Municipal
Court action to oust the clergyman
and his family from their apartment.
Dr. Calvert has a lease which ter
I min?tes October 1, 1920. The rental
of his apartment is $8,300 a year. As
has been the custom in the apartment
house, the servants of Dr. Calvert's
family occupied rooms in servants'
quarters on the eleventh floor of the j
building, for which there was no ex- .
tra charge to the tenant. But that was .
before Mr. Salmon became the land- j
lord, which happened a few months
i:u;o. Mr. Salmon informed the tenants j
that they would have to pay for the (
use of the servants' quarters.
Dr. Calvert explained that the free
use of the servants' quarters was part
of the consideration for the making |
of the lease, although no mention of
this was made in the lease. Mr. Sal?
mon began suit to collect two months'!
rent for the servants' rooms at $50 ai
month.
'Canned' Debate Won by!
Anti-League Champion
Senator Harding Outtalks Mr. j
McAdoo in Contes. Held !
by Phonograph
William G. McAdoo and Senator
Warren G. H'irding, of Ohio, debated i
phonographicaUy last night before the ?
Central R pub'-ican Club of the 19tn
Assembly District, at 23 West 124th
Stre? t.
"I ; dies and gentlemen." said Irwin
Kurtz, master of ceremonies, "let me
present Mr. AcAdoo."
He seized the former Secretary of
the Treasury, who had been reduced
for tin.- occasion to the standard 12
nch di meter, and placed him on the
felt-covered disk of the machine, where
he scon was whirling merrily, uphold?
ing the lea-rue of nations at every
revolution. Then Mr, Kurtz made a
fast-revolving debater out of Senator
Harding, who spoke against the league.
The audience decided that Senator j
Harding won. Records of speeches by j
Senator Lodge and A. Mitchell Palmer, i
Attorney General, also were delivered.
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Wholesaler Sees No Hope!
Of Drop in Food Prices
Present Levels to Remain for i
Two Years, National Asso?
ciation Is Told
Foodstuffs will remain practically
at their present level for another two
years, according to Edward Cumpson,
president of the Xew York Wholesale
Grocers' Association, who addressed
that body at its thirty-second annual
convention in the Hotel Astor yester?
day.
Mr. Cumpson said that the present
stringency was due to curtailed pro?
duction in the factories and on the
farms. He denied the charge, that the
middleman was a profiteer, and said
that the present system was the best
yet devised for the distribution of the
nation's foodstuffs.
Prince Cansos Six Arrests
Cousin of Spanish King Stops
Brooklyn Kahhit Shooters
Prince Ludovic Pignatelli D'Aragon,
first cousin to the King of Spain and
former secretary to the Spanish Lega?
tion, caused the arrest yesterday of six
Italians who were shooting rabbits on !
the land adjoining his estate at Mer
rick, L. I.
lie was aided in making the arrests
by Came Warden Benson and accom?
panied his prisoners to the home of'
Justice of the Peace Louis M. Raisig,
where one of them was fined ?50 nnd
the other live $25 each. All came from
Brooklyn. Justice Raisig congratu
lated the prince on his exploit.
Smith Heads N. Y. Central !
Reappoinfinent of A. H. Smith as
president of the Xew York Central '
Lines and of other officers, reestablish
ing the system as it existed prior to
Federal control, was announced here !
last night. Vice-presidents reappointed :
in charge of executive departments of!
the system are A. T. Hardin, Ira A. !
Place, A. H. Harris, G. IT. Ingalls and J. '
Carstensen, all of whose headquarters j
are in New York.
Daniel Willnrd was re?lected presi- '
dent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad j
at a meeting of the board of directors I
here yesterday.
L. F. Loree was re?lected president ;
and F. P. Gutelius vice-president in
charge of operation nnd traffic of the !
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company !
by its board of managers. J. T. Loree !
was made general manager.
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Murphy Funeral To-morrow
Body of Former Jersey Gov- j
ernor Will Arrive To-dav
The funeral of Franklin Murphy,
former Coverner of New Jersey, who'
died at Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, will
be held from his home, 1027 Broad
Street, Newark, to-morrow afternoon -
Bishop Edward S. Lines, of the
Newark Episcopal Diocese, will 0fl3- <
c?ate. Burial will take place in Mount I
I ?casant Cemetery, Newark. The bodv i
wi arrive to-day. Delegates from !
both the New Jersey State Senate and
tho House of Representatives will at?
tend tue funeral, as well as represent- !
nttves of many municipalities in that
state.
Arnstein to
Give Self Up;
Bail $100,000
Continued from pave 1
Gilchrist in the Federal Building at 11
o'clock this morning, where she will
be examined with a view to ascertain?
ing whether any of her financial hold?
ings might be construed as the prop?
erty of her alleged bankrupt husband.
In accepting service of the paper
Mrs. Arnstein took occasion to remark
that this wasn't necessary to make her
tell all she knows about her financial
affairs. "I have been ready from the
first to tell the authorities anything
they want to know about my affairs,"
she said.
Request Subpoena Issued
A "request" subpoena also was issued
for Miss Brice yesterday by District
Attorney Swann, who is anxious to
question her regarding a check for
??13,000 drawn on the Pacific Bank and
signed by her husband, which she sub?
mitted for collection at the Colonial
Bank on February 20.
The check was dated February 16,
although Miss Brice had stated in the
District Attorney's office that her hus?
band loft her on February 12 and she
had not seen him or communicated
with him after that date.
The atress will call on Mr. Doollng
or Mr. Swann to-day immediately after
she leaves Commissioner Gilchrist's
office.
The order directing Mrs. Arnstein to
appear before Commissioner Gilchrist
was signed by Federal Judge Augustus
N. Hand and included five banks and
safe deposit companies. The order was
signed on the petition of Saul S.
Myers, attorney for Edwards H. Childs,
who was appointed receiver for Arn?
stein.
The following persons and organiza?
tions were named in the order: Nicho?
las Arnstein, Joseph Gluck, Irving
Cluck, the Colonial Bank, the United
Sfates Mortgago and Trust Company,
the Madison Safe Deposit Company, the
Equitable Trust Company and the Pa?
cific Bank.
The petitioner set forth that he be?
lieved the Excelsior Savings Bank had
an account under the name of Fannie
Arnold and that the. alleged bankrupt
had been known as Nick Arnold at
times. He declared also that thore was
an account in the Central Mercantile
Bank under the name of Nick S. Me
Cormack and that the bankrupt had
been known at times under that name.
Says Client Will Talk
Moses H. Grossman, attorney for
Mrs. Arnstein, will appear with her to?
day before Commissioner Gilchrist.
Mr. Grossman said yesterday that his
client would give any information de
ired concerning her financial affairs
and that she would reveal tho con?
sents of the safe deposit boxes held in
lier name. At least one of these is
aid to be held jointly with her hus?
band.
An examination of the records in the
office of the clerk of Queens County
.sesterday developed the fact that an
absolute divorce from Arnstein was
secured by Mrs. Carrie Arnstein on
June 10, 1919. The decree was handed
down by Supreme Court Justice Lean?
der 13. Faber in Long Island City. The
action was undefended and a woman
known only as "Fannie" was named us
the corespondent. Arnstcin's name in
he papers is given as Arndstein, which
s believed to be his real name.
According to the testimony the wo
:v,an known as "Fannie" was living
.vith Arnstein at 166 West Seventy- I
second Street. Manhattan, and the
,cts on which the divorce action was
'?wrought were alleged to have occurred
t this address during 1916, 1917 and
1918.
The complaint states that the Arn
steins were married on March 14, 1903,
in Jersey City and that there were no
children. #
Alexander S. Green, a process server,
testified at the trial that he visited
.Arnstein's apartment on the morning
of July 2, 1918, and saw tho defendant
occupying a bedroom with a woman
whom he called Fannie.
Philip Borach, who said he was in the
theatrical business, said he had known
Arnstein for five years and had known
him to use the name of Arnold. He
often visited Arnstcin's apartment, he
testified, and always saw Fannie there
and frequently heard Arnstein address ;
her as "honey" and "dear."
Records in the Deputy Clerk's office
in Brooklyn show that Jules W. Arn?
stein was married on June 18, 1919, to
Miss Fannie Borack, who described
herself as a dressmaker and said she
lived at 1260 Flatbush Avenue, Brook?
lyn. Arnstein said he was a broker ?
living at 1314 Twenty-fourth Street,
Brooklyn. The ceremony was per?
formed by Deputy City Clerk John F.
Quailc.
In a statement given out last night
warning banks and brokerage houses j
that clever crooks are still operating;
in the financial district, Bernard J. i
McGinn, manager of the claim depart- j
ment of the American Surety Company, j
revealed the fact that since the hunt,
for Jules W. Arnstein has been in
progress there have been two thefts of !
securities aggregating $95,000.
One robbery involved the loss of ;
$65,000 in mixed securities, Mr. Mc- '
Ginn stated. These were intrusted to
a messenger to be taken to a prominent
bank for substitution. In the other
theft a messenger got away with $30,
000 worth of United States Rubber and
Great Northern preferred stocks.
In the latter case, Mr. McGinn said
the messenger had been employed only
two hours by the house which lost
the securities. He had shown himself
to be willing and quick in carrying
checks and his employers thought it
safe to trust him with the larger sum.
"The gang, alleged to have been di- ?
rected by Arnstein, may have been '.
broken up," said Mr. McGinn, "but
there are ybst as clever crooks in tho
financial district right now and the
conditions under which they are work?
ing are just as easy.
"Detectives working on the robberies
tell us that the favorite method pur?
sued by the crooks is for one boy to
hold three or four jobs. They say
that some of the boys have admitted
that they would take their stolen se?
curities into brokerage houses and sub?
stitute them for stocks held there on a !
margin."
Joe Gluck, one of the boys now !
under arrest in connection with bond ',
thefts, is said to havo boasted to Mr. I
McGinn that there were others to con- j
tinue tho robberies.
Dempsey Indictment
Expected To-morrow
Federal Bill Over Draft Charges
Is Said to Include
Kearns
Special Dispatch to Tha Tribuna
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. ? Jack ?
Dempsey, world's heavyweight boxing
champion, and his manager, Jack
Kearns. are expected to be indicted by
the Federal grand jury which will file
its report Friday. The grand jury voted
to return these indictments it was said
in the Federal Building after adjourn?
ment late yesterday afternoon.
Whether there will be other indict?
ments in the case was not stated.
Dempsey and Kearns are to be
?barged with having made false state
nents and otherwise perjuring them?
selves in furnishing information to the
i raft board in San Francisco when
Dempsey was called as a soldier.
The draft of the reported true bill |
had not been completed by Prosecutor
C. W. Thomas when the grand jury ad?
journed.
That the Department of Justice was
sure of its ground in the investigation
was made known when E. E. Orr, agent
of the department, said the Federal
grand jury would return an indict?
ment.
Senational charges against Dempsey
wero intimated by Orr in connection
with alleged letters of Dempsey to Mrs.
Dempsey and to friends in Wells, Nov.,
where Orr went a few weeks ago to
uncover information on Dempsey. That
the government since Orr's visit to
Wells has been in possession of thirty
five letters upon which the charges aro
based was admitted by E. M. Blanford,
chief for this district of tho Depart?
ment of Justice. Blanford refused to
make known the contents, saying the
government would not show its hand
before the trial.
Moffitt, Freed,
Refuses to Go
Back to Family
Continued from pmro 1
the mean time Moffltt was freo to go
where ho chose. He is charged with
the larceny of $200 from Raffacllo
Russo.
"Ho is just like any other prisoner
on bail and when his case comes up
he'll be tried. "I expect to convict
him," said Mr. Waugh.
In the mean time MofTitt, who has of?
fers from several friends to back him
to any extent and pull him out of his
financial jam, was making plans for
his business future.
"I'll stay here for about two months"
he said. "I have certain equities in
holdings here that 1 can still claim
and I want to clear them up. Then in
May I'll go back to San Jos?, where I
have a good name and good standing
and get in on the spring realty boom.
"I can make $250,000 there in tho
next twelve months and I'm going to
pay off every cent I owe and show all
hands that I am straight and hones'.
I'll be clear with everybody by^the time
my trial comes up."
The whereabouts of Miss Carpen re?
mained a mystery yesterday, one story
being that she was in Vancouver, hav?
ing gone there after Motlitt's arrest.
MofTitt, his friends say, liked her be?
cause of her frugality and the fact
that she made him save his money. His
own family, he is said to have com?
plained, was too extravagant.. His
family, on the other hand, complains
that until he met Miss Carpen he was
an ideal father and husband whose
only desire was to gratify his family's
every wish.
MofTitt estimated yesterday that he
owed about $100,000. Further clforts
to reconcile him with his wife will be
made by former Judge Grossman, his
counsel. An estrangement between
Miss Carpen, for whom he named
Pearl Park, a big development tract
in Connecticut, and Moflitt was ru?
mored.
Dog Gives Life to Save
Master From Hold-Up
Grips Robber's Leg as I3e Is
About to Fire and Is .Shot
as Thief Flees
A mastiff dog, owned by 'Michael
Martarch, an Austrian, who conducts
a restaurant at 484 Eleventh Avenue,'
gave his life last night to save his
master from hold-up v..on.
Martarch was closing his restaurant
at about 8:30 o'clock, when two men
entered and demanded the "cash re?
ceipts." *
"I don't know what you mean," said
I the proprietor, whereupon one of the
i intruders drew a revolver and ordered
I him to put up his hands.
? Instead of complying, Martarch
threw a chair. The man ducked and
? raised his pistol again to fire when
the mastiff, which had been lying in
a corner, sprang at him and gripped
! him by the leg. The companion of
I the man with the gun fled, and a mo
! ment later the dog fell with a bullet
; hrough his skull. The gunman fired
j again as he limped through the door
I and broke Martarch's wrist.
Both robbers had escaped before the
i police appeared.
The persistent barking of Rolf, a
Dalmatian dog, owned by Hugo Baer,
a costumer, who employs four girls
on the second floor of 1455 Third Ave?
nue, probably saved tho lives of all
five yesterday. The animal would not
be stilled until he had led Baer into
the hallway. There the man smelled
: smoke and gave the alarm. The fire
was in the La Festima Cigar Company
on the floor below.
Builders Discuss Strike
Council Determined to Hold
Iron League to Agreement
The Building Trades Council of New
York mot yesterday under the chair?
manship of Robert Brindell, president
of the council, to discuss further ac?
tion on the general strike called this
week on all steel structural iron con?
tracts of the Iron League Directors'
Association.
Violation of contracts by tho em?
ployment of non-union labor is charged
by the council. It is charged that the
association maintained an open shop
on five of its contracts, whereas the
closed shop is provided for in agree?
ments.
President Brindell said yesterday
that details of the controversy and
contracts affected by the walk-out will
be made public to-day. He added that
the Building Trades Council is deter?
mined to enforce its agreements with
the Iron League Directors' Associa?
tion, no matter what the cost.
Seamen Back Training Act
Violations Charged Over Hours .
on Lake Vessels
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.?Officials of
seamen's organizations before the Sen- ,
ate Commerce Committee to-day op?
posed modification of the present Lu
Follette seamen's act which requires !
three years' training before certili- '
cates are issued to able seamen. Such
a plan as proposed in the bill of Rep- ?
r?sentative Rowe, Republican, of New
York, shortening tho training period, '
was declared to be impracticable.
? Charges that the Great Lakes Car?
riers' Association was violating the La '
Follette act. by requiring seamen on '
lake boats to remain on duty six hours '
with only six hours off duty were made i
by Patrick O'Brien., of Buffalo, assistant
secretary of the Sailors' Union of the t
Great Lakes. ? v
Czarina's Jewels on Block i
Alleged Property of Royalty To j
Be Aiielioned Here
Thomas D. McCarthy, United States 1
marshal!, will sell at auction to-day (
crown jewels, furs and paintings worth <
$34,462, and believed to have been the <
property of the late Czar and Czarina, I
and part of the loot secured by Russian <
revolutionists when they raided' the Win- ?
ter Palace at Petrograd. The sale will !j
be conducted at 1 p. m., in Room 307 in j
the Federal Building.
The sale will take place in accordance ; 1
with a condemnation order, the jewels l
and other property having been declared , '?
forfeited to too government because of , '<
violation of the customs laws. Thsy j -
were smuggled into this country on | 1
May 11, 1918. ' i
Wage Demands
Of Teachers to
Undergo Probe
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Board of Education Also
Orders an Investigation
of Causes of Shortage
in Instruction Forces
Inquiry to Begin at Once
George Ryan, Mrs. Russell
ami Joseph Yeska Named
Committee for Survey
Investigation of the teacher shortage
in this city and of the reasons for
salary increase demands will be insti?
tuted to-morrow by a committee of
three of the Board of Education, the
board, sitting us a committee of the
whole, decided last night.
On Monday the first sessions with
committees from the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment, the Board of Ex?
aminers, the Board of Superintendents
and representatives of the local teacher
organizations will be held.
Authority for the investigation was
obtained by President Anning S. Prall
of the Hoard of Education from State
Commissioner John H. Finley, who tele?
graphed Mr. Prall on Tuesday that the
stay of the school survey issued last
October by the Commissioner would
not prevent an investigation relative
to the teacher shortage and tho salary
increase proposals.
Committee Meets To-morrow
The Board of Education will be rep?
resented in the investigation by George
J. Ryan, chairman of the committee;
Mrs. Ruth F. Russell and Joseph
Yeska. President Prall suggested that
this committee meet to-morrow to make
plans for the survey, and that they go
into "the causes and reasons for the
exaggerated reports of a teacher short?
age" and salary increase agitation.
"I do not think this shortage is due
so much to a question of pay, as has
been reported," Mr. Prall said. "It is
true that the teachers' plight is not. a
satisfactory one, but I think it is due
largely to more attractive conditions in
ntlur lines of work." The Board of
Superintendents, he added, had done
"absolutely nothing toward arriving at
a remedy."
Mr. Somers urged that the investiga?
tion be made without prejudice or pas?
sion. Mr. Prall's suggestion that the
state Legislature be asked to aid in the
investigation met with a protest from
Mr. Somers.
Mr. Prall assented to Mr. Somers's
suggestion and a vote was taken to ap?
point a committee and proceeded with
the investigation. As a tentative propo
sition Mr. Yeska advised that the teach?
ers' p y be increased so that no teacher
would receive less than $1.1200 a year.
$1,500 Minimum Urged
Mr. Prall thought favorably of that I
amount for beginning teachers, but Mr j
Somers wanted a minimum of $1,500,1
made up of increases as per salary in?
crease schedules and bonuses unti such j
time as the cost of living; returns to a '
normal basis. No action was taken on I
those suggestions.
A retirement plan, based on old age j
or disability for the employees of tho
Department of Education other than
the supervising and teaching force,
was approved by the Board.
The plan provides for retirement
for age after thirty years' service, at
half pay. The employee during his
or her service would contribute to the
retirement fund and the cit ? would
contribute to the pension fund. The
plan embraces janitors and elevator
men.
The Board approved n recommenda
tion of the Hoard Examiners and the ;
Superintendent of Schools that three!
additional examiners, to be knows as \
"a.-sis ant exam mrs," be at|
at salaries of $4,000. The members of
the Board of Examiners receive $0,000.
Application of 1). E. Connors, oo^ \
tractor for the construction of the New- j
o ..! h Schoo on a bid of $794,000
to be released from carrying out the
contract was refused by the board. i
Similar action was taken in the re-i
quest for a release by James McArthur, j
contractor for the construct.on of|
Pu' lie Schoo! 5d', Queens, who bid !
$523,000. McArthur claimed that he
would lose $31,000 on his contract.
Brooklyn Doctor Freed
By "Reds" in Siberia
Captured Americans, Members
o? Red Cross, Released by
Bolshevists's Order?
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.?Release of!
Edward H. Charette, of Stockton, Calif.,
and Dr. F. L. Barnum, of Brooklyn, *
member of the American Red Cross
Commission to Siberia, who recently
were captured by the Bolsheviki, was
reported to Red Cross headquarters to?
day from Vladivostok.
The cable message expressed convic?
tion that three other Red Cross men
also taken prisoner were safe, and that
news of their ralease was being de?
layed by the disorganization of the
telegraph system in Siberia.
The message reporting his release
was the first news received that Dr.
Barnum had been captured. He has
passed Chita en route to Vladivostok.
Charette has reached safety at Irkutsk.
It was assumed that both were un?
harmed, although the njessage did not
give any details.
Mother Disinherits Daughter
i ~ ? ' /
By the will of her mother, the late
Mrs. Martha M. Brasher, 58 Seventh1
Avenu-.-. Brooklyn, widow of William
M. Brasher, an oilcloth magnate, Mrs. !
Louisa Bain is cut otf without a share
n the estate
Mrs. Bain is the divorced wife of
Captain Bertram T. Clayton, U. S. A.,
md is now married to cGorge Bain,
m insurance broker of East Orange.
Iriginally she was to have received a
550,000 share in her mother's estate, '?
?tit in subsequent codicils this was re?
voked "for good and sufficient rea?
sons."
Half of tho estate, or about $500 000
s to go to the Church Charity Founda
ion, of Pong Island, for the Home of
he Aged. The rest is to be distributed
imong friends.
$low Reports Boost "Flu" '
New influenza cases reported to the
Board of Health yesterday numbered ?
>80, as compared with 2-18 the day be?
ere. The pneumonia cases were 288
is against 119 on Tuesday. ' I
Influenza deaths were nineteen, four :
ess than on Tuesday. Pneumonia
leaths were eighty-nine, an increase
)i twenty-six. The increase, Dr.
.'opeland said, was due to delays in >
;ransmission of reports. He said the *
?pidemic was steadily declining.
Burton With Michigan Alumni !
Marion L. Burton, newly appointed
"?resident of the University of Michi?
gan, will greet the New York alumni
it the University of Michigan club's
innual dinner to-morrow night at the ,
Automobile Club of America. Harry t
?. Hutchins, president-emeritus, will -,
introduce Dr. Burton. 1
America'?- Foremoit Theatre?, and MM?. Ptreet.or. of LEE and J. ?. SliyBEBT
50th. E??. i:?)?.
WINTER BARDEN^te today
nnn-rtJ Thea.. ?5H., w. of B'y. Erg?. ?:??
BOOTH ?ratlnwiW?t_?n(l-8aUJnliiy,
Mr.
LEO
D1TR1CHSTEIN
?o,
?THE
I-URPI.?
MASK."
tuba., near IVwajr K.ga. 8:40.
Matinees Wed. & Saturday. 2*0
SCANDAL
?J?TU CT TUBA
ou Inali Matin;
rharlmi Chcrrr and
Frnnclne l.nrrininr??
In tin- fairiouncomedy
Krt Mat. Alexandra Carlisle-?"Tragedy of Nan"
d?tiT-?T ^?^-Tanderson-s ?-,
rvJnJiU. Frivolities
. "?"?? * nc lo->n *"^
Keening? sir?.
Last Mat. Sal.
OF 1920.
COMMENCING NEXT TCE8. Seats Now.
m "LOOK WHO'S HERE"
with CLEO MAYFIELD
89th. B. ot B'way. Kw- t:99.
Matinees Wed. and Sat., 2 30.
HERMAN TIMBERG'8
PRINCESS
TICK-TACK-TOE
Word?. Music and hrrien by Herman Timber?.
? ITTI C TliMtri?. 44ili. W. of By. Evs. * 30.
I?l I I LC Matine? Wed. A Saturday, 2 80.
Oood Bale. SeaU 12. Il.r.t?. |1. Scan ft whs. ahead
??s? HEaToSHE
Hathbun, Eve. Sun. ill? W'1M ?-# I I Sk?
with Raohel Crothera & Cyril Kr-lirhtley.
jMOROSCO aa*?S???
A 8ENSATIONAI. TRIUMPH? *
ELSIE " A,r'?<?.i^snrt
FERGUSON >Ro?'?a,
UllmtUT Mitinee? To-day and Bat.. 2 2.,.
100th I'KKKOKMAXK TO-NIOHT
MY LADY|?eua|vthCUFT0M
FRIENDS ?.!' ?CRAWFORD
CENTRAL r ' ?> ?
Sttm BERNARD * "- BoaDOHi
AS YOI WEBE" '
. in
CW'IL
LEAN
I VDIPW. 42d Ki. Ero?. 8:15.|I/AST
Linlw Lait Mat. Saturday. WKI-.K
A? fiSST ALWAYS YOU
IRENE FRANKLIN?RALPH HERZ.
A Choro? That Outstrips Ail.
8EAT8 TO-DAY1
Beginning Next Monday Evening at 8:20
)
HARRIS, XV. i?d Si. Ev?. 8:30.
"WEDDING BELLS"
MARGARET . WALLACH
Lawrence *n? kddinoeb
Matt?. W?-d. & Sat., 2:30.
8KI-WVN, XV. 42cl St. Eva. 8:30.
DONALD I J'K?.?'Y I l'uni
ItKIAN ! WOOD | MOROAN ,
m?.sT?'?l ?minniee?!
HIT
"BUDDIES
Mats. Wed. & Sat., 2:
American Singers Opera Co.
rt * Sullivan'? Corn I.- Opera But
WALTER HAMPDEN
"GEORGE WASHINGTON" PPJ?g0?||
LONGACRE
61h
?(?..Il
" f .lOroii
??
;"? ftme?
?ME VA
CENTURY fp^m
NEXT MATINEE KATM<SLT5??=?
Tho Sensation t l"i i a ,??*-?. J'*""
or pan, ?M?mi i^nnr
and New York
COMPAN?
ruuITE
CENTU.--Y GROVE, Roof cf th. Cm?,^
Moms Ges? Mitinight WhSi
A Now Play by PERCY MACKAYE.
With GEORGE MAIUON and Company of Co.
? CI TIM?C rhea, 42d. W. of Il'y. Erj. 8:30.
gCLIinUCNii Matine? Saturday. 2:30,
"The bent ?how I ever saw in my lifr."
Alexander Moollcott. of the Times.
PARK SSfc.
WMomm?%yjQ
Saturday,
.?8 IS.
GARRICK
D| S fill West 4"ith Street. Ere.
DltJUU Ni>xt Mat. Saturday.
30th S? . nr B'way IMaU.Today
Or'lcy 1522. Ets.S;-;o.\St Sat.. 2:30
TUB THEATRE GUILD Announces
"JANE C L E G G"
By St,. John Ervlne, Author nf "John Fergti?on."
/^W^f"*^2 Rw??i??i3
BUCfESS or TVVO SEASONS.
EAST IS WEST
with KAY PA'NTKR.
ASTOR?Mt"-- Wed. &8aL.2:30. Etb.
m?mm
48TH ST ,77"*"- r","r --'w"y- e?p,. Y:3o.
*v?ff ill w ? t Matinees To-day ajid Sat 2 30
?ILLSTORM k?
Thea. 48th St., E. of By.
Evonlngs 8:45. Matinees
To-day & Saturday, 2
B?LM0NT
KanceO'Neil:.Passiofl Flower
Dl AVUnilCC %ve?t 48th. Erentngs 8:30.
PLAinUUOt Mats. \Vod. and Sat.. 2:30.
I WONDERFUL THING
Nora Ravac ?*0-1- 44-w-of B'y- Em si
l?WIt3 DdjeS Man. Wod. and Sat.. 2 :i0
V?ctor Herbert's La,est Mu*lcil
f?&^llvn ??,h trl ,;"-'-!r'* Ere?. 1*.
PER
MfSK*AI.
?ME I
Succesa
^MLGOLDEN GIRL
SHUBERT
_mm'
W h VIVIENTE SL'GAL.
alIASI
Tliea.. 44th.W. of R'y. E?.? 15
MaLs. Wed. & Saturdajr. 2.13
r??3!SB ~!
-My
??iMl
l^Maxine Elliott's ShSSft?
Ev-h i 30. Mata Wi :? e : :, .v Saturdai I?
JOHN DREW c?
p. "UcHcniab.'y Nove! and AmD5:ne."
METROPOLITAN nlTA
To-night at 8. Samson st Dallla. Matzenauor;
Caruso, Whlieldll. Marclones. Cond., Wolff.
Frl.. nt 8:15, Rlgolctto. Iiarrienios. Perini; Hack?
et! Do Laca Mardones. Cond., Moranzoni.
Snt at 1 30 Sharp, Parclfal. Matzenauer; Har
r ,],i 'whltohill, llothlt-r. Dldur. Cond., Bodaiizky.
Sat s o i$l lo $3.50) Amore del tre Re. Muzlo;
Martlnclli. Dldur. P?ceo, liacla. Cond., Moranzoul,
Lyn Kkv fon ort RuJolph Ganz Planist. Sundel
?iH. Dclauuoia; D'Angelo. Cond., Haccnian.
Next Mon. at 8. Tabarro?Angllca?Schlcchl.
Parrar, Muzlo, Eaaton: t'rtnil. Amato, Do Luca,
Dldur, Segur?la. Hada. Cond., Moranzonl.
Woil. at R, Ckcpa:ra'5 Night. Alda, Cordon, Galll;
Klnsston. Cond., liadk-y: Coq U Or. Barrientos, Sun
ilol us, llalli; Dit?. Zanetll, Bolm. Bamb schek.
Thurs.. 8:15. Oboron. Pon<ieIlo, Gordon Delau
uois; SlartlnelU, 1'az, Dua. Cond., Bodaiizky.
11ARD.MAN PIANO USED.
Hotel Commodore Musicale
FRIDAY EVE., I'EB. 27th, AT 8:15.
TITTA
AltTTTPR
VAN GORDON
ZDEI.TJE
PATTERSON
Prices, $2, $3, $4. Oen. Adm? $1.50
at Huibl Comnii-dore B-x OMee, ilez. fli?T.
Management R. E. Johnston. iK:iaue Plauo)
J
RACHMANINOFF
CONCERTS
JOSEE STRANSK?'.Conductor
CARNEGIE HAM.
To-nljrht at8::f() & To-m'w (Frl.) Aft. 2:30
Assisting
A. list,
To-nlglit: Rachmaninoff plays Tchaikovsky Concerto
ftfoussoresky, Rachmaninoff
To-morrow: Rachinair.nolT plays Liszt Concerto
Haydn. Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky
CarnpRie Hall, .Sunday Aft., Feb'y >9, at 3.
Beethoven?Wagner?Liszt
i?l\Ts ALLEN McQUHAE T??'
Tickets at Box OfHro. Feiii K. J^clfels, Mjr.
LEXINGTONISV0"
THEATRE | ai?t street
&8etk CHICAGO OPERA &?&
To-nloht at 8, 'Traviata." Galll-Curcl, Scfilpa,
Galefll, Ttrvisan. I'avley. Cond.. Marlnuzzl.
Frl., "Aphrodite." (AU Oren, Seals $10.)
Garden. A-la Lincoln, Johnson, Tavley, Oukrain
sky, Balliri. Cond., Ha^solmans.
Sat. Mat., "Rlgoletto." I.ydla Upkovska.
Schipa, Huffo. Tievlsan. Cond., Marlnuzzl.
Sat. Eve. "Alda." Haifa, Van Gordon,
!? il l.lUminl.Pavloy.Oukratnsky, Ccl.,De Aiixells.
Bcnoftt Performance for Brooklyn llusic School
Settlement. Pri?es $2 to $0.
(Mason & Handln Plano T.'sed Eilusifely )
Hippodrome,Nxt.Sun.N?ght,8:15
JOHN SOUUSTS:
McCOHEVl?CK'S MARY GARDEN
coS?r^ ; CHICAGO OPERA
american orchestra "'"1
legion; hIcoormack
general aj0hn'"j.* persh1ng
Prices, $1, $2, $3, $4, $5. flu. Boxes and Loges,
$100. $150. $200, $250. Sea:;. Now at It ik Office
VeolLun Hull, Sat. Evg., Fob. IS, at 8:15.
GRAVEURE
Mitt. Antonia Sawyer, Inc. Steinway Pian*.
Carnegie Hall, Tr??8. K\e-, March 2, at 8:15
Song r.acltal?MARIA
Winetzkaja
riLlcotn at Box Offlco. Mgrt. Daniel Mayer.
Aeolian Hull, Sat. Aft., Feb. 38, at 3. i
Third Piano Recital
HUTCHESON
Mfft. Loudon Charlton. Steinway Piano. |
Veolian Hull, THIS AFTERNOON at 3.
ROSA SIMON
Piano Recital. iMaaon ? Harplin Piano.)
Navy Hits Grape Juice
Must Not Contain More Than \
(W-Ha!f of One P. C. Alcohol
BOSTON*, Feb. 25.?If grape juice in ?
:he navy stores contains more than one- i
la'f of 1 per cent of alcohol, supply of- ?
??cers will bo held responsible, says an
?rder issued by Rear Admiral Dunn
"ommnnclnnt cf the 1st District, to-day.
Tho order directs that all grape juice
>n hand be tested for its alcoholic con- i
ent, and that similar care be exercised I
?vnen new purchases of this and other
coverages are made.
- - ~ ., = .U1U.K,, - ?'?? I --?
A fiorecous Performance. ?Tribuno. | Ma
ETHEL ? n Zoo AKns* Play.
N E W_VO RJK?S__I. S A PINO_T HEA T R F S ?.NI? S ITCESSBg
EMPIRE E?^^Vb^A iS??NEWAMSTERDAM SA'.?
"A (iorecoiiH PerfnrmaiiP? "?'r'n"'"? ' w-*a. W-: & - ? ? $: v gu.
THE SEASONS MUSICAL TRIUWPH
orsieur hrnam
L>niir.nlUN.\|.|..s Today &8at ' 0 WH ATOP MEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE AT 1133.
EIKisT MATINEE To'-ilAV **??* __ ''
.ovk li m< Up ns March 5.
CUAilLK:
? ?:: ? ?reates: u:; l,Ls surcases ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_
A "u ?'I'" ?F Tffi "* 'j0' $*" ^ THE "h?GHT OOiV '
???.JJ^-iik. (I,A f?-)HK ROrCiE) ?KftPr * """i ?
MATS. TO-MORROW, WED. & SAT iL/ JE50ME-V-K ?'* - '-'??.:
0 GRISAT TRAGEDY MAIS. WED. (POP.) AND SAT., 3;?,]
Beyond the Horizon HUDSON Boofb Ta Kngtm'f
.PVC.?,IT?Ri0N TH?ATRE ! ?est ?ti, .?i is- firu
| ..;??' " '-- ESS W5^__ i^.--.: b Ct |
g ?1 irr KNICKERBOCKER, B'way, rg B' '-?"'? ? - ' ;| by UT
?j ?^M-A*?flRBB?? ' '' W-'fttJ ? -*i' ?? ? . - - __ 1
AU MAiTANxE,EvW?ED- 50? T0 s,5?' P* FRANK 5 Ifpifl ini i
U >iL\i.l \v SAVAGE iffi - j< ?, .'"' ? ?. , - ?-?*
n? Sunshiny Capo Cod Comedy, ?^AVWN tttfg ^ jy ? ? | ?ff
VINfiS'.
3est Book. , NA Pa q}K|- ? : ?
ellently acted. H?H UL.rllL nil
??*C* LYCEUM Vir-WfS
"Cupe Cod Comedy exceiienuy acted.
l>wn elm a ... ??::.; depicted ?ill
a nio?i deft touch."
MAT M B TO-OA1 ?. : o
DAVID BELAscu *
fT"1_._L-Lj^L!310' coh?h & HARRIS t:;:w,:,,s"'r^
A MAST fcttPiace ?il "P?**-' CONST?VCTMX I
MATINEE TO-DAY AT
LENORE ?LRIC ?
By George Scarborough and David Belasco
Greenwich ViH?^e 'r'"'tr":i:,''s^ -i , I?im ^n:,.. *tSr?*l
Beginn,?? Tuefitfay. S. Z.^sIatA f AB?tAHIAM ?HCO??
EMILY STEVE &? ? Corl Tneatro w": 4 'SL I
In Philip Mo,.;..,--?, -T ? i ? ETgs. 8:15. Mais Wednesday
In Philip Mueller's
New Comedy
SOPHIE
-WUh O. p. in:(;c;i!:
'^ COHAN ;a;Mfl. - r^:?
t?K LAURETTE fl?oR
?. Hartley Maimars' ?n r?- -, . ? ~
Boat piay, Une N^ht in Rome"
NEXT IVONDAY-SEAT SALE TO-DAY
| WILLIAM cSt'uER"'?S?k?,, i_
^tiLOB?"?ppleBlossoms" STANDARD ., T0.?, ? M.
g^rSHa^gL :^?H CHATTERTON SS?
m U ' "' NeI< W?* David B?las . presents ??Oadilei." |
HENIWMILLE?S.I^I^^
Evs - . i. M s rO-UA? .. .... i. . ..
MFMDV Uli ? %T\mTHE
v\z.mij niLL?l ! Upou$
HANCHE B?TES ^ '
**? fee ?> -?; /,? tx?'"i ) L-,V Forces
^^^^_. "mer.
lay .'. - :-'
Broke All Records!
This Week?at the STR
The Feature Does It!
1Y\ ? BR? -' '?"?"
f*Ul AND
MARSHALL NEILAN'S
"THE mum EHfl."
rXU V/:A"/' WM, AT 77//; STRAND T
TI1BATI :
' West 3 11 h. nr. S Avb.
Evgs. 8:30. Matinees Saturday and Wed., 2 SO, ]
RUSSIAN iSBA ?|v
"A Wonder Shu? ?a delight tj eye and
ear."?World. .Mgt. Mme. -\or:r.a Lutst-.
Aeolian Hull, To-morrow (Eri.) Ait. at :i.
ISFl?H?ir Planist.
Plr. Catharine A. Bamman. Steinway Piano.
^ il.r. R,|?|r, | ;;; ilK ctAOTOS
r?L?CE r ? ?
Mats n n, -.t |hi r '?^i
Q B ^.Keith's i W11-K?K BAKU
a ?i u k.nO?Lt , ? t Te?*
B>ai ?ad , ?- -?;, ; , ;i, ?mV
? . i . : ?>. 4?S
Keitli'H .? ? '
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Popular h \ ??..
Pri m I Peal [ANITA SfEWA?
. IJa? I?
? Holiday?*
rhelflit
Plr. Catharine A. Ban,m.n. Stein*., Pl.no. SS^^BRV ??^Yi \nW
AEOI.I \N HALL <r??''fc*43 '?' ^i ,'
SSSL T0-K2GHT Jat 8:15 WhAHIPPODR??
with tho kind assistance of
IV?r. Haroid Bauer
Daniel Mayer. Mgr. Mason & Uamlln Piano.
5lsr5fc
..wiaa mwa?a
in'THE FORB'.DDfc'N WMAN"
CaVALLERIA ??STKANA
t?St^BLH Of UV? O?HE-ST?A Of BO
? ^-viXHn^iT&^a
rr.-CVW.-.-s'-i.:-*?.? a^??.-iCI?t^aiLS??MT BOCKWaBMrt
LOEW'S New York Theatre & M
FRANK" KEENAN. "Smouldwlnj __E-*",t
Loew s American Rool . ; ai"5
"MR. CHASER." Tr..cfy ?. McT. I A!i St**
St-v.-n 0:h;rs. In We TTl?atr?> I ottattfji
"SHOULD A WOMAN TEl-Lr' ' n?,w
H??KL?BEaRY
HNN." _
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