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?-ognixance of, if the naattevs should
i.o?e before them."
"Would you give the city equal rep- j
resentation on the proposed board of
control?" was asked of the Governor.
"Very likely the city would have
more than equal representation, and
the city, of course, would appoint i!s
own representatives on the board," said
the Governor. "But that is a detail
which would have to be worked out."
The letter to General Bridgman was
in reply to one written eight days ago,
in which it was suggested that the
Governor outline what he expected the
commission would bo asked to under?
take when appointed, as quite a low
persons were doubtful about the Gov?
ernor's program because they had no
information on this score.
The Governor's .??ply
The Governor in reply said:
"I acknowledge yours of the 3d in?
stant.
"Doubtless a preliminary inquiry
ouch as you suggest would have pre?
pared the public mind for my message
en the transit problem. Probably it
would also have resulted in throwing
the subject over to the next session of
the Legislature.
"No inquiry was needed to dem?n?
strate the necessity of creating a tri?
bunal competent to deal with the prob?
lem. The present condition is proof
enough of that. As that is all we are
now proposing to do, it did not appear
to me to be wise to waste valuable
time in a preliminary inquiry to ascer?
tain what we already know.
"The city administration has pro?
posed a remedy for the present intol?
erable condition?namely, the estab?
lishment and operation by the. city of
bus lines?and has invoked the power
?f the state to enable that to be done.
Deemed Tribunal Wiser
"It appeared to me to be wiser to
delegate the power of the state to a
competent tribunal to study the whole
transit problem and to assign each
method of transportation to its proper
field, and it did not seem to me to be
necessary to have a preliminary in?
quiry to ascertain whether the Board
of Estimate was such, a tribunal.
"It is obviously necessary, first, TO
DETERMINE THE FACTS; second, TO
FORMULATE A PLAN, and, third, TO
PUT IT INTO EFFECT; and no one
proposes to exclude'the city from par?
ticipation in any of these three st".ps.
On the contrary, the bill now in course
of preparation will expressly provide
for the participation of the city both
in the formulation of the plan and in
the negotiations to put it into effect.
"Undoubtedly there must be nego?
tiations, but there should he no such
interminable delay as attended the
negotiations preceding the signing of
the dual subway contracts. There
need be no haggling with the com?
panies over terms. It will be for the
commission, when appointed, to decide
upon just terms, which the companies
should not be permitted to dictate.
"To give the commission the whip
hand, which it undoubtedly must have,
it will be necessary to clothe it with
all the power which the state can give
it. It is doubtful if a single company
in New York could operate twenty
four hours under existing conditions
if the. regulatory powers of the state
were exerted as they might be exerted,
even now, in behalf of better service.
Wants Just Terms Enforced
"I am not suggesting the use of
strong >>.rm methods, but only that just
terms be formulated and enforced by
proper authority. There should be
no thought of confiscating capital
actually in the public service. Secur?
ity and stability of capital investment
are essential to efficient and cheap
service. On the other hand, the time
is ripe to correct the errors of the
past, and the companies must under?
stand at the outset that just terms
will necessarily exclude the perpetua
t?o of such errors.
"I am merely proposing the efficient
exercise of state power now being in?
efficiently exercised. The prompt so?
lution of the problem requires energy,
decision, and courage, and I know of
but one way to bring those qualities
to bear on its solution. The problem
is no doubt complicated, but I have
noticed that difficulties usually grow
less as one approaches them.
"The commission when appointed
must be free to formulate a plan ac?
cording to the facts as they shall as?
certain them to be, and I do not wish
any views of mine to interfere with
the exercise of independent judgment
_y the commission.
Names Possible Plan?
"However, I have no objection to
giving you, as you request, an outline
of a possible plan:
"1. The value of the physical prop?
erty used in the public service, with?
out reference to present capitaliza?
tion, should be determined. The
data for such valuation of many of
the lines must already be in the pos?
session of the present commission.
It should not take long to make a
valuation of the others.
"2. Eliminate all outstanding inter?
company leases.
"8. Retire outstanding securities,
except such underlying liens as can?
not readily be retired, for which pro?
vision looking to eventual payment
must be made.
"4. Vest in the city title to all
lines not already owned by the city,
free and clear of all incumbrances,
except such underlying liens.
"6. Make a lease to a new com?
pany, which shall provide for amor?
tization of the determined valuation
and for adequate reserves for de?
preciation, contingencies and the
like.
"6. Mortgage such lease to an
amount approved by the commission,
and issue stock and bonds not in ex?
cess of the valuations determined
by the commission in exchange for
the securities retired.
Sufficient Fare Urged
"To promote prompt reorganiza?
tion and revamping of lines without
assessing security holders, defer in?
terest and dividends for one or two
years, as might be determined by the
commission, and at the end of such
period prescribe a rate of fare suffi?
cient to pay all charges provided for
?kin the lease.
^ "As an incentive to efficient man?
agement, provision could be made for
increased return on capital as fares
are decreased, and a reduced return
as they are increased.
i "Looking to the eventual transfer
of general regulatory powers to che
single state-wide Public Service Com?
mission, provision could be made for
a board of control, on which the city
and the company should have proper
representation by the city on the
board of directors of the company.
The board of control plan probably is
?referable, and that board might well
ave the powers of the present
Transit Construction Commission.
"As all approved charges will ade?
quately be provided for under the
plan, the provisions of the dual con?
tracts for preferential payments
could be eliminated and such other
changes made as will fit these con?
tracts into the plan, and as may ap?
pear to be in the public interest.
"Provision for the imperative and
immediate needs of the city for fur?
ther transit facilities should be
promptly made.
Plan for Disoansion
"Determine what further relief, if
any, can be given by legislation.
"The above outline is suggested
merely for the purpose of discussion.
The readjustment of the present de?
plorable transit situation in New York
Gity by any plan that may ultimately
ftan-.es? j?M>pl? Who board consult -'lie
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Witness Tells
How H?ttrick
Operated Code
Plumbing Firms Numbered
for Sake of Convenience*.
Clerk Says, and Card Sys?
tem Kept of All Work
How Bids Were Raised
Defendant Is Portrayed as
an Adjuster of Cases
After Estimates Were In
The greater pnrt of yesterday's ses?
sion in the trial of John T. Hettrick,
originator of tho "code of practice"
employed in the plumbing trade, was
taken up by the introduction of im?
portant documentary evidence showing
the working of the system. Hettrick
is on trial with Herbert C. Smith, Wil?
liam L. Doran and William H. Chap?
man before Justice McAvoy. They are
charged with coercion on evidence ob?
tained through tho investigations of
the Lockwood committee.
The documents verc introduced by
Kenneth M. Spenc?, Deputy Attorney
General, during the examination of
Jchn C. Aisenbrey, chief clerk for Het?
trick. The first of these were.-a num?
ber of the pink and white cards \iscd
in authorizing bids on plumbing work
and which, the state alleges, were em?
ployed to restrict competition. In
each case the plumbing firms that wen
members of the "code of practice" sys?
tem were always referred to by nunv
bers.
How Card System Worked
The first of these cards to be intro
duced was one concerning a job a
Fort Washington Avenue and 173<
Street for $24,660. This card was sen
to Hettrick by Number 5?a man name?
Mullarkey. Aisenbrey, after speakin?
with Hettrick over the telephone, wroti
the following notation on the card, ac
cording to his testimony:
"Owner is asking Jocho to give figuri
be decided upon should have these re?
sults:
"1. To the public: A revamped
and rehabilitated transit system
that can and will give adequate serv?
ice; assurance that the exploiting
of the public for stock jobbing and
other purposes is really an evil of the
past, and a new set-up that will in?
sure efficient operation of the sys?
tem at a fair return for service
really and fully performed. This
would mean t ht; end of the present
intolerable conditions, which endan?
ger the comfort, the health and even
the life of the traveling public.
"2. To the city: Tho ownership
of the greatest system in the world;
the freeing of its present frozen in- '
vestment in the subways, so that
approximately two hundred and fifty
millions of dollars, including the
amount for which the city is already
obligated, will be released for new
subways and extensions, schools and
other badly needed municipal im?
provements, and adequate participa?
tion in, and control of, the new sys?
tem.
"3. To the investor: The full pro?
tection of the real values in the
present transit systems, and the pro?
tection and stabilization of the new
securities so as to render them an
attractive field for investment.
Provide? for Commission
"The bill in process of preparation
will provide for a transit commission
of three to deal with transit in cities
of one million inhabitants and more.
Of course, if the bill passes 1 shall
select citizens of New York as members
of that commission. The bill will also
provide for a state public service com?
mission of five, with jurisdiction over
all other public utilities in the state.
"In view of the extended juri?diction
for the state Public Service Commis?
sion, it was found upon study to be
necessary to make it a state-wide com
mission. Of course, the City of New
York should have proper representa?
tion upon it, and, if the bill passes in
the form proposed, I shall select two
members of that commission from the
City of New York.
"I trust the foregoing will give you
the information desired.
"In undertaking to outline a plan it
must be understood that it is merely
. tentative and suggestive. I believe no
attempt will be made in the proposed
bill to tie the commission down to any
plan, or to go further than to pre?
scribe a general course of procedure.
It is probably premature for me even
to outline a proposed plan, and I onlj
do it to invite constructive criticism.'
La Guardia Says Miller
Makes Big Concessions
Wants to Read Transit Lettei
in Full Before Saying i?
?t Removes His Opposition
F. H. La Guardia, President of th<
Board of Aldermen, and Henry C. Cur
ran. President of the Borough of Man
hattan, who spoke last night at a meet
ing of the 10th Assembly District Re
publican Club, at 8 West Twenty
eighth Street, were shown Governo
Miller's letter and asked for their opin
ion concerning it.
"It appears to make big concessions,
said Mr. La Guardia, "if there are n
strings tied to it."
"Does it remove your opposition?
was asked.
"I wouldn't like to say that," re
sponded Mr. La Guardia, "because
want to read it in full and think i
over."
Mr. Curran also said he preferre
not to make any comment last night.
In his speech at the meeting Mr. L
Guardia attacked the Governor's pre
posai as opposed to the Rep?blica
state platform, which favors home rul
for cities. He also attacked any in
creased fare ns unpopular. Mr. L
Guardia said he could not understan
the "atmosphere of oppression" amon;
Republicans because some members o
the party opposed the Governor.
Mr, Curran seid by this step th
Governor had given the Hylan admin
istration propaganda for the re?lectio
of Mayor Hylan,
Mayor Assails Garrison
For Threat to Stop Can
Asks Hoto Long People Wil
Stand Attitude Like That o?
Williamsburg Bridge ?ssu
"How long will the people of thi
great city submit to such threats?
asked Mayor Hylan yesterday in
statement attacking Lindley M. Garri
son, receiver of the B. R, T., for sayin
the company would stop its trolle
service over the Williamsburg Brid<;<
if the city crried out its plan to ru
bridge cars.
The Mayor said that Mr. Garrisot
"not a resident of the City of Nc
York," in substance "states to the pet
pie of the city, 'If you install an
operate your own cars over your ow
tracks, over your own bridge, we wi
withdraw our cars from your bridge
The Fiyor asserted that the remec?
m
and anys he will give him the job.
Auks that .T be kept above him pretty
high an he needs work ?nd J haB
plenty."
Another card bore these remarks by
Aisenbroj : "$_.ioo. No. l wants him
to go $2,150. The $2,100 is 19's own
figure. 1 has asked him to go 50
higher, but they refused after agree?
ing to give way to No. 1, Baying thoy
wer?? enough higher than i and claiming
job as per cara. 1 has a similar claim
in addition to no work. 19 has paid
nothing into tin* fund."
In thin, case Aisonhr?y identified No.
1 as B, F. Berneaaer and No. 19 an
Marcus and Barkin.
Another card referred to the city's
asphalt plant, in the Bronx, the con?
tract for which since has been abro?
gated by the city as a result, of the
Lockwood committee's investigation.
On this card Dpischcl, the plumber who
was awarded the contract, wrote:
"I am the plumber appointed by the
Borough President and do all the gen?
eral plumbing on cost plus basis, but
this joli must bo let on contract to tho
lowest bidder, and I believe I am en?
titled to this job. I have the borough
officials with mo and would like me to
get the job."
How Bids Were Raised
An interesting example oi the man?
ner in which Hettrick raised estimated
bids was shown in the case of two
letters introduced concerning a plumb?
ing job for Bloomingdale Brothers, on
Madison Avenue. On June 10, 1919,
Conklin and Klutc wrote Hettrick a
letter, including their estimate, which
they placed at $7,000. In this case the
three ciphers had been crossed ou^ and
the figures 500 added underneath and
then signed by tho initials "J. II."
Beneath this was written: ''Your esti?
mate as revised by adjuster has been
examined and found correct."
Aisenbrey testified the initials were
Hettrick's, and that the adjuster was
also Hettrick. On June 11. 1919, Hark
ness B. DeVoe. writing an est?mete for
the same job to Hettrick, put their
figure at S7.425. This wt.s also re?
turned with the following notation:
"Your estimate has been examined and
found correct"
It was in the working of this scheme
that the state contends that Hettrick
supervised all the work given to
plumbers who wore members of the
system, and from which he exacted <l
per cent of the gross business each
year. Of this 4 per cent he retained
I per cent for himself, according to the
state, and the other 3 per cent went
to an "insurance fund," which wai
divided among those plumbers who hac
! not received their quota of business
during tho year.
Tho trial was adjourned until nexl
1 Monday morning.
for "the d; ngcrous power of the trac?
tion interests" is plenty of bus lines.
Refjrring to a bill to enable the city
to operate busses, the Mayor said:
"Tic people should demand that every
member of th? Senate and Assembly
from the city get on this job and vote
for the passage of this bus bill."
Mr. Garrison announced yesterday
that the B. R. T, general repair shops j
will be closed down one week this
month and one week next month. The j
inspection shops are to be operated
only five t'tys a week. About 1,500
employees are affected.
Mr. Garrison said the curtailment of
work was decided upon in preference
to dismissing a large proportion of the
employees. Not lo..g ago the B. R. T.
announced it had disctiLsed with em?
ployees the possibility if cutting
wages "in line with the movement for
a general wage reduction throughout
the country."
Mr. Garrison said that a plan sug?
gested in the newspapers by Franklin
Taylor, of 233 Broadway, Llanhattan,
will be considered and may be adopted.
This plan is to relieve the trolley com?
panies of the operation of other
franchises outside of their own. The
territory outside would have to obtain
service either by a new company or
by paying additional fare to the exist?
ing company.
Craig's Aid Blocks
$25,000 for Mayor's
Relief Committee
Objection Based on Charge j
It Cost Women $10,0001
to Spend $15,000; Alder?
men Had Approved Item
Comptroller Craig's resignation from
the Committee on Finance and Budget
of the Board of Estimate has not pre?
cluded him from keeping close watch
on the expenditures recommended by
that committee.
At the meeting of the Board of Esti?
mate yesterday Deputy Comptroller !
Henry Smith objected to the adoption
of a resolution providing for an issue
of $25,000 of special revenue bonds to
cover the proposed activities of the
Mayor's Committee of Women on Re?
construction and Relief. ?
Mrs. W. R. Hearst is, chairman of
the committee; Mrs. John P, Hylan,
wife of the Mayor, honorary chairman:
Mrs. Nelson II. Henry, vice-chairman
aniV secretary, and Mrs. George W.
Loft, treasurer. The Deputy Comp?
troller's specific objection was that it
cost the committee $.10,000 to spend the
$15,000 balance of the appropriation re?
quested.
One of the features of the commit?
tee's work is in tho field of American?
ization, for which ? 5.000 is asked. A
sub-committee handles this work,
which conducts public meetings "aim?
ing to a better class of citizenship and
teaching aliens how to become citi?
zens," according to members of the
committee. Lectures are also given in
the public schools and community sing?
ing conducted in various centers.
Comptroller Craig recently had his
examiners investigate the activities of
this Mayor's committee. According to
the report of the examiners the com?
mittee occupies four rooms in the Hall
| of Records, rent free, and its running
expenses are us follows: $3,900, sal?
ary of Mrs. Henry as vice-chairman
and secretary; $1,820, salary of secre?
tary to the treasurer; $1,300, salary of
secretary to the sub-committee on fuel
and milk; $1,300, for a general stenog?
rapher and office assistant, and ?Jl.fiSO.
for office supplies, making a total of
$10.000.
The remaining $15,000 of the pro?
posed appropriation includes $5,000 for
pure milk "for undernourished mothers
and children" and for coal where "the
necessity was shown; $5,000 for Ameri?
canization, and $5,000 for all-day water
trips during the summer for mothers
and children and an investigation of
tuberculosis and drug addict ca: ?:-s.
The resolution calling for the $25,
000 appropriation was adopted by the
Board of Aldermen on January 11 and
approved by the Mayor on January IS.
The Committee on Finance and Budget
"directed"?an unusual proceeding for
that committee?that the matter be re?
stored to the calendar yesterday and
recommended its approval. Deputy
Comptroller Smith's objection blocked
its passage at first consideration, when
a unanimous vote is required. It will
take a majority vote of the Board of
Estimate to authorize, the appropria?
tion at its meeting next week.
Cardinal Gibbons at Church
BALTIMORE, Feb. 11.?For the first
time since he was taken ill, more than
two months ago, Cardinal Gibbons to?
day attended church service. He went
into the Cathedral during the noon
hour Lenten servie??.
U. S. and City
Join Forces to
Fight Typhus
(Continued (rom paon enn)
mation desired and In the closer super?
vision of passengers, pnnsi'nger lists
and ship sanitation. A committee was
chosen by tho conference to &**e that
this coop?ration was given.
Health Commissioner Stock and May?
or Patrick Griffin of Hoboken issued
orders to officials of all steamship lines
using Hoboken piers, prohibiting the
debarkation of passengers and crews
until tho vessels have been thoroughly
inspected by the Hoboken authorities,
Commissioner Stock said he would take
every possible precaution to prevent
the removal of sick persons from
Bteamships without first obtaining a
permit to do so.
The promise of Federal assistance
for the authorities here, mude by Sur?
geon General Gumming in his conver?
sation with Dr. Copeland over the tele?
phone, was presaged earlier in the day
by a letter from him to Commissioner
Copeland. The letter expressed regret
that pending the completion of the
transfer of title to the New York Quar?
antine Station the government liad
necessarily to restrict the measures it
might take tp relievo the immigrant
situation here, but assurances were
given that the medical personnel at
foreign ports would be augmented ..nd
that additional facilities would be pro
vided promptly at this port.
The Surgeon General said he had not
received the written report regarding
the situation here, but that the local
Health Department would ?ecc've the
full cooperation of the Public Health
Service.
The only ship to arrive at this port
yesterday from the diseased infected
ports of southern Europe was the Duca
D'Aosta, from Genoa and Naples.
These ports arc said to be compara?
tively free of tho dreaded typhus.
Thorough examination of the first and
second cabin passengers on this ship
ciisclosed no sign of the malady, but
the travelers were landed at Pier 57.
North Riv?.r, without the knowledge of
the city health authorities.
Steamer Line Warned
The incident caused Commissioner
Copeland to get in touch with officials
of the line and apprise them of the
precautionary measures that, had been
decided upon, but which had not been
issued at the time of the ship ar?
rival. Prompt compliance in the future
was promised by tlm line officials. Tho
steerage passengers'will be examined
and their exact destination, ascer?
tained by the city health squad to-day
at. Elus Island,
The attitude of the Board of Health,
the Commissioner explained, was due
to the fact that among the. cabin pas?
sengers of the Presidente Wilson, who
were landed, a case of typhus fever
turned up a day or two later at Harlem
Hospital.
"The steamship authorities furnished
us with a list of these passengers,"
said the. Commissioner, "and when wo
checked up we could not find 25 per
cent of them. There were about 300
in all and we arc not satisfied with
that kind of a list at all. For this
reason, we have obtained permission
to learn for ourselves the exact des?
tination of the passengers."
Dr. Copeland said he was disap?
pointed by press reports of yesterday
that tho President will not place an
embargo on immigration from coun?
tries affected by typhus fever. It is
probable, though, he said, that the plan
adopted, providing for the issuance of
bills of health by consuls only after
the requirement;; have been fully met
as to the cleanliness and health o
passengers, would to a large degree
accomplish the desired result.
Three Ships Are Detained
Dr. Leand E. Cofer, health officer of
the port at Quarantine, said last night j
that the steamships Providence, with ,
1,800 passengers; the San Guisto, with >
1,200 passengers, among whom 20 cases |
of typhus fever were found by medi?
cal examiner", upon the vessel's ar- i
rival Thursday, and the Presidente !
Wilson, with 1,105 on her passenger!
list, will be detained until the twelve- J
day period of typhus incubation has !
expired. In so far as possible, Dr. Cofer
said, he would guard ?gainst the mix- ]
ing of the passengers at Quarantine
Station or at Hoffman Island.
The passengers of the San Guisto, he
said, would be moved to Hoffman Islaitai
for delousing in about six clays.
Commissioner Copeland has been un?
able to obtain the use of the delousing
station in Hoboken, army officials at
the piers there informing him that
their facilities were not adequate for
the number of passengers whom it was
desired to free of tho vermin there.
Officials of the Holland-America Line
found it necessary, therefore, to make
their own arrangements for the delous?
ing of the steerage passengers on the
Ryndam.
The sailing of the Ryndam has been
deferred until next Tuesday at 11 a. m.
She was scheduled to depart t?-day. The
1,500 steerage passengers of the Ryn?
dam were turned back by the authori?
ties because many of them were found
to have body lice. They are still aboard
the vessel, and will be examined thor?
oughly to-day and probably sent to
Hoffman Island. Officials of the Hol?
land-America Line said yesterday they
intend to erect a delousing and disin?
fecting plant at Pier 7, Hoboken, where
the Ryndam is tied up.
A thousand passengers from the Lap?
land, which arrived here from Antwerp
and Southampton, were taken to Ellis
Island yesterday for inspection, but or
j dered back to their ship by Superinten?
dent Baker because of their filthy con?
dition. The Lapland is slated to sai
to-day.
i U. S.9 at Source Abroad,
Fights Typhus Invasion
Medical Officers Seek to Pre
vent Disease Carriers Sail
ing on Ships Coming Her*
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.?The Amerl
can government is to tackle the typhu
? situation at the source, but will depen
upon the New York City health author
j ities to deal with the present case
which have developed among immi
?rants, already admitted, Secretary o
the Treasury Houston announced to
I day.
In declining the suggestion of Com
missioner Royal S. ?opeland, of Nei
York City, in a message to the Whit
House, Joseph P. Tumulty, secretar
to the President, to-day advised th
New York health authorities that
complete embargo against immigrant
is not justified at this time.
Secretary Tumulty answered D
Copeland's message for relief by tran;
mitting a report from Secretary c
the Treasury Houston. The report, i
part, was as follows:
"The Public Health Service has bee
taking necessary steps to prevent tr.
introduction of epidemic diseases fro:
abroad. At the request of the Treasui
Department, the Secretary of State n
cently issued instructions to consuls
agents abroad to withhold bills i
health from vessels sailing for tl
United States unless they shall hai
complied with the quarantine regul
tions of this government. Fourtec
medical officers of the Public Heall
Service are now stationed at importai
points abroad, and additional office
are being selected.
"Proper arrangements are in hai
for the detention of steerage pa
sengers to prevent possible spread
?
Doty Says Typhus Epidemie
In America Is I m pre
Declares His Experience of Fifteen Years as Health
Offfcer Show* Disease Has Little Chance to
Cain Headway; Urges Precautions
Dr. Alvtth If. Doty, formerly Health
Officer of the Port of New York, who
during his fifteen years of service at
Quarantine successfully combated
incipient invasions of typhus, cholera
and bubonic plague from Europe ami
South America, said yesterday that
there was no occasion for alarm over
the thirty-four cases of typhus fever
that have been brought hen; on steam?
ships from Trieste.
When asked about the typhus situa?
tion he said he did not wish to mini?
mize tho importance oT keeping the
disease out of the country, but he felt
that the American people should be
informed that typhus had little or no
chance of spreading through the coun?
try in epidemic form.
ModeVn sanitary methods of combat?
ing disease, he said, were sufficient to
check and wipe out any disease that
threatened to spread in the United
States.
The most important thing is to
watch for the mild or ambulant cases
of typhus which serve as carriers, be,
cause, he warned, It is through these
any epidemic. Quarantine activities a
New York are under tho jurisdiction o:
the State of New York. Negotiation:
are in progress to transfer this worl
and the quarantine station there to th<
public health service of the Treasury
Department. Meanwhile the servie?
has detailed an officer to assist state
quarantine officials, and will, if nee
essary, detail additional officers."
Waiter Hit When Bullets
Of Wild Man Wreck Cafe
Sudden Appearance and Disap?
pearance of Mysterious Gun?
man Demoralize Diners
An unidentified man, described as
"wild-eyed" by numerous witnesses,
rushed, gun in -hand, into the Parkview
Restaurant, .8 Bayard Street, last
night and after throwing customers
into a panic by firing several shots,
breaking numerous disTies and a largo
mirror, and wounding a waiter, escaped
into a tenement less than a block from
the Elizabeth Street Police Station.
Detective McDonough and a patrol?
man hurried to the dining place at the
sound of the first shot. When they
arrived diners and waiters were hid?
ing, breathless, behind overturned
tables and chairs.
Luc a Raienno, a waiter, living at 234
East 11-th Street, crawled from be?
neath a table and announced he had a
bullet wound in his left leg. He was
treated by an ambulance surgeon from
the Volunteer Hospital.
After questioning witnesses, the po?
lice said the wild-eyed marauder ap?
parently wa3 out mainly to cause ex?
citement.
-? . . ,
Volk Puzzled by Haste in
Proposed B. R?.T. Loan
Also Wants to Know Whether
Corporation Intends to
Repay the Government
Congressman Leonard D. Volk, who
gave out a statement last week an- ?
nouncing that Comptroller Charles L.
Craig had approved of a loan of $17,
000,000 to the B. R. T. by the W.i' Fi?
nance Corporation in 1918, gave out an?
other last night in which he said that
his chief purpose in asking for a Con?
gressional inquiry was to find out
whether the loan was to be repaid.
"It is the purpose of my resolution of
inquiry," he continued, "to ascertain, if
possible, from the correspondence and
the method of the. dotation of the loan,
why the great haste in effecting the
loan was necessary. The haste is ap?
parent in the correspondence which I
have obtained from the Treasury De?
partment.
"The government's loan of $17,000,000
was made, according to the corre?
spondence, to stave off financial col?
lapse of the B. R. T. That company
was thrown into the hands of a re- |
ceiver. Then, a few months after the j
receiver was appointed, he issued $18,- !
000,000 in receiver's certificates. These
receiver's certificates became a priority
loan, taking precedence over the gov?
ernment's $17,000,000 loan. The $18,
000,000 loan of the receiver must be met
before the government can expect to
get back a penny."
Revue Star Caged in Lift
Elevator atReisemveher's Stalled
Hour and a Half
The elevator at Reisenweber's, Fifty
eighth Street and Eighth Avenue, was
out of commission for three hours last
night. For half that period Ruth
Wells, who leads the revue; Louis
Schmulz, the head waiter, and Michael
Slavoni, the operator, were prisoners in
the car, which was stuck between the
Crystal Room on the second floor and
the Paradise Room on the top floor.
When they had been there an hour
and a half Patrick Kyne, the manager,
climbed down into the shaft and dis?
covered a trap door in the roof of the
car. When the door was opened out
came the leader of the revue, the head
waiter and the elevator operator, all
glad enough to sing.
Until the safety clutch was released
an hour and a half later every one go?
ing to Reisenweber's had to climb the
stairs.
Sunday Excursion
PHILADELPHIA
Sunday, February 20
6p.M;lal Through Train Leaie?
New ?orlt, Penna. Station - - 7.30 4. M.
liudaon Terminal - 7.39 A.M.
Hemming, lea??s Philadeiuhla t.l<) 1?. M.
t?? Similar Excursion? Marsh 20.
April S and 17.
Pennsylvania System
and not the well defined cases that the
d if ease is spread.
''I do not minimize," he said, "the
necessity for using every reasonable
precaution to prevent, the entrance of
typhus. But even in view of the fact
that it is practically impossible to
obtain 100 per cent safety against ad
mittance of typhus, there is not the
least probability of it getting beyond
control of the public health authori?
ties.
"There is absolutely no need for
public alarm. The. history of the au?
thorities at this port shows that they
have always been successful in dealing
with such invasions.
"Typhus has not infrequently ap?
peared in this city. The last invasion
occurred in 1893, when a large number
of cases came to port unnoticed and
developed in the congested tenement
sections of the city. That was when I
was chief of the Bureau of Infectious
Diseases arul shortly before I became
Health Officer.
"Even though at that time the
medium of transmission was not
known the disease was promptly
brought under control by the use of
modern sanitary methods. Only four
cases occurred outside the tenement
and lodging house districts."
N. Y. University S
Dean Suggests
Pipes for Girls
(Continued from pane on?)
sensible thing a woman can smoke,"
said Dean Johnson yesterday. "It is
the least injurious to the health, for
she inhales less nicotine. If a woman
really likes tobacco she would be much,
better smoking a pipe. I don't tnink
it would be specially repulsive to watch
hor, provided she choose the time and
the place. I might be a little grieved
myself to see a pipe stuck between
the lip3 of a pretty girl, but, then, it's j
her own affair if she cares to do it.
Might Affect Kisses
"As for kissing, if a girl can stand I
the smell of a pipe off a man's breath j
there is no reason why he should nqt I
feel equally tolerant in her case."
The woman's viewpoint is represent?
ed by Dr. Aristine Munn-Recht, dean
of women at New York University, j
While she does not sanction the use
of meerschaums by women, she thinks
they have as mucn right to smoke
pipes as men have.
"One might as well burn dollar bills
as smoke a pipe," said Dr. Munn-Itecht.
"Smoking seems such a waste of money
at this time, when so many are suffer?
ing for mere existence. Nicotine is a
very harmful drug, and it has all the
bad effects of any poison. Since women
are more, highly strung than men, the
effect of smoking is apt to be worse.
This is the only objection I can see.
Ethically, they have as much right as
men to enjoy the use of tobacco."
Pipe manufacturers are seeing to it
that there will be nothing to offend the
eye in this new fad, provided it takes
wing on thi3 side of the Atlantic. Ever
since tales came from London of
("ainty little pipes with bowls like
acorns, and a shine that suggested <.
pigeon-blood ruby, the foremost manu?
facturers have been getting ready ioi
the inevitable demand. It is beginning
to grow in volume.
Dainty Pipes on Market
Pipes for women are actually on the
market. They can b<! had for as little
as $3, but the average price is nearer
$50. They are being shown in the nov?
elty shops and in a few jewelers' es?
tablishments. "My Lady Nicotine"
pipes, as they are called, are all made
of briar. They have slim stems mount?
ed with gold or silver, and in many
cases the bowls are incrusted with
jewels. Sundry feminine touches, such
as initialed gold hands and amber
tipped stems, are added. They come in
leather bags and a specially mild brand
of tobacco is sold along with them.
Two of the largest pipe manufactur?
ers here told a Tribune reporter yes?
terday that they are making these
pipes continuously; that there is a
certain demand for them, and that they
expect them to be on the retail market
in large quantities within the next few
weeks. ?
Eleven Sleep
Disease Cases;
Found in a Day
Seven Patients Are Reported
in Manhattan, the Bronx j
lias Tw-t^and One Each
in Queens and Brooklyn1
-s
154 Stricken in the City!
Woman and Boy Sufferers
in Po?! Chester; Copeland
Doesn't Fear Epidemic
Eleven additional cases of sleeping
sickness were reported to Health Com?
missioner Copcland yesterday by Dr.
Louis I. Harris, of the Bureau of Pre?
ventable Diseases. Seven of these were
in Manhattan, two in the Bronx, one
in Brooklyn and one in Queens. One
death occurred yesterday. Miss Mar?
garet Munroe, twenty-four year3 old,
died in the United Hospital. Port Ches?
ter. She had been ill since Febru?
ary 1.
Thirty-nine cases of sleeping sick?
ness have been reported to the Health
Department so far this week and seven
deaths. Since January 1 there have
been 154 cases reported.
651 Cases Last Year
Last year, when the malady was not
officially reportable, 654 cases and 211
deaths were reported. The highest age
group, according to Dr. Harris, af?
fected by the disease was twenty *.o
twenty-four years and the next high?
est twenty-five to twenty-nine years.
In the first group mentioned it was
found last year that there were sev?
enty-one cases and twenty-four deaths.
In the latter group there were fifty
six cases and twenty-five deaths.
Richard Finnan, seventeen years old,
also of Port Chester, is in the hospi?
tal, but his condition is said not to be
serious. There have been several cases
of the disease at Port Chester in recent
months. Miss Gussie Cohen, twenty
five year* 0ld, died from ?t?,.
month . J" f-^?"c ?
Dr. Copeland said" vester?*.'? ? "'-'
investigations of the Health J.
ment I
to ascertain ,f MOre than
sleeping sic] ; been r?:'"
from any one house la thti <
Not Readily Traoemitted
Medical authorities, according ^ *,
rid, do not agrer. rt. .? 4-* w Ur'
of the disease. E?
oess was indicated by tea
last year'-: report, which showed^
only two families had more tha
ted. tnan \
The figures also indicated, he %<S
tnat the disease, vva??-, not readily tranJ
I from one person to aneth?
that ?n consequence the loi
iave not fe]
more drastic measures.
The Health ? 0tj ev?
concern over the ?
cases reported, but reiterated that \
did not believe conditions ?ere alai _
ing. He says there is little .tlar.'?L
of an epidemic. '* ;
Man Says He Controls
Drug Traffic in Harlem
Police Arrest Electrician on In.
formation of Woman Ad>
diet: Seize Narcotics
George Weston, fifty-six year? old an
electrician, living at 1820 Lexington
Avenue, was an I night on
charge of possessing dr'igs.
According to Dr. Carleton Simon
Police Commi>s:oner, Westen
confessed that he "control the _-?.
traffic of Harlem." z
Weston's arrest was brought about bv
a woman drug addict, the pouce sa
Police Sergeant Mooney attached to the'
Drug Squad, says he followed the woman
last night until she wer,: to rooms o?
Weston in Lexington Avenue. Aft?r
Weston is alleged to have
the woman, the police sergeant arrested
him. .
A search of his rooms resulted in the
seizure of three cartons of cocaine arc
a number of bottles of heroin, accord?
ing to Dr. Simon.
? -
Negro Lynched in Florida
WAUCHULA, Fla., Feb. 11.?Th?
lynching here last night of Ben i
bell, a negro, was reported to-;
-.vas taken from the city ja
hanged to a telephone pole and hi.
body riddled with bullets. He wa<
accused of attempting to attack ..
woman.
s??V5?e m. s?? yifth^ttrtuw,^ ?**? **?> ?vt? srs.
Will Close Out This Day
The following odd groups, scheduled for
immediate disposal.
Day and Evening Gowns at $50
Formerly selling to $195?A final regrouping of vari
ous styles, comprising the last of many high class lines.
Fur-trimmed Day Coats at $95?$125
Formerly selling to $275?Of velour, duvetyn and
Bolivia, with squirrel, mole, opossum, slynx and caracul.
AN ODD GROUP OF LEATHER AND SUEDE COATS
in three-quarter and full length styles, AT MERE
FRACTIONS OF FORMER PRICES.
-Choice Hudson Seal Day Coats
(36" Lengths)
Formerly selling to $950.at $385
Fashionable Neck Scarfs
$175 HUDSON BAY SABLE SCARF.$95
$175 DYED BAUM MARTEN SCARF.$95
$165 GRAY LYNX BOA.$85
$95 DYED BAUM MARTEN SCARF.$55
$75 NATURAL STONE MARTEN SCARF.$45
W, E. HILL
himself
says
Christopher Morley
Conductor of the famous
Bowling Green of the
New York Evening Post
jj|T IS pleasant to praise Sunday papers,
for in so doing we cannot possibly
be accused of turning over business
to our powerful rivals. What we are get?
ting at is, Mr. W. E. Hill (/'Among Us
Mortals," in the Tribune on Sundays) gives
us more solid Sabbatical amusement than
anything else we know. Probably the first
thing the Blue Lawyers will want to do is
close up Mr. Hill on Sundays, because he
creates more merriment than a dozen road
houses. In the great book we have in mind
to write come day?The Teens, an in?
formal study of American letters and jour?
nalism in the exciting years ? 9 1 3-' 1 9?
there will be several reproductions of Hill s
riotous pictorial satires. One of our un
uttered ambitions has long been to write
a book good enough for Hill to illustrate.
?ST'','-<.* ?">? v '-".
Look for Hill's "Among Us Mortals'' every
Sunday in the Graphic Section of the
NEW YORK TRIBUNE

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