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Two Surrender
In Round-Up of
'Robbery Trust9
Defendant in Million-Dollar
Toledo Mail Theft Gives
Up; 'Skyscraper Burglar'
?tfotoring Hack to Chicago
fonu'ii Assistants Sought
^orthington, Called Brains
of Combine, Said to Have
sent Huge Sums Abroad
CHICAGO, A.:_ ;. Alva Harschman
gnd Je: ? ? ' > were indicted
-jth John W. Worthing! n the al
trust, sur
ri ties.
.--. known as the "sky
??per ? ? . . ted on his
"3v to ? give himse f up. Hi
has been passing his vacation in the
?erra M.. ' ' is motoring back.
Epps is ?> r*'??' estate dealer. He was
s defend m! th* $1,000,000 Toledo
mail robb was i It is
ft00ght instantiated the gov?
ernment's ion tha! Worthing
wn gnani ? fense of the eleven
B-en arresti for the Ti
v) Bio ended Epps a
. ? - a! torney,
: anj guilty conm
'.'"... ? n, and after he
Vgd been ? stioned by Federal
attorneys was reduced from
$10.00* * v He says his dealings
with Wort i " -":'. were confined to the
Muchas* nmercial pap;:.
which h ' il|)'-1 cash.
Harschman Called Witness Only
Harschman had been living in Mil?
waukee until recently, and says he
camo to ,0 ?>ve his children
gaperior edu* tional facilities. The
??vernir, considers him in the
iight of a " tness rather than a de?
fendant.
Fe.isra'. investigators to-day an?
nounce.: I ? ved Worthing
lave ent millions
in dcpos."- " n Berlin, Paris,
\farsiv i to several Italian
tities. Deposit slips for vast sums
were found ai mg his papers, and it is
believed he : inned to flee to Europe
and pre' "- from obtaining
jadgmen! Deposit slips
ihow he has in Polish banks
alone. A d* ; " of $7,000 was found
ia a Milwauk ?? bank.
One of trongest links in the
chair, that is being welded around the
sappose-.i coi tors was madi
gible b;. I of Albert M. Gold-j
smith, i- i New Yorl I isi >? ;
collego. G t is allege;:, -??: I
????wr-- shed" revenue stamps,
to Wort. by special delivery.!
Hew York ils say Goldsmith dis?
posed of : dollars worth of
stolen sec... I ngton.
Secret - en arid pol
Angeles have been asked to arrest a
mysterious " and the St. Louis
operatives an for an equally j
mysterious ' Pauline."
Utters of Women Intercepted
Federal officials intercepted a per
?nal letter from "Marie" to Worthing
ton. Its ontents were not revealed,
but they led the authorities to believe
lise is at, agent for "W
She is be':. 1 to be ! .' of a
large phot . office
was raid ippar
ently a br .". tte, and il be easy
U Sod '. ig ap?
pearance. The clew I i "Pauline" wss
also obtained through intercepted let?
ters.
Colonel Hinnin. of the United States
Attorney' Pfice, -aid the government
has proot' that Worthington was I i
brains of t Sinclair Oil
stock robbery in New York as well as
?any oth< r huge thefts.
Messages in Code Found
Here by Federal Agents
Said to Hare Bppti Exchanged
by Worthincion and Gold?
smith: on Track of Bonds
Ru?h Y Ian, * f ' he Trea - -
?7 Dep.-i"- ' ntell igcncj
bureau, obt g esterday,
fcwc as one of W . - m's aceom
fhces.
The r re said to have been
decipher
ft had ?nf ? ? that Goldsmith and
wwtbingtoi met i N'ew York not long
after the \ ? S50.000 in bonds
ia eonnect
?a-, art-. not
teen fo.
it ?- . - ?. -
;pons
?id believe that ( him.
r a ?rhool in
?
?President :.- - - -
Three Taken in Opium Raid
Police Force Way Into Brook?
lyn alleged Den
thrtt
?hen Detect vea Gray a
led at
*-??%o . Street,
. i ?
; and
K"jf*?8 ?? ? rhe al
tiV ' harge,
*, r I '
trr* ndering
_???>? when thej
?oivtrs of tl
* ****& ed half
-J^n,?' '-'-ue., two opiu -
Rejected Suitor Kills Girl ?
At Her Betrothal Festival ?
Brooklynite Sought as Slayer
of Young Woman Here From
Italy Only Two Months
>e eial Dispatch to The Tribune
ASBURY PARK, N. J., Aug. 4, Ca-!
i mela Maccancio, a young Italian girl
who came to America recently from
Ospiletta, Italy, was shot and killed
1?re yest irday by a suitor, who was
loser in the competition for her hand.
, Picone, twenty-four year.- old,
;,'.- first cousin, who followed her
e) room when the celebration ot
her engagement to Camuch Vetrano
: was breaking up, is sought as the mur
, c.erev. Miss Maccancio had refused to
marry him.
Vetrano and Miss Maccancio obtained
a marrriage license yesterday. In the
evening there was a celebration at 1?4
: Avenue, where the girl lived.
The marriage was set for the coming
Su mi ay.
Miss Maccancio had bade her in?
tended husband good night and gone
rs to her room. Mr?. Patsey
[accancio's sister, saw
. Picone follow up the stairs, und a
moment later heard a shot. Miss Mac?
cancio was found on the floor with a
? through her heart. A window
pen and Picone was gone.
Picone had been living with a sister
?it 5812 New Utrecht Avenue, Brook
lyn, He had destroyed photographs of
himself, tho police have been in
| formed, before he went to Asbury
Park.
British Premiers Agree
On One-Power Standard
Dominions Said to Have Ac?
cepted Own Defense; Confer?
ence to (Hose To-day
LONDON, Aug. 4.?The discussions
? the Imperial Conference will cou
clude to-morrow. The report which
finally will be adopted covers a con?
siderably wider range than has been
indicated by the meager official,
accounts.
It is believed the conference adopted
In policy of non-interference, content
. ing itself with declaring against the
suggestion of a special conference to
^ the matter of affirming the
right of the dominions to nominate
Cabinet Ministers to represent their
respective countries in future consui
? with the British Prime Minis?
ter. The view of the conference seems
to have been in favor of a one-power
standard for the empire, the dominions
undertaking the defense of their re?
spective territories.
Tho discussion of wireless communi?
cation revealed some divergence of
opinion. It is understood an Austra?
lian delegate contended vigorously for
stations of sufficiently high power to
enable Australia to communicate di?
rect with England, against the oppos?
ing view for more stations of les3
power. The latter view is believed to
?ave gained the day. it being decided
that Great Britain should complete
stations in the territory under her con?
trol, while as far as might be neces?
sary Australia, South Africa and India
also would erect necessary stations
with New Zealand and Canada co?per
ating in the chain.
Court Criticizes Gun Law
.Magistrate Corrigan Says Some
Arrests Are Ridiculous
?'?The Sullivan law is a great thing '
i when it keeps a man from having a ]
[ revolver at hand when so many robbers
are operating," said Magistrate Cor
rigan in the tombs court yesterday.
The remark was made when the Magis- !
trate was dismissing two charge? :
* Thema? Shanley.
Shanley was arrested in a caf? at I
?? ? ? and arraigned for a
on of the Sullivan law and for
having iiquor in his possession. It was
that the revolver belonged to
\ Phanley's brother, who has a permit to
. carry a weapon, and that one ounce of
alcohol was found in a five-gallon demi
john behind a bar where Shanley is
! employed.
"!"':? Magistrate said:
"I think it is ridiculous to bring citi
into court in such cases as this."
Scaffold Breaks; Two Hurt
Riveters. Working on Tank,
Drop Forty Feet
ard Graeser, thirty-live vears
147 East 159th Street," and
Katz, eighteen years old, of
. riveter?, working on the
of what will he trie largest gas
world, at the plant of the
? i Gas Company, Astoria
. !.. ?,, were dangerously injured
? : a scaffold broke from
The men were hurled
! forty : eet I i * he ground.
??'.era! fractured
and internal injuries, while Katz
){ the spine and
The men were dug
from tl of the scaffold by fel
; low N'o evidence of
? - . wai discovered by the po?
uce.
' ???
Red Agitators Ejected From
Paris Lahor Headquarters
PARIS, Aug. 4. For some weeks past
- extremi Comm I members of the
Railwaymen'? federation have beeji in
? ? ?? federation's headquarters
in the Pue Baudin, and have refused to
? evacuate
The president of the federation made
' an appeal to the authorities for the
- on of the men, and to-day two
ois policemen entered the head?
quarters and expelled the intruders,
? who walke.i out tamely, but protesting
' vociferous 1 ? ,
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Third Ave. Car Jumps Tracks.
Wrecks Itself on "L" Pillar
rue'-, of a Third and
Avenue trolley car swung
; Avenue into 125th Street
? rday afternoon in conventional
n, but th( ? ebellious rear truck
right on going north, The result
was that the car jumped the rails and
crashed into a pillar of the elevated
structure, demolishing the rear plat
. . shaking up the passengers.
of ?hem was hurt.
it took about an hour to clear the
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Ship Owners to Ask Hoard for
Report on Navigation Laws
featun ol the Edmonds
. provid ' - for the amendment of
?? ;' Follette :.'?*;men's lav/ were in
: at a meeting held yesterday by
?? of the American Steal
*-. . ation,
; that Chairman Lasker
of the Shipping Board will be asked by
n mlttee to make public I he re
? ..-, r ition laws turned
over to the board by a committee of
AmertC pert? more than
ago. VVith tni r< port ?? a
> ... bo? -d haa been making a
codification of the navigation law?.
? - od to be nearing com
, , ' on, T '.-? ' ??' ommendal ion? ol I he
in taken up In con
e for the <?
?
V. Thompson Sue? ?VfcClure'a
? - '! i.o/r]i ? author, bled nuit
.;,;!-.. Court -.?<? ti rdaj
,-;./ tie for $6,000.
v ; !?"!. on it) l*gcB that the maga
... .,? .; ai t i laut bought hia tory,
, j -,>?' r," tot publication in
si-rial form, promising to Pa.y him
$C,000, which, however, the author com
: plain*, ha? not been paid.
Seizure of Rum
Runners at Sea
Feared Illegal
-
Assistant Attorney General
TIiinks Coast Guards May
Have Exceeded Law in
Taking Schooner Marshall
British Protest Probable
i Hayward Going to Capital
To-day to Discuss Policy
-Against Liquor Fleet
Guy D. Goff, Assistant Attorney Gen
; eral, yesterday said he believed that
the seizure of the alleged rum smug
; gier, Henry L. Marshall, outside the
j three-mile limit o!T Atlantic. City Mon?
day night was illegal if, as the Depart
? ment of Justice is convinced, the ves
j sol was under regular British registry.
He indicated that efforts to seize for
; eign ships on the high seas might lead
; to international difficulties.
Mr. Goff s;-.id, according to a dispatch
from Washington, that he expected
j United States Attorney William Hay
; ward of New York would confer to-day
with officials of the Department of Jus?
tice in Washington concerning the
: seizure of the British schooner and con
: cerning the general policy to be foi
, lowed in such cases. The statement at
' tributed to Mr. Hayward that all rum
laden ships would be subject to seizure
; oft" the United States coast, ever
though of foreign registry and outside
j the three-mile limit, also will be dis?
cussed. Mr. Hayward has not beer
called to Washington, it is said, bul
probably will be if he doesn't go then
L*b-day.
Other developments in the prohibi
; tion enforcement situation were thi
arrest of the sailors of tho Marshal
! after warrants had been issued fo
: them as well as for her officers anc
three others, said to have been con
nected with her activities; three ar
rests here for violation of the enforce
ment laws, and the opening here o
state headquarters by the National Lib
eral Alliance, which plans to conduc
a state-wide ballot to determine senti
ment on prohibition.
The warrants in connection with th>
Henry L. Marshall charge violation o
the Volstead act and attempts to de
i fraud the government of customs. The;
were issued in Jersey City by Federa
Commissioner Queen. The three sough
in addition to the sailors are John G
Crossland, described as an "Atlanti
City millionaire"; William F. McCoj
? who is believed to be the owner of th
vessel, and a Dr. Holden.
The four sailors of the Marshal
previously detained by the custom
men, were taken off the schooner yes
terday afternoon by men of the coas
guard service and arraigned befor
Federal Judge Howe in Brooklyn. The
were held in $5,000 bail in Raymon
Street Jail as material witnesses, an
probably will be arraigned to-day be
fore Ihe Federal grand jury in th
?uuor-smugtr'.ing investigation.
The master and mate and Mr. M<
Coy are said to have escaped in a swil
motorboat just before the Marshall ws
stized. According to Major John Holl
Clark, chief Assistant United Staff
Attorney, who is investigating the sei;
tire, McCoy called at the British Cor
sulate here yesterday morning to pr<
test. He was directed to go to th
Custom House to tell the authoritu
what he knew of the craft and h<
cargo, but so far has not appearc
there. The police are now seeking h.
in this city.
Dispatches from Washington veste
day quoted Assistant Attorney Gener;
Guy D. Goff as saying that he did n
j believe the law would permit the sei
[ ure of vessels of foreign registry ou
sitie the three-mile limit. He add<
I that he would get in touch with Unit*
: States District Attorney Hayward,
i New York, to-day to learn the facts
| the case and to discuss the latter's r
| ported announcement that all ships
' foreign registry would be liable
1 seizure outside the three-mile limit f
I liquor smuggling.
Federal agents here yesterday arre?
! ed Frank Kalen, manager of the Gri
Drug Company,- 1400 Broadway,
Forty-third Street; Moe Ducore ai
? Dr. Nathaniel Broadman on charg
lof conspiracy to violate the Volstei
?act and selling liquor on improper pr
; scriptions. Boardman and Due-ore we
held in $1,500 and SI,000 bail by Unit
?States Commissioner S, N. Hitchco
' for a hearing Wednesday, at whi
' Kalen was also summoned to appear.
Federal Agent William McKay, w
made the arrest, declares that he w
?sent by Ducore to Dr. Boardman, w
has an office over the drug store, for
: whisky prescription. This, he alleg.
the doctor wrote without examini
him, charging him S3. Examination,
?is said, showed that it was not made c
; on a regular government blank a
that the name of Dr. Morris I. Berez?
?had been used. Ducore, he says, ?ill
the prescription, which was for a p
| of whisky.
The state headquarters of the >
tional Liberal Alliance were opened
, icr> West Forty-ninth Street." Wal
I. Joyce, Quartermaster General of i
Veterans of Foreign Wars, is cha
man, and Jerome A. Myers, head of i
' speaking activities of the Liberty Lo
i Ked Cross. Boy Scout and Salvat
Army drives here, is campaign dir
j tor.
The organization purposes to pi:
: 50,000 ballot boxes in public places
; the greater city to enable votera
record their sentiments on blue lfi
: and light wines and beers. It is
?ertcd that 75,000 ballots have alrei
been counted, of which only 1,000 h,
favored the Volstead act. The allia
admits the impossibility of repeal
Eighteenth Amendment, deciar
that the people will not tolerate
' return of the saloon, but calis for
? liberal interpretation and strict
forcement. It will also oppose cens
; ship and prohibitory Sabbath legii
i tion.
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Glass and Pottery Trad?
Deadloeked on Wag
Workers Balk al Reductioi
New Haven Clerk9 Deny
Accepting Fay Cut
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. -1- Employ
and employees in the pressed
blown glass industry, who have beei
ii ference here for three weeks reg?
ing proposed wage reductions, are
far from agreemi nt. Only one of
groups of < mployees concerned
accepted a wage reduction, and in
i., e the reduction is 10 per cent,
stead of the 25 per cent which the
plojera wished to effect.
Pottery workers and manufactu
also have reached a deadlock in ne|
? ? r reductions -,; wage i
? e only on the probability of a ,
eral strike In I he indu -t ry on i let?
i, when present agreements expire.
NEW HAVEN, Aug. 1. R
Learn genera! chai rni a n ol
Brotherhood of R nd St?
hip < lerka of the New Y o
Haven ,?:? Hartford Railroad, d
day that freight clerks had aci q ti
cut in their wages, as hud been
Inouneed by the company. M
.-nd ho had written the company
ho did not think the wage <?..? ju?t
| by living coht? and that t!
j would volu on the proposal.
Court Assails Police
Captain's Raid Order i
Method of Obtaining Liquor
Evidence Without Search
Warrant Arouses Ire
The conduct of the police captain :
in charge of the 135th Street station in
issuing orders that would lead his men '
to break the law in enforcing prohibi?
tion was arsailed by Magistrate Sweet-'
ser in the Men's Night Court last even?
ing.
Patrolman William Fitzgerald
brought John Fowler, a negro, forty
years old, of 65 West 132d Street, into
court on a charge of selling liquor. He :
related how he had gone to that ad- ?
dress, a private residence, obtained
admittance, purchased gin and arrested ;
Fowler.
"Did you have a search warrant?''
tiie magistrate demanded.
The patrolman said that he did not
and the magistrate demanded to know
on what information he had visited the ;
place.
The policeman produced an anony- '
mous letter.
"I see that the letter is unsigned,"
Magistrate Sweetser stated. "Some |
coward wrote this and you break the '
law. You are following your captain's
orders, aren't you ?"
The patrolman admitted that he was. ?
"Your captain should be criticized !
for issuing orders that will cause nis ;.
men to break the law," the magistrate '
declared. "What if I should write an !
anonymous letter about some innocent i
person? Think of the trouble that it
would cause him."
The evidence against the prisoner,!
however, being sufficient, he was held :
in $1.000 bail for Special Sessions.
Cripple Arrested After
Body Is Found in River
Wife of Dead Man Says the
Peddler Sold Liquor to
Her Husband
Within an hour after the body of
Morris Kosselman, of 409 Fast One
Hundredth Street, had been found ir.
the Fast River near his home yester
day, William Mutterkent, a legless
peddler, living at 302 Fast 103d Street.
was arraigned in Harlem Court before
Magistrate Bernard J. Douras for boot?
legging. Mutterkent was held in $1,000
bail for the grand jury. Mrs. Kossel
rnan made the complaint.
The peddler was arrested by Patrol?
men Zipp and Murphy, of the Fast 104;h
Street station. The patrolmen in?
formed the court that Mrs. Kosselman
had charged Mutterkent with having
sold liquor to Kosselman against her
repeated protests. The police say Kos?
selman had become deranged from
drinking so-called whisky, and that
Mrs. Kosselman declared Kosselman
had been crazed with liquor for s?v?
irai days.
In a later statement Mrs. Kossel?
man said she had made rive complaints
to the police within two weeks of Mut
terkent'e* selling liquor to Kosselman,
but had been unable to obtain assist?
ance.
Mutterkent was arrested late last
night. The police found a quart of
whisky in an icebox at his shop. Mut?
terkent said it had been taken there
three days ago by Kosselman. The
cripple was rolled from his shop to
the police station in a wheel chair.
85,000 Rum Fines Imposed
Twelve at Atlantic City Admit
Dry Violation
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 4.?Fines ag?
gregating $5,000, were imposed in court
here to-day upon twelve defendants
who either were convicted or had
pleaded guilty, of violation of the new
state prohibition enforcement act,
William Maynard, proprietor of the
Firemen's Hotel at Margate, upon
whose evidence Sam Singer recently
vas convicted of boot-legging, was
: found guilty on eight counts. The
heaviest fine, 5*1.7.10. wa- imposed on
him. Unable to furnish the cash. May
i nard was committed to jail. Recently
I he served a term for a similar offense.
Sentence was suspended on Emma
Maynard, his wife.
John Arnold, president of the
Somerspoint Chamber of Commerce
and a member of the Fish and Game
Club of Philadelphia, pleaded non vult
to two counts, and paid a fine of $350.
Tailor Buys Police I'niform
To Hide Whisky in Pockets
HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 4.?-Frank
Lukash, a tailor who bought a police?
man's uniform, which lie hung in his
shop and used as a collarette, think?
ing it to be inviolable, was fined $100
| and costs in police court here to-day
| in spite of his assertion that a phy?
sician had advised him to take a drink
, of whisky before eacii meal.
Detectives found a quart bottle in
; each pocket of the uniform coat.
Drys Win Fight
To Force Beer
Bill to a Vote
Measure Made Unfinished
Business; Reed Assails
It as I .^constitutional'
and Vicious in Operation
Bogu* Agents Denounced
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Senator Urges Amendment
to Make Usurpation of;
Authority Punishable
From The Tribune'? Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON", Aug. 4.?The Willis-'
Campbell bill finally got the right of :
way in the Senate this afternoon. It1
was made unfinished business on the i
motion of Senator Sterling and wiil be
kept before the Senate daily until it is !
voted on. It had barely been made !
the unfinished business when Senator j
Reed, of Missouri, struck at it as un- j
constitutional.
While a strong vote is ready to sup- 1
port a motion to recommit the bill to |
committee the drys expect to defeat !
such a ?notion by a close margin and I
then f* ce the bill to passage.
As oon as the farm export, bill ;
passed to-day Senator Sterling was on i
his feet asking consideration of the I
beer bii!.
Senator Wadsworth said he would
no* object if there was to be an ad-j
journment to-night so that-the Senate
could consider a number of minor mat?
ters before 1 o'clock to-morrow. He
referred to the beer bill as "this re?
markable bill." Senator Sterling said
he was willing to agree to adjourn if
the Senator irom New York withdrew
his reference to "this remarkable bill."
"With certain mental reservations,"
said Senator Wadsworth, "I will with?
draw the remark."
Wants Agents Held Responsible
Senator Reed then took the floor
I against the bill and made a slashing
attack. lie introduced an amendment
providing that any person who ille?
gally represented himself to be a pro
! hibition officer or agent, or who under
color of law enforcement violates the
' law or the Constitution, should be
? subject to a heavy fine and imprison
| ment penalties.
He declared that under the guise of
! prohibition enforcement highwaymen
I were holding up occupants of vehicles,
searching them and robb'ng them, and
that some of the prohibition officers,
in the absence of the man of the
house, had forced their way into homes
1 and committed wrongs, lie wanted to
; know how many Senators would vote
I ?igainst this amendment and thus allow
' they sympathized with the violation
of the Constitution, and tiie laws by
! prohibition officers and persons imp?r
j sonating such officers.
Senator Reed argued the bill was un?
constitutional. Reading from the
; Eighteenth Amendment, he said its pro
' hibitions applied "for beverage pur
'. poses."
"Any use of liquor which is not for
? beverage purposes has not been pro
, hibitcd bv the Constitution of the
I United States." said Senator Reed.
He asserted Congress has absolutely
i no authority under the Eighteenth
Amendment to prohibit a physician pre?
scribing beer, wine and ether liquors
for a sick patient.
"By what stretch of the Constitu?
tion," a.-ked Senator Reed, "can the
supporters of this bill claim that the
prescription of beer ?tor sick people is
the use o? it for beverage purposes1''
Declares Constitution "Wrenched"
He called it the "wrenching of the
Constitution" and the "usurpation of
! authority." He objected to overriding
the Constitution in this fashion.
"The Constitution is being repealed
j by a process of legislative chicanery,"
Senator Reed charged, and he added
that there "was no contemplated in?
vasion of the home or interference
with the rights of citizens," when the
prohibition movement was started with
the slogan "the saloon must go."
Senator Reed said he was w 11 ng
1 t'ne prohibition lav.- should be tested
out in good faith and if it proved a
success it should reniai::.
"On the other hand," he added, "if
it fills the country with illicit stills
, and illicit whisky, as it produces an
army of spies and informers and is
detrimental to the welfare of the pej
? p?e, then in good time the people will
demand its repeal.
"But how any man can stand upon
? this floor," proceeded the Senator, "and
?ay the word 'beverage' shall cover 3 .
rescription to a sick person is be- I
yond my comprehension."
Although the bill was discussed by I
Senator Reed, a long discussion of cot
ton exchange matters by Senators Dia! :
and Smith, of South Carolina, followe J ?
and prevented progress toward closinc
the beer bill debate.
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international Court Has
Ratifieatiou of British
League Plan for Settlement ol"
Disputes Nears Required
Number of Supporters
GENEVA, Aug. 4 (By The Associated
Press?.?Ratification by the British j
Empire of the permanent court of in
ternational justice was deposited to
day with the secretariat of the League j
of Nations. It includes ratifications ;
by Australia, Canada, India, New
Zealand, South Africa and the United !
Kingdom.
Other ratifications received are
those of Albania, Austria, Denmark,
Holland, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland. I
The Bulgarian and Norwegian ratifica?
tions, the correspondent is informed.
are in the course of transmission.
French ratification has been voted by
the Senate and Chamber, while t e
Polish Diet has also ratified, as well |
as the Venezuelan Congress and the ?
Costa Rica Legislature.
The secretariat has been notified that
China is ready to ratify. Representa?
tive? of Belgium, Japan, Spain ?nd Bra?
zil have informed the secretariat thr.t
the ratifications of these countries will
bo ni posited before September.
It seems practically certain, officials
of the League announce, that the twen?
ty-four ratifications necessary to set the .
international court in operation, will ho
received this month and that the second
assembly will be able to elect judges.
thus formally constituting the court.
Lord Byng Off for Canada
New (?overnor General to As?
sume His Post
LONDON, Aug. 1. Lord Byng of
Vimy left London to-day for Liverpool,
to sail thence for Canada and assume
the Governor Generalship, to which he
was recently appointed.
"I have only been through Canada
previously as r. tourist, but ? can truly
say that I know most of its people, so
! feel I am making a familiar jour?
ney," said the new Governor General
just before he left with Lady Byng and
the vice-regal party. He was referring
to his experiences as commander of the
Canadian corps, when he made the ac?
quaintance of so great a proportion of
the young manhood of Canada.
Jamaica Against Union
Opposes Being Joined to Can?
ada or Sold to U. S.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. LA mo?
tion introduced in the Legislative
I Council to-day by one of the People's
! representatives urging confederation
j between the British West Indies and
| Canada was voted down.
During the debate reference was
I made to the resolution introduced in
! the United States Senate last February
: by Senator Reed, of Missouri, inquiring
. whether Great Britain would be willing
i to consider the cession of its West.
! Indian possessions to the United
| States. The representative declared
' that the people of these British col
! onies had no intention of becoming
: American citizens and that the propo
S sal made in Washington was resented.
? The opinion was expressed, however,
that everything should be done to fos?
ter trade with the United States.
Insurance Men Meet
Underwriters Discuss Form of
Burglary Policy
A special meeting of the Burglary In?
surance Underwriters Association was
held at the Hotel McAlpin yesterday to
discuss the National Surety Company's
withdrawal According to H. W. ClutT,
secretary of the association, this was
due to disapproval of the prescribed
form of residence policy rather than to
; any intention of starting a rate war.
The adoption of a new form to meet
; the objections of the National Surety
Company and other members of the as?
sociation was discussed. A committee
was appointed to continue the study of
the problem. Nineteen of the thirty
; three concerns in the association were
represented.
Changes in Nippon Yusen Staff
S. Nakase, who has been the assistant
manager of the New York office of the
Nippon Yusen Kaisha for several years,
cms been promoted to an important
position in the home office at Tokio
; and will leave for Japan shortly. K.
: Sawai, who has be?n in charge of the
: overland ?reight department of the
Nippon Yusen Kaisha for the last two
years, has been appointed assistant
manager to succeed Mr. Nakase.
Final Clean-op
Sale of Neckwear
65c Neckwear Reduced to 39c
$lto$1.50 " " " 65c
$1.65&$2 " " " $1.15
$2,50 & $3 " " " $1.65
$2.50 to $4 Knit Scarfs " " $1.95
Assortments are large and interesting, the reductions
affecting practically our entire stock of neckwear, both
four-in-hands and bat ties. Providing the season's finest
imported and domestic scarfs at prices which strongly
emphasize exceptional value.
All Straw Hats
Half Price
Weber ah? Heilbroner
CLOTHIERS, HABERDASHERS AND HATTERS
*241 Broadway *42nd and 5trr-Ave. 150 Nassau
?45 Broadway "44th and Broadway 20 Cortlandt
773 Broadwaj 1363 Broadway "''30 Broad
V'II85 Broadway 'r'Clothing at these store?.
?381 Fulton St., Borough Hall. Brooklyn *ft(X) Broad St., Newark
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Grain Freight Rate
From Mid-West to
Seaboard Reduced
Cut of 7*2 Per Cent on
Exports Agreed Upon by
Rail Representatives and
Shippers to Atlantic Ports
CHICAGO, Aug. 4. Freight rates on
giain, grain products and grail
pioducts from Chicago and ?
Freight Association territory to North
Atlantic seaboard ports lor export will
be reduced 7'-.. cents a hundred pounds
as a result of conferences between rail?
way and shippers' representatives, it
was announced to-night.
The Central Freight Association terri?
tory includes points located on and
north of the Onio River, on and east
of the Mississippi River, south of the
Illinois-Wisconsin State line', east of
Lake Michigan, south of the Great
Lakes and west oi Buffalo and Pitts?
burgh.
The rates from points in t lis ten -
tory east of the Indiana-Illinois State
i i :-. o on like traffic to the same ports
for export will also be adjusted with
relation to the reduced rates from
Chicago, it was announced. Applica?
tion will be tiled immediately with the
Interstate Commerce Commission for
authority to make the reduced rates
on export traffic effective on ten days'
notice, but in the event the commission
refuses to approve this, the reduced
rati'< are to De filed with the commis?
sion to become effective within thirty
days. The reduced rates will expire
December 31, 1921.
i ?v.. proposition of ti;.1 carriers thai
the domestic rates on gram, grain
products and grain by-products also
be reduced 4*4 cents per 100 pounds!
; rom Chicago, including non::-; as far
west as the Mississippi River to points;
east of Buffalo and Pittsburgh, also ?
vas discussed at the conference.
As to both the export and domestic |
rates the usual differentials are to gov?
ern as between New York and other j
North Atlantic seaboard ports.
"The cost of transportation service
at the present time does not justify
the heavy reductions which the car?
riers will make in export grain rates,"
the road's announcement read. "Never?
theless, these reductions have either
been decided upon or are under d'scus
sion as a result of the plea of the farm?
ers and others for a readjustment
isting rater."
The present and proposed carload
?r>tes in cents Pp> 100 pounds from
Chicago to New York are as follows:
Export roestlc
Pros- Pro- Pren- Pro?
em POSed , :,? |
Grail.10 ? j l
drain products ; 24Vi 30V?
Fleur.j ; - ? '--j
| Grain by-products l 21 ; .? ?. 32*4
m-?
New Bieyele Craze Predieted
Maker? Assert Machine Is Win?
ning Back Popularity
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 4.?America
has ahead of it a permanent "bicycle
craze" that will be bigger than the one
; that marked the period of twenty-five
I years ajo when that machine became
i the "poor man'.-- horse," if the prognos?
tication of the bicycle manufacturers,
t made at the Fifth Annual Convention
: of the Cycle Trades of America, which
closed here to-day, is correct.
Mere bicycles will be sold annually
? during the next ten years than ever
were sold in the past, the manufactur?
iers declare. The cycle, after an uphill
j fight of more than two decades, has
i now established itself as a business
J necessity, and is nn active competitor
; of the jitney and the street car.
H. M. iioffman, of Dayton, Ohio, was
Selected president of the association: R
P. Leacock, of St. Lotus, vice-president;
L. N. Southmayd, of Chicopee Falls,
Mass., treasurer: William G. Shack.
! cf Buffalo, treasurer, and Frank J.
Weschler, Springfield, : executive
secretary.
Simmons Would Have
Harding Settle War Debt
Proposes Amendment Giving
President ?.he Authority
Mellon Asks For
F om The Tnlnmr'.-i Was hin a fim Bureau
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.?The nature
of the forthcoming controversy in the
- nate over the bill relating to the re?
funding of the foreign debt and giving
Secretary Mellon large authority with
relation to this debt was to some ex
- ? radicated to-day when Senator
Simmons, of North Carolina, offered
two amendments to the bill which he
will urge on the rloor of the Senate
when the measure is taken up.
Sei ator Simmons is the rankin?
Democratic member of the Finance
ittee and his amendments are
looked on as reflecting the views of the
minority.
(Vie of the am .vould make
the President, rather than the Secre?
tary of the Treasury, responsible for
whatever action ; ; taken in the admin?
istration of the proposed law.
The other amendment would prevent
the cancellation or remission of any
part of the principal or interest of any
ibligation due the United States by
any foreign government or any change
in the rat.' of in, such obliga?
tion-;.
Senator Simmons indicated tha*. the
second of his amendments would pro?
hibit in sub tance the very things Sec-?
retary Mellon, when before the Finance
Committee, said he did not purpose to
do. He made it clear that he did not
want to reflect on Secretary Mellon.
but held that Mr. Mellon might not h*
Secretary when it came to administer?
ing important phases of the proposed
law.
The waiter brings an order
quickly, you say ? "that's
Service?"
The shopkeeper shows an arti?
cle you had almost given up
! trying to iind. And, again,
i you say "Service"
j But the word service can mean
a good deal more than just
speed or a happy accident.
| Plus real service is satisfac
; tion.
\ Owens & Company are in a
: position to serve the discrim
\ mating patron with fidelity,
promptness and courtesy ;
; watchful of his interests, an
! ticipating his needs where pos?
sible, ready with expert sug
| gestions when needed. ?
| Because Owens & Company for
fifty years have considered
that Service was the most im?
portant word in the coal busi?
ness.
OWENS & COMPANY, Inc.
Foot of East 49th St., N. Y. C.
a Kr &
METROPOLITAN
CLOTHES for MEN
TWO IMPORTANT SALES TODAY?
Men s Golf Suits
i
(COAT and TROUSERS)
Formerly $30. $35 and $-W
At
$25
lliis season s Goif Suits in a wide
range of light and dark colorings.
MEN'S
Warm-Weather Suits
(COAT and TROUSERS)
Formerly $17.50. $20 and $23
At
$13.50
Coolest of all Summer Suits, pro?
duced m fine mohairs, and other
hot - weather materials in light
and dark colors.
SMALL CHARGE toi ALTERATIONS
?aks kdonuimty
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