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PORK BARREL ROLLS OVER NAVAL BILLS Southern Democrats Insist on Slashing Everything But Home Bacon. FORCE COSTLY WORK Charleston Harbor Drydock Is Put Through Against Advice of Experts. PACIFIC JOB IS LOST Construction Approved by Navy Men Fails Because ! of Political Trading. i i Special Despatch to Ttrm Naw Yo*k Hbrai.d. 1 New York Herald Bureau. ) TVaehincton. D. C., June 9. [ 1 One of the most glaring examples of'political "log rolling" for a "pork barrel extravaganza" has come to light i In connection with the naval appro- 1 priation bill as House conferees on the measure continue to inalnt that the H00.000.000 added by the Senate shall I i be eliminated. For weeks before the naval appropriation bill reached the Senate floor 1 Southern Democrats were insisting: on slashing naval expenditures, despite , claims of Navy Department officials : that if the navy were to be maintained In first class fighting: trim more money t should be appropriated than the $396,?00.000 allowed by the House. But these Southern Democrats had forgotten the log rolling abilities of "the gentlemen from South Carolina" In Con- I gross. Tn fact. South Carolina has a historic reputation In this respect. Tt was "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman who one day bluntly informed the Senate that he proposed to see that South.Carolina got Its share of any Federal swag. So ine South Carolina Senators got busy. Tillman during his term of office obtained large sums for the Port Royal project. The present Senators had visions of expending large sums for a big naval dry dock in the shallow waters of Charleston harbor. The Senate Naval .Affairs Committee Inserted In the naval bill a provision that all work on the Charleston project should be stopped 1 until 1924, although an appropriation of ' $1,150,000 was made in July 1, 191?. under the stress of war necessity. f Then the "log rolling" started, and It { was effective to an amazing degree. The * Southern Democratic Senators were canvassed and before long the "log rollers" had recruited a good sized force. The word was passed around that if tbe prohibition against continued work at Charleston Harbor were lifted enough 1 votes would bo delivered from the South- ' ern ranks to assure the passage of the ' Increases which the Navy Department said were Imperatively needed. The ban was lifted by a vote of forty ' to twenty-eight and the doors of the Treasury opened to a project that, has ' been denounced as impractical by many ' lilrh n?w Afftppra Tim nam u f ; < i in y / Th v V R. J. REYNOLDS Tob.ro U Win .ton -fl.I.m, N. C. faithfully delivered their votes to^*:i necessary increase*, all their prevlot opposition having vanished. The action has caused a storm of pri test in the House, and it is a clear ct example of the disposition of some men bers of Congress to throw to the win< the opinion of naval officers and the di mand for economy when appropriatior for respective districts are at stake. I recent years opponents of "pork ba rels" have claimed that they have b< come historic relics, but the recent ai tion seems to indicate that not all "pot barrels" are in "museums." It was Josephus Daniels, from ti adjoining State of North Carolina, wl took advantage of war conditions start the Charleston project. In 1918 1 insisted that the necessity existed for big naval dry dock at Charleston. A appropriation 01 i. i ou.uuu was iougi bitterly In the House as a pork barr extravagance, but it was passed whe Southeru Democrats charged that the oj ponents wen seeking to obstruct the A< ministration's conduct of tli war. At that time it was charged and a< mltted bj naval office's that the site < the dry dock would be several hundrc feet from deep water and that a huj h mount of dredging would be necessar In fact, It was claimed that the dry dot was to be built on a South Carolln farm. Referring to the Charleston project, prominent Republican leader of th House stated that there was not enoug water around the site "to float a duck As a usual consequence of "log rol Ing" projects considered imperative b the Navy Department suffered becauf pf the reputation of South Carolln members in this work. Backed by a Almost unanimous opinion or naval o fleers. the Senate Navat Affairs Con mittes included in the bill an approprii tiort of $1,500,000 to start work on tl big Pacific coast naval base at All medo, Cal. The base is regarded as sorely needei since much of the fleet lias been tran ferred to the Pacific and with the prol ability that more big vessels will be sei to these waters. But apparently the "log rolling" abi Ity of the Pacific coast was dcfieien Out went the appropriation for Alt meda, but the work of bringing tl Atlantic Ocean up to the propose Charleston dry dock is to go on as mei rily as its supporters "rolled the logs." BATTLESHIPS DROPPED IN FRENCH NAVAL PLAi Submarines and Airplanes fc Coast Defence Favored. !'i/ the Associated Press. Paris, June 9.?In presenting Prance lava! construction programme for tl text tnree years uepuiy raui uenis thalrman of tlie Navy Commission, at rocated the virtual abandonment of tl puildlng of battleships and butt truisers and intensification of construe ion of submarines, torpedo boats, dt itroyers atid airplane carrying shifts. The programme provides for the cot itructton of six light cruisers, tweb Jestroyers, twelve torpedo boats an :hirty-six submarines at an approxhnat :ost of 1,416,000.000 francs. M. Denis isked the Chamber to vote for the trans orming of five uncompleted battleship nto airplane mother ships. M. Denine pointed out that Franc is a pacific nation needed a navy fe toast defence, not warships for offensiv ictlon. TULSA GRAND JURY PICKED. Tui.sa, Okla., June 9.?A Grand Jur >rdered by District Judge Valjean Bic ilson to conduct an inquiry Into tl ace troubles here last week in whic :en whites and twenty-tour negrot jvete killed, was obtained to-day an immediately sworn in. The Grand Jury is headed by C. ; 2fc?ud, a Tulsa business man, and 'r personnel includes a minister, a. barbr i banker, ses-eral business men and etired farmer. The Camel idea \ expert Camel blend t That Camel blend hits just the right s] ness and> fragrance! The first time I f for me. I knew th< in the world, at any Nobody can tell me i THE : GROKER SUIT FAILS i TO BE SENT TO M) ?18 i" Son's Lawyer Makes Conces sion Leaving No Question of Fact Involved. \f. ______ DECISION TO BE ON BRIEF: ie a n it Action Involves Father's Sal n of Stock Which, It Ts Al3 legfed, He Did Not Own. i- _ ^ Testifying In his own behalf In a = ul fe in the City Court brought by his eldes y. son, Richard Croker, former leader o 'k Tammany Hall, declared yesterday tha he had once trusted that son Implicit! a because he had "brought him up to be ie help in my old age." h "If my foresight was as good as m hindsight." the ex-cniertam aoaeu. ! would not be involved in these suit y to-day." ,e As far as the case was concerned?I a was a suit to recover the value of forty 11 nine shares of Wabash Railroad stoe * which the son asserted he gave th ' father by mistake in 1916?the test l_ rnony of Mr. Croker and of all the othf >e witnesses went for naught. When a l" the evidence was In Max D. Steue counsel for the younger Croker. made concession which left no question of fac s* for a jury to determine and there r( malned only a point of la >v. which Tin tice Meyers, who presides, iviu deck! upon briefs to be submitted on June 2' '* The jury accordingly was dismissed. Mr. Croker. wlio told the jury that h l" would be 80 years old on Novembsr : ie next, was positive that he had neve f' received any letters from his son d> r- .? - -1.? It... mi,. r\f tlir, fortv-nin nmiitiiiiK ? - -- ? shares. Mrs. Croker. who testified that st opened and took care of much of hf husband's mall, also was sure no lette V demanding; the stock had come. Mn Richard Croker, Jr., also was a wil uess. She said she had called on th ir alder Croker at th) Hotel Savoy aft* the suit. started and asked him to settl the suit out of court. "Don't have nn\ thing to do with it. daddy," she said th Chief's wife interrupted, "let it so int 's cpen court." ie On cross-examination by Haiol Nathan. Mr. Crolor's counsel, Mi. E' Croker. Jr.. said she had joined in ill I- Florida action to have the ex-boss -h le ciared incompetent "because of he le frier-ship Cor him." It was for his on good, she declared, that she mad? affi s- davits that he was incapable of carrying on a sustained conversation or o i- I understanding and attending to his buti ,fi | ness. d j Til the argument that followed th j testimony M teuer.sald he would admi ,e for the pin ose of this particular ess ... only, that the elder Croker had n |g knowledge at the time he disposed of th Wabash stock that his son claimed an p part of it. Tills left nothing of the eas It' I * l(j Oroker's sale of the stock under sue circumstances amounted to "conversion, on which the suit was based. Mr. Croker and his wife went to Cit Hall after the close of the case to ca! on Mayor Hylan, but the Mayor wa y absent from his office. le ELY NEUMANN APPOINTED. ^ Ely Neumann, formerly assistan ^ counsel t<*t the old Public Service Com mission, has been appointed by Mayo Hylan as a member of the New Yor City Parole Commission, succeedin ts Frank A Ixsrd, resigned, for an unex r- pired term fcf six years at a salary o * $5,500 a year. is in my i wasn't born then. It v hat revolutionized cigar< of choice Turkish and E pot. It gives Camels si smoked Camels I knew ey were the smoothest, price. 5 anything different. NEW YORK HERALD, AUTOMOBILES KILL I ! TWO IN BROADWAY - Mi?s Dunn and Mrs. Buckley, Bun Down by Cars in Crossing the Street. 3 DRIVERS ARE ARRESTED1 e Two Men TTnrt Seriously in! Capsizing of Motor in Eijrhtli Avenup. T Mf!>s Julia P. Dunn of PCS West 170th !t street was killed by an automobile laat i night while crossing Broadway at 166th j ' street. The motor caught her clothing and dragged her ten feet before James j a Baldalare of Yonkers, who was driving ! the car, could atop It. The woman was j j found unconscious In the street by Pa- j i trolman Mclaughlin of the West 177th | street station, who sent her to Oolumlt bus Hospital, where physicians said she ' was dead. Baldalare was arrested, charged with homicide. A few minutes after Miss Dunn was I killed an automobile driven by Edward P. Gallagher of 212 West SeventyII eighth street struck Mrs. Margaret r> Buckley of 1786 Amsterdam avenue as a she was crossing Broadway at 153d :t street. Both her thighs wrre fractured 5" and she suffered Internal Injuries. She was sent to Columbus Hospital by Patrolman Walsh of the West 152d " street station, who arrested Gallagher | on a. charge of felonious assault. ** Richard Franklin and Harry Cronln. ' both of 2173 Third avenue, The Bronx. were seriously hurt last night when an " automobile in which they were riding 0 turned over in Bighth avenue at 121st street. Both men were hadly cut about 'e the head and have internal Injuries '' The car was owned by Albert Oelier of 1 1846 Union court. The Bronx, a stepson ^ of Franklin, and was driven by John White of 160 Paynter avenue. Bong Island City, who was only slightly hurt 1 and was able to go home after his injuries had been dressed by ambulance surgeons. The police say Uiait the v. recking: of the car was caused Try thr ' blowing out of a tire just as another ; ltitomobile passed in front of Geller's , oar. FAVORS EIGHT JURORS' VOTES'FOR A VERDICT Ex-City Judge Makes Suggestion for Constitution. * Cutting the vote from unanimous to ^ two-thirds for a Jury verdict was aug0 grated by James P. Allen, former City 0 Court Judge, at the first meeting of the y executive committee of the Judiciary j e Article Constitutions) Convention of 1921 I _ hold yesterday at the Bar Association, j h William D. Guthrie presided. ' His suggestion, Mr. Alien said, would ] obviate countless delays in the meting ; r?n* nf liiefipp Of r?mir*p hp o/ldpH hft y ? ? II would not do away with a unanimous s vote in murder cases. He furthermore augmented limiting exemptions from Jury to medical men In sotlve practloe. Suggestions were made that the retirement age for" Judges be increased, that t pensions bo. provided for them and that - their salaries be fixed by the constltur tion. k Surrogates Koley of Manhattan and g Wingate of Brooklyn appeared to oppose - a suggestion that Surrogate courts be t consolidated with the Supreme Court. The next meeting will be on June 23. I ifkto fit till i T If I'll \K 1 ? IPLk. teiI'StSi i, lii :igarette day_ ras the exclusive stte smoking. domestic tobaccos ich mellow mildthey were made , finest cigarette il FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1 HUGE FRAUD CHARGED ON SHOESTRING BASIS P. S. Lane Alleged to Have Run Bad Check Into $40,000. A request for $50,000 ball was made yesterday by Henry Goodman. Assistant District Attorney, In the case of Payaon 8. Dane, charged with passing a worthless check for $100 at the Hotel Pennsylvania, and suspected of having obtained between $40,000 and $60,000 from tire concerns by fraudulent means. He started business on a check for a substantial amount, which, it was alUtre/l Vta f^anr.altn,^ In ?ho TTIfQt \'.1 - tional Rank of Rockvtlle Centre. This check was drawn on a bank In St. Louis, but It took about eight days for It to go to St. I.ouls and return. The check was worthless, It was said, but Lane worked fast. Using the bapk reference, he obtained an order for a quantity of tires and accepted a note for $12,000 from the Deschanel Corporation of 00 West street. Using the note, he obtained the tires from the AJax Tire Company, but then, according to Detective Scheuing. tried to stretch the shoestring further by disposing of the tires elsewhere than Ic the Deschanel Corporation. Lane said he lived at 63'! Fifteenth street, Erooklyn. Magistrate Ten Eyck in Jefferson Market Court fixed bail at $10,000 for a hearing Saturday. The U. S. ROYA ? A famous tire?afamot edged among motorist as the world's foremosi tire building. Always d repeated economy, ti season after season, the side-walls is regii mark in the U. S. Pat Bio 1 no o: then most A.V Jfc. t?UW.C>SC are proudest < country have t up on the best merchandise i price. Today the tn perience is mal felt in the tire in everything < The quality i the American bearing weight As it always * * On May li there were 36* dealers selling States Royal Tires than a y< There migh number of t why. Reputati Unit United! ~ H Herald < mercial a .m. discount ne excep nan who the retail mand. Quality, s that we dealing. Stable >f in this All these c< >een built course. But of : standard importance jus at a fair the dealers' rep of "discount" iith of ex- of doing busine king itself These men ar< ; trade as the public min else. are no longei Instinct i n merely to sell "d public is ?'"so much ofl tire, so much that." does. They are selli service?a. tang st, 1921, qua tire at a Vo more p??? United qAs people or ererywhe ear ago. y t be a United State easons 3TC Good 1 on. De- ? ad St a States |H I Tire Branch, Broadway lilted Advertisement are productive of ind domestic help. \ x\ JUNE MONTH OF DREAMS' AND ANNIVERSARIES ) express its finer sympa > most delicate sentixr Qlth 'flow Sunny dayi a _ mean an ahum v4LLJ6D FLORIST T s ts beft t talks Square- thatmoi policy. delivers ount of Is charge : greater t now is ^ u udiation u g R methods cannot | :ss* its phy e reading alone, d. They You witling from till iscounts" A , F on this A..P?' off on quaUtl merchai tempore a *re reality c ,blf' f.ar stead of net price ^ aiscow m 4 nnf_ i ne say son, f re many owne is Tires other Ires Royal ,i T I stands ites" Rubber ? } at 58th Street is in The A the best kind Telephone Chel ( * 7 nd. long hours JfC icance of blooms. MS KADeS ^ASSOCIATION pi i addle diem re often than not in excess of what id for it. ? iadership of the oyal Cord Tire be explained on sical qualities mnot separate it j policy behind it. licy insistent on first?on sound idising as against iry appeal?on a ){ tire worth inart unreality of ? ? 1/ *ii iaiK. outstanding rea>erhaps, why so thousands of car rs measure all tires by U. S. Cords as the trd tire to go by, fires lompany i Jew York of comIsea 4000.