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WEDNESDAY. rtnvrnii?wi*
THE WEATHER 1
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chance In temperature; fresh
northeast winds.
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gall's Home
jjfeDefended
By 2 Sisters
fteftuc to Believe Diary
?net Love Notes to Singer
flla and UphO fl^dow ;
Tej? of Love iv2f. Mother
$0 Arrests Now on
Jfrs. Gibson's Story
?Still Credits Farm
ocian Whose Accounts
of Husband Conflict
j Jtytw a Si?# Correapem/tent
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. .T., Oct. 81.?
There will be no immediate action in
. tfw Hall-Milia murder case, which has
drajrjted along1 at a laggard paco for
nore than six weeks. This was frankly
Admitted her? to-day by Wilbur A.
#ott, special deputy attorney general,
?ko Bald hte planned no immediate ar*
rest.
He added in an offhand manner that
Mi? caw eventually would go to the
grand jury, as all murder cases do
' ?eoner or later. At the ?am? time
ha defended Mrs, Jane Gibson, the
farm woman whose story of being an
eyewitness of the slaying?of the Rev.
Bdward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor
R. Mills has been badly shaken in
the last few days. Mr. Mott said that
\tt story "stands up."
Mrs. Gibson's last word to-night was
t dramatic statement naming the
iroman she charges is implicated in.the
murder.
"I have been assured that Deputy
Attorney General Mott has corrobora?
tion of my story," she said. "1 know
that he has corroboration. ? know that
li? has found nt least one other person
who was in De Russys Lane on th*
night of the murder and that ?'..'?
person has. told Mr. Mott, det?cti"c?
lotten and Mason, and state troopers
that a woman wear ng a gray coat w, *
on the Phillips farm thu night.
Expects Arrest Any Time
"This person is reputable and has
?applied sufficient evidence for one or
more arrests. These arrests, I am told,
Will be,made at an> time now. ?
know that. I am to be supported in my
identification of the woman I and
ethers saw under tve crabapple tree
the night of September li.
"There is moic that I can say. I
could give the name of the person who
corroborated me. But I w-.il not until
J am permitted to <i*> s? by the au?
thorities. ? know who has been watched
*mce I told my story and smce cor
-oboration came I know who is going
to be arrested eventually. I know who
und what interests have sought, to tfistfj
.redit me, but I must remain silent,
.ot because I am a simple woman
farmer mured up without her will in
? horr ble affair of this n?tnre, but
because I have given my word."
Mr. Mott was closeted with Prosecu?
tor Azariah Bookman for two hours
Ihi? morning. It was at the condu?
elen of this talk that the special deputy
attorney c-eneral made his statement.
He refused to discusa the matters
taken up at this meeting.
"Do you still think Mrs. Gibson's
etory stands up despite these recent
developments?" Mr. Mott was asked.
Thinks Her Story Stands
"I think her story will stand up," he
replied. "I know of no reason why it
fhonld not stand up. About one-half
?? the things that Mrs. Gibson is cred?
ited with having told the newspapers
Were put into her mouth.
Newspaper men, resenting Mr. Mott's
implication, discovered that ho could
w be specific in supporting his asser?
tion. He said ho had corroborative
tvidince supporting the woman's state
*??U\, but refused to reveal its nature.
Two black-clad figures arrived at the
home of Mrs. Hall to-day and g.nve an
Interview extolling the family life of
the late rector. They were Mrs. Paul
Homier, of 829 Park Avenue, New York,
?nd Mrs. Frank Voorhees, of SB Grif?
fith Street, Jersey City, sister? of the
murdered rector. ?
Although they have been to see Mrs.
?all several times since the. murder,
iney have had nothing to say up to
this paint. To-day, however, they were ;
?.lite ready to sj?eak of their brother j
?id his family relations. They re-'
wained with Mrs. Hall for several ,
fiours. * Subsequently their widowed ?
?urter-in-law had a conference with I
*eif attorney, Timothy N. Pfeiffer. .
Family Voices Faith |
Sitting in the parlor of the Hall I
?jome and showing signs of emotional i
disturbance, Mrs. Bonner, speaking for j
L?ist?.r 6S wel1 as *?r herself, said: '
_. Snowing all the circumstances as ;
JgW stand today, we have most im- !
m? faith in Mrs. Hall and confidence ?
J? for brother. Our mother, Mrs. Ed- ;
*wd D. Hall, of Jersey City, who for- :
"??y made her home in New Brtins
?jw?i ta right with us in this faith in
v*^? feel that the whole thing ?s a
, wrible mistake that could have been
*?!? ? ?P ,f our brother were here to
??Plain. My sister and I have been
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Villa Shot and Driven
From Ranch in Uprising
F?J?r of Ex-Bandit's Aid Lead?
?ebeilious Workers in Re
venge for Son's Death
ViS PfAS0lI,Te31-' Oct. 31.?Francisco
r*b*7 S*n2t,Ho rancher a*d former
A?i i'-.wa" .*hot a"<* ?lightly
AT* *ht]e tryine to put down an
SheV?^'l b* J?uS I^pez, aged
KSvni *h*- ,ate Maytin Lopez, for
iTr*J?:as "*** tena man, according
^reports iQ anti-Qb?tgon circles in El
?V?S??HncJh< ??rI*in* occurred;
h??* started' the uprising when ho '
^*s aWi **?!?. 8S reported, but
?%? sU r^e' m?' V?l,a? ,n his i
m?k hu? ^P07 h* ??<* accom- !
^to^&r "? P-^the|
*P*hT*tT?UrTe^? in thc Pre8ent
?????fni?. bi .Cailut?lo ranch said not i
*?? i?Ae?to the ?ports, still
Pastor Calls Churches
Hotbeds of infidelity
Special Dispatch to The TrttHtn?
ROCHESTER, Mich., Oct. 31.
?"It is time for the Protestant
churches to clean house and ban
| iah every modernist minister from
i j his pulpit," declared the Ilev.
'I Harold J. Hamilton to-day in an
I address at the First Baptist
Church. He scored Dr. Harry
Emerson Fosdick, of New York
City, and Dr. Charles Foster
Kent, of Yale University, as
spreaders of "infamous doc
| trines."
"Our churches have become hot?
beds of infidelity, higher criticism
and evolution," he charged. "The
monkey gospel is to-day predomi?
nant in the Protestant Church.
The Bible has been reduced to a
classic. The blood atonement is
j called a alaughter-house religion
? and a religion of gore.
"Men are taught to-day that a
Saviour is not needed, that their ,
good works will save thtem."
Referring to Drs. Fosdick and
Kent, he said that they should be
compelled to surrender their or?
dination papers and resign from
the ministry.
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News Summary
LOCAL
Smith would deliver traction con>
trol to Tammany, says Miller; Hylan
as secure in opponent's hands as in
his.
Friends of former Bronx Sheriff
got two-thirds of City Island bus,
line profits, Transit Commission
hears.
City budget cut within limit, but
Hylan's $9,000 assistant and other
j fat jobs remain.
Hall murder investigation reaches
another impasse, though new prose?
cutor still has faith in Gibson story.
j Successful and progressive, says
??->\r*tary Hughes, summing up
- ? .Vvements of Harding Adminis
t.t??on.
Realty broker announces self as
? candidate for Governor; wants Un
: termyer for U. S. Senator.
? Gilbert will use warrants In emer
! gency election fraud cases; eight
! more indicted in Brooklyn.
Smith, in Tammany Hall speeeh,
* says Hylan kept Miller from raising
] fatfrshere?': ?- -"%"?
i Olympic, in with 1,121 passengers,
! ilght? tide for haar? in docking,
? "A noble contest to preserve the
! independence end honor of the
I judiciary," Senator Borah telegraphB
Cohalan, in support, of . fight.
Day to fight contempt charge to?
day; Inspector Henry, refused im
1 munity, declines to testify in
? Federal liquor quiz.
FOREIGN
Fascist! legions take departure
; from Rome in great parade.
Negotiations in progress for par?
ticipation of United States in Inter
i national Court of Justice, created
by League of Nations.
United States demands British re?
tract charges against Consul Slater
1 and Vice-Consui Brooks at New
< castle.
President Obregon of Mexico or
? ders all commercial relations be
j tween Mexican citizens and those of
j New York State suspended.
DOMESTIC
Senator France, of Maryland, re?
ports expenditures of *43,765 in his
I campaign for re-election.
Wife admitted loro for Rev. Leon
| ard J. Christler, say. Frank E. Carle
!. ton, husband of the woman found
shot to death beside his body.
Indications are Senator James A.
Reed, of Missouri, will be re-elected
by 60,000.
SPORTS
Floyd Johnson knocks out Joe
Vidas in second round of bout at
Pioneer A. C.
Leaders of Baseball Players* Union
report that 136 National Leaguers
have joined.
Princeton eleven begins final prep?
aration for game with Harvard next
week.
Damask scores close victory in
Manly Memorial Steeplechase, feat?
ure of opening of Pimlico race
meeting.
'MARKETS AND SHIPS
Stock prices continue downward
trend.
U. S. Steel Corporation shows
deficit of $1,330,602 for third quarter
after dividend payments.
Decided improvement in business,
St. Louis Reserve Bank reports'.
?
Irish Rebels Capture 80
Nationals in Hard Fight
One Barracks at Qifden Burned
and Another B!own
* . Up by Mine
DUBLIN, Oct. Si (By The Associated
Press).?A fierce flght took place to?
cay at Cl if den, forty-five miles north?
west of Galway, between national sol?
diers and a force of irregulars. Eighty
of the nationals were captured, with
their rifles and ammunition, after a
ten-hour battle. One of their barracks
was bumAd to the ground and another
was blovn up by a mine.
In soutktrn Ireland the campaign of
destruction continues. The railway
station at Mallow, one of the most im?
portant centers of the Great Southern
& Western system, was set on fire dur?
ing the night and now is a mass of
rums.
Board Passes
353 Million
City Budget
! Barely Below Debt Limit
but Hylan, Craig and
Enright Provide Fal
Jobs for Favorites
Mayor Puts Blame
On Mandatory Acts
Final Figure Is $3,114,
347 Above Last Year
| Despite "Reductions'
Barely an hour and a half befor
i the expiration of the time fixed b
law, the Board of Estimate last nigh
completed its work of trimming th
proposed budget for 182,3 to bring i
within tho eonsti? ational debt limi
and adopted as the final figure for th
I city's expenditures for the comin
year $353,851,812.67. This total i
greater than the appropriation fc
1922 by |3,114,347.14.
, In announcing tho fitcu.es for th
new budget Mayor riylan declare
again that mandatory legislation i
Albany was responsible for the ii
creased cost of running the city goi
ernment. It was admitted, however, B
Comptroller Craig that at least 25 p<
cent of the new jobB created in variov
city departments had been retained i
the final budget. Foremost among the?
is ah assistant for the Mayor, at $9,0(
a year. Comptroller Craig succeed?
in retaining his throe additional depi
ties, at $6,500 a year, and Commission!
Enright also managed to hold on 1
his appropriation for four new depui
chief inspectors.
Barely Below the Limit *
No exact figures on departmental a
lowanoes were available last night m
were the members of the Board >
Earimate able to say in just what iten
the reductions were made whi<
brought the budget total down fro
the proposed figure of $3S1,000,0C
which ? was approximately $5,000,0<
over the debt limit. Mayor Hylan sa
simply that reductions had been mai
"all along the line" artdi that if the
were any increases they were i
chargeable to mandatory legislatio
In fact, he declared, if it had not bei
for the mandatory legislation the m
budget would have been lower th;
that for last year.
The Mayor was particularly ind?fini
sa to just what reductions' the Board
Estimate had succeeded in making, a:
when he was asked specifically #ho
the newly created positions ..?te b?caT
incensed.
"How about the appropriation for ;
assistant t? the Mayor?" ho was a3k<
"Is that all you're worrying about
snapped the Mayor. "That's only $9,0
a year. That doesn't make up the d
fcrehce amounting to millions. We c
out all along the line. If* it had:
been for mandatory legislation the n?
budget would have been lower than U
year."
Pared Down $6,000,000
Faced by the imperative necessity
paring at least 16,000,000 from the bt
get before midnight the members
the board spent the entire day
executive session dickerinu with <
partment heads and borough officie
I all eager to hold the added allowan
j which had been provided for them
the firut and second drafts. Fina
at 12:20 p. m. the word was pass
that tho budget was complete, a
Mayor Hylan and the other membi
filed into the Board of Estimate cha
ber.
The actual adoption of the budg
which was by unanimous vote, tc
barely 'ten minutes, and consisted pr
cipally of the Mayor's statement bla
ing the increase on the bugbear
mandatory legislation and Comptrol
Craig's analysis show ng that im
than half of the total was accoun
for by appropriations for maintain
the school system, county governme
within the city, debt service and p
ment of the state tax. His statcm
follows:
"Of the total budget of $353,"i
812.67, more t/ian one-half is requi
for education, debt service, state
and county governments, as follows
Education . $83,835,48!
Debt service. 8*.935,G4
State tax.?.? 12.696,62;
County governments ......... aO.622,-63
Total..........._.$131,949,58:
"More 4;han one-fourth of the tc
budget is required for the Police, F
artd Street Cleaning dai>ar*m
welfare and support ?f dspendenti
"The actual increase in tue ouu
for 1923 over that of this year
$3,114,347.14."
'"The increase in the appropriati
for the Board of Education alone
$5,606,334.55 over that of 1922. 1
it not been for this increase the bud
for 1923 would have shown a reduci
of about $2,600,000."
"The budget is well within the ?
(Cefitinueti an page six)
Soviet Deal With Germans
To Be Aired in Berlin Court
Special Cabla to The Tribune
Copyright, 1922, New York Tribune Inc.
BERLIN, Oct. 31.~Ludendorff, Keren
sky, Eduard Bernstein and other inter?
national figures will appear in a ei.it
begun here yesterday as the result of
libel action brought by Victor Tcher
noff, leader of the Russian Social Revo?
lutionists, against Kersten. editor of
fNovi-Mir," a Soviet organ published
in Berlin until recently.
The paper charged Tchernoff and t'ie
entire Social-Revolutionary party -wi-.h
plotting the overthrow of the So'-jt
government with money received ?'ium
Franco, Czecho-Slovakia, the German
staff, the Russian church and the bour?
geoisie. The cane is particularly inter
esting because it will involve going over
the ground covered in the recent trial
of the Social Revolutionaries in Mos?
cow, but in judicial atmosphere and
under conditiona quite different;
When the triai opeued yesterday be?
fore what corresponds ? ??? a magistrate's
court in New York Kersten offered
to call as witnesses Semenoff and
Knopoliowa, t*o provocateurs who
formed the chiof props of the Soviet
Srosecution at the Moscow trial.
;o?enfi?ld, Socialist leader, represent
ing Tchernoff, said that complainant
would not object to this procedure if
G?tz," Timofeyeff, Donskoy and the
rest of the Social Revolutionaries con?
demned to death in Moscow likewise
were called or officials sent to Moscow'
to take their depositions.
Rosenneid also announced he would
call Ludendorff, Bernstein and others
in an effort to prove that L?nine,
Trotsky and their associates accepted
60,000,Q00 gold marks from the Ger?
man general staff soon after the out?
break of the Russian revolution for
propaganda purposes in Russia. Rosen
field also demanded the admission of
other witnesses to disprove the Bol?
shevists' charge against Tchernoff and
other Social Revolutionaries.
The court, however, cut the hearing
short and fined Kersten 6,000 marks or
sixty days in jail. Iloih Kersten and
Tchernoff expressed dissiU/sfaction
with the verdict end announced they
j will follow the Germ?n procedure by
appealing the case and bringing it be
I fore a higher court where sensational
! developments icvealing the Bolshevist
relnt'ons with the Germans before anil
after the Russian revolution may be
{expected.
l/. S. May Sit in World Court
Of Justice Erected by League
Representation Expected to Result From Negotia?
tions With Powers by Which America Will Be
Given Voice in Choice of Tribunal Members
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.?American
representation on tho International
? Court of Justice created by the League
- of Nations is expected to result from
?negotiations now in progress with the
powers involved by which this govern
I ment will be given a voice in the selec?
tion of membership to the tribunal, it
was officially disclosed to-day.
Meantime, it was made clear that
' the United States government regards
j the war debt owed it by European
powers as a solemn obligation that
j must be liquidated, and this goverji
| ment has determined upon a policy of
! refusing to consider attendance at any
economic conference at which the debt
I question may be interjected.
President Harding believes that it
is entirely in harmony with the tradi?
tional policy of i ho United States to
co-operate with other powers in tho
settlement of international disputes
through the agency of the interna?
tional court. This government, how?
ever, is not cordially disposed to a
court in which it had no voico in tho
selection of members.
Steps directed toward an agreement
with the signatories of the Leaguo of
Nations, by which this government will
be specifically empowered to name an
American member to the court .and to
have the Bame jurisdiction that now
falls to the league members in the
tribunal, havo advanced to the stage
where the court may soon be officially
recognized by the United States, it was !
leasned at the White Houso to-day.
It is understood that by agreement
among i the members of the league the
United States will be allowed to nomi?
nate judges without committing itself
to the league itself.
Th? court consists of fifteen mem?
bers, eleven of them judges and four
deputy judges. Those represented on
the court at present are Great Britain,
France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Switzer
| land, Holland, Denmark, Japan and
Belgium.
Membership in the court may be
obtained by the United States by rati
I fying the Drotocol to which the statute
creating the court is attached. This
would "bind the United States to recog?
nize as compulsory, inso facto, and
without rpeclal agreement in relation
to any other member or stato accept?
ing the same obligation, the jurisdic?
tion of the court" und would not neces?
sitate the United States subscribing to
the league itself.
Confirming the statement of Secre?
tary of State Hughes in his Boston
speech last night regarding the Ameri?
can attitude toward the court, the
(Continued on gag? tlx)
HardingHasPut
Nation on Feet,
Asserts Hughes
Secretary Cites Revival of
Business, Tax Reduction,
End of Unemployment
as Work of Republicans
Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes
gave a comprehensive review of the
accomplishments of the Harding Ad?
ministration in an address last night
at a Republican rally at the Emerson
i High School, West Hoboken.
j He declared that the Administration,
under the "high minded and sagacious"
leadership of President Harding, had
been successful and progressive. He
said it had been responsible for a
I business revival, for a reduction of
j taxes, for an "enormous gain" in in?
dustry, for a satisfactory handling of
'lit unemployment proolum, and for
the establishment of an American
policy in foreign affairs. Unemploy?
ment, he said, has .ilsapprared "in a
renewed .act yity."
Drs Law Here t? Stay
The Eighteenth Amendment, said
Secretary Hughes, is as much an inte?
gral part of tho Constitution of the
United States as tho Tenth or Four?
teenth Amendment. It must and will
be literally recognized and obeyed, he
said, and.any legislation originated in
a spirit contrary to its provisions
would never see the'light of enactment.
Secretary Hughes announced that his
appearance was in the interest of the
re-election of United States Senator
JoBeph P. Frelinghuysen. He declared
that Senator Freiinghujsen is*"energv
personified" and that his service ?r.
the Senate had been marked by -con?
stant and faithful co-operation."
The Secretary received an ovat or
at the conclusion of his address. He
was frequently interrupted by ap
plauBc.
. "It is characteristic of the American
people that they are not deceived eith?i
by extreme claims or by the unjustiriec
criticism of campaigns attempting t<
minimize well known achievements,'
Mr. Hughes said, "There is an in
stinctive regard for their own inter
ests which render futile mere partiBar
assault. They know when an Admin
istration has served them well. Thej
test it by the intimate knowledge o.
conditions which the man in the stree
has, of productivity and employment
of prosperity and security.
Business on Up Grade
"When this Administration came lnt<
power every one was talking of th?
difficulty, if not the impossibility, of it;
tasks. It saddened our friends of th<
opposing party to think of what w?
could not do. But we have gone for
ward so successfully and swiftly wit!
one accomplishment after another the
our opponents are compelled to resor
to false .issues which cannot serv
them. In every position they take yoi
will observe' that they seek a futil
controversy with no promise o
achievement; the Administration ha
Bought achievement with'a, minimum o
controversy.
"What are the tests?
"You wanted the revival of business
You have it. When this Administra
tion took office we were at a low poin
in industry and business, and yo
needed a life line. The more yo;
looked ahead the more discouraged yoi
were. The future was black, and som
thought that America must await th
recuperation of the entire world befor
(Continued on next mue)
Fascisti Leave
For Home; Italy
Firjnly* in Grip
Five-Hour Parade of Peace
Follows Demobilization,
Legions Showing Rome
Their Massed Strength
By Wilbur Forrest
Special Cala to The Tribune
Copyright, 1922, New Tork Tribuns Ino.
ROME, Oct. 81. ?Rome is normal
again to-night ? normal, but highly,
tensely excited.
Benito Mussolini and his colleagues
in the nfcw ^government visited tha
King at the Quirinal this morning and
each individually and formally took
the oath of office.
For more than five hours to-day tho
legions of the Fascisti marched throuffh
the city in regular military formation.
Tim morning, following the complete
success of their "bloodless revolution,"
a demobilization order was JB.ued to
them, and to-night all the railroad sta?
tions of the city . at? jammed with
Wack-shirted figures as the men en?
train for their various stations.
But before they disbanded th?. F ai?
cisti decided to give Rome a demon?
stration of their massed strength. To?
day's spontaneous and vastly impres
? sive parade, which was watched by
dense, cheering throngs all along its
line, of march, was the result.
Raid Communist Headquarters
Earlier in the day the Fascisti made
a raid on the Communist headquarters
nere, seized all the Leninist litera?
ture in the place, took it to the
Piazza Colonna, at tho center of the
city, and burned it. As a result of the
clash with the Reds, ten more live?
were lost and several were woundad.
This fighting occurred in the quarter
which has long been a battleground be?
tween the Fascisti and the Commu?
nists, and several leaders of the latter,
including Damato, tho well-known writ?
er, were roughly handled in the gen?
eral fracas. Most of the Red leaders,
however, have deserted the city in the
face of the Fascisti triumph, and the
clash this morning?which came as
a result of last night's stone throwing
by Communists as the Fascisti columns
advanced on the city?was the only
suggestion of disturbance. Considering
the fact that tens of thousands of
armed men have been in the city dur?
ing the last twenty-four hours, the
serenity of the populace and the good
natured relations that prevail generally
between troops and citizenry are really
remarkable.
The Fascisti in to-day's spontaneous
parade marched eight breast, seemingly
an endless flood of them, always in
correct military formation. The squads
were interspersed occasionally with au?
tomobiles, some covered and bearing
officers, others open and often carrying
one or two machine guns. Sometimes
Fascisti officers passed wearing the full
uniform of a regular soldier. These
men were cheered to ti?? echo by the
crowds. Each marching squad carried
some particular symbol. Usually it was
meaningless to the uninitiated ob?
server, but it was cheered just the
same. ; ' ' ' ;
Parade of Many Hours
The parade began r.t I o'clock. It
was still going on when darkness be?
gan to fall at 6. It required little
imagination to picture the legions that
passed so peacefully along the banked
streets rushing hostilely' into Rome
and fighting from street to street with
the picked regiments of the govern?
ment, if (he Facta Cabinet had car?
ried out its first determination to pre?
serve order, by force. And 160,0,00
more Fascisti besides those who
marched in Rome to-dav were in re?
serve throughout Italy, ready to answer
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Balloonist and 2 Others
Held on Arson Charge
Mechanic Tells of Plot to De?
stroy Automobile and
Aviation School ?
Special Dispatch to Th? Tribuns
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 31.?Captain John
Berry, famous balloonist, another man,
and a fifteen-year-old boy were ar?
rested this afternoon when six arson
squad detectives and fifteen firemen,
who had lain in wait forty minutes,
witnessed a fire break out ir? Berry'??
automobile and aviation school, 3910
Washington Avenue.
The two men and the boy were ar?
rested as they ran from the building
shouting "fire." They were taken to
| pel ice headquarters, where Detect've
! Sergeant William Murphy, head of the
? arson squad, said one cf the men, Don
Scarborough, a mechanic, revealed an
ara?^ .plot .conceived by Berry.
TheNfiro' was extinguished twenty
niiiiutes\ after its ?tart and without
destroying the building. Two small
airplanes, X#*rtJy assembled, were
badly dama?^ %
a
HiehBusFare
InBronxRich
PoKticalPlum
Operator of 20c Line to
City Island Gives 66%
of Profit? to Friends of
O'Neill, Murphy Leader
Whalen Zones Make
Patrons Pay Twice
Gty Sends Cars to Help
and They Split 25%
to Use Public Streets
A strange story of juggling the city
out of its just dues from a bus corpo?
ration by diverting earning t? the
pockets of a coterie of Democratic
politicians and office holders domi?
nated bv former Sheriff Thomas H.
O'Neil, of the Bronx, was laid before
tho Transit Commission yesterday
when Ferdinand W. Frankenberg,
president of the West Farms Bus Corp?
oration, testified that he turned over
to two "friends," political associates
of O'Neil, 66 per cent of the profits
from his bus line.
This is the line that operates a bus
service through Trem?nt Avenue, and
West Farms Road to City Island, at
20 cents a ride.
Evade Law for High Fare
Before he was half way through
examining Frankenberg Clarence J.
Shearn, counsel to the Commission,
said:
"Tho commission will take notice of
the fact that en is concern is a com?
mon carrier and, of course, properly
subject to the jurisdiction of this
commission as to rates of fare and
charges, and that if the law were com?
plied with, as they started to do in
the case of the unfortunate Riedl and
speedily ceased doing, and they applied
to this commission for certificates of
convenience and necessity, it would
be necessary for these concerns to
come, directly and voluntarily within
the jurisdiction of this commission,
and this commission would have to fix
the rates and charges as it does in
the case of all other common carriers.
But by resorting to this device of
getting a permit from a department
that has no authority to issue permits
these people aro able to get the con?
sent of the "Big Chief" of this bus
business to charge a fare of 20 cents.
There is one of the mediums and prac?
tical evils of this situation, that they
can go to a man who has no real au?
thority whatsoever, and after securing
his 'consent through the intervention
of Tom O'Neil, the district lead?*, get
? permit to ifii?oao a *h?rge of 20
cents on the people of th??Bronx,
whereas; if they had complied with the
law, they would have to come here
and make a proper showing as to what
is fair and reasonable, and subject
themselves to the jurisdiction of this
commission. ? ? 1
Got Permit From Whaien
Frankenberg's company succeeded
the old City Island Bus Corporation,
which went out of business last April
because, it was learned yesterday by
Transit Commission investigators, it
was unable to comply with the financial
requirements of its franchise. After it
had given up the ghost Frankenberg's
company took its place, but Franken?
berg did not bother with the details
of asking for a franchise in the regu?
lar way, which would have taken him
to the Transit Commission for. a c?e^
tificate of convenience and necessity.
I He went with former Sheriff O'Neill
I to the office of Grover Whaien, Com
{missioner of Plant and Structures, and
! got a revocable permit, under which
he has been operating since last April.
On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays,
when the bus equipment of the Frai?k?
enberg company was inadequate to
handle the business, Frankenberg told
Whalen's office and various busses on
Manhattan lines were detailed to
Frankenberg's line, and Frankenberg
and his associates collected from them
35 per cent of their earnings, which
went into the treasury of the com?
pany, but no part of it to the city.
Couldn't Open Own Safe?
Mi*. Shearn wanted to know all about
the finances of the Frankenberg com?
pany when the president of the con*
: cern was on the stand, but when he
i asked to see the checkbook and other
! account books Frankenberg, who had
? been subpoenaed to bring them along
to the hearing, flabbergasted Mr.
Shearn by telling him that he could
not get into his own safe, as he hadn't
the combination.
He also testified that he did not keep
i his canceled checks, but destroyed them
! as fast as they came back from the
i bank. ,
j At the close of Frankenberg's gril
I ling yesterday afternoon he was told
! by Captain Redington, of counsel to
. the Transit Commission, to return to
i day with his books.
| "And you had better ask Tom O'Nci
for the' combination of the safe," saie
Mr, Shearn as a parting shot.
; ; Frankenberg testified^ that his com?
pany has a capital of $10,000, and thai
it is owned in three equal shares bj
himself, Louis Karsch, secretary, i
{Continu?) on p?j? fly?)
TransH Board Saved j
5c Fare, Says Maler
"A year and six months of the
Transit Commission has saved the
five-cent fare. The people of this
town were deluded into thinking
that I intended to impose an
eight-cent fare on them. It was
easy to delude them into this be?
lief, because that had been the
attempt of Commissioner Nixon
for two years, and so when I at
I tempted to substitute a construc?
tive for a destructive program it
was inevitable that I should be
met with that charge.
"I had to r.old my peace while
the people of this town were be?
ing lied to. But now we have had
a year and six months of accom?
plishments. I am now in a posi?
tion to talk, not alone as to what
has been done, but as to what will
be done."?From Governor Mil?
ler's speech at Morris High
School.
Reed Will Win
By 60,000, Is
Missouri View
Canvass Shows Wet Issue,
League of Nations L-and
and German Vote Will
Assure His Re-election
Republicans Aid Senator
Many in Opposing Party
Backing Him ; Opponent's
Campaign Badly Managed
By Carter Field
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 31? Because he is
wet, because he is against the League
of Nations, because Missouri admires
him as a first-class- fighting man, but
most of all because he has said some
kind things about the Germans at
times when the contrary wsb the rule,
Jim Reed is going to be re-elected.
It is not going to be the kind of
election that will take several days
to determine the victor, as was tho
case in hi3 primary fight against
Breckinridge Long. This time it is
going to assume pretty nearly land?
slide proportions.
To go into figures based on very
I carefully compiled ?stimates, fceed's
! majority over R. R. r?rewsfcer, the Re?
publican nominees, is almost certain
to reach 60,000. It may easily go over
100,000. Newspaper estimates printed
in other states that the result here is
going to be close are somewhat sur?
prising when 2-tOrl money on Reed is
freely offered with no takers on the
short side. One. champion of Reed of?
fered to bet even money that the ma?
jority of the Senator would exceed j
50,000, and so far there have been no
takers.
Some confidential calculations made
by some of the most astute politicians
in the state may be of interest. Com?
putations obtained from the same
sources two years ago enabled tha
writer to predict that Missouri would
go for Harding by a large majority?
enough perhaps to pull the Republican
Senatorial candidate through. The
Harding landslide boosted H?e figures,
but the. accuracy of the information
stood out.
Will Lead by 75,000
A canvass of information by the
same persons to-day indicates that
Reed will come down to St. Louis with
a majority, counting everything, in?
cluding Kansas City, of not less than
50,000. In St. Louis he is expected
to add not less than 25,000, which
would make a total majority of
75,000.
As has been stated, the only error
made by the persons making this fore?
cast when they made their estimate
! two years ago was to put the Harding
majority somewhat smaller than it
turned out to be.
In southwestern Missouri, their re
i ports show, Reed will be scratched
j heavily by sore Democrats. This will
i reach its maximum, it is thought, ir
Green County, where the estimates show
that about 1,600 Democrats will refus?;
to vote for Reed and just about half o:
them w?l go the whole length and vot<
for Brewste.r. Offsetting this, som?
j five hundred Republicans will vote fo;
| Reed. The Republicans all over tht
! state who scratch Brewster will nom
of them content themselves with fail
ing to vote for the Republican Sena
torial nominee. They will all vote fo
Reed.
In the southeastern quarter of th
state the same figures show that Ree
will be scratched to the extent of abou
five hundred in each county and th?
about the same number of Republican
' in each county will vte for Reed, thu
giving Reed a net gain owing to th
unwillingness of more than half of th
Democrats to go the whole length <
voting for a Republican.
This is an interesting psychologic)
(Centtnuexi m paso four)
Senator France Spends $43,765
In Campaign for Re-election
From Th? Tribune's Wtuhinoton Bureau
WASHINGTON,; Oct. 31.?Senator
France, of Maryland, Republican, who
is engaged in a hard fight for re-elec?
tion and who also had a fight for re
nomination, reported to the Secretary
of,the* Senate to-<"u?y expenditures in
the primary and in the election cam?
paign of $43,785.87, This 13 the most
! lavish use of money reported to the
j Senate from any state.
Senator France reports primary ex?
penditures of ?12,U70.65. In the elec?
tion campaign expenses in, his behalf
total $30,798.22. The reports to the
Secretary of the Senate do not show
the expenditures by his opponent, W.
Cabell Bruce.
Other reports o? campaign expendi?
tures and receipts, mainly for the cam?
paign for election, have just been filed j
with the Secretary of the Senate !
Senator Lodge'* report ?hows $3,870 ?
in disbursement?; to date, including
primary ?Gd etacsJftfe campaigns, ?
I
Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, for the
election campaign shows disbursements
of ?3,104.52.
Earle B. Mayfield, of Texas, who is
known as the candidate of the Ku-KIux
Klan, reports $15.50 in expenses.
Senator Townsend, of Michigan, who
had primary expenses of over $30,000,
reports $700 expenses in the campaign
for election.
| Including the primaries and the
[campaign for election to date Senator
La Follette's disbursements amount to
$5,974.24.
Senator Sutherland, of West Vir?
ginia, reports election campaign ex?
penses of $220. Senator Gerry, of
Rhode Island, *a,?3?.60, and R. R
Brewster, Republican candidate in Mi*?
sonri against Senator Reed, $560.
Prom New Jersey, Governor Edward*
report? for the eiectio? campaign con?
tributions of *4(470 and ?spenditnrei
of $8*6^?, . _ .
1 ' !? . :
Miller Sees J
Transit Ruin !
Under Smith
Democrat Would Yield
Control to Tammany
in Guise of Municipal
Operation, He Chargea
Denies Intention
To Remove Hylajo
Governor Tells Crowd of
4,000 That Lunn Has
"Flopped" on Dry Issue
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith
proposes to turn over the transil
lines of New York City to Ta?n
many Hall, under the guise of ?a
tablishing municipal operation
which means operation under pa
litical control for private profit
Governor Miller declared last nijr&
at Morris High School in the sec
ond of his local campaign speechei
The Governor added that he b?
lieved, as far as tho people of tW?
city are concerned, that is the dorn
inant issue.
At the same time, making hfa
first reference to the persistent!;
circulated rumor that if he wen
re - elected he would remove
Mayor Hylan from office, the Gw
ernor assured hia hearers that 1m
was too firm an advocate of hoi?
rule ever to violate the principle tka
the people of a locality shouid cor
rect their own political mistakes, aw
remarked that in any case, in vie?
of the relations existing between th
Democratic candidate and the Mayoi
he could not see why anybody shoul?
think that Mayor Hylan was an;
safer in Mr, Smith's hands than, ii
his own.
Commission's Fate at Stake
"Do the people of this town wan
the work of the Transit Commissi?
to continue, or to stop?" he ask??
"The Democratic candidate proposes t
stop it; not only to ?top it but to 4t
stroy it. He proposes to repeal whs
he calls the Miller transit legislator
to wipe out the commision and to tur
over thfc transit line** of the City c
! WSbw Yjrek to Tamiftsay~Ha!l. Do *?
.leopiiBr o? this town ?want that done
! They fc.;jTS had plenty of obj?ct is?
sons of'.;-io-cailcd municipal operation
which means operation for polit ea
control for private profit. They haV
had it in their dock system, wher
ship docks have been leased for almos
nominal sums to favored politicians;-**
be sub-let at inordinate rentals, im
posing wharfage charges so excesitt
as to drive shipping away from th
Port of New York.
"The earnings from the city dock*
turned into the city treasury are i
more bagatelle; the earnings turnet
into private pockets reach into the mil
lions upon millions. The people hav?
seen it in their public markets, in th?
exploitation by private individuals ?;
the license privileges, the license mon
ey going into private pockets inntea<
of into the city treasury. They hav<
seen what municipal operation meen;
in the operation of the buss**. D<
they want that system, which,if note?
titled to a worse characterization, hai
at least been a part and parcel of i
political machine, extended to their en
tire transit svstem?
7,000.009 Passenger? Involved
''Do the people of this town wish tka
40,000 employees of the transit sys?
tems turned over for exploitation,
either to - the Mayor or to Tamma* ?' .
Hall, or by an unholy combination of
the two? Stop and reflect that this in?
volves the comfort, the safety, the very
*ives of 7,000,000 pastengers a day.
Does the Democratic candidate 3iand
for that proposition or is that plans,
like the beer plank, intended only "to
get in on? The people of this town are
entitled to an answer to that question
before they vote, and in the last anal?
ysis, particularly in view of the his?
tory of the last four years, I conceive
that to be the dominant issue so far a*
affects the people of this city. 1 con?
ceive that the dominant issue is wheth?
er the whole transit system of this city
is to be made part and parcel 'of a polit?
ical machine."
Mr. Smith announced with a blare
of trumpets that ho was going to de?
vote the week to a discussion of HA?
transit problem, Governor Miiler con?
tinued, but the only visible reference
to the subject in his first speech was
a repetition of the time-worn charge
that the Republican candidate has
served the interests, while the Demo?
cratic pominee served the people.
"Let us examine that with refereh??
to transit," said the Governor. Bm
then outlined the Transit Comnws
i sion's record of close supervision and
?control of the transit corporations'is
. compared with the friendly treatment.
the same corporations received whii?
Mr Smith was in office.
"He gave this town Lewis Nixon and
John t'C.ar.ey as two state ?.gents
clothed with state authority, creawsi
by the Legislature at his request, to
deal with the transit problem, was
that in the interest of home ful&?
Was it in the interest of the peel*,
or was it in the interest of th? ra|
porction. 4By your fruits ye shall ..??
? judged.' What did his Public Servia
Commissioner do?
< Nixon Increased Fan?
. "???3 first official act was to advoeatt
i an increased fare. By order he p?r?
? mitted over 1,700 free transfer points
to he abolished. By like order he per
, mitted an extra charge of two cents to
ibe made at over 270 other points. Was
that in the interest of the corporation?
or in the interest of the people? He
undertook to establish a zoning system
?1 fares in this city, where its vary
life, the removal of congested cent??
with their various aoeiai problems,vt*e
rroper development of the city, th?
Wilding up of outlying sections, 4?S*
increase in real estate values to caftry
the Increasing tax burdens of this city,
depended, not tigton creating zones, hat
in establishing one son? of fares, that
xone to be bounded by th? boundaries
?i the city within which everybody
?ball be carried, not for two farest??*
throe fare? or four fares, but for oft*
tare wherever they wish t* go.
"It is true that Commissioner Nisfta
i ?id sot ?ai twy ??? la Ma se&uui