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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1920.
.IHAYS GIVES PROOF
OF COX PERVERSION
Repeats His Testimony Know
ing; That Tentative Quotas
WWf Fixed.
NKVEB DENIED THAT FACT
of Deliberate Falsehood
Met by Chainnan.
! hottvem Ptrk place and avenue
aLatli.llK.
llr Million orehUIent of tlie Amlr
stinted, innOtHWi lat nlM that ho WlU
call upon Mayor Hylen early this morn
ing with a view to reopsnlng the WffoU
tlonK for a settlement of tlio strike.
Wt public itattMMMit on lli fitrlke situ
ation wan tho first he li mailn since
the troublo stnrtet eight rtiiyH ngo. It
vnn given out at the Continental HoUl
ennii after Ma arrlviil from Detroit,
v ...-Mi th national headuuarteie of UM
union la altuated.
tntea'e Ilea tiiVM '" VtoWfc
1 llr. Mahon'a atetrment la ah follows:
"W are not Mere to vilify .Judge
Mayor or to abuse the receiver, Ull
Xrlit yrrrUry t Democratic Nominee's Charge
represent the court, which always, liai .
my reapert. My year of experience With
afreet railway affaire have toug-ht me to I
know of tho many difficultly and trying-J
jioeiuona mai uoin mo court ana re-j
celver must fu- In handling roads un-
der tiuph clrcumatanoea. fhaliinan Hnjs of the Republican Na
The court nccejjigrlly muat represent tlonnl Cin.mlttne laid bare yesterday the
II partlea and you cm reel aanured that , recklessness r ,no ntemnta o( Gov.
those who have criticised the court In;,,
.ix wuer renewing uie latiers .wn
waulreo speech of Saturday he produced
hH ttttinOBr before the Senate investl
gatlng committee ro that it could ho
ixmjred with what I'ox charged him
wkli having said.
"Thtsc ura the farU," tli chairman
de.-lared. "Let the public Judge a to
tlie truth or fnlslty of Cov. Cox's gOOtt
aation. It has the name roeklees Irre
aponilbllity an hla claim of H ft, On, 000.
Furtrrr comment on the reliability of
hla atatfiiipnts la t.r necessary." In IiIk
interne nt the chairman also said:
"According to the jmhllc reports, f!ov.
'ox jecterday made the following accu
sation niainst M personally:
"'I charge that Will IL tlaya perpe
trated n dolilii i:te Cklgehood when he
said under otlh that there were no
Muotas '
"In my wrliten statement read to the
Senate oomn itleo on August 30 In
Chicago I said :
'"Tentative quttaa were fixed by the
treasurer's office, all tentative and
rather an a eroal. always high, of course,
for the particular State to drive for,
and changing constantly.
" 'At different periods different quotas
have been suggested by the treasurer's
office as tfi tiMlve goals In different
States, and the State lomniittees them-j
thla rase were not sneaking for tne
tho Amalgamated Aaeoclatlon of Street
and ICIectrlo Hallway Kmployees,
"In such negotiations, If any, as will
take place1 I shall personally represent
the Atnalgainaied Association and its
policy.
"This is an Important state of affairs.
Eleven thousand men and their families
aret affected. The great riding public U
discommoded and Inconvenienced nnd
the company's cars are practirally at n
Standstill,
"It Is no time to permit anything for
Un to the ibsuo at stake to Interfere
With a Just' nnd IPSldV settlement, and
J tnko thin moans of gpncillng to tho
rou.-t, the receiver, the prtM and tho
puftllc to util'e In bringing the Interested
partieM together and establishing pcrmo
iicnt peace,"
Truck Drlirr Held for Homicide
Tlie motor truck that caufed the fatal
riaeh arrived here from Michigan on
Friday. According to the police, the
driver had neither a New York State
license, a driver's license nor a permit
to operato a commercial bus. Ho was
being heM last night In the Kalph ave
nue police station on charges of homi
cide and reekleea driving. He described
himself as Alter Rubin, a Itwsslan, 2S
years old, carpenter, of 2tZ' Industrial
avenue. Mint, Mich.
According to Detectives Thornton and
rarrlngtoii, who interviewed many wit.
I.esees lo the accident, Iluhln's truck,
ihieh he had converted into a bus for
the purpose of catching fnres as long
as the strike ehould last, was operating
on Hrnaduay, Rrooklyn, o.i its way from
Jfaihatlan via the Williamsburg Bridge.
At the corner of Pilling street, while
running nt high speed, It swerved to
avoid collision with two other vehicles
and mounted the sidewalk. Kubln, It
was said, Jumped to save himself. The
vehicle, with its passengers, i raahed
through the plate jrlass window Oil the
Broadway side of the store of B, Kramer
at 1785 Broadway, tore through the
place, wrecking It, and smashed Its way
out through another window on the
rim ig street side.
The vnttl.itA tlin rivrl nrrie.l It ir.a
found that Peter Srlinellcr, IT years old. I
ot tit Jefferson street. Brooklyn, who
had been riding on the scat with Rubin
had been killed almost Instantly by
ahafi." of plate glass, which pierced his
body In eeveral places.
William Reyer, RIS. of :4 Jefferson
treet, suffered a fracture of the skull.
Ho died In Uuehwick Hospital.
Benjamin Baumetein 'of 30 Qoerck
atreet, Manhattan, received lacerations
and a possible fracture of the light fore
arm. Maurice I-Yledhoffer. ISH Christopher
afreet, Manhattan: Philip Ooldeteln,
South First street, Brooklyn ; Martin
;roppe, 304 Ptanhope street, Brooklyn;
Jlyman Htrober. 120 Kenmare street,
Manhattan ; Samuel ruche, 14 Columbia
atreet, Brooklyn, and Oussle Freeman
of East Broadway, Manhattan, all had
lacerations and severe contusions,
Btrlko leaders announced at their
Wleetlng last night that the union will
hare 500 buses In ope-.v.lon on the main
thoioiighf.tros of the borough to-morrow
mornlnpr carrying passengers for a Ave
cent fare, thus competing with the com
pany. Woman Victim In Hospital. ,
Another passenger taken to a hospital
yesterday as the result of a collision be
tween abimand another vehicle was, Mr.
Cella Ciendel of 1 353 Clinton avenue.
The Bronx. Several of her rib were
fractured through contact with the pole
of a truck while she was riding In tho
us at Broadway and Grove street,
BronWIvn
Despite the fad that only the lirigh-1 on tne trlp' Qln" ''""'
ton elevated and Smith street surface 1 rpcclve tne runt' CfntrJ ( ommlttse
lines were running to Coney Island ves- ' the St. Paul Hole and start bae
terday. It was estimated that abouflOv". M,arl" at " ' m' U ,r' tHv
c:,.T,;:darCd l rCSrt ta Tirwert'naySmonrJn'th.t
CMan;ofhthper.ons went to Kings!"-- VTlK
Highway and to Bay Parkway via the "( lh" .nt V"" to" Harding re
Boa Beach and the West End Unea and L2S on the road suAclenflv im
rode by hua to the Island from those rcPtl0" ? '1 "Sv UeJ 1 mav be that a
points The Smith atreet service K'Ct vV JVllf be a
discontinued at a :W P. .. but the ' to begin about the latter part
operate through the night. To-day's
chedule of operations calls for repeti
tion of yesterday's service.
Th rc were many calls for President
Lisbon at the meet.ng of the strikers at
Palm Garden, East New York, last night,
but that otll.ial did not appear at the
fathering, Charles Solomon, the ousted
MAINE WOMAN VOTE
PUZZLES ROOSEVELT
Believes, However, Democrat
Hold Majority.
Boston, 8cpL S. The enfranchlae-
ment of women "has cnused extreme coil
fusion" in Maine, where State officers
will bo elected on September 11, accord
ing to Franklin l. Roosevelt. Iemo
erotic candidate for Vice-President, who
passed through this city to-day on hla
way to New VorU city after campaign
ing In that State.
"On my return from three daya In
Maine," .Mr. Rooaevalt said In a state
ment, "J And it Impossible to make any
estimate of the situation. Tha passage
of the Nineteenth Amendment, giving
wnmeji tlie vote, lias caused extreme
(onfuslon, not only in the country die
trlcts but also In tho cities in Maine.
No one lias any idea as to tha site of
the women's registration, let alone the.
size of the netful women's vote on Sep
tember 13.
"I feel very strongly that if all the
women's votes In Maine could be polled
a majority of them would favor the
1 'emocrntlc ticket. They sl.ov tht same
tendency to cast their ballots In favor
of a delnita and iermarent peaco o.s
I hey do In other sections of the country.
"I did. however, run across more
loose campaign talk hi Maine tfcM any
where else so fir. For Instance, tha
It. publicans are toliig around from
house to house circulating tho Btory
sent to fight In Poland under the League
cf Nations. This Is simply an example
of the straits to which the opposition I
driven for Campaign material.
HOW COX PROFITED
IN DAYTON GAS DEAL
Perfeetly Loffiil, hut Still It
Cost llim Gubernatorial
Eleetlon Baek In 1914.
POINT IX ETHICS RAISED
City Not Hurt, but Critics Felt
He 8honld Have Acted With
out Any Fee.
Du a Htal! Corrtupoiutttt of Tub Bin and Naw
Voxk Kbui 11.
Oatton, Ohio, Bept. O.-In 1:1s home
city Jcrres M. Cox ts known as a sllcfc
performer. Th Hon. Jimmy haa been
a moneymaker and In a comparatively
few years has mired himself from pov
erty to affluer.ee. ao that persons who
love to talk In millions flguro that he
muat oe worth two of them at least.
TWO WOMEN SLATED
AS G. 0. P. ELECTORS
Likely to Be Chosen To-morrow
in the 12th ami 1 tth
y Districts.
seive., nave fixed different quotaa. j JJjpjJjJg the lift of PragWantltl Blootori
Those, as above suggested, are changing I gT 'Nw York statr ,hp committee
onstantiy. and always, or course, wei.
made very much higher than either nec
essary or anticipated.
" 'The fac' Is. the quotas meant little.
Furthornore whatever may haVi been
Suggest td as quotas by overzealous so
licitors In tl elr enthusiasm In different
localities, the fact remains that a cer
tain amount was believed necessary, and
the budget above referred to was Indi
cated therefor, which Is U."T9,0!l7.;i for
the use of tha National Committee,
When this amount was fixed as the
budget, that became the sum fixed for
the treasurer t" reach, and the purpose
bacaav definite. -The fact at all times
remain! that the treasurer is driving to
Collect eroufrh and no more than enough
to meet thoneer ssary expenses estimated
:o lie somet iliur in excels of 3. 000,000.' "
FINDS HARDING IS
TRUE TO ALLIES
;n example of what the Dooule of
hat Canadian troop are about to i beUanon me(ln thfy
morj or Ices Bcm'lWt'On or Jimmy Cox'a
ability to turn a financial deal to Ills
own account is wlat is known na the
'Dayton gas r.tal'' It reveals him ns
the lioldor of public office who was not
ADOV6 going nfter and receiving n hand
some profit tlnough merger ot public
iftillly coiporatlons.
Tho mcrey he k'ul for engineering a
connolldatlon of the city's two gas com
panies, U plctuied ns the foundation upon
which he built his prenent fortune. It
was his first "bis money." How much
It amounted to is not a matter of record
and has never btetj revealed by Jlr. Cox.
It la doubtful if anybody now alive
knows the the scctM except himself and
he has r.ot told It beyond admitting he
was "paid, and well paid" for his ser
vices in supplying Dayton with ta. benof
icent m'.nopoly.
Tho Dayton ess deal was effected
when Cox was a member of the House
of Representatives. In brief, he and
his "associates" their Identities are
another my.stery ot an option on one
of the gas companies and . fie. wi its
sale to tne other. In the process a
third company was formed, for Ohio,
like many other State, has an anti-
I trust law. The resulting combination
i censed In time to deal In manufactured
Following lhe meeting of the Republi
can State rommlttee to-morrow nigm iw
handling the Interests of the htaie nchei
selected at the unofficial convention In
Saratoga will hold a reception in uir
Republican club. This reception, which i
will be for members or the State Com-,
mlttee and members of the "preferred" j
ticket, will be attended by former ,Tude:c
Nathan U Miller, selected as the choice
the convention for the nomination mr
overr.or : United mates Bcnmior j.i""
ii ii- . ... .r, T. ml .thorn
Under tha Uw the Hte Committee f' ' " hut
must appoint tl Presidential Electors. I'-oduct flow, into the Home, of this
but It accepts the recommendation of CJ'
the representatives of the Congress die-1 Mr. ( ox violated no statute. 1 never
trlcts There la one for each district '!4 b 'barged that ho did. J"he
and two at larue. -piestion involved Is the moral delicacy
All except ten were cnosen In Sara- U inan who aspires to be rresl
toga. but the list has not hitherto been Jt and who. while an Occupant of
.... m.. Dl lar.e nr. litis TUbllC Otll.e ailll tile editor of il I.eWS-
If. Cutler of Buffarn and Virginia l
tONliiii-iI .o.n rjt I'agt.
as to ttl undue effect upon American
rights and Interests."
Second, that Senator Harding lias not
favored and does not favor a "separate
peace' with Germany."
The Republican candidate enters to
morrow upon a week which may have
momentous consequences. He speaks
to-morrow In Lincoln Park as the guest
of the labor unions, nnd tho uddrcs he
has prepared for theni rovers very im
portant phases of labor's attitude and
labor's demands.
On Tuesday, however, he embarks
upon a different kind of p0lltlc.1l ex
perience. He takes to the road. He
will get out In the open and thousands
will have the opportunity to sec him
and hear him and draw their own con
clualons. At T:J0 A. M. a special
train will carry him from Marlon to
V'ort Shcriilnn, near Chicago, and then
tq the Minnesota State Fair Grounds,
between Minneapolis and St. Paul.
At Fort Sheridan he will pay a brief
visit to Gen. Leonard Wood. After a
stop at the Lincoln Club in Minneapolis,
where he will not make a speerlj, Tlie
Slate fair address being the orlT- one
of September, so that the people 01
many sections of the country may re
allie their desire to "look him over."
IVelffht of Opinion.
It Is no special secret that a keen dif
ference of opinion has existod anion;
I tne Senator's friends as to me auvisauo-
i .. . - , ....i nlllllrv but it
poeutuat Assemblyman, was elected an J " itated that tht weight of opinion
honorary" member of the Amalgamated c"n ZXm2t hire ii distinctly for lilm
Association, after he had delivered a countered here a d,B""'y tenU
radtcal address. Strike who tried to ! to fX "t "EE? ilSSton one that
raise their voices In protest against hav- I "vo tour ta ""f"0""1 o"'" toe
ut euw:iiou were nuiCKiy snui -" . j , vi. In
np by the rowdy radicals
In his effort to work upon the emo
.Ions ot the strikers. Solomon yelled :
Tlwirn is a dome
the border States, especially In Ken
ini.1111 and Tennessee, where the He-
"Tho B. Tt. T. will not dare to send any publicans have a grand chance to win
rars out to-morrow, gvhen we have I the United mbics " V
J00.000 determined men marching the I the electoral votes. Then, too. t.iere
etreots In the Labor Day parade " ' are urgent calls from tho Northwest.
v ! whera Bonie unrest In Republican ranks
fJ?I?M?J?. ' i .,0 K..n noted.
Friday. September 10. will.be the day
of the colored brother. Hundreds, prob
ably thousands of him. will flock to
Marion to greet Senator Harding. Col
ored Republican clubs from 'all over
Ohio have booked emow room on m
On .saturuay mere win
llaron of Westbury, The district Elec
tors chosen, with the exception of two
who have been obliged to decline because
they are directors of national banks are :
nut.
1 Charles A. Davids, Ilaysble.
c.lUiert It. Voorbeeo, Corona.
.v-Alfrert K. Vasa, Brooklm.
ft Clarence B. Smith. Brooklyn.
H-James C, Pranelaeanl, hrooklya,
!rorr II. Itelrheit.
ItAntanlO I 'slesKiii'lro. Msnhat'au.
ir. Herman W, Beyer, Manhattan.
17 .tales 8. itself, Manhattan.
Is-William C. Ile.ht. Jr.. Manhattan.
8p Benjamin Sell art,
t) CHIn J. --.;!... 1 . Manhattan.
85 Jon n vfynna, nr.l Weodyarest sr., Man
hattan. 2' Edwin O, Holier, Mount Klueo.
la Benjamin B, (Well, Newburgh.
117-Martln Cantlne. sangertlcs.
IR-f'rank V. McCarthy. Tro .
:t l'rank B. Twining, Troy.
SO W. IiarWow lun!ap. Amsterdam.
.H-lrving H. Orlswold, Plattsburg.
tl John D. Hlgfflns, ('ego.
n.'t Prrcy t'. Thomas. Borne.
Leonard A. Hater, Syracuse.
ST Samuel P. urdi. Hhaea.
--ilenrse D. B. Bonhrlght, rtoehester.
tut .Ernest L, Woodward Le lto.v.
4o-Kdward B. Hnlmea, Buffalo.
41 Herbert K. Crouch, Buffalo.
42 Herbert H. SIon, i;olllns Center.
tJ- Edw ard U Allen, Jamestown.
To-morrow night the State committee
will officially put the stamp of approval
on electors trom the Third, Fourth, Sev
enth and Tenth districts in Brooklyn :
the Twelfth. Fourteenth, Sixteenth,
Nineteenth and Twenty-first in Manhat
tan and the Thirty-fourth and the Thirty-sixth
uii state. Also tho Eleventh,
which Is partly in Richmond and partly
In Manhattan. Mrs. John T. Pratt, who
is the vice-chairman of the ways and
means committee of the National Com
mittee, is lo represent the last naned
dlBtrlct. Women are practically certain
to be chosen In the Twelfth and Four
teenth. Val J. Hahn, district leader,
probably will irepreseiu the Twenty-first.
paper, dipped his hands into rtihlie
utilities and pulled them out dr.pping
with mono
Dayton are correct, Mr. Cox utilised
three officers of one of the gaa com
panies men who were supposed to be
lepreaentlngt the atockholdera of the
company. When the deal was completed
those men received their sharo of the
reward, but when the exposure came
tnese men returned the reward which
bad been given to them by Gov. Cox
and hla asaoclates.
' " 'Despite these facts,' Gov. Cox says,
'I did make thla deal. I was well paid
for It, and If I were a private cltlaen I
would do it again.' He says in effect,
'If I again had tha opportunity I would
unload upon the common people Just as
much of tho watered stock aa It Is pos
sible for me to unload In order that I
may he well paid for effecting a com
bination, a monopoly.' "
So much for atump speeches in a
florid campaign. 1,. 1 us turn to the
court record that Willis mentioned.
It lajn the files of tho Court of Com
mon PTeua of Montgomery county. It
Is the record of an abandoned suit. It Is
still In- tho court houso, although an
other record more personally relating to
tlov. Cox haa flown away It and a
letter written by Cox telling tho story
of the "Dayton gas deal" and of Cox's
part In It.
Cox and Platform at Variance.
The year was 19TW and Cox wns In
Congress. On the platform and In his
newspaper he was lambasting the "In
terests" and "big business," and on
the side was putting over ono of tho
biggest "business propositions" Dayton
had known up to that time.
Dayton had two gas companies. One
was the Dayton C.as Light and Coital
. ompany. 11 uiscnuuieu mmiuiitiiuivu
gas. The other was tho Dayton Gas and
Fuel Company, distributing natural gas.
The artificial as company, whoso rate
was something like eighty cents a thou
sand feet, long had sought to buy out
Its competitor, which sold gas at about
thirty cents. The natural gas company
was owned largely by the Urieo CBtate,
For a long time It refused to sell. Cox
saw a chance to get the thing through
and make a handsome prolt for himself.
On January 7, 1910, ho wrote a letter to
R. 11. Dickey, president of tho Dayton
Gas Light and Coke Company, tho pro
spective purchaser, tolling of his success
as a negotiator. The letter was signed
"James M. Cox and Associates."
"By reason of an Intimate acquaint
ance with Mr. Brlee. representing the
Hrlce estate, and Mr. Beckman of the
Thomas estate." the letter said, "we
finally secured an agreeincut from the
owners of the Dayton Oag and Fuel
Company to sell, and ns evidence of good
faith we insisted that this option agree
ment be executed in your Mr. Hooper's
name as well as in the name of Mr.
Cox.
"The proposition to e may have to
hn modified upon the advice of our at
torneys so that a consolidation under a
new name can be consummated to bring
the plan within the scope of the Ohio
statutes, but this will not Interfere with
the main idea of uniting the properties."
The letter then suggested the plan or
bringing about the combination, which
was substantially the one adopted. The
new company was to be called tho Day
ton (3 a Company, with a capitalization
Of 11,000,000, twice that of toe two old
companies. Of the capital stock 2,000.
000 would be 6 per cent, cumulative pre
ferred and $li "00, 000 common.
dotting; Deal "Within the Law."
So much for the letter indicating the
Ileal Defeated Hint In 1014.
It is all a question of the fineness of
the man's character, and of It the public
Is the best Judge. It is noteworthy that
in the only campaign In which the
"layton gas sleal" was used promi-
n ntly on the ftump against him he was
defeated. That was in 1 91 4. when
Frank R Willis was elected Governor.
Mr. Willis talked "gas" from end to
end of the State.
This was Mr. Cox's reply : "The ar
rangement was negotiated by me as a
private cltlaen and everybody In Day
ton knew my connection. It waa a
purely business proposition for which 1
was paid, and well paid, and everybody
who knows anything about the matter
knows it was open and nboveboard and
there la nothing questionable In tlu
transaction. If the same thing came
efore m in my private capacity aguin
I would do again just as I did then."
"Private citlien. indeed !" retorted
Frank Willis, speaking in Cojumbus on
Oitober :i. 1!" 14, adding: "By the Day
ton gas deal Mr. Cot and his associates i
rrofited half a million dollars in watered
stock upon which the people of that city,
the consumers of gas, must pay divi
dends now and forever. Ho claims he
did It as a private citizen, but he cannot
d'ny that he was at that time a mem
ber of Congress representing the people
of his district. If the court records at
advisability of forming a new company
to take care of the merger, "to bring lhe
plan within the scope of the Ohio stat
utes." Now for tluucourt record, it is that
of the civil suit of the Dayton Una Com
pany against Harr'.e Q
tloned in the Cox let!
In the negotiations Cox nnd his aesool
atea were Informed by counsel that tlm
union could he effected bv a transfer to
a new corporation, which then tfbuhl be
consolidated with the Dayton uas Mini
and Coko Company. It was at this
stage that Cox wrote the lettor to Mr.
Dickey, heretofore quoted,
Thla plan being ratified, tha new
company wns formed. It was called the
Dayton Mineral C.aa Company. Cox
and his asaoclatea transferred to it their
option, and agreement of consolida
tion was ratlfled by the stockholders on
February 4, 1910.
Stock for Cox nnd Associates.
itv 111 f.rm. S .nninlM, linn there
was set aside to bo given to Cox and hla '
associates, holding and owning the op- I
tlon, 92S ahares of preferred and 4,4140
of common stock. For the gtockholders
of the Dayton Oaa Light and Coke Com- I
pany there were set aside 16,800 pre- 1
ferred and 1,(60 common. The rest re- 1
malned In the treasury. Then came the i
grand roundup with all three companies
merged In the Dayton Oaa. Company.
The petition continues: .
"On the Hnal union of tho two com-
panles 125 ahares ot preferred and 4,640
shnrcs of tho common stock of this com
pony were Issued by the direction of the
company, and at the tlmo for such lusuo :
neither tho board of directors of thla
company nor tlie stockholders knew to
whom the alovo certificates were ao- j
tually going beyond the fact that It
waa generally known that Mr. Cox and
associates would receive them 'all. As
a matter of fact only one-half of tho
above stocK was ttelivcrcu 10 mr. vu
and his associate."
All this stock, according to lhe peti
tion, was issued to "Hanley & Hooper"
ns trustees for the stockholders. Han- '
ley was the late K. W. Hanley, Demo- 1
cratlc leader of Montgomery county, ,
Cox'a political mentor, but eventually ,
his enemy, he charging Cox with break
Ing faith In supporting Atlee Pomerene
Inatead of Hanley for the 1'nitcd States
Somite.
Tho half of the slorl; which Cox and
his associates did not got, the petition
says, was dollvcrod Indorsed by Hanley
and Hooper ns trustees to Hooper.
Hooper, it was charged, then trans
ferred 200 or more of the preferred
and 1,006 of the common to two direc
tors of tho Dayton Gas Light and Coke
Company, who, according to the com
plaint, "were In the scheme with him to
make a secret profit out of the transac
tion." "The plaintiff avers," the petition con
tlnMpH, "that at no time did Mr. Hooper
or anyone else Inform the board of di
rectors that he had or would claim an
interest In the option given in the name
Of Mr. Cox and himself.
"When the contra, t to consolidate was
considered by the stockholders of the
Dayton (las Light and Coke Company
on February 15, 1910, no communica
tion or Information of any kind was con
veyed to the stockholders that two of
their directors, members of the executive
committee, and their comptroller and as
sistant secretary were in a secret ar
rangement to take over one-half of the
entire bonua to be paid for the natural
gaa company, thus doubling the prige of
the bonus."
Two Directors Iteturn Stock.
Mahon, claimed from Hooper 16 pre
ferred and 151 common sharea and ac
counting of other stock "which he may
have sold or transferred." On the same
day the potlllon was filed, February It,
1912, the court granted a temporary re
straining order, but. the caae speedily
wag settled out of court. The final en
try In the official records, dated Feb
ruary 28, 1912. Is "Ihlx as Is thus
settled and dismissed without record,
costs paid."
It has been asserted nnd .believed In
some quarters that the combination
wrougiil by Mr. Cox Increased the cost
of gas to the peoplo of Dayton. Inves
tigation does not bear thla out, for a
long time after the merger gas continued
to sell at 30 cents. It haH risen now
to S44 cents, during a period In which
most qther gas companies of the coun
try have been forced to go up also.
Very Ilkoly the combination haa been a
good thing for Dayton. But that is not
the question as regards Mr. Cox.
The question asked la "Why didn't
Cox, if he thought he saw a chance to
do Dayton a good turn by cutting out
competition In gaa, exert himself with
out pay for the common good?" This
might bo too much to expect of an or
dinary man, but Mr. Cox is not ordinary.
Do la now running for tho Presidency
of the United States.
fox May Speak nt Cox's Corners.
Gov. Cox has been invited to speak at
the dedication of a monument at Cox's
Comoro, N. j., which la to. mark the
home of tho first Cox settlers in Amer
ica. The iiute will be fixed to suit his
convenience. "
CAKES OF ARABY
To bake cakes, the Arabs
first kindle a fire in a stone
pitcher.
Then they daub a thick batter
upon the outside of the
pitcher.
The batter spreads and bakes;
and when the crude cakes
come off, the Arabs eat them
with relish.
But then, they have never
tasted the delicious cakes
baked on the tempered steel
griddles at CHILDS.
Wheal r comm.. I cal.
with delltktf.1 btt.r "
ataple-rlarored srnip
The petition remarks that Cox and
his associates, who had got the option,
were not connected with the Dayton Oas
Light and Coko Company, and "were
entitled to make their own price for the
properly." Regarding the other half
of the stock that Cox and associates
were aupposed to get, the record con
tinues :
"While rumors were ufloat, nothing
wa.s known of the above facts until re-
Hooper, men- rently. and upon tho company's bcrom-
ss your Mr. 1 ing aware or the situation tne two ni
Hooper." the object of tlie suit heing an j rectors returned to the company 204
amounting and transfer of stock. The .shares of the preferred stock and 1,056
plaintiff's petition was filed on l'ebru- of Its common, which they had received
ary 13, 1912. It aays that after the out of the stock transfer to Mr. Hoo
Dayton Gas Light and Coke Company pr."
failed to purchase or consolidate with I The value of the preferred stock at
tlie Dayton lias and Fuel Company ; the time of the transaction is given as
James M. Cox undertook to got an op
tlon on the plant, sell it to the Dayton
lias LiKlit and Coke Company and
merge the two plants. The Dayton Has
and fuel Company nnally offered to Mr.
Cox the option, agreeing to take its pay
In bonds secured by mory;aiies on both
plants.
To prevent the optl.-n given to "James
SI. cox anil ins associates wing "sen ; , . . ,
otherwise than to promote (he union of Preferred and from
the companies, the petition sa.i s, the op
tion was given to Cox In his name and
that of Harrie ii. Hooper. Hooper was
comptroller and nssistant secretary of
tho Dayton Gas Light and Coke Com
pany at $3.60il a year; also a director.
Hooper was not one of Cox's associates.
The directors, tho petition says, believed
h was acting for the company.
The price to be paid for the plant of
the Dayton Gaa and fuel Company un
der the option agreement was Sl.OuO.flOO.
$80 ;i share and of the common stock
$15, the par of each being $100. The
plnlntlff company figured that Hooper
had attempted to make a secret profit
of about $70,000 for himself and two
directors ot the old company. The
merger was successful and the value of I
the shares when the suit was started
In 1912 had risen to 93 or 100 for the
6S to 7a for the
common. The share of Cox and his as
sociates Is not estimated In the peti
tion. It would be about $78,000, based
on the value of the stock at the time of
the merger, and $220,000 at tho time
the lawsuit was started, assuming "Cox
and his associates" held on to their
stock nnd that they actually got only
half the stock It w-as purposed giving to
them.
In the auit the Dayton Oas Company,
through Its attorneys, McMahon & Mc-
iM from Illinois and trom ancniaan. mm w
.CW I ,. , , r. n,1.1rRR for h'JSl-
;-cnaior win ioii.
ness men on this occasion.
ERIE TRAIN CREWS
IN JERSEY CITY OUIT
25y0,000 TELE
PHONES -Not
counting Pav
ri.x! . 1 TIif.Kn lfcWfl.
aiailOnS Or DranCneS,, H..!.Y,Hons from northern Indiana
And hundreds of these New
York telephones are now keot
buzzing by returning home
comers to arrange for prompt
Ice service. The Knickerbocker
Ice Company, with its capacity
of 3,000 tons daily and its won
derful delivery system, is usu
ally able to answer "hurry calls"
t once, and always to begin
regular service "tomorrow."
Th new (tltphont book Man too thick
to be punchrd for hanging. For conven
ience, litt the ."nickerbocker Ice Com
JJfj' ryo"' Brooklyn, Sertns
Knickerbocker
ICE
4 Company
Renewal of Outlaw Troubles
on Road Feared.
Two Erie freight train crews quit ineir
1ohs in the Erie yards near the Jersey-
City terminal last night. It was said that
"outlaw'' striker
BRYAN AT CAPITAL.
SILENT ON COX
"Dry" Work Expected to Oc
cupy His Time.
Sprcial !o Till Bin axd New Voai HgtUI
Washington, Sopt. 5. V.illiam Jen
nings Brytvn, formerly Secretary of
Htate, came bock to-day to look over
his old haunts here for a few days.
' Mr. Bryu greeted reporters with the
statement that he had nothing to say
about national politics, n position which
added weight to hla confirmed aversion
to Gov. Cox. the Democratic nominee.
It was recalled that Mr. Bryan is not
one of those who feel that the League of
Nations, as Mr. Wilson wrote It, must
prevail, or the heart of the world be
crushed and mangled, and therefore has
nothing In common with tho nominee ex
cept the name of being a Democrat.
Mr. Bryan's friends say that It will
be impossible for him to work for the
election of Gov. Cox. as he had utterly
damned the Governor some time before
the Democratic convention, because Mr.
Bryan regards Gov. Cox as the "residu
ary legatee" of all the wet candidates
and Interests.
Tlie real purpose of llr. Bryan's visit
here, It Is believed, Is to confer with of
ficials of the Anti-Saloon League In con
nection with the fifteenth International
congress against alcoholism, to be held
here this month.
IRISH WOMEN PRESS
MORE PIER STRIKES
Pickets Address Longshore
men at Hob ok en.
m
An ttfi'trMscmcsf Is la Lett ad
found eehimss THE BUS AXD SBW
The. Irish women pickets who caused'
Or!'..- nt lnnff.tlnr.ninn nn.L-lnB w& I
Who OjUlt last April. r,ir. n Rrltlnh lines in Minhoi.. ...X
or their sympathiser, Induced the crewg Br0()Kyn m0ved over to Hoboken yes- I
to leave their Jobs. , tcrday and addressed a meeting of L00 I
Fearing a possible outbres-K "iPer workers at the Lamport and Holt
violence cnier or i-oucs mcnara ni-1 cocm at Fifteenth street. Miss M. A
tirsby detailed six policemen to the xtenn, tho principal speaker, told the
freight yards and six to the Croxton longshoremen that they would be ac
yards of the Erie road at Tonnei ve-1 compllshlng a double purpose In refue
nue, Jersey City. ;ng to load British ships.
The railroad's detectives, anticipating I yirst, rho said, they could bring Eng
trouble after the t-o cre ws walked out, j '-nrl to her knees and release the hold
appealed to Chief Battersby, who took ,,f Britain on IroUnd. and in the second
the precautionary measures. pjp they could reduce the cost of liv-
RopotTta were current that members ' tn this country by keeping here the
of the "outlaws" are going through , enormous stores of food shirred abroad,
freight yards asking workers to leave: After tha motlng Miss Keena said a
their Jobs. It Is feared that a renewal :t f Rs meeting would be held to-morrow
of lhe trouble that attended last April'tl , morning at '.he Lamport end Holt "ters
railroad strike U -brewing, and tae and also at the Cunard piers In Wee-
. -mr 1 .niiiutiu mi1'1" m ' mt . nu - 1 m v ix- '. mani s ici n ill 11 pjfsai
rOXJf BBRALD ere real yestieiHtg I police are keeping vigilant eye on all I hawken. Bhe predicted that wotft a'
0 receWleg year lest yregtrty. 1 freight yard. ' I both places would be tied up.
Welcome Home, Folks
Fipm Seashore, Wood and Mountain
THOUSANDS of families have returned or
are now returning from vacations and are
busy with fall and winter housekeeping plans.
One way to start the season right is to
Order From Your Regular Dealer
For Delivery Every Day
WARD'S
MOTHER HUBBARD
BREAD
MOTHER HUBBARD js a milk loaf and is a wholesome
and nutritious food which will help every member of the
family retain the renewed health, strength and vigor devel
oped during vacation rest.
Make plenty of MOTHER
HUBBARD BREAD your
food basis. Then add such
other foods as will give the full
complement of vitamines, min
eral salts, other proteins and
carbohydrates as your purse,
your taste and your correct
knowledge of food values aid
you to determine.
Practice this sensible eating
suggestion and you will be well
nourished, well fed and living
cost will be reduced.
From Now On
Order From Your Dealer Every Day
Ward's Mother Hubbard Bread
BEGINNING TUESDAY, SEPT. 7TH, OUR REGULAR
SCHEDULE of BUSINESS HOURS WILL BE RESUMED
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STORE CLOSED TO-DAY, LABOR DAY)
Final Riddance
There are still some very wonder
ful values to be had in these Last
Sales of the Season
Odd Lots, here and there, broken sizes,
which have been re-grouped for prompt
selling, beginning Tuesday
An unusual opportunity to pick up a dress, suit
or coat which will do for wear nicely during
several weeks to come in Town or Country at a
small fractioitof their former cost
Remaining Fashionable Suits -of
tricotine, twill silk materials, novelty mixtures
and tweeds- plain tailored and dressy effects.
Formerly to $250 at $506895
Day Dresses. Afternoon and
Evening Gowns very desirable models
in chiffon, Georgette crepe, taffeta, lace tulle
and net many handsomely embroidered and
beaded effects included in these groups.
Formerly to $195 at 68 $85
serge,
Tailored Dresses of fine quality
tricotine and twill in an attractive range of very
smart models suitable for wear now.
Formerly to $250 at 7595 125
Day Coats and Wraps-styles suit
able for general wear as well as motoring, travel
ing, etc., of tricotine, twill, tricolette, duvetyn
and other fashionable fabrics.
Formerly to $250 -at 45-75- 95 $ 125
NO EXCHANGES, CREDITS OR APPROVALS
Castle Rosenstein near Stuttgart
AUCTION SALE
OF ALL OIL-PAINTINGS
of old and modern masters from the gallery of the castle
Rosenstein near Stuttgart
Possession of the late King William II.,
of Wurttemberg
as well as of objects of art and antiques, figures of Ludwigsburg,
marble statues, valuable furniture, etc.
from the late crown-land and from state possession
AUCTION SALE in the festival hall of the castle Rosenstein
Tuesday, 26 of October, up to Thursday, 28 of
October, 1920
INSPECTION in the rooms of the castle Rosenstein
Thursday, 21 of October, up to Monday, 25 of
October, 1920
Entrance fee for Inspection If 2. in favour of tho luhjtxft of Worttemberf . exnelled
from other countries
Price of the catalogue of tha gmllerf Rosenstein oootatnln M photos M SO.
Price of the catalogue of the state possession and crown-land containing man; photo
types M 10.
Price without Illustrations M .
By post the catalogue will only be forwarded on receipt of II 6. postage.
Director of auction sale:
FELIX FLEISCHHAUER, dealer in objects of art appointed by
the court, Stuttgart, Seestr. 51, telephone 3763.
Read the Real Estate Advertise
ments in The Sun and New
York Herald every day,