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A HAPPY BLENDING
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prcnerves tho best traditions .of each.
In combination these two, newspapers
make a greater newspaper than cither
WEATHER FORECAST.
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moderate variable winds,
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DRASTIC BILLS
POT IN TO MEET
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Exemption on Realty
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TO I'SB STATE , CREDIT
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' Combino Reports.
jiOCAL HOARDS MANNED
J2B ler Cent. Law to Ho Amend
Cil to Put All Bunion of
Who Proof on Landlord.
Hya stall Ctn npanie of Tin Bun amd Nsw
YOUK'IIMAIA
A1.UAST, Sept. 20.-Twolvo bills do
feigned to m'vo tho housing shortage
problcmn of Now York city and other
parti of tho Stnto were Introduced In
(he LrsMaturo to-night by tho Ipck
irood. rommlttco. Hovcral of thono
PfwurfH nro Intended particularly to
iioM In check profiteering landlord!!
ho were preparing, for another whole
nle boost In rents on October 1. The
purposo of other bllttt Is to encourage
building by tho exemption from tax
Hon of mortgngeH and now building"
erected for tenement purposes.
Tenants who havo rocclvcd notice to
irove on OcWbor 1 aro(to bo protocted.
Dispossess proceedings nro to ho done'
tway with except whero a landlord
wntn to put out nn objcctlonnbio ten
ant, where tho owner wants to Uso tho
j.rcmlso.i for his own personal occu-
pancy or whero ho wants to tear
town tho dwelling and to erect 11 now
dwelling and has tho permit for It.
Another measure amends tho law
krallxlnir tho raising of rents 2G per
cent,, each year, as provided In ono of
tl.t measures cnactca at wu jphu
itsilon. Under tho presont law an ln
crtMp lip to S5 per cent. I presumed
to be reasonable, but undor tho bill of
tiit housing commltteo tlw burden.;ot
jiovtnj any lhcreasohatover as res.
lowtosls put upon Uio landlord
Etenptlnn for All Mortgages.
To tncourago erection or dwelling
neusu bills were Introduced to exempt
nw buildings from tl)e provisions of
the rent laws of the regular session. The
committee also proposes to exempt from
the State Income tax all mortgages una
to urtra Coivr'tss to make tho same cx
emjtUn from the Federal Income tax.
It had been proposed to limit tho ex
emptlon ef mortgages up to $10,000, but
tho committee urged the general exemp
tion on the ground that If limited In
amount or to mortgages on new housing
eld loans woutd be called as thoy become
duo and a worse condition created than
U fought to be cured.
Another bill to encourage new bulla
tog would grant to the local authorities
the right to exempt from taxation for
local purposes for a period ending Jan
uary 30, 1932. all new buildings erected
exclusively for housing, provided con
struction Is commenced before October 1.
1921, and- ready for occupancy before
October 1, 1923.
The commltteo says that where con
tltlons are acute and where the public
health, safety, morals and welfare are
endangered It Is necessary to offer somo
Substantial Inducement to spur on build
ing. Other measures provldo for tho crea
tion of local housing boards to bo ap
pointed by the Mayors of the various
titles which are to aid In the collection
and distribution of Information concern
lit Housing..
Bonds of the State Land Bank are
fade a lfgal Investment for tltate and
local sinking funds so that they would
te exempt from the Federal Income tax.
The State wilt ask Congress to enact
necessary legislation to make the trans
portation of building materials a. priority
secondary only to that of food and coal
ind to place an embargo on the ship
Bunt of building material to foreign
countries.
Congrrai Is Asked to Act.
Ooiirrniia I. . ...... ,
immediate Investigation of tho charges
twit certain manufacturers and pro
eucers of building materials have euter
" Into unlawful combinations and are
"Wed In methods of business ,cal.
etuled to maintain the prevailing pro
sloltlve cost of such material.
. is proposed to amend the tenement
u" Luw ,0 that variations from the
"iter but not the spirit of tho law
2.,?.,' Permitted order that con
Ruction and reconstruction to add nd
emomtl hn"..ng facilities may be pro
jwied witnout Increasing the fire hazard
f lessening the sanitary provisions,
at New Y0ri Clty charti.P j, to b,
smenaeu, It s proposed, by Granting
w the superintendents of building In tho
"us bornugho power to refuse per-
a,1!5 !urposes If In tho oplnlon-of
to cone ll ,s t0 lno pub" '".tercst
in.m u,c uao 01 BUW ouiiuing ror
Mm? fcomml,t.ce disagreed on tho pro
tomLlu tnt.ciRe banks Insurance
SKX? t0 lnVMt moro ot the,r
th'ne" ,,n .mortgages and real estate.
majority of the members believed"
rahLf url,her Investigation of tho
to t. , ,ul!ld bo mftde- B11I whlcn
7.t i?k."' by 11,0 Brooklyn, Board of
1 L HRte Brokers, however, are to
,7, 'n,tro;1"cfl which would havo the
rt.i Lof ln,uclnff savings banks lo ln
e !.. per cenl of thclr surplus in real
ta.u'Jfn', '""urance and tlnist com
Jnies jo w ccnt u ,g hcI(, that thMe
tM V W0'Jld release 1317.000,000 for
rlcsUiP and mortgages.
.tu ,holl8'nK committee In Its report
?? e.M ,hc ahrtAge t homes In New
"J State at 100.000.
wi?. !? mMMeo to the legislature to
ffiL00 8mlth declared that three
""act phaaai of the housing situation
L Continued on Fovrih Past,
GREETS BRIDE-TO-BE
FROM BIG DIRIGIBLE
Greenwich Maid Gets Met
sage of Congratulation from
an Aerial Friend,
A largo dirigible balloon of tho United
Blatea Navy created considerable ex
citement yesterday morning at the es
tate of Charles I), Lanier, near (Ireen
wlch, Conn,, when It flew over the resi
dence and garage and dropped so low
that members of the Lanier family be
lieved that tho pilot was losing control
of the big ship,
One of the passengers finally leaned
over the edgo of the compartment and
snouted tho nemo of "Unler," and a
moment later threw a tin rnnl from the
balloon, This was picked tip and found
to contain n piece of paper on which
wan written, "Congratulations, Addi
son tyurnhani, jr,.
The 'paper waa addrersert to Miss
Kllsabetli Lanlor, whose engagement to
Itobert Hart llolllng of Westrhestor,
Pa,, was announced Inst Hnturday night.
Tliirnlmm ts 11 friend of Miss Lanier's
end a member of tho Naval lleserve.
PIANIST PREFERS DEATH
TO HIS MUSICIAN WIFE
Discord in Caruso' a Home la
Hummed in Court,
"If It's a choice of Using with my
wife or death, glvo mo death."
This Is tho ultimatum which Jamrs
Caruso Is alleged to havn sent to the
liovyer reprercntlnii Mrs. Maria Caruso
hv her Supreme Court separation action
when It was proponed that they becomo
reconciled. Caruso, who Is a 1 piano
composer, Is said to bo related to tho
famous tenor. Hn lives at 2011 Klrst
avenuo and bin wife resides at 20 King
street.
Mrs. Caruso, who also Is nn accom
plished musician, says her husband
abandoned her and failed to support . her.
Decision was reserved by Justlco Finch
upon her plea for $75 a week alimony
pending trial
$22 JOB IN DRUG STORE
WON'T DO FOR ALIMONY
Court Makes Dolan Pay $20'
Cash Without Work rag.
"I'm too poor to pay my wife ali
mony," said James M. Dolan, a druggist,
In tho Supreme Court yesterday before
Justlco Oliy, "hut I'll give her a Job In
my store." ... .
"At what salary 7" asked the court.
"I'll glvo her 22 a'weok." snld Dolan.
"That'e $8 more than she wants as all-
mo,iy' . . 1 . ... ,,,
tad kleeMTn the" bn id hit her
on the S with a beer bottle, after
which nhd sued llim ior eprnui'.
Justlco Ouy directed him to pay her 130
a week alimony, refusing to consider the
offer of a Job. t
TWO FAMOUS PLEASURE
YACHTS IN FIRE PERIL
Corsair Escapes t the Intrepid
Badly ATurriMf,
Tho Cormilr. J. 1'. Morgan's yacht, and
the unltod States, yacnt.oi v.ol a, tu tu
drrr-n. ami of t he latif lieity urcen,
both of which are laid up In Tebo's yacht
basin, South Brooklyn, were endangered
yesterday, by a flro aboard the yacht In
trepid, owned,' by Willis Sharpe Kllrrfer.
Hard wort by yard employees and city
firemen kept the flames from the two
famous pleasure craft.
Tho Intrepid, which was purchased re
cently from Alexander Smith Cochran of
Yonkers, was being refitted for a winter
cruise In tho West Indie William He
vcre, painter, engaged In varnishing the
woodwork of nn after cabin, accident
ally touched an empty electric light
socket with the. metal tip of bis brush.
A spark Instantly set flro to tho freshly
painted wood, resulting In damago ex
ceeding 110,000.
WOMAN NOT REQUIRED ,
TO TELL AGE TO VOTE
Maine Supreme Court so De
ernes in Test Case.
I
Pobtland, Mo., Sept 20. The Su
Dremo Court decided to-day that ft
woman should not bo required t6 tell
tier ago in order to quaury as a voter,
in n. writ of mandamus Issued by
Justice Scott Wilson tho local board ot
registration was ordered to enroll Mrs.
Blliaboth Aldcn Holman "regardless of
the fact that she refused to glvo tho
exact date of her birth or her exact
age.'' The writ Is returnable on October
6, whon the registrars will bo heard If
they wish to oppose the order.
Enrolment was refused to Mrs. Hol
man on September 4 when she Insisted
that It was sumcieni tor nor, or any
woman, to acscnoo ner u
21 years.''
HUYIER MOTOR KILLS MAN.
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Automobile Crashes Into .Motor
cycle, Injuring Anotnnr uccupani.
Charles W. Bates of Harrison, N. V.,
wtui instantly killed and Samuel Coupe
of Harrison suffered a fractured leg
and other injuries bi urcciimtu. v.unji.,
yesterday morning when a motorcyclo
In which they wero rlalng was struck
Vy an automobile owned by 'Coulter D.
Huyler, a member of tho Huyler candy
company, and driven by his chauffeur,
Redfleld L. Forrest. Forrest was' held
under 33,500 ball on a charge of man
slaughter, his case being adjourned un
til Saturday.
Forrest Is a survivor of the Jacob
Jones, n destroyer which was torpedoed
and sunk oft the English coast during
tho war.
PINCHED HIS OWN BOSSES.
Pier .IVntcbmnn Objected to Their
Taking Ottb Sugar, ,
rhlllp De Stcfano, alert night watch
man on the pier of the Five Continent
Steamship Company, toot of East Twenty-fourth
street, brought about the ar
rest on September 11 of two men he
alleged took four, bags ot sugar, worth
310, from tho pier. They proved In the
Yorkvlllo Court yesterday they wero no
others than Robert S. Wild, general
manager and vlco-prwldont, and Oeorse
W. Wild, superintendent .of tho Five
Continent Company, whereupon Philip
was much abashed. Maglstrato Schwab
honorably discharged the otllctals.
BLIND IVOnKEItS ON STRIKES.
' Lohdok. Sept 20. The blind basket,
makers of London struck to-day for an
Increase In wages.
A' blab quality of men answtrtd our 'Help
Wantso1 Acs. In Th Ban and Nsw York
HeraM." writes the Talking .Book, Corpora-
LEAGUE
ACTING
IN DISPUTES OF
FOUR NATIONS
Decisions Affecting Poland
and Lithuania, Sweden
and Finland.
MISSION FOR ALANDS
Procedure EinplinsizeH Te
dious Processes, Which
Might Prove Fatal.
PADUKEWSKI HAILSHIVAL
Leon Dourgcolfj DcclnroH Dc
cMoiih licflt Augury of
. Lcnguo's Future.
II y LAUIIKMC13 IIJM.n.
Dv n Stall Carmpontltnt 0 Tim Hun and Nsw
Ycik IIxiuid, Copyright, 1010, by Tim Bun
AND NSW YOSIC JIVHD, .
Paiiw, Sept. 20. Tho Council of tho
Lenguo ot Natloiw endod n thrco daya
mating here to-day with ft public ses
sion nt tho Luxembourg laloc, whero
It was formally mado known that tho
Council had reached decisions In tho
first two International, disputes spb
mlttod to It. Theso disputes concerned
Finland and Swcdon In one case and
Poland and Lithuania In tho dtlicr.
In tho enso of tho Aland Islands, In
the Gulf of Bothnia, clalmod by both
Finland and Sweden, tho Council after
thi co months' pondermi; over tho fines
Hon decided that It was an Internn
tlonal problem nnd camo undor tho
Jurisdiction of the league; that' It wna
rot ft question of an Interior nituro
to Finland, an tho Finns contend.
Thoroforo tho Council decided to send
thrco Investigators to cxnmlno the sit-
unt!on on tho ground, which means
another IonS delay. durlnB which tho
Council prays to both Sweden and Kin-
luna 10 rcimun wmi.
The decision In this case, in tho
dlnlon of somo competent observers,
emphasizes tho todlous process of the
Leaguo of Nations In handling disputes
which In a crisis of serious propor
tions might eardly prove calamitous.
ifOUnrs Appeal Hear;
Pniin'i Anneal to tlifei league against
LlthU&t, hoettlo attltud;tesulle4 lit a
ilhltnn a bnllt f!nvmMntl to
rmnct the frontier laid down by the
Hupreme council last ueccmDsr. uw
nanin win nuked to withdraw ner
troops from the territory west of tha.t
line, nnd Poland was told to respect the
neutrality of the Lithuanians eaet or mo
line. Of courso everything depends now
on whether Lithuania can Induce tho
Russian Soviet Government to recogne
this line, which' seems doubtful In view
of the wsll known antipathy ot the Bol
sevlst Government for what they call
the ''capitalistic League of Nations."
However, leaguo enthusiasts, and par
ticular Its numborleas young secre
taries, believe that In both these de
cisions the League of Nations has Justi
fied Itself; that It has made n, good start
In the performance of Its most Important
function of settling disputes which
might lead to war. In fact, the. unanim
ity obtained, apparently without great
difficulty In both theso cases, was. re
ferred to by somo persons connected
with the secretariat as, virtually refuting
Premier' Lloyd George's Idea that the
league could not , have prevented the
Russo-Polish war: Its failure to do so
being ascribed to tho refusal of tho Gov
ernments to BUbmlt tho question to the
league when the Polish offensive was
undertaken.
Flnntah Reservations.
Finland has not accepted entirely the
decisions to-day, the Council's com
munique to this effect being excepted to
nnd corrected ftt the Insistence of tho
Finnish representatives. However, Fin
land .agreed to go on with her case, mak
ing certain reservations which throw
doubt upon her attitude should the final
decision be against her. She has an ap
plication for membership In the League
of Nations pending, but so high la feeling
running In Finland In connection , with
the Aland Islands dispute that thero la
till a chance that her application will
be withdrawn. Sho will, nevertheless,
await the report ot the thrco Investiga
tors who will be sent to the Aland
Islands. Premier Brantlng of Bwedcn
tn an Interview yesterday said Sweden
would never give up tho Islands, which
were essentially Swedish,
The meeting of tho Council was at
tended by aboiit fifty persons, a third of
whom were women. Nations members
ot tho Council were represented mostly
by Ambassadors In Paris, who seemed to
take a perfunctory Interest at most In
tho proceedings, even when they ap
proved the abstraction of 600,000,000
Swiss francs from tho precarious treas
ury 6f the league for tho purchase ot an
elaborato hotel In Geneva for the homo
of the league.
Padererrskl Greets nival.
Only ohe incident enlivened tho nro.
ceedlngs, nnd that was when Ignaco Jan
Paderowskl, first Premier of Poland and
how Polish dolegato. to tho League .of,
Natlonn, accepted tho decision of Iho
Council on behalf ot Poland and ,tbo
itlinuiiniaii ucirniiuuii, ncaaea oy al
Woldemar. Foreign Minister, walked
across the hall to the Polish delccntea
and the members ehook M. Padercwskf s
hand.
This demonstration followed a short
speech by M: Paderowskl In which he
said that Poland wanted to bo nt peace
with Lithuania and that ho was con
fident tho desire of the Lithuanians also
uaa for peace. When he and M. Waldo-
mar grasped hands M. Padcrewskl de
clared hff regarded hlmno longer as an
antagonist, lie caiica on tno world
iioTOiiiii uio yrutecaiiiBB or tno
Council as showing how much tho
league could do for humanity If. it only
had a chance. . I
M. Loon Bourgeois declared that the
cubmlsalon ot these two disputes the
Aland Islands and the Pollsh-Llthuanian
uiineu m utchiuir uwm won (me peat"
augury ot the league's future afforded
taincu u un.muiB uwui wuo juie Deai
up tu
RACE RIOTS FOLLOW
MURDER IN CHICAGO
Negroes Beaten After Two
of Their Race Kill Street
Car Conductor,,
SpttM ta Tns Hi'N ami Nsw Yosk IlesAin,
CiiioAoo, Heipt, !Q, Illollng between
whites and nigrocs began to-night In
the vicinity of Forty-fifth and Halsted
streets, within an hour ufter two negroes
had killed a street car conductor,
Thomas n, Ilarrett, Flvo hundred
police reserves were ordered out by
John J, Onrrlly, Chief of rollce, to pro
vent a recurrenco of 'tho race riots
which cost uq many lives last year,
The murder of Ilarrett fnliowl an
argument. A mob of several thousand
residents of tho stock yards district
gathered, armed with every fort of
weapon. Threo negroes returning from
work near the sceno of tho murder wre
puritued and look refuge In Ht. Gabriel's
Catholla Church, Thu mob tried to In
vade tho church to lynch the three men,
hut 'tho rector, Father llurke, and t;hlef
(lu-rlty prevented them from entering
the edlflco.
Tho reserves look thn nesrocs to a po
lice station ns.soon as they arrived, and
they are being held as witnesses. Sev
eral other negroes wero dragged from
street curs and beaten, and only tho
quick arrival of tho police checked suvoral
small riots which broke out In the ne
gro dlslrlcis. Tho negroes who killed
tho conductor hsve been arrested, ,
BRITISH, COAL STRIKE
SEEMS INEVITABLE
Miners Persist in Demand for
, Immediate Increase,
London, Sept. 20V-There was llttlo
hope to-night that tho goneral strike of
cool miners, sot for Hopteinber 27, could
ho averion. tho executive or tno .Miners
Federation had another lomnconfortmce'
to-day with Sir Itobert llornd, president
of the Hoard of Trade, but no ogrccmont
could be reached on tho question of nn
Increaso of wages as domanded by tho
miners. Tho federation Insisted that
tho Government should grant tho In
crease Immediately, while Blr Itobert
argued that tho question ehould bo sub
mitted to un Independent tribunal.
Itobert Smllllc, on behalf of the
miners, concluded fifa argument for an
Immcdlato Increase' with tho statement'
that tho Executive Commltteo could
meet tho delegates Jn conference to-morrow
with a clear conscience nnd sny
that thero was no other step to take
hut that whlrh thn ballot vote of thq
miners had Indicated to strike.
DRY AMERICA DRANK
3,969,678,880 QUARTS
Nine Gallons1 Per Capita the
Kecord for 1919.
WAsm.voTdN. Bept 20. Consumption
of wlnea and liquors In the United States
in ism was lens per capita than during
any year since 1870. according to esti
mates to-day of tho Department of Com
merce, In 1870 the amount was 7.70
gallons per capita, rising to 32.79 .gal
lons In both 1907 and 1011 nod raping
to.34?-gallon last "year.- - J
thq total consumption or wines ana
liquors In 1010 totalled 982,391,720.1
InrUL romnnrod rvtlh & lotnl nt 1.701..
827.271 gallons, or 15.0P gallons per
capiia, in avis, -aiic recom consunipiiuu
year since mo was 13H. wnen me
total riachod 2,152.272,705 gallons, or
22.B0 gallons per capita.
'COMING OUT' PARTY
FOR G. O. P. DEBUTANTES
Chicago Girs Organize First
Voters' League?
Sptdal ta Tub Bin and New Yosk 11-ui.n.
CiltcAao, Sopt. 20, Republican debu
tantes In political are arranging for ft
coming out party at- the polls.
Forty young Women of 21 years or a
trtflo moro, who will mark their first
Presidential ballot In November, havo
organised the Initial branch In Chicago
of the Republican Girls' First Voters
League. Miss Allccn Napier of the Col
legiate Bureau ot Occupations ts Its
president.
In Its membership nro advertising
writers, artists, stenographers, telephone
operators, saleswomen and music stu
dents. HUNDREDS OF JEWS
SLAIN IN EAST G ALICIA
Pogroms Are Attributed to
Ukrainian Troops.
Pptclal CatU Detpatch to Tns Scn and Naw
Yosk 1 1 num. Cnpurtglit, tlto, bv Tub Hon
and Nrw Yosk Ilnuto.
Vixnna, Sept 20, Pogroms In which
hundreds, of Jews wero murdered have
Just been reported from East GallcUv.
Many fugitives are arriving here, bring
ing harrowing nccounts of scenes there.
The Montagi Zeitunp. gives great prom
inence to their narratives. 1
Tho pogroms are- ascribed by"" these
fugitives to the antl-Bemltta feeling on
the part of tho Ukrainian troops of
Gen. Simon Pctlura, military and civil
head of tho. Ukrainian Republic., Tho
fugitives glvo the number of alleged
victims In the districts botween the Rus
sian frontier nnd Tarnow, and assert
the Jews In Gllnlaka sought rcfugo In
n church, whereupon tho soldiers set flro
to the building, burning fifteen of tho
Jews to death. Tho soldiers shot thirty
six more tn the square.
SCOTCH COMMUNISTS
. PLAN TO SEIZE MINES
Would Establish Soviet Con
trol of Blantyre Coal Pits.
London, Sept. 20. Leadors of the
Scottish 'Communist movement nro ru
mored to havo planned a sensational
rnim In hn anruniF nt Ttlnnlvr Motif
miles from Glasgow, says a despatch
to tho IPestmlnsler Oatrtte from Harall-
ton, Scotland, which adds
"It Is asserted that the cashiers and
officials have been told bluntly that
aelsure of tho coal pits la Imminent and
that It Is proposed to establish a Soviet
system of mining controls. The authori
ties are not sceptical."
HOLD TOBACCO m BAMS,
Virginia Grovrera Refuse .to Ac
cept 930 Per 100 Pounds.
mL.t&monrt0
to St, r UnJ ??t tSa3n?Cwllh
io prices ruling at the opening of the new .
DA.Nvtu.ts, Va., Sept 20. General dls- I
ecason to-day resulted In scores carry-'
ing their tobacco back to the barns. !
Tobacco which brought from .$80 to 80 '
ner 100 pounds last season opened at
;30 to-dajt while the common grades
predominating on the floors brought
!to J17. ol onXHflwt yeart
The planters aeciared it cost 39 a."
The planters declared It cost sag a.'
hundred to "produce the tobaccay andl
ecunea w seu
FIVE SOCIALISTS
TAKE SEATS AS
ASSEMBLYMEN
Fight to Again Expel Them
Is (Jhccked by Action
' of Speaker.
QUINTET TAKE OATH
Ouster Resolution Sent to
Commltteo After "Wild
Scenes on Floor.
WAY OUT OF DIFFICULTY
Sweet Tolls of GlifingoB
Tarty's Policies Antla
Hot After Iln'ttle.
In
ItU 0 Staf Corrcipnndtnt of Tns MuN AND NsW
Yosk Hturn.
Albany, Sept. 20. Tho fIVo Socialist
Assemblymen from Now York city oc
cupled their old scats In tho clmnibci
of tho Stato Capitol" when tho Legisla
ture convened to-night (n spoclnl ses
sion. Tho fight of tho Insurgents
nguln to throw them out broke at 11
o'clock, but was suppressed suddenly
when Speaker Sweet clapped down tho
rulo to adjourn nnd broughtvtho session
to an abrupt ending with a scoro of
members on their feet protesting amf
shouting ilxeit demands to bo heard,
Bringing Into play all the old Iron
rules, tho leaders suppressed tho bit
ter antl-Soclallsts who wero all set for
a rcnownl of tho battle A motion
presented by Col. Ransom II. Qlllett of
Columbia county, to expel tho Social
ists, wan sent to tho Judiciary Com
mltteo with an express agreement that
It bo mado an order of special busi
ness nt 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.
It Is still doubtful wha( will be dono
with Iho troublesome Socialists. But
the Speaker rjsad a long statement from
his rostrum declaring the Socialist party
had made a new profession of loyalty
to this. Government and at least given
that "Hp service'" which would Justify
tftem In sitting In a law making body,
nls Is takon us the cue tnat the rtsot
lutlon to unseat will be. beaten' to-morrow:
v ,
Take Oath ot Office. .
Supported by strong counsel, the. So
cialists appeared this afternoon at the
ouice ot in e gecrruiry ot siato to taao
the oath of office as required by the
(Constitution. Francis M. Hugo, the
Secretary ot State, neglected to ask for
their certificates ot election and admin
istered the oath. When tho session met
this evening the five men marched back
to tho chamber from Which they had
been excluded and presented their cer
tificates from tho Secretary ot Stato.
There was nothing for the sergeant dt
arms to do but show tho new members
to scats. The five sat In the chairs they
occupied last January.
All the routine ot tho session was gone
through wltlv the five Socialists partici
pating before CoL Qlllett threw In the
bomb. His resolution recited the verdict
ot tho Assembly trial and declared the
Socialists were now. not more loyal, than
they were last March. The Colonel
asked that their seats again, be declared
vacant
Simon L. Adler, majority leader,
moved tho resolution be sent to the Ju
diciary Committee. Assemblyman Louis,
waldman or Manhattan, one or ins ex
pelled men, arose to a point of order.
Louis Cuvllller objected to the Speaker
recognizing Waldman, declaring the lat
ter was not s. member.
Waldman Allowed to Speak.
"If the gentleman has bcey. sworn In
he Is entitled to alt unless tho, Assembly
should otherwise decide." Speaker Sweet
said. Sir. Cuvllller appealed from the
decision of tho chair and the, Speaker
was upheld. Waldman was' .permitted
to state his objection and paid that
under the Assembly rules only messages
could bo received by the body at Its
first session. The Speaker ruled that
a question of tho fitness of a member
to serve was always a privileged matter
and could be presented any time. Wald
man tried to appeal from the decision
of tho Speaker .and was met with a
howl from the, chamber. The crowd
which packed tho room applauded
Waldman. ,
"The chair Is making every effort to
be fair,"' the Speaker shouted, and
banged a book on his desk. Two or
threo 'other technical questions wero
raised nnd the Speaker was upheld. The
organisation was working perfectly.
Asking for the privllego of reading
a statement, thb Speaker said It was to
the everlasting credit of tho Assembly
that it had ejected members whev wero
committed to the overthrow ot the Gov
ernment The Assenfbly was, fully Jus
tified in. Its action last spring, he said,
and now that the five men have been
reelected It again becomes the duty ot
the .Asembly to decide whetftor they
.aro tit to serve.
v "It Is for you to decide whether they
have purged themselves," the Speaker
said. "Thfy hao mado radical changes
In their party's constitution as a result
of what tho Assembly did. From their
own mouths has cemo the proof of the
wisdom of pur action. We cannot read
their hearts: Wo do not know whether
they are merely giving Up service to the-
country."
Changes ta Party's Policies.
The Bpeaker went over all the changes
the Socialists havo made In their con
stitution and platforms. He said they
had struck out the offensive provisions
which forbade their members voting
money for war, tho army and "navy; had
demanded tull payment of tho war debt
Instead ot its repudiation; had with
tl,c Prv"dn which gave dues
Wn members tho authority to oust
n(n snrinii.t. hn ma
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wa.Ja.S.Al,r' 01
wl?i5 they were conv,c'ed '"'-
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CKe4 on Bnmi Bags,
BOMB HUNT MORE BAFFLING;
SUNKEN BARGE I ADEN WITH
EXPL OSI VE ONL Y NEW CI UE
BOMB SUSPECT
CALLEDINSANE
Kdwnrd V, Fischer Sent to
Itollovuo Afler Tolling
Wild Stories.
EXPLAINS HIS WAItNINO
Says Ho Received 'Hunch' -on
Wall Street Trngedy From
Plnying Cards,
Edward I. Fischer, eccentric tonnh
expert, who on nt least six occasions
Issued advance warnings of tho Woll
strcot explosion, spent Inst night In
tho psychopnthlo ward nt Bcllovuo
Hospital,
Officials of the I'ollco Department
and tho District Attorney's otllco who
had thought ho might bo nblo to fur
nish some cluo as to tho porpotrators
of tho crlmo concluded that he was
mentally unbalnncoa and that his
prophoclcs wore nothing moro or less
than Irresponsible ravings which sim
ply chanced to forecast tho truth.
In tho course of a lengthy examina
tion that had preceded his commit
ment to tho honpltnl, whero cases of
Hn kind are obscrvod, they had heard
him boast of mnny remarknblo powers,
which Included tho ability to heal tho
sick nt a touch of tho hand and to
furnish his frlonds with valuable
psychic tips on tho stock market.
Ho had ventured furthor to prophesy
that England nnd Franco would bo
ombrolled in war against each other
within less than threo months nn a
result of disputes over financial obli
gations and that thin country would
b.i drawn speedily into the conflict.
They had discovered that ha had been
In complications with the United States
Secret Service four years ago for an
noying President -Wilson with notes de
manding that be call a "peace confer
ence at th,0 White House" and that h ts
classed upon the records of. the local
secret service bfflces its a "harmless" let
ter writing nut"
Jleetier Alio an Alchemist.
They had learned also that on Sep
tember It his sister, Mrs. Laura II. Pope,
made application to City Magistrate To
blsR for his committment, stating in her
affidavit that he had told her he was able
to turn glass Into diamonds nnd grass
Into gold.
Fischer explained to them that much
of his prognostication regarding tho
or nis jirognosiicaiion iciuruwm ",: yrT . ..... . ... , nillll
Wall street calamity had betn based Induced hlir it .take ares O""'
upon the. chance picking up of two play-; N V. A we k f go he reta med. much
ing. cards in tne etreet. tie naa Known
that the disaster was coming, ne sow, -
because the- tiding, had been borne to.
him I
in the form of "air messages,". but
he was n a quandary as to tne time
when it would happen.
"When I happened to pick up a ten of
hearts from the sidewalk." he told Al
fred J. Tallcy, Assistant District Attor
ney, "I took It to mean that tho disaster
was scheduled to occur at 10 o'clock In
tho morning. But then I picked up a ten
of spades, which Informed me that the
hdur had been changed to ten at, night
When I got thinking Itfover I concluded
that it being a world affair, these signs
mtmt Mtr to the time at the meridian
of Greenwich, and I ngured that 10 P.
M. at the meridian ot oreenwtcn wouiq
bo about P. M. In New York. That Is
why I wroto that Wall street would bo
blown up at 8 P. M."
Doesn't Need a Trunk.
This mnn. who had attempted to as
nuinn n Dositlon similar to that of tho
Trojan Cassandra, whose prophecies of
dlro destruction were uiertgaroeu oy an
who hnrd them because they believed
her to be mad, arrived In this city yes
terday morning upholstered wiu super
fluous clothing. V
Ho wore three pairs ot trousers, one
over the other, and three coats In the
samo manner. Three shirts, similarly
worn, ndded.to me peculiarity or ms
appearance, nna a biik rour in nana
scarf was performing the duties of a
belt His checked cap was"altogother
too amall for him. ills hair was un
kempt and his face had not felt the edge
of a rator since Friday morning, when
ho surrendered to the pollco of Hamil
ton, Ontario.
In explaining his reasons for woarlng
mich a superabundance ot apparel
PMichnr said he was In the habit of going
so attired even In midsummer and re
marked: "Tho more clothes you have
on the less apt you nro 'to feel tho heat"
Ho .said tho third layer or ma apparei
consisted ot a tennis suit, and that It
was convenient to carry it aoout mis
wnv because It enabled him to prepare
himself for a gamo by the slmplo ex
pedient of removing the other suits.
A blue bandana handkerchief flut
tered from an outer pocket of his out-
n coat and a ntn bearing a French-!
Canadian emblom adorned his lapel. 80
attired he went to ronco uoaaquarters
In company witn uetecuve uergeanta
Irvine O'Hara and James McCoy of tho
bomb squad, who accompanied him from
the Canadian Jail whero he had been con-
lined for three days. Outside the ofllco
bf Chief Inspector Lnhey he greeted his
brother-in-law, Robert A, Pope, with a
rcaoundlng kiss.
1
Just a Nut. Sara Latter.
When Inspector Lahoy had finished
questioning the man ho announced that '
he had concluded he was nothing more j
or less than - a nut. mo v.niet inspec
tor said that Pope had Informed him
that he was a member of the "Commit
tee of Forty-eight',' and an admirer of
both Emma Goldman and Eugene V.
Debs. The Chief Inspector was calls
ri.it that Flacher would not be -able to
aid In nny way In tho solution of the '
bomb mystery.
Fischer was then taken to tho District
Attorney's office, whero he spent the
afternoon with District Attorney Swann
Continued on Second Page.
onw Mn dawn (awn? Dlua Room now ddu.
BotslwarseUles, Broadway at 103d Bt-Uip,
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Man on Coast Predicted
Explosion'Ten Days Ago
CAN FRANCISCO, Hopt, 20.
M Duncan Mnthowuon, cnptnln
of detective, hero, announced to
tiny that n .former soldier ruvo
him tho nnmo of n Y, M. C. A.
worker who had told tho soldier
tlii'o would bo n "biff oxplonlon
In Wnjl street on tho fifteenth."
Tho Y. M. C. A. mnn formerly
was attached to American troopa
In Russia, nnd Mathewson nays
tlmt ho predicted tho Wall street
disaster ton daya ago.
ENDS LIFE AFTER
SHOCrtBLAST
F. Marvin Carpenter, Witness
of Wall Street Disaster,
Leap's, to Death.
HAD,
NERVOUS ATLMENT
Jumps From Roof of Seven
Story Building to Crowded
Pavement.
A grim nftcrmath of tho Wnn'stroet
explosion occurred yesterday, after
noon When V. Man-In Carpenter, n
clerk In tho Nntlonnl City Hank, tor
tured boyond endurnnco by thought
of what ho had seen tho day of the
disaster, leaped from tho roof of the
bnnlt building Into crowded Exchango
place. Ho wan killed almost Instantly
The fall of tho foody seven stories,
moro than a hundred feet, Into the
midst of tho crowd which swarmed
tho narrow thoroughfare back of tho
tig Wall streot bank nearly created a
panic, Although Carpenter leaped at
3:30 'q'clock. whon the' crowd wa
thick, his bodV. etruclc no one A hugo
crowd collected quickly, tho late
comers spreading rumors tlmt an
other bomb outrage hod been discov
ered. Police on duty at the scene of
tl.o explosion nearby wero despatched
hurriedly to handle tho crowd and tno
narrow thoroughfare Was cloftrcd.
About a month ago Carpenter, em
ployed In the credit department of the
it.nir inr ihn li Mzht years, suffered
n nnrvn.ln hrflAkflAWn.
uanK Ollicmin
'; v:"" ,,?"-,'. .rnloslon
. '"7. .it
no.io tne dk to go w ..... . -
not .,. . rt -
near enough to witness the awful sight
that followed. Ho returned to tho bank,
collapsed and was aitenaeu 07 vi-
eln- .. . ,, .
uineo tnai umo iouow ipivjv
the bank noticed that Carpenter was
profoundly depreeeed. All hla old ner
vousness had returned. Ho was unablo
to forget the blast and Its frightful con
sequences. He left his department yes
terday afternoon and somehow reached
the root of the building, which la closed
to omployces. Selecting tho Exchango
placo side, ho climbed to tho edge of the
roof and leaped. .
Corporal Albert Joseph of tho Old Slip
police station, on his way to the station,
was near tho spot and pushed through
the raptdly gathering crowd.. When Dr.
Hammett of Uroad Street Hospital ar
rived he found that tho man's back nnd
both arms had been broken. Tho .body
was takeri In a patrol wagon to tho. Qld
Blip station. Ip a corner of the stntlon
house, as Carpenter'a body was brought
In, lay 0. pllo of hats and clothing col
lected nt tho place of the explosion.
Word was sent to Carpenter's wife, to
whom ho had been married eight years.
She arrived In an automobile with hor
father, Joseph Dokec, Carpenter's home
was at 87 Crooko aVcnue, Brooklyn. Ho
had one son.
CITY SUED IN BOMB OUTRAGE.
Monnt Vernon Stan Asks 50,000
Says New York Was Warned.
' Attorney J. Milton Smith of White
Plains said yesterday that he had nied
a notice of claim against the City of
New York In behalf of James O'Brien
of Mount- Vernon for 180,000 damages
for Injuries growing out ot the bnmb
explosion In Wall street
Tho action, which Is only covered by
a summons, has been started In the
8upreme Court of New York and Is said
to bo the first of Its kind growing out
of the explosion.
Mr. Smith stated that It was a test
ease, and that he had several similar
nctlona which he Intended to bnng
against tho city, contending that tho
city authorities had received sufficient
warring to protect tho publlo from
Injury.
HUGE BUM THEFT FOILED.
Six Civilian Guards of $3,000,000
Store Discharged.
Spidal to Tub Bus and Nrw Toik Hctald.
Chicago, Sept 20. Six civilian guards
hired to protect tho Government's
Ji3.000.000 supply of 'confiscated liquor
In the Chicago district, were abruptly
discharged by Major A. V. Dalrymple,
Federal Prohibition Director, to-day
after his Inspectors had discovered a
spectacular effort to Inyade tho ware
house where tho "hooch" was stored.
A hoto had been cut In the roof ot tho
building through which tho thieves hopod
lo remove tho liquor.
judge Cades' NEonoi wins.
Chicago, Sept -0. Municipal Court
Judgo Stewart rolled tho dlco with
Thirsty" Smlddy, negro cra.pshootor,
ior a tine in wo uuicubo avenuo court .
to-day and Smlddy lost one .dollar and 1
costs. 1 1
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Reporter Finds Craft on
Plum Eeach Containing
050 to dOO Pounds'.
JOT TNT Oil LYDDITE
Iirailovslcy.I?ussinn Writer,
Ilclcased Without Court
Discharge.
LACK OF HARMONY SEEN
Federal aM City OHlclals Con
duct Investigation In Con
flicting Manner.
Tho combined lnvonllcntlmm of tho
iwjllco nml Iho Dopiirtmont ot .Itistlco
nBcntu Into .tho bomb oxploshm Hint ,
killed thirty-four jicrsoiia In Wall
street Tlhirsdny went biifltwinil yon
tcrdny nnd last night both city "
nntlonnl authorities found themselves
as far and In nomo respects' further
from n solution to tho horror than
they wero tho uftcrnoon Iho explo
sion occurred.
Tho only discovery that radiated so
much aa n faint 'glimmer of bopo was
made by ji reporter for an afternoon
uowspnpor. Thin yminu mnn found be
tween n."0 and 100 pounds, of oxploidvo
Hint lookn nnd burml llko FinnkeluKS
powder, or trinitrotoluol, or lyddlto,
the high explosive ukckI by tho Ameri
can nrmy In heavy artillery projec
tiles. It was found qn Hum llcnclt
in n half submersed bnrgo near ISrcezo
Point, whoro about two months iiro
the pollco confiscated seven cases of
tho stuff.
Obviously they did not, romove a
of tho oxploslvo nt Jha time. Moro
ovor, Ihcy made, no further Invcstlsni
Hon Of tho Into'rlor ot the1 old harrfo
df tor (Hp reporter and a llrltlsh nvld
tor hauled tho stuff on deck. Whether
thero Is moro thero Is hard to tell
so long aa tlio bnrgo remains half
submerged.
Arrival of Officials.
Servant Ocgan of tho bomb squad,
Detectlvo Jerome Murphy, Commander
Thomas J. Hhoohan of tho Intollluenco
bcction, united States Navy, and
Acnnt nrnwn nf h rinnnmnn
, - .,anh"S.
, - - " ',"' Z
I tho explosive. Drown pronounced It
smokeless powder, Nevertheless It was
iwni to Fort Lafnyetto, In tho Nar
!row, for ldontlflcnUon. Just why thli
why this
explosive, which, by tho way, wiu
bogged by n thick, mucilaginous mix
ture that exuded tho odor of ether, wna
overlooked by tho pollco two months
ago won not, explained. The location
of tho bargo Is very ncccsslblo to
Bheopshcad Bay by wagon or light
truck at low tldo.
Whether this was tho plnco from
which tho Wall street murderers ob-'
fulncd their cxploslvo Is yet to bo as
certained. Chief Inspoctor Lnhey de
clared that much Investigation would
follow tho dlscovory and admitted that
ho hadn't any Idea yet what sort of
oxploslvo had been used. Ho ndmlttod
that his hopes that tho body thnt lay
unidentified In tho morguo until yes
terday might bo that of tho driver of
the red wagon ha'd disappeared. Tho
bedy was Identified as that of Elmer
Wallaco Kohrer, 31 years old, 422
South Fourth strcot, Brooklyn. Tho
young man was a chauffeur out of em
ployment Tho body wan Identified by
bis widow,' Ircno Kchrcrv and his
mother, Ollvo Kehror.
When thoy had recovered their com
posuro after the ordeal the widow and
mother characterized tho young man as
n fine, energetic, Industrious chap who
was when killed on his way to get a
Job. His widow said that wth him sho
lift home Thursday morning. They
parted at Beverly road and Nostand
avenue at 7:30. She went to her placo
of employment, the Moehlo Linotype
Company, Thirty-seventh street nnd
Clarendon road, and he said he was
bound for tho Pennsylvania Railroad
yards In Manhattan to apply tor a Job
on a freight train. Ho told his wife
that If ho found work he might not bo
home for Uiree or tour days. '-
Mysterr'ot Ills Movements,
Just whero ho was going by way' of
Woll street may remain a mystory.
Ono of tho most remarkable develop
ments of the day had to do with the ulti
mate disposition ot Alexander Brallov
sky, the Russian Journalist arrested Sat
urday night by tho bomb squad on tho
strength of n letter stating that ho was
seen laughing In Nassau street thirty
minutes after the explosion. Incident
tally the disposition indicated that tho
relationship between tho pollco and the
local agents of the Department of Jus
tice hrnot all unity, peace and concord.
Considerable mystery clothed the dis
position of Brallovsky. Gegon placed 4
him under arrest charging him with
being an undesirable alien and a sus
picious person.. Ocgan notified Chief
Flynn of the bureau of Investigation.
Departmnt of Justice, and Flynn told
Oegan that ho wanted nothing to do, I
with BraUovsky because he knew thn
man. had Investigated him and was con
vinced that Brallovsky had nothing to
do with the bomb explosion.
Then Brallovsky disappeared. Tester-
day Chief Inspector Lahey admitted at
nrat that tho police had found Brallovsky
innocent of. any prior knowledge of tho
explosion ana ireca mm. 11 woo pointed
nut that the law unqualifiedly specifies
that no prisoner mar do reieaseafKrom
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