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Avian's Transit
Plans Favored
In Brooklyn
ai
Representatives of C i v i c
ami Political Organiza?
tions Discuss Mayor's
$600.000.000 Program
A*k Crosstown Subways
??r-iiJ Cropsey and Cal*
lachan for Hindering
Bu* Lines by Injunction
The Board of Estimate and Appor
tt?&ment met yesterday for a public dis?
cussion of Mayor Hylan's $600,000,OOC
transit program, with special reference
,1 the Borough of Brooklyn. Roprc
-Kfttativcs from numerous civic and po?
liite-1 organizations attended and gen
?Tally expressed themselves in favoi
of the Mayor's project.
\\ was whispered about, in explana?
tipn, that the board members had taker
I lesson from their previous hearing
?W-'f-n .some pointed criticism was lev
Spf-t the Mayor's plan, so that it
?ppoarcd that only thoso who were pre
r-irrd to indorse the Hylan plan were
W-'ted to tho hearing. There was,
Mwever, an adverse note here and
y re from a few, who thought that
omething should be done to remedy
transit situation at" once,
Assail Cropsey and Callaghan
A large portion of the discussion was
taken up with a series of attacks upon
aterierence with transit affairs by in
arctio". *nc sallies for the most part
v-inf- aimed at Justice Cropsey and
'?lstice Callaghan for their orders ro
strainii'.g the operation of busses in
certain sections of Brooklyn.
"I hope the citizens of Brooklyn will
ranember those gentlemen," remarked
;he Mayor, liberally prompting the dis
f_s*ion on (his point, "who issued the
injunctions, so that if they ever,run
igsin for office the people will know
iow to deal with them." At another
point the Mayor said.:
"When judges in the future are nom?
inated we will have to find out how
they stand on injunctions."
Wants Vote of People
F. Cornelius Wanamakcr, represent?
ing the Flatbush Taxpayers' Associa?
tion, while in favor of the Mayor's
?jian, said he though the question of
municipal operation of the subway
line." should be put to a vote of the
i-ople. To this Murray Hulbert, presi
fat of the Board of Aldermen, replied:
"Don't you think the people voted on
it last November?" Mr. Wanamaker
I?. 1 it was r.ot a direct vote.
Thomas A. McQuade, of the 15th As
'?;i"b!y District Democratic Club,
\j*wAt up tho subject of the lack of
lft?s in Greenpoint, reminding the
hoard that the busses liad been put
ut of business there by injunction of
?iiisfice Cal high an.
"Oh, that wasn't Cropsey," com
'?".otUed the Mayor.
"No," replied Mr. McQuade, "Crop
"? issued the first, taking away some
?:*ii of transportation, backed by
?ge Callaghan. Both gentlemen are
?embers of the same club."
Uderman Peter McGuinness then
rk the floor, lauding the Mayor in
?perlative terms, and concluding with
'"is tribute to the Greenpoint district,
"fhich in? represents: "Greenpoint, Mr.
Msyor and members of the Board of
Htimate, is the garden spot of heaven."
Get a Job You Like and Stick,
Says Railroad Veteran of 73
Station Masler Kane, of Mamaroneck, 53 Years in
the Business. Wishes He Had 53 More Coming;
Misses Car of Beer He Helped Load Now and Then
" 'Ti.* my vocation, Hal. "Fia no sin
for a man to labor in his vocation."
J. Ci Kane, seventy-throe years old,
ticket agent of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad at Mamar
oneck, who yesterday finished his fifty
i third year of consecutive service with
! a scornful rejection of the road's offer
; to retire him, never read Henry IV, but
,; he is poing to, just to read the speech
j to Hal.
"Railroading is the grandest of
iran?es, and it's the glamor of the thing
that holds you and won't let you go,"
he said last night as he rocked in the
parlor of the cozy home at 12 Palmer
Street which he and his wife saved for
and of which they are so proud.
"It's fifty-three years I've been a
railroad man, and it's fifty-three moro
? d like to be,'' he wert o?. "I've sen
lour of my boys through college, nnd
i the pay check looks pretty good when
you go up to the pay. car each week.
But it isn't, that. If it was only the
money I'd hav ? retired two years ago,
when they almost threw me out. They
asked me if I wanted to work forever
and I told them I wouldn't, mind."
The steady rock of the chair stopped
while Stationmastcr Kane ?the title
that pleases him most- -chuckled at the
absurd thought of any one thinking a
railroad man wanted to retire. Then
he reminisced a bit:
"We used to load a car for the New j
Rochelle brewery and the owner would j
come out and give us a couple of bar- j
reis if we'd promise not to touch them
till we were off duty. Maybe you think
that beer didn't taste good after we'd
been looking longingly at. it all the
way up here. Nothing like that now. ;
"The roundhouse was down at Forty-1
second Street then. They've built ?
three Grand Central terminals while!
I've been with the road,
"When I'd been working ton-* years:
Frank Trumbull was Starting in as an !
auditor or something like that. He'd j
been water boy for a section gang in ;
Texas. He's chairman of the board .of ?
the Chesapeake & Ohio now, the road!
he started for.
"About that time Daniel Willard was |
a track laborer and F. D. Underwood j
was a conductor. Willard is president
of the Baltimore & Ohio and Under?
wood of the Erie. None of them think
of quitting. I guess maybe there's
something in it that gets in your blood.?
"My baggage man, Mortimer Geb-j
nee, has been with me twenty-nine
years. 'Course, he's only a boy, but
he has the right idea. Find something
you like and then plug at it and you'll
be happy."
The chair stopped rocking, tho briar
pipe went out and Stationmaster Kane
was back with the boys, watching thai
barrel of beer that couldn't be opened
until the run was over.
Robert W. Higbie, of the Queens
borough Chamber of Commerce, Bug- ?
gested that something ought to be done
at once, despite the Mayor's assertions
that his plan contemplated the "reeap
turing of the lines by 1925."
Herbert L. (Carpenter, representing
tho Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce,
sup-pested that the Board of Estimate
and the Transit Commission get to?
gether on a cross-town subway line for
Brooklyn and that the Mayor call a
hearing for a discussion of the Tran?
sit Coimnission's cross-town proposal.
The Mayor said a hearing was called
for October 2 on the subject.. Mr.
Carpenter also read a letter by Her?
man A. Metz, chairman of the transit
committee of the Brooklyn Chamber
of Commerce, in which the latter
urged immediate consideration of the
projected cross-town line and the early
consideration of those points upon
which the Mayor and the Transit Com?
mission were agreed.
Borough President Riegelmann of
Brooklyn pointed out that if the Transit
! Commission's cross-town plan were
| adopted two schools would have to be
j torn down. The Mayor broke in that
the city expected to build 100 new
schools next year.
Others who Bpoke in favor of the
i Mayor's program were Senator Jere?
miah Toomey. former Senator Charles
| A. Russell, .lohn J. Keene, of the Pros
i pect Hills Citizens' League, and Stew
| art Browne, president of the United
Real Estate Owners' Association.
> ?
Treason Charge Against
Von Hoegen Is Dropped
Lawyer Was Indicted After He
Had Boasted of Being a
German Spy
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 26.?The
case against Maximilian von Hoegen,
formerly New Haven attorney, who was
arrested in December 1917, on a charge
of treason, was nolled in the United
States District Court here to-day on
the recommendation of Assistant
United States Attorney Cohen by
Judge,.Edwin S. Thomas. Von Hoegen
was not in court, and it is believed
that he is living in New York.
Von Hoegen first came into notice j
soon after the beginning of the World
War by publicly expressing his sym
path y with Germany and condcmninir !
the attitude of the United States. Ho I
claimed to have been in the employ Of j
Captain von Papen to obtain informa- j
tion gil contracts being filled by mu
nition makers in Connecticut for the ;
British government. He also boasted !
of a close friendship with the German J
Ambassador von Berristorff.
Fire Record
A M. nA*?3AC*K !
-; :oo? 6 M W. 38th st.; Julius Schmidt. I
Unknown |
9:46?384 6th av.; A. Nicholas. .Unknown
30:15~B7 A'.'. 135th st.; Mr*. Leslie.
Unknown !
10:50?At 45 W. 12th st.. auto; .lohn ?
Crawford.Unknown
11:40?Wcatchestar anil Rlomlell ?vs.,
tlio Bronx; unknown.Nono |
P. M.
2:15?86th St. and Amsterdam av.;
New York Telephone Co... .Trifling
2:30?290 E. 3d st.; unknown.. .Unknown
2:40?240 W. 98th st.; Daniel Croner.
Sli-jhl
2:45?363d st, and South?rn Blvd.,
the Bronx; unknown.Unknown
3.00?350 E. 84th st.: Isaac Prank. .None
3:10?328-330 I.V. SDth st.; unknown..Slight
3:45?144th st. and Canal place, (lie
Bronx; unknown.Unknown
6:06?200 Allen 8t.; unknown... .Unknown
6:45?915 Hoe av., the Bronx; Thlllp
Aggrischousky.Trifling
6:69?888 W. 18,0th st. ; Nathan Dehrls,
Unknown
6:05?866 W. 31st st.; John Jones.
Unknown
6:15?Cathedral Parkway, taxlcab;
Raymond Romctto.Unknown
7:50?4063 3d av., the Bronx; !.. ]{.
Novelty Co.$1,000
7.55?38 Madison st.. basoment; Vas
qua'.e Pedesco.Unknown
9:05 ? Southeast corner 46th st anil 1st
av.; Wilson & Co.Unknown
9;30?645 6th st., awiitni;; Tony
Kf-loshi.Unknown
Million - Dollar
Fraud Charged;
Three Seized j
Accused of Selling Client's
Stock for Double Mar?
ket Value, Holding Out
a Big Share of Proceeds
Thirteen Others Sought
Crager System Said to Act as
Agent in Unloading Treas?
ury Shares of Companies
The use of tho mail? in what Fed?
eral prosecutors term "one of the most
stup? ndous stock swindles unearthed
In years" was revealed yesterday when
two postoffice inspectors ended a long
investigation of the methods and af?
fairs of the Crager System, Inc., with
a raid on its extensive offices at 140
West Forty-second Street. Two ar?
rests were made on the spot, and a
third man was taken into custody at
2 Hector Street half an hour later.
The prisoners were arraigned at once
befen. United Stales Commissioner
Hitchcock and held in $10,000 hail each
for examination October 10. Warrants
are out for thirteen others.
More than $1,000,000 is the ligure
named by'Peter J. McCoy, the As
sistant United States District Attor
noy handling the case, as tho proli
which these connected with the cor
poration aru alleged to have taken ou
of the business in the nine month
since the Crager'System started opera
ti?ns.
Disposing of tn*? unsold trcasur;
stock of concerns in need of immedi
ato cash was the Crager specialty, an
evidence i?i the hands of the govern
ment indicates that its directors sue
ceeded in obtaining a price for th
shares in many cases more than doubl
the market value of the old issue
when they volunteered the services ?3
their selling system.
Only one concern is mentioned in th
complaint filed by l'ostoffice Inspecte
Noile as having retained the Cragc
System to relievo its iinancial nmba
rassment. but the plaintiff alleged thi
the stock of many others figured in tl
fraud. Mr. McCoy pointed out that tl
amounts the defendants are said to ha\
made from each venture were hard'
large enough to arouse suspicion, ar
as soon as n quick return had bee
made on one proposition the sales co
poration was able to turn to a new oi
without gleaning after the harvest.
Another advantage enjoyed by tl
Crager System in its alleged frau?
lav >n the fact that, a new "sucker lis
was furnished them free of charge
when they undertook nny financing.
The stockholders of record were the
only parties approached, and they wore
the more easily deceived, it ?9. alleged,
because the sales letters were sent out
to thi'ni on the company's letterhead?
stating that the shares were being of?
fered to them exclusively in order to
let them in on the new prosperity <?.*?
peeled by the director? of th<? "iOtl
cern. The letter? stated that a repte.? ?
sentative would call personally within ?
B few ?lays to explain the rulv.uitn;*?** < f j
?he proposition the company was icak
ing, ana with this introduction to Iho
confidence of the alleged Intended vie? i
tirns it is said ?o have been easy for the !
?ystein to put. across its scheme.
One false statement mentioned in the-!
complaint as having been made by lhe|
defendants to induce prospective in j
?esters to take stock off their banda
was to the effect that A. B. Helm ft Co.
was prepared to market its new invest- j
ment at once On the New Yoi!; Stock
Exchange. No such concern exist*
here, it is alleged.
Joseph E, Doom, the third man ar?
rested yesterday, is alleged by ?Mr. Mc?
Coy to have been employed solely to
run down companies in such need of ;
financing that, they would fall In with
the Crager scheme, which callcl for
the placing of one of the system's em?
ployees in the concern's offices and the
co-operation of the officers in floating
the stock. The Altoona Glass Casket
Company ?s the company mentioned in
the complaint as one of the many
which retained the sales corporation,
but, no charge is made that It was a
party to the alleged conspiracy.
Benjamin Crager, of 710 Riverside
Drive, and his father. Henry Crager,
who lives in West 160th Street, are al?
leged to have been the ringleaders in
the fraud. They were the two men
arrested in the raid yesterday. The
others foi? whom warrants have been
issued are said to have played minor
parts.
Postofl'ice Inspector Noilo investi?
gated the case with Inspector Thomas
Fitch. The Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World made a sui*vey of
its own into the Crager scheme, which
was made public immediately after the
arrests.
Borah Threatens to Subpoena
Rahkmetcff if He Returns
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.?Word from
abroad that Boris Bahkmeteff, former
Russian Ambassador, was planning to
sail to-morrow for America, was fol?
lowed by a statement to-da> by Scna
i tor Borah, Republican, Idaho, that he
would call Mr. Bahkmeteff before the
I Senate Labor Committee if he should
I com?* within the jurisdiction of a com?
mittee subpoena.
Before leaving the United States Mr.
! Bahkmeteff claimed "diplomatic immu
I ity" when subpoenaed and was ..upport
S oil by Secretary Hughes. Senator
! Borah said there was "much informa?
tion" he still desired to obtain from
the former Russian Envoy, particular?
ly regarding the disposition of Ameri?
can loans made to Russia and taken
over by Mr. Bahkmeteff.
Big Interests
Want Alien
Bars Let Down
immigration Restriction 1?
Fought by barge Employ?
ers; See Need of Workers
With ReturningProsperily j
Frnui The Trlbune'B l*'i?.?Mnf'/?>? I'.uyanu
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26." Just when '
Chairman Johnson of the House Im?
migration Committee is announcing vi ?
plan to reduce immigration to a m'.ien
lower figure than now, a strong move?
ment has started to relax the immigra?
tion laws and increase the number of;
admissible aliens instead of dec eas?
ing them.
1'ig steel companies, big copper min?
ing and smelting interesta and other
giert employers of labor aro back of j
this mbvomon! It promises to become
powciful, and indications are then: wi.l '
be a slru'p clash between the pro- ,
motors of a liberalized policy of ad- <
muting aliens and those who would re- i
strict tho influx.
Recently it was indicated thnt Chair?
man Johnson would seek to get the 3
per cent limit cut much lower, even to ?
one-half of 1 per cent. Mr, Johnson
declared the country seemed to want
complete restriction of immigration.
It is already apparent there will be
great difficulty ?3i driving any such pro- ?
gram through Congress.
Shortage of men competent and will?
ing to do the ordinary manual labor
of the mills, the fui-nnce3 and tho I
mines is what is alarming the great
employers of unskilled labor. It. is
true that a large Immigration is still i
coming into the country, but then- rep- ,
resentntives say a gren; part of it is !
unwilling to do the hard work of the !
steel plantai the copper mines and ;
smelters, the Hack work of the rail?
roads and the like.
Not long ago the country was aston?
ished when the l/fited States Stcei
Corporation suddenly raised wages of ,
employees a large UUTtl in th? aggre?
gate? Much speculation was caused by ?
this action, It d ctc ?oped, however,
thai the corporation saw ??. return '?f
prosperity no! tat distant and then
found that in oidor to avail itself of
thli i! would haV? to put ??n more men :
and l.eep the old men. I; discovered
that the shutting down of Immigra*
ADVKKTISFMKNT
tion hnd tended xtrongly to red .
supply of men ** va ilabl?* ??> i'.i, the hard
work of th'- steel manufacturing in?
dustry. Partly th.R is d'lc to the i&"t
thn; immigration Ig low ?rom the eoui
tri?-:-; vvheic ihei 9 are *):e beat worker.-?
and that of the Total immigr?t ?on ft
large ??'?rire drift.? M?t.ura.iy ir,!
life. A groat ?J?*-*t of talk is current
to the effect thai a wave of proi
is just -i70un?i the corner. If *
the case big employers nre wond*rlr.*j
where they are poing to gel the i
ply of what is generally called com?
mon labor. If the immigration law?,
are tightened up still more !hnn they
are, from the viewpoint of t?
employer?, the situation will i.
Impossible.
AI?VERTISK.\IF.NT
When toxis poisons penetrate the
intestinal watis?EXPECT THE WORST!
Next follows polluting of tho blood!
This means tho poisoning of every
organ in tho b?dy't Vitality and
energy becomo loworfcaeh day; the
brain becomes flluggiai. Old ??_?_?jL
illness gallop in! M sr
Yo3i cajf nvoid _f_p?t.li.ti. by perma?
nently **?*im?Aiy?^?*>^ynsti?iati(^i---tlif)
causa <>r "vv'/o tm all human Tiia ?
th?*_ogh tho rc-f?jMir 33SO of Kollogro*
Bran, cooked ajpFkrumblcii! Keep t?
eliminative t*_Kc open UAealtttr'MMr?
mal conditijET and you ^?ii'fe'-ifWr in
health yeagg longer.
Kellogg% Bran is simply nature's
food. It is not a "remedy," but
eaten regularly each day?at. least
two tablespoonfuLs; in chronic caaos,
with each meal?it will sweep tho
bowels, cleansing and purifying.
You cannot afford to feel sluggish ;
to have your brain energy iiapnired;
to have an offensive Breath! Consti?
pation can b? blamed for then
It hasten,-* o!?i age ju*?t ns it is ro
Bpon.siy*?"fnr illncssL?r
T\*f aged can t?#l"|??'7,tu,ani
li
flpq of constipation v^ries*fJ|hrough
|f DM of Bran. Kvar/ BeJPber of
SCfr'a Uran is most, valiiablo ta
fbo Hut of children. If. will mak".
thetQ growf.trong and robust. Itclc.ir**
a muddy or pimply comple*tion an?l
removes fin obnoxious breath. Bran'a
health work is wonderful.
Kollogg'a Bran is delicious as a
cereal or sprinkle?] over other hot or
?old cereal. It ma?.es the most der?
lightful pancakes, raisin bread, gems,
etc. Recipes on every -package. Buy
Kcllogg'a Bran at ?U grocers.
A t Interesting Prices
Choosing a fireproof safe become,
easy when you see the many i
terior combinations you can sec
in "AllsteerV
The underwriter j laboratory 1
guarantees mat tie "AUrjteel"
is of a knqvJn de^epHrarjre protec?
tion, and irfat's ilflst ifi|(i*tant.
The price is lovjfenoi
a visit to kis rfally
Come in or phone fi
\h to make
forth while.
fa salesman.
Th
Office Furniture
e General Fireproofing Company
**W York City Branch: Newark (N. J.) Branch:
438 Broadway. 786 Broad Street.
iMiene Canal 0080 I'hone Market 378'
HOME OPFIC??. YOUNGSTOWN. OHIO
The Largest Sale in America
because
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Pleases file most exacting tastes*
Quality ? E.coi*omy ? Purity ? Flavor
Always Assured.
?m?ters were
discussing the worries
ftthe modem furnace'
.i
Ever ?top to think who regulate*
?he fumsce while yovi are
at butin?e**
ess Winter is here
this morning?" ?
we begin seve|_
t heater on the mi
when we get up."
ave solved my heat
**-?.fir*
er
the wages,
a SSBR
e?feSS?
Phone
Vanderbilt
5388
3684
%
a.
/
"Prjt; snappy mo
rted my
did I.
o^Puroflfbry. Got
b?YIfty house is alway
"Thank Goodness
problems! I simply attached a Min
Regulator to my furnace?then all m
over. Saved coal?nearly half
and always had just the right ,te
the house^ day and night. I sa
besides, of the man who used to tend furnace for
us. All I have to do now is to put on a few shovel?
fuls of coal before 1 leave in the morning and again
before I go to bed. My wife doesn't even have to
think of the furnace any more, because the Min?
neapolis constantly maintains the exact tempera?
ture we desire during the day, no matter how cold
it becomes outside. At night the Regulator auto?
matically keeps the fire low. Then at six in the
morning old Minneapolis gets busy, -opens the
drafts of the furnace, and by 7 when we get up,
the whole house is fine and warm. It's not only the
greatest boon to health and perfect comfort ever
invented, but it soon saves its cost in fuel."
CLARENCE O. BARING, INC.
5635 Grand Central Terminal Bldg., N. Y. City
N. J. Branch, 671 Broad St*., Newark.
Phone Market 3542
Heat Regulator
The Heart of the Heating Plant
The Needless Worry
of a Cautious Father
HE WAS an elderly gentleman living in Montclair,
New Jersey, and had come to our office to dis?
cuss plans for the settlement of his estate.
He had never before done business with a Trust
Company.
Much of the money which he plannejl to leave
in Trust for his two sons is invested in marketable
securities. We could see that he had some fear?.
some reservation in his mind.
Finally he asked his question:
"If the Columbia Trust Company is a Bank,
i what's to prevent your using my securities
to help run your bank?"
This was a natural question to ask?and we replied
in substance as follows:
Our Trust business is kept entirely separate from
our banking business. For convenience and econ?
omy both branches are housed under one roof.
Securities left in our keeping during the settle?
ments of estates or for Trusts are in the custody of
our Trust Department. They are recorded in the
Trust Department books. They are handled by Trust
experts. They are kept in the Trust Department
vaults. They are never mingled with our Banking
Department securities, and under the law thev may
not be so mingled.
In our Banking business we use onlv such securi?
ties as are purchased with our Banking Department
Funds. They are recorded in the Banking Department
books. They are kept in Banking Department vaults.
The above facts which were news to our Montclair
friend may also be news to you.
A depositor recently characterized us as ''the bauk
that explains things/' Please feel free to ask us
any question about our business-??-especially those
prompted by caution.
?".
COLUMBIA
TRUST
C0?F?N?
In FINANCIAL DISTRICT: 60 Broadway
In SHOPPING CENTRE: 5th Avenue & 34th Street
In PARK AVENUE SECTION: Park Avenue & 48th Street
In HARLEM: 125th Street at 7th Avenue
In THE BRONX: 148th Street & 3rd Avenue
Member of Federal Reserve System
^-apyr'gatlVfh.c.T.Co.