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U. S. Ills Caused
By Tax System,
Says Otto Kahn
Banker Attributes Lack of
Housing and Subnormal
Production to Surtax That
Injures Investment Funds
Wants Small Profits Levy
Opposes Plan of Mortgage
Exemption; Favors State
Loans to Construct Homes
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High rents, Insufficient housing, lack
of transportation and subnormal pro?
duction in industries were declared by
Otto H. Kahn yesterday to bo caused
by the- country's taxation system. Mr.
Kahn appeared before the Senate Com?
mittee on .Reconstruction and Produc?
tion at a hearing held at 29 West
Thirty-ninth Street. Ile described the
taxation system as "grossly at fault"
and "as harmful as any other single
factor now affect inr" the prosperity and
wellbeing of the people, and especially
people of small means."
Various remedies were suggested by
Mr. Kahn, l?e said although he did
not consider it sound economics he
favored the lending of money by the
city or the state to relieve the housing
situation. lie declared he opposed a
plan sponsored by Waller Stabler,
comptroller of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, that certain mort?
gage investments should be exempted
from taxation in order to stimulate
building.
Mr. Kahn pointed out that prominent
men were reluctant about discussing
the present taxation system because
they feared that their criticism might
be considered "the squeal of rich men
against heavy taxes." But, he added,
rich men aro not bothered, because all
they have to do is to convert their
capital into tax-free securities.
Wants Profits Tev Modified
Remedies suggested by Mr. Kahn
were :
"The excess profit tax should be
abolished or essentially modified, and
some other method devised to tax cor?
porate profits. At the same lime the
extreme scale of surtaxes, which ac?
tually defeats irs own purpose, should
be,revised downvard.
"The principie of a progressive in?
dividual income tax and of a tax on
corporate prorits should be retained,
but it should be applied not vindictive?
ly or recklessly, but according to the
rule oi reason and experience. Surtaxes
must not be so extreme that they crip
pie production, discourage or prevent
normal enterprise, and preclude that
accumulation of business and invest?
ment funds which is an indispensable
prerequisite for material progress and
prosperity.
"Careful investigation should be
made of the question whether means
should not and could not be found to '
prevent further issues of tax-exempt
securities, or at least to limit such
exemptions, say, for instance, to the
normal Federal and state taxes.
, Favors Small Tax on Sales
"Much can be said for a small tax on '
sale?, say one dollar for each hundred
dollars. Whether that should be a tax
on commodities only or whether it
should include other objects and also
services; whether it should be a tax on
gross turn-over (and, correspondingly,
where that is not applicable, on gross
income ) or whether it should be a tax
confined to sales t'? the ultimate con?
sumer (in which case it might well be
made progressive according to the
value of the article purchased), or in
what other form it should be imposed,
is a debatable question on which 1 am
not y?-t prepared to express a fixed
opinion.
"Inheritance taxation by the Federal
government should be made to cease
as sc*n as conditions permit and that
source of revenue left for the use of
th* states, which are now hard pressed
to find sources of revenue. Inheritance
taxation should be imposed not on the
B?tate, but en the individual recipient.
Under the present Federal system an
estate bequeathed to one descendant is
taxed at the same rate as an estate
divided among say six descendants.
That is manifestly unfair and socially
undesirable.
"Consideration should be given to
the question whether thsre should not
be a revision of the theory of taxation,
in the sense of basing it not merely on
income but also on the social use made
of income. If a man has an income of
say $200,000 and spends ;r.r>;>,0?0 for his
own and his family's living and other
expenses, and saves the . remaining
$160,000, he ought to be subject to a
lesser tax than the man equally in pos?
session of an income of $200,000 who
spends the whole oi larger part of that
sum on extravagant living."
i'ly.i B. Aitchison, a member of the
interstate Commerce Commission, fur?
nished the committee with technical
data concerning the movement of
freight cars. The committee, of which
Senator William M. ("alder is chairman,
will resume its hearings next week.
Hylan Seeks to Aid
Beach Bungalow Owners
Asks Commissioner Hirshfield
to See if Properties Can
Be Saved for Them
Mayor Hylan yesterday directed
Commissioner of Accounts Hirshfield
to conduct an inquiry to ascertain
whether anything could be done for
"the bungalow residents on Gravesend
Beach, between Hay Forty-ninth Street
and Coney Island ?reek, who are said
to be in danger of losing their bung?
lows. Fifty-live per cent of the bunga?
low residents are all-year occupants
of the seaside places and will he home?
less unless the city can intervene and
do something in thesr behalf.
Commissioner Hirshfield said he
thought the grants under which the
bungalow'lands are claimed by the
Ilarway Improvement Company" were
originally given out by the old town
of Gravesend, and may be contested.
He will investigate to see if any
action can be taken in this directloti.
In regard to the Uockawav l'oint
bungalow controversy, which the Com?
missioner had also been directed to in?
vestigate, he said he feared that the
City could do nothing to help the bunp:?
low occupants there. He said he looked
into the matter a year ago and found
the city does not own any of the land
in question at Rockaway Point. If
there is any dispute as to the owner?
ship of the property, it is between the
State of New York and the corporation
which claims title to the propertv,
Commissioner Hirshfield said.
Swindler Uses Police Field Days
John Daly, Fourth Deputj Police
Commissioner, who has charge of ar?
rangements for the Police Field Days.
sent out an order yesterday to precinct
commanders warning them that an im
poster had been trying to obtain ad?
vertisement.--, from merchants for a
program for the field day games. The
official program has no advertisements.
Mother Was Seeking Work;
Did Not Abandon Her Child
Court Decides Young Woman Was Victim of Con?
spiracy; Child Given Into Friends' Care While
Parent Tried to Earn Money to Support It
Mrs. Bella Brooks did not abandon
her six-wccks-old baby, who was
brought to the Onk Street station on
Wednesday night, but was the victim
of a conspiracy in which some one
tried to give the impression that she
had deserted the infant the court
concluded yesterday, in dismissing her.
Mrs. Brooks told the court that she
had taken the baby from her home, at
43 Oliver Street, to Mrs. Nicolas Chris
tocos, at 54 Cherry Street, who had told
her that she would persuade Nicolas, ?
her husband, to pay for its keep while j
Mrs. Brooks hunted work. That was at
,r? o'clock in the morning.
But Nicolas Christccos, the police ?
say, took the baby to the Oak Street j
station that night ami sa?d he had
found it in his hallway. To the baby's i
clothes was pinnect a note, directing
how to feed it. The note was in Greek.
Mrs. Brooks says she cannot write in
Greek.
About the time Christocos took the
baby to the police Mrs. Brooks returned
from Paterson, N. J., where she had
failed to find work. Hearing of what
had happened to the baby, she went to
the station, and was held there until
yesterday, when Alexander Lehman, As?
sistant District Attorney, questioned
her In court, and Magistrate Bruce de?
clared there was no evidence that she
had abandoned the baby. Detective
William Burns said it was plain that
Mrs. Brooks loved the baby and was
desperately trying to support it.
Since its birth the baby has been the
tenth member of a rather crowded
household, all existing somehow' in two
tiny rooms, five flights up, on the $26
which Grandfather Stavoras Schiotes
earns making bolts.
The baby never saw its father, Al?
bert. Brooks, an Englishman. Brooks
quit his Greek bride two months aftei
the weddinj. Mrs. Brooks said yester?
day that she did not expect him to re?
turn. An intelligent, dark-eyed girl of
nineteen, she declared it was too much
to , sk her father to support the baby
any long, r, so she had determined to
do that herself.
"I hadn't been able to work since the
baby was born,"-she said. "I was ill,
but just, this week Mrs. Nicolas Chris
tocos, the niece of Mrs. George Baba
gitis, of 84 Cherry Street, the baby's
godmother, told me that she would
take care of the baby until 1 could get
work.
"I went to Faterson because I used
to get $12 a week in a waist factory
there before I was married. To-mor?
row I'm going there again to see if my
sister won't keep the baby while I lind
something to do. I have taken the
baby to one charity organization, but
the people told me that they couldn't
help mo because I had only one child.
I'm afraid work will be hard to get be?
cause ;i.000 are on strike in the factory
where 1 had a place before."
Flyer Starts One-Stop
Trip Across Continent |
Mail Airplane Expected to
Reach Long Island From
Omaha To-night
One of the two Larsen, all-metal
monoplanes which recently blazed a
new mail airway across the continent
left Los Angeles yesterday on an at
tempt to fly back over the continent
with only one stop, according to infor?
mation received by local officials 07'
the Larsen company.
The machine is being piloted by S. C.
Eaton, and John M, Larsen, the owner
is accompanying him nsj; passenger.
According to the telegram from Los
Angeles the plane was expected to
reach Omaha last nitrht, and resume
the last leg of the flight to Central
Park, L. !.. this morning, arriving
there to-night.
If the machine is successful in ac?
complishing its task, it will be the
first time that the continent has bo'-'ii
crossed with only one stop; also it will
establish a record in time for
crossine; the continent.
Another monoplane of this type made
an attempt to fly from Omaha to the
Long Island flying tic-Id without a stop
a few weeks ago, but had to make a
?forced landing near Philadelphia, after
the ?"??lot had lost his way during the
hazy weather. On that occasion the
machine had been in the air ten hours
and fifty-eight minutes and had covered
about 1,200 miles.
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New York Central Express
Derailed; Two Arc Injured
LITTLE FALLS, N. Y.. Aug. 13.?
Two pertions were injured when two
Pullman a.r.:. and three coaches of
"The New York Central Express-' were
derailed at 5:-10 o'clock this morning
at East Creek, near here. The acci?
dent, said to have been caused by a
broken rail, blocked all passengei
traffic.
The injured are Manuel Antonit
Fereria, bound for Madesso, Calif., whe
was said to be hurt internally, anc
George Rundcll, a Utica dectective
whose ribs were fractured, wer'
brought to the Little Falls Hospital
F . oria's wife and two children es
caped injury.
No Suicide Motive Found
For Girl Poison Victim
Young Woman Found Uncon?
scious in Hotel Improves,
but Refuses to Talk
The police were unable yesterday to
discover any motive for an attempt
at-vguicide on the part of Blanche
Gi'over, of Lima, Ohio, who was found
unconscious Thursday night, on the
f!o>>r of her room at the Martha Wash?
ington Hotel with a bottle labeled
''belladonna" beside her.
Miss Orover's condition showed im?
provement yesterday. She is at Belle
vi.?. Hospital. She declines to answer
question as to what drug she took and
why, Dr. Johnson, of the New York
Hospital, said that be thought she was
suffering from morphine poisoning. No
morphine vial was found in her room,
however.
lt was learned that the telephone call
which led to the discovery of Miss
Grover came from J. Van Becfiden, of
the Hotel Wellington. Until a few
days a;.to he was a cashier at the
Martha Washington Hotel. He met the:
young woman there, he said, and called
her un without any suspicion that she
needed help.
When Miss Grover failed to reply to
the call of the switchboard operator a
bellboy was sent to her room. He
found her unconscious.
Accident? Guise Subway Jam
Signal Svs-em Failure Delays
Traffic in Rush.Hour
Traffic on both the, East Side and
West Side subways was delayed briefly
;t the rush hour last night. The fail?
ure of the signal system at the Bow?
ling Green station caused the station
agent there to send all Brooklyn-bound
trains back uptown as fast a3 they
came in ?luring the few minutes be?
fore repairs had been made to the sig?
nais. The result was a tremendous
crush in the Bowlipg Green station.
At about the same time a West Side
subway train dropped ?: drawbar at
Nevins Street, Brooklyn, causing a
seven-minute delay on the West Side
subway. Stations far uptown were af?
fected by the accidents.
Bedtime Stories
The Willful Young Rabbit Awakes
By Thornton W. Burgess
Soon or lote the ivillful ?vake
To find themselves with fear ashake.
?Peter Rabbit.
i You remember that after a long and
I dreadful night of wandering he knew
i not where Peter Rabbit's willful runa
! way sen had crept into a hole in the
ground just as jolly, round, red Mr.
Sun began his daily climb up in the
blue, blue sky. He crept only far
I enough in to be out of signt of any one
? passing. He didn't dare go way down
?n that hole. You see, he didn't know
! whether or not any one lived there.
He was so worn out from running
and from the dreadful frights he ha?l
received that no sooner had he dragged
: himself into it. than he fell fast asleep.
' He slept and slept and slept. He slept
| so hard that he diiln't even dream.
He was too tired to dream. He slept
! all morning and 'way into afternoon, in
! fact, it was only a little before jolly,
! round, red Mr. Sun's bedtime when the
eyes of that willful little Rabbit
I opened.
For a few minutes he lay perfectly
still, blinking sleepily and trying to
- think where he could be. At first he
thought he was in that old house
i Grandfather Chuck built long ago in
; the very middle of the dear Old Briar
: patch, and he wondered where hi?
[ brothers and sisters were. He won?
dered if they had gone out to play and
; left him sleeping there.
Then, with a dreadful sinking feelinj:
at his heart, he remembered that he was
lost, and that this was' a strange house
of which he knew nothing. He didn'i
know who had made it. He didn't
know whether any one was living in it
He didn't even know where it was oi
; how far it was from the dear 01?
Briar-patch. On little legs that shoo!
with fright he crept to the doorwaj
and peeped out. Lone; grass hung ovei
that doorway, and he could see nothin;
but the bice, blue sky between th?
, blades of grass.
For some time he sat there, not dar
: ing to go any further. But at last h?
gained courage enough to scramble on
and sit up just outside that doorway
: Then he stared this way and that way
? every way. It made no difference whicl
way he looked ? there was nothinj
familiar to be seen. Everything wa
strange. He couldn't see the dear 01?
Briar-patch,. He couldn't see a singl
thin?? that was familiar. He was ou
in the Great World without the leas
idea in what part of it he was, an.
suddenly the Great World became
very terrible place. He was lost, utter
ly lost.
Big tears rolled down his cheeki
Only the day before he had felt himsel
very hi;:, uuite big enough to do as h
"/ H'-iv-H'ish I hadn't run away,"
he sobbed.
pleased and wJiolly able to take care
of himself out in the Great World.
But that was when he was safe in the
dear Old Briar-patch. Now he felt
very small indeed, very small a#d help?
less. And he was lonesome. He was
the most lonesome little Rabbit in all
the Great World. He wanted his
mother. He wanted her as he never
had wanted anything before in all his
short life.
"t wi-wi-wish I hadn't run away," he i
sobbed. "I wi-wi-wish I hadn't diso- !
beyed. I wa-wa-want to go home, I j
do. I wa-wa-want to go homeland I
don't know wh'ere it is."
Way, way up in the blue, blue sky |
he saw a black speck sailing round j
and round. It was 01' Mistah Buzzard !
taking his last exercise before going j
to bed for the night. But the lost
little Rabbit didn't know this. He was I
sure that it must be Redtaii the Hawk, ?
of whom Mrs. Peter had warned him to !
beware because of his fondness for |
young Rf.bbits. It wouldn't do to stay [
out here in plain sight. So he I
scrambled back through that little i
round doorway and then sat just at the !
edge of it, peering fearfully up be?
tween the protecting grasses at 01'
Mistah Buzzard.
"I?I?wish I had never waked up,"
sobbed he. ' 1 do. 1 do. I wi-wi-wish
I had never waked up."
(Copyright, 1020, by T. W. Burgress)
The next story: "Strange Voices Are
Heard."
Alleged Kidnaper
Of Coughlin Baby
Has Secret Hearing
"The Crank" Is Held With
out Bail to Answer
Charges of Kidnaping,
Burglary and Extortion
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13.?Augusto
Pasquttle, known as "The Crank," was
held without, bail to answer charges of
kidnaping, burglary and extortion in
connection with the kidnaping of
Blakely Cough! in, at a preliminary
hearing to-day in the Montgomery I
County prison at Norristown, No testi?
mony was taken.
The prisoner was held for a further ,
hearing in order that there may be
no difficulty in removing him from the
prison at any time he is required by
the state police antl other officials', who
urc still endeavoring to unravel the |
mystery surrounding the disappear?
ance of the thirteon-months-old child
on June 2.
The hearing wits not open to the
public and counsel for the prisoner in
this city was not notified that it was ]
to bo held. Pasquale bad no counsel I
at the hearing and ?\d not j*sk for any,
the justice of the peace said. District1
Attorney Francis X. Renninger, an As- !
sistant District Attorn ? , counsel for !
George II. Coughlin. the misBing child's j
father; Captain Gearhart, Sergeant i
Price and two other members of the i
state police were in attendance.
Pasquale is reported to have am- i
pi ?tied his confession in which he de?
nied he is the actual kidnaper, chare;- j
ing that the baby had been taken by a ?
man named ".loe" and a woman. The
name of this woman was given as Rose
McDonellc, who, the prisoner is quoted |
as saying, he lived with for a time in
Philadelphia. She afterward married
"Joe," he said.
The police say they do not place any
credence in this confession and fear
the child has been killed. One theory
of thb authorities is that. Pasquale, \
who has served several sentences for
larceny, was looking for something to
steal and choked the baby to death in
attempting to stifle its cries when it.
was awakened.
A crowd of several thousand persons
gathered around the Montgomery
County prison when it was rumored in
Norristown that Pasquale had con?
fessed. He is being guarded by fifteen
members of the state police.
Public Service Engineer
Warns of "L" Accidents
Use of Wooden and Sleel <^ars i
in Same Trains by B. ??. T.
Called Grave Menace
Raymond IT. Nexen, chief electrical ';
engineer for the Public Service Com- \
mission, asserted yesterday at a head?
ing before Morgan T. Donnelly, Deputy
Public Service Commissioner, at the
offices of the commission, that there
was grave danger of serious accidents ;
on the B. R. T. elevated lines on trains
made up of wooden and steel cars.
This danger, Mr. Nexe*i said, is par?
ticularly great ?luring the week and i
rush period. Mr. Nexen said, also, that ??
trains arc sometimes run without rear
lights.
Representatives of the B. R. T. de- '
nied the company ever operated wooden
and steel cars", together; and as fur :
some trains failing to show rear lights,
they said, employees who disregard the
rule to have the rear lights always
showing are severely disciplined.
Mr. Nexen, in explaining the situa
tion, said the wooden cars are not
equipped with "trippers," which op?
erate the automatic safety device oti
the lines. He admitted, however, on
?cross-examination by Mortimer HolT- ,
1 man, counsel for the B. R. T., that the
| company was equipping its system with
j "trippers" as quickly as possible. Mr.
Nexen admitted, also, that it is impoj
! sible to employ "trippers" on the Ful?
ton Street elevated line because of its
peculiar construction, but that th ? mat?
ter can be adjusted by slight repairs.
The Public Service Commission in
stiucted the B. R. T. to have its ex?
perts present at the hearing on August
27 to testify on this point.
Aldermen Authorize Wlialen
To Buy As?oria Ferry Boats
The Board of Aldermen met in ad?
journed session yesterday to take up
the matter of purchasing the old ferry
boats of the New York and Fast River
? Ferry Company, which suspended oper?
ation early in 1918 on the ferry be?
tween East Ninety-second Street and
Astoria. The board passed resolutions
permitting Grover A. Whalen, Commis?
sioner of Plant h:hI Structure?, to pur?
chase the three boats for $45,000 with?
out public letting, and also approved
?the emergency work done on the Wil?
liamsburg Bridge by the commissioner
without public letting, at a cost of
$47,000. Commissioner Wlialen told the
j aldermen that he would have the boats
ready for operation on the Astoria
ferry eaily in September.
Weather Report
Sun rises. . . F. : o r. a. m.lSun sets.. . 6:5R p. m.
Mo.m rises. 5:41 a. m Moon set h. 6:f.S p. m.
Note?The above Usurps are standard
tiisn- :?mi not New York ?s?tate inn?-.
I.ors.I Forecast - Partly cloudy, with
local thunder-showers to-day and probably
to-morrow; no change In temperature;
gentle south winds,
Local O?Ti?iiil Record The following of?
ficial r?-?.?I shows temperatures .?urine;
the last twentyrfour hours In comparison
with the corresponding date of Just year.
1920. U'l 9.1 1929. 1919.
3 a. m. 7 1 t> S ! 3 p. m. S3 69
fi a. m. 7 2 07 6 p. m. 7S r,:
9 ,-?. m. 72 G0 9 p. m. 76 U4
10 a, m. 7 1 70 10 p. m. 74 02
12 noon. 7!) 70
Hieltest, S3 degrees (at 3 p, m.); low?
est, 7JJ degrees nit 7 a. in.); average, 7S
degrees; average same date last year, 05
degrees; average snme date for thirty
three y e sirs. 73 degrees.
HUMIDITY
is a. m.... 9J1.1 p. m.... 7", ? p. m..'.. S3
BAROMETER READINGS
S a. m.. 29.96| 1 p. m..29.9018 p. m..29.95
Crpncral Weather Conditions
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 Pressure is
high over the Western Atlantic and over
th.- plain states s.nd the t'i.-,>'? r Mississippi
Yall.-y, mid it is relatively low over the
great' central valleys an I the lower lake
region aisr.l ?.Is.? in the Piiclfic states..
Showers were quite general within the
last twenty-four hours over the states east
of the Mississippi Hiver and in Louisiana,
Texas, New Mexico and North Arizona.
Fair weather prevailed in other parts of
the country.
The temperature remains normal
throughout the Eastern states. It is nor?
mal in the Mississippi Valley and th.?
Southwest and It is much above normal in
the Northwest.
The outlook Is for partly cloudy weather]
and occasional showers Saturday and Sun
<i;iy In the Atlantic and Bast Gulf States
and Tennessee. In the lower lake region
and the Ohio Valley local showers Satur?
day will be followed by generally fair
weather Sunday. In th?- upper lake region
Ihe weather will be fair and wanner Sat-,
uriiay ??nd Sunday.
No Important temperature changes are'
Indicated for the Eastern and Southern I
District Forecast*?North, rn New Eng
land, Southern New England. Eastern New
York. Eastern Pennsylvania sinil New Jer?
sey? Partly cloudy, with local showers t>
?lrt.v ami probably to-morrow. No change
In temperature.
Western Pennsylvania and Western New
?York?Partly cloudy weather, with prob- !
ably local showers to-day; to-morrow f*.ir. ?
No change In temperature.
Hylan Waits 30 Minutes
For Freight to Pass By
Mayor, Incensed by Delay at
Laurel Hill Crossing, De?
manda Investigation
Mayor Hylnn's motor car wus hold
up for nearly a half hour at the
Greenpoint Avenue crossing of the
Long Island Railroad in Laurel Hill a
few nights ago.
A freight train, it is said, blocked
th. way of the Mayor's r.utomobile, and
the Mayor grew so incensed that lie
bee demanded an investigation by the
police of the Hunter's l'oint precinct. |
The police say that the Mayor's exper- j
i?nc?' is that of scores of, Laurel
Hill residents every day. Trains of the j
Long Island Railroad frequently arc I
blocked on this crossing, it is asserted,
and trainmen take their own time in
clearing the right of way.
The Laurel Hill suiTcrcrs now are
hopeful that the Mayor will help them
in the movement to have a viaduct
built at this point.
Policeman Made Defendant!
-
Aroused Merchant Released,
Charges Officer With Assault j
Jacob Rothstcin, who was arrested
for disorderly conduct by Patrolman
Dominick Caroprese, of the Fifth
Street police station, for displaying
goods on the sidewalk in front of his
store at 152 Orchard. Street, was dis?
charged yesterday in Essex Market,
police court and a charge of assault
was made against the patrolman.
Caroprese was paroled tor a hearing
Monday.
According to Rothstcin, the trouble
began when he declined to buy more I
Ihnn one ticket, for the police games
from Caroprese. The latter called him '
a piker, ho said, and the next time he j
came around ordered that the goods!
be removed from the sidewalk. Roth- |
stein said he told the patrolman that
he would do ?so as soon as he had ?
finished waiting on a customer then in I
the store, whereupon, he says, Caro?
prese struck him, Breaking his jaw and
dragged him to the police station.
600 Wild Animals Arrive ',
i White Ass, Cat Bear and Black j
j Apes in Odd Cargo
Six hundred wild ere;,tures from !
! foreign jungles and plains arrived hero !
I yesterday on the Atlantic Transport;
Line steamship Minnesota usonsigned to ?
permanent quarters in the Zoological '
1 Gardens of the Bronx. They came from
Regent's Park, London, in the cure of,
James Bailey.
The star attraction was a white ass,
of India. According to Bailey he needs
no grooming and spends his entire time :
?and he has tim?s to burn?keeping
his shaggy coat immaculate. Of course!
he gives brief intervals to eating, j
drinking and sleeping.
Among the other creatures wore a
cat bear eighteen inches high, five
black .apes, two wild .-.-.vans from India,!
a half dozen Oriental owls, several
regal pythons and two cobras.
B. R. T. Union Will
Appeal to Smith
As a Last Resort
If Mayor and Judge Mayer
Refuse to Aid Cause
They Will Go to Governor
Hoping to Avert Strike
Union leaders of the employees of
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
tiow engaged In a controversy with Re?
ceiver Lindley M. Garrison over his
refusal to grant their demands for a
closed shop, a 50 p? r cent increase in
wages and chantres in working condi?
tion, intend to take their case to Gov
crnor Smith at Albany, it, became
known in Brokolyn last night. The
union chiefs will go to Albany Tues?
day, it was learned, if their confer?
ences with Mayor Hylan and Judge
Julius M;ij'(>r Monday fail to bring
about the relief they desire.
The committee which may ^go to Al?
bany will bo headed by William D.
Million, international president of the
Amalgamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees, who
reached this city yesterday and has
practically taken charge "of the entire
^-situation. Other members of the com
mittee will include James Sheridan
president of the Brooklyn local of the
amalgamated; Patrick J. Shea, organ?
izer and member of the executive board
of the amalgamated, and Louis Frid
itror, general counsel for the associa?
tion.
Hope to Avoid Strike
"We have determined to leave r.c
stone unturned to win out this year,'
said one of tho union leaders in Brook
lyn last night. "We expect to get t
favorable answer from Judge Mayei
to our request for an audience with
him. In the event of that conferenc?
being unsatisfactory from our poin
of view, we will then lay the whol?
matter before Governor Smith. We cat
do nothing with Receiver Garrison.
"The men are all talking strike, an?
unless their inore important demand
aro granted it will be very nard ti
hold them in line: We all hope that ;
strike can be avoided.''
The committee that may go to Al
bany is the .-.ame one that called oi
Mayor Hylan yesterday., but found hir
unable to receive it. Instead, it left
letter explaining the situation and say
ing it would return Monday morning
On that afternoon the committee wil
call on Judge Julius Mayer in his char?
bers in the Woolworth Building.
It is Judge Mayer who, according t
Mr. Garrison, has fot bidden him t
grant the closed shop on the B. R. T
system. The committee wants to lin
out whether that is really so, and, if st
whether Jud^e Mayer can be prevaile
upon to alter his attitude.
Judge's Attitude in Doubt
Persons in touch with the situa
ti oil believe Judge Mayer will give th
committee scant encouragement.
Should Mayor Hylan Judge Maye
and Governor Smith fail to bring about
an amicable adjustment, union lead?
ers say, a strike on the B. R. T. lines,
at midnight August 29 is practically
certain. The present agreement be?
tween the B. R. T and its employees
expires on that date.
Wounds Force Officer of
Regular Army to Retire
Colonel Harry S. Howland Quits
With Extraordinarily Bril?
liant Service Record
The retirement of Colonel Harry S.
Howland, well known in army circles I
and in New York, i? believed to be the
first instance on record of a high officer
in the regular United States army
abandoning his military career because
i of wounds suffered in the European
s war.
Colonel Howland's combat and army
! service records are extraordinary. He
| is an officer of the Legion of Honor
j and a recipient of the Distinguished
[ Service Cross and Croix de Guerre. As
I commander of the 138th Infantry R?gi- j
| ment, Thirty-fifth Division of Missouri,]
army records credit him with the cap?
ture of the enemy stronghold of
Cheppy in the Argonne-Meuse sector
while leading a handful of men, after
his unit had been cut to pieces and
' he himself wounded. An army order
speaks of him:
"He gave an example of courage
under suffering and intrepidity and
steadfastness of- purpose in action
which will make the taking of Cheppy
j a never to be forgotten exploit by our
i troops."
He served under General Wood in
j the Moro campaigns and was retired
! in 1915 from active service because
J of injuries suffered in these insular
I insurrections.
He later rejoined General Wood dur?
ing the European conflict and went to
Europe with him, remained there and
took the command which he led to the
conquest of Cheppy, a command which
brought him more wounds and eventu?
ally a second retirement.
After the armistice Colonel Howland
served as Deputy' Provost Marshal of
the A. E. F., and later served as an
advisor of the Polish military and dip?
lomatic mission to the peace confer?
ence. He returned to the United
States last May.
Policeman's Trial Delayed ?
j Complainants in Assault Case
Told He Is on Vacation
I The date of the summons and com
i plaints obtained bjj Henry Jaffe and
? Michael Taylor against Patrolman
| Henry J. Coleman, of the West Thir
! ty-seventh Street police station, whom
! they accuse of knocking out their
! right eyes with a blackjack, was ad
| vanced to August 26 yesterday in
: Washington Heights police court. They
i said that the patrolman was on his
j vacation, according to information
they obtained at headquarters.
| Jaffe said after leaving court that he
had been threatened by policemen
since he was a witness in a similar
assault case against a patrolman eight?
een months ago. That case, he said,
I was thrown out of court.
Broker Arrested
For $10,000 Theft
Of Hospital Fund
Treasurer Accursed of Tak?
ing Money From Samari.
tan Institution ; Police Sav
Prisoner Has Confessed
George W. Wason, a broker of 72
Trinity Place, was arraigned in Adams
Street court, Brooklyn, yesterday on a
charge of minappiopriating funds 0*
the Samaritan Hospital, of which he
was treasurer. He was held without
bail for a hearing next Wednesday
Wasor. was arrested Thursday ?jUi
in an office in the Standard Oil" Buil<j.
ing, 26 Broadway, by Detective William
Roddy, after Dr. Alvarez H. Smith
president of the Samaritan Hospital'
and Dr. Clifton Bogardus, chairman 0*
the board of trustees, had placed evit
dence of the alleged thefts in the
hands of District Attorney Lewis.
The accused broker was brought to
the District Attorney's office in Brook?
lyn and there questioned. After the
examination Mr. Lewi? annoujiced he
had obtained a confession from Wason.
The total of the thefts from the hos?
pital funds so far uncovereil is said to
amount to $7,000, but the hospital au?
thorities believe it will amount to
$10,000.
According to the reported confession
of Wason the withdrawals from the
hospital funds began shortly after his
appointment as treasurer in February
1918. They were mostly of small'
amount, but recently a single check
for $1,000 was drawn. It is on
this specific amount that Wason was
arraigned yesterday,
Wason is married and lives at Moun?
tain View, N. J. District Attorney
Lewis said that Wason is well con?
nected in the financial district and did
a large brokerage busines.-.
Dr. Bogardus, of the Samaritan Hos?
pital, said yesterday that the hospital
had no statement to make as yet in
the case. He said Mr. Wason had been
treasurer for about three years 8nd
that he had charge of the general
funds as well as those of the new
Symaritan Hospital.
Court Asked to Free Pair
Two Others Said to Have Con?
ferred to Robbery Charge
K. Henry Rosenberg, attorney for
Frank Pezzullich and Frank Sgelirrach,
Croatians, who were convicted in June,
1919, on a charge of robbery and sen?
tenced to a term of eight to sixteen
years, applied to Justice Purr in the
Supreme Court yesterday for .-? certifi?
cate of reasonable doubt. Two other
men, subsequently convicted for the
same crime, have confessed. The two
now serving their sentence are inno?
cent, the attorney says.
The District Attorney made no
formal objection to the granting of the
certificate, for which attitude M.
Swann was commended by Justiie
Burr, who took the ajapijcation und;r
advisement.
Xo one can hops to avoid paying his share of the railroad worker's wages and the cost of
new railway extensions and improvements by merely refusing to travel. "Every pound of food
eaten., every ton of fuel burned, every garment worn and every stick of timber entering into the
construction of homes wii! contribute its share" to the gigantic total, reasons the Washington Post,
which estimates that it means a per capita tax of $12.00 on every man, woman and child in the
country for higher freight rates alone, and perhaps $15.00, when all the increases are taken into
consideration. In view of such estimates THE LITERARY DIGEST believes it worth while
to gather for its readers the views of leading authorities in various important industries on the pre?
cise effect of the new rates in their respective fields. In some cases the statements were found in
newspaper interviews, in others they come in response to direct telegram and'telephone queries.
At any rate, this summary of opinion has been incorporated in an interesting and instructive article
in THE LITERARY DIGEST for August 14th, 1020. You will wish to read it.
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Cooling Foods and Drinks That Make Living Comfortable Even in
the Hottest Weather
Tho Employer's Duty to Employ
Japan Taking .Saghalien
The Dry Drive on Cox
Silver Lining on Business Clouds
A ?Supreme Court lor Quarreling Nations
England's "iron Heel" in Ireland
is Japan Map-Making in Asia?
A French Tribute to Uncle Sam
Opening the Gate of the Great Lakes
Whiskey-Selling Doctors
How Butterf?ies Hear
To Avoid Poisoning by Automobiles
New Prairie Architecture
Can Popular Songs be "Stamped Out" ?
The Churches to Bridge the "Bloody Chasm"
Protestant Neglect of the Child
Fewer Pulpit "Freaks and Fakes"
Golden Butter and Golden Dollars
Some of the Men Behind the Boat That Won
When Yankee Coolness Saved the
Mexican Reserve
Railway-Trains That Spread
Bolshevik Propaganda
Mapping Air-Routes for Commercial Flying
Topics of the Day
Best of the Current Poetry
Many Interesting il lustrations, Including Humorous Cartoons
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