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Four Saloons in
Vonkers Wide Open,
Anderson Charges
Prv Enforcement Chief Ig?
nores Criticism and Says
His Force Is Inadequate;
Whisky Seized in Harlem
Criticism of prohibition enforce?
ment in Yonkers, arrests for viola?
tions of the Volstead act in Harlem,
? ? the offer of a reward for valuable
,,apers said to have been stolen from.
.f? ?nti-Sa! >on League of New Jersey*
.rerf the chief events yesterday in ti e
rv history of the metropolis district.
criticism was contained in a
_tat*men! bj William H. Andeison, a?
general secretary of the Com
?ittec of tine Thousand for Law En
fortement in Yonkers. He charpa
lh?t prohibition enforcement there ap?
re?^ to be a temporary cru- ..le for
BEblic effect, directed against foreign
ln without political influence and
?narine all others. Mr. Anderson said
,ns were the same in New Ro?
chelle, Mount Vernon, Tarrytown and
White Plains. Mr. Anderson presented
four affi ??' '- co ' tini ig evidence that
?t, four saloons in Yonkers any one
conld buy w] ?sky or gamble, but with?
held the names ol his agents.
?The electi n of a Governor com-.
taitted to law enforcement and the
oMsage of ti e enforcement law. which
L has anr unced he will try to pr?t I
?? .. help Yonkers, ' Mr. ?
anders? n said.
? copv of Mr. Anderson's statement)
_8J .,; ; ? re Frank !.. Boyd, Fed- |
eral prohibit! n enforcement agent, but j
l( refu! . 1 it, ..? d when told its i
tnment. He said :
nat he never I id been :?; Yonkers and '
?,,_ n0 except strict en
- too small," he said.
?There are fewer than two hundred en
forccmi ' ? nts in Nov.- Y ri; Si itc
est they cannot pre?
llt som? ? ' - ".
Whiski ai valued a" :rom
: :.: c; ted ; .
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ang-h, of ' ' ? "" ?'? Street stati >n,
said that the sudden extinction of a
floor auci ion room hi
'- ? 5t 12 Street caused him t<
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?ttreet; '" nias Ryan, twenty-eight
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ton Avenue, and George (.'lark, fifty
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I expenditures of money in the Inter
? esta of Germany Mr. Hammorling ad
I mitted that he had spent $205,000 hero
; in pro German propaganda for Dr. E.
: A. Kumley, formerly editor of The
i Evening Mail.
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Irregularities Found in
Fourth District Ballots
The members of the Hoard of Alder?
men from New York Counts, sitting an
; e. hoard of canvassers, yesterday began
: the official canvass of the vote cast a
! the recent election. The count poceed
ed smoothly until the 13th Precinct o
I the 4th Assembly District was reached.
' when it was found that while the tally
sheet": had been tilled out with the num?
ber of votes cast they were not signed
!-;. the Inspector of Elections, nor was
the stat'f-nent accompan- inp the tally
signed. ?his is the district in which
the day after election several ballots,
\ lich evidently had been voted, as the
stubs were torn off, were found in &
sewer near the polling place.
Alderman John F, McCourt, chairman
of the board, ordered these returns laii
aside and reported their condition to
the Hoard of Flections. The board fin?
ished the 2d and 4th Assembly districts,
with the exception of the 13th Precinct.
Only a few precincts of the 1st, 3d anc
5th Assembly districts remain to be
canvassed. The board aims to canvas;
f.ve Assembly districts a day. and tin
tr.sk is not expected to be completed for
two weeks. The board will meet again
to-day.
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Root Sees Fall of Reds
Elihu Root, who became head of the1
American Central Committee for Rus?
sian Relief after his return from tht I
mission to Russia, told directors of
the relief organization yesterday al '
th< :r annual meeting at the Ilote j
Buckingham, that he thought it was!
a question only of a comparatively!
short time before the Soviet govern- I
ment of Russia fell.
"I think." he said, "that the genera' '
judgment of the world is that the end
i :" Bolshevik rule in Russia is ap?
proaching that it is merely a question'
i n which people differ mainly accord-'
ing to their judgment as to how much
the B heviki can continue. I
think as a general agreement it is!
inl a question of a comparatively
short time, and in view of that and I
the ni ce sity for reconstruction of gov
erni ? i ' and industry and t he s cial :
order in that great country how mi-I
rtanl I t there shall be saved ?
the valuable lives of Russians who are j
g for the opportunity to return
? . service of th ir country! That;
:- what we are. doins: ? we are saving
ed-corn A-hieh will brin-; forth;
? ture harvest of real f rei : m,,
security, peace and prosperity for
Russ .-'" ?
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California Limited
flwajoMssiomtty-Scoiit.
*? beginning November 14, 1920
--Five trains a day to winterless
California.
^-The new San Francisco Limited
carries equipment for both San
Francisco and L09 Angeles.
? The two Limitcds are exclusively for
first-class travel. Each lias a Pullman
for Grand Canyon. They provide
both morning and evening departure*
from Chicago and Kansas City.
?- Faster time.
??The three orher trains carry standard
and tourist sleepers and chan cars.
?-Fred Harvey Meals
"Ail the Way."
E. F. rtomett. Pint. r?<w. A*cnt
A. T. * 8. t-'. ?{y
Vlnrcr.l Bill*. SO? Broadw?*
Net* York City, N. T.
1'tionr Worth 3677
lhe
rand Canyon Line
Benson's Aid
Admits Graft
In Ship Deals
(Continued from piga one)
j said that in his opinion some of the
abuses bearing upon waste, inefficiency
? and overcharges prevalent in the Shin-I
? ping Board could not exist to the same
extent under private ownership His
: opinion was based upon the belief that :
! under private ownership there is more :
| strict supervision. "Although," he
added, "the operators doinp business
with the Shipping Board believe there ,
j is too much supervision already."
It was Commander Clements's opin- !
I ion that the supervision exercised by j
the beard in the various domains of its !
] activities should be made more rigid j
| and systematic.
With regard to the charge of over- |
charges by contractors, to which the ]
investigators for the committee at- '
tributed losses by the government ex- |
tending into million of dollars, Com- !
mander Clements admitted that it was i
true.
"Attempts ?re beinc; made to elimi-'
rate the evil," said Commander Cle?
ments, "but the matter has not been
entirely obviated."
Kfforts are also being made by the i
board, the witness testified, to put an
end to the graft of contractors who
charge the board wages allegedly paid
to white labor, when cheap negro !
labor is employed.
"I could find nothinp definite in my !
investigations." said Commander Cle- 1
ments, "to indicate the presence of
corruption among Shipping Board offi- i
cials."
Absence of proper coordination in j
the work of the various departments
of the Shipping Board was held respon
Bible by Commander Clements for cer- !
tain evils in the fulfillment of con?
tracts.
"Lack of proper surveys," Command?
er Clements said, "is responsible for
larger repair bills rendered by con?
tractors on Shipping Board vessels
than originally estimated. It is often
found that more work has to bo done
than had been believed."
"Interlocking contracts is an abuse !
quite common," continued the witness. '.
"I do not know what losses have re- '
suited from allocation of ships to in
terlocking compnnies and beiieve that
legal steps should be taken to remedy
tlii i practice."
"Has the practice continued for some
time?" asked Chairman Walsh.
"Yes," replied Commander Clements.
Mr. Walsh suggested that a provision
might be inserted in contracts foi
operation of government-built ships
eliminating the abuses of interlocking
contracts, and the witness replied that
this has beep under consideration by
Admiral Benson.
"A new scheme for operation of gov
emmcnt-built ships is being consid?
ered," sa;d Commander Clements. "In?
creased compensation to operators as
::; rents of Shipping Board ships is nee
o sary. The great defect of the pres?
ent agreement is that the operator's
scale of profit is too small to allow
him to operate efficiently."
Commander Clements said that about
1,100 ships are now being farmed out
for operation by private concern?.
Those out of commission at present,
he explained, are for the most part
wooden vessels which could not be
operated in competition with those of
steel construction.
With regard to costly delays in the
hand?ng of ships Commander Clements
said that he knew of one instance?the
case of the steamer Lake Ellerslee,
which was unduly delayed at Halifax
in dry dock for repairs. It was neces?
sary in this case, he said, to shift
the cargo in order to lighten the stern
and expose the propellers. This in?
stance he cited as one due to lack of
cooperation, He declared he did not
know that such delays were the rule
in the Shipping Hoard.
Commander Clements said that from
his experience he saw no reason for
objecting to operators 'if Shipping
Hoard vessel? maintaining subsidiary
repair and material companies. This
was all right where the practice was
not abused, he said.
Explains Agreements
Commander Clements went into de?
tail in explaining the working plan of
existing operating agreements, cover?
ing the details v\ fixed charges, estab?
lishment of new and "at first profit?
able"' lines and steps taken by the
board to justify, or equalize, these
lines. llf1 said a new agreement
tvas put into operation, effective May
I, 1920, to meet conditions created by
falling freight rates. Defending the
ira.:.'.nance of unprofitable lines, Com?
mander Clements said that this wa?
unavoidable for a time if new trade
routes are to be opened, although he
: erted that mosl of tin trade routes
! maintained by the 'Shipping Board I
j were paying routes.
I It was the opinion ' of the witness !
tnat the method of returning operat?
ing accounts on the part of operators'
I was not satisfactory. He said that gen
? frai ligures of losses suffered by oper- !
ators, which the Shipping Board must
make good, were not available. He at?
tributed this to the fact that operators,!
informed of the intention of the Ship-!
: ping Hoard to introduce a new form of j
?contract, became ?ax in keeping care-,
i tul accounts on the contracts under i
: which they were working.
? One of the first things Admiral Ben
sen ordered on taking office," he said,:
was to establish a better and more
c-mcient system of accounting."
Commander Clements asserted that
tue comptroller of the Shipping Board
is now working out a s; stem of stand
arda for the purchase of provisions
and other supplies for ships and the
establishment of a commissary depart?
ment which will relieve captains, stew
aids and other agents of the necessity
01 buying supplies in foreign ports,
lie admitted that there was graft on
tr.e part of captains and stewards in
'-he purchase of supplies, but main?
tained that this was an old abuse of
the sea in vogue, during the forty years
which he had spent orf it.
Board Is Protected
"New York.'' the witness said, "han?
dles more than one-half of the Ship?
ping Board's business. The checking
here is done by the sales and repair de?
partments and others, the force num?
bering one hundred men." A similarly
efficient system, he said., wa.- in vogue
? n the South. He admitted that in
other parts of the country the system
leaves much to be desired from the
point of view of efficiency.
Commander Clements said that he
had been informed of abuses in pay?
ment ^of fees and bonuses. "In the
navy," he said, "I heard of one or two
cases back in 1879. It is an old abuse
of the sea, and steps are now being
taken by the Shipping Board to elimi?
nate it as far as possible. It should
be stopped entirely."
The witness attributed cases of lack
of cooperation to competition or jeal?
ousy of departments tward eaeii other.
Not only is the lack of proper ac?
counts true of the- present operations
cf the Shipping Board, admitted the
witness, but 4.000 employees of the
Comptroller's Department, at an a.,
r.ral salary of $8,000,000, are at pres?
ent engaged in an effort to straighten
rut the accounts inherited by the Ship?
ping Board from the Emergency Fleet '
Corporation, and the accounts result
mg from the operation of ship? under ',
contracts Nos. 1 and 2.
Not Many Ships Idl?
Concerning the charge that a large
number of Snipping Board vessels were
i ow lying ?die, Commander Clements,
said the number was very much exag?
gerated. Considering the number of
vessels in the service, which he placed
st 1,200, he said that the figures of
?.(?ssids idle, which he estimated at be?
tween sixty and 100. were not large.
iii said that the vessels now idle are
kept :-o for various reasons, but did
nol go into details.
"If there were any abuses, they
might be attributed to speed?'' asked
Chairman Walsh.
"J have no doubt all can be at?
tributed to that cause," replied the
witness. "At this point, let me say
that it is remarkable that t/ie United
States received as near 100 cents upon
each doMar invested, as it did."
"But with the signing of the armis?
tice till haste and emergency ceased
to exist, did it not, so that i'f abuses
continued during the post war days is
there any reason they could not have
been corrected?" queried Chairman
Walsh.
"Excepting in the personnel," re
I lied Commander Clements. "Until
the passage of the J< nea act employ
n ent in the Shipping Board was looked
upon as a temporary occupation. Prior
to the passage of that act no induce?
ment was held out to the young men
who sought advancement. It was only
with the passage of that act that the
building up of an efficient personne!
became possible."
"Babe" Ruth Seeks $35,000
Petition in Bankruptcy Is Filed
Against Photo Corporation
George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, base
ball player and motion picture actor
is seeking to recover, through the me?
dium of the bankruptcy courts, $C5.00(
said to be due him for services ren?
dered the Yankee Photo Corporation
under the terms of a contract made lasl
July.
In behalf of Mr. Ruth and the Bio
graph Company, David Kahn. arr"attor
ney, tiled yesterday in the Unite?
District Court an involuntarj
petition in bankruptcy against the Yan
kee Photo Corporation. The Biograpl
C' mpany claims $1,062 as payment fo:
rental of a studio. The petition doci
not say what Mr. Ruth's services were
The ??.abilities and assets of the de
fi t rl p.t ?' 'mpany are not given.
"and fools rush in where
angels fear to tread''
That famous line from the English poet,
Pope, applies nowhere so much as in the
realm of investment.
It is one of the most terrible tragedies
of people's lives that they will invest
money lightly which has racked them
body and soul to acquire.
We urge you to he careful, and we
recommend Prudence-Bonds, backed
by First Mortgages and Guaranteed
as to interest and principal as the high
type of investment caution.
Our booklet describing Prudence-Bonds
in detail will be sent upon request it" you
will write for Booklet G-89.
We pay the 4 9c Normal Federal Income Tax
"Realty Associates
hive^lment Corporation
31 Nassau St-New York. '?'162 Rcmsen St. Brooklyn
Denominations of *ioo, *joo and $looo
jtiaraaty Trat Company of N?w Tort. Trur.o? of ThSa Iran?
It's been a mild autumn, and naturally you have put off buying
winter shoes for yourself and your family.
But now health demands good staunch high shoes for everybody.
Every dealer knows this last?a Uve Tan
Goodyear Welt shoe?called "Pep." Ir has
sold in $8, $9, $10 and $1) grade? ? ?ha
same grades now priced at $6, $6.30, $7.
$7.50 and $?3.
Get properly fitted by a shoe merchant who knows his business,
who is in a permanent location, with a full line of reliable foot?
wear?who will be there next week, next month, and next year,
backing his shoes with service.
Buy where you see the sign?
it will save you money
The shoes you buy from him today will cost you:
in Men's . . . $2 to $3 less
in Women's . $2 to $3 less
in Children's . $1 to $2 less
than the last pair you bought
And the prices you get today are based on careful rock-bottom figures.
Buy?but buy from your own reliable dealer.
Ask to see these attractive styles today. You will find them where
you find this sign?in stores in every neighborhood and on every
main-thoroughfare cf Greater New York. Look for it
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dealing with the retail trade we know that the safe and economical place to buy shoes is in the
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McElwain, Morse & Rogers Nath'l Fisher & Co.
NEW YORK
SHOE MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS
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