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ASSAILS MONT REILY
AS LIAR IN HOUSE
Charges Against Porto Rico's
Governor Aired by Dele
gate Davila.
Washington, March 2.?Felix Cor-1
dova Davila, resident Commissioner of
Porto Rico, declared in the House to-day
that Governor E. Mont Relly "ilea, lies
und knows he lies," it he stated that his
T.tz*. cSirjfU act as jovenor of tlif island
was the vetoing of an illegal act of the
legislature by which tiie ContxiiaalOiter
was to have received $20,000 in aJdcd
salary during a four year term of ser- ;
vice.
The flare up over the row between the
Governor and some of the residents came
sit the conclusion of an hour's speech by
Mr. Davila. who sits as a delegate in the
House. The Commissioner demanded a
Congressional investigation of the Gov- ;
ernor's conduct, looking to his removal
from office. He presented a aeries of
charges, and told how his people had
appealed to the Harding Administration
"for relief from Reily bethods."
Kunnaii Iccusm Davila.
Representative Tincher (Rep., Kan.)
threw the House into turmoil by charg
ing that Mr. Davila's animosity was per
sonal in that the Governor had stopped
Davila's hand before he could take the
$20,000 from the Treasury. Indignantly
denying the charge. Mr. Davila sought a
chance to speuk. He was cut off by the
expiration of his allotted time, but later
given time to answer the Tincher alle
gations and shouted his denunciation of
the Governor.
The Commissioner explained that sev
eral years ago the Legislature, over his
published protests, passed a bill giving
bim $5,000 a year In addition to his
salary as a delegate ; that he refused to
accept it, and so announced in the news
papers. A year later, he said, the leg
islature again passed the bill which he
opposed, and that Judge Bonner, the
auditor, held in May, 1919, that it was
?unconstitutional.
"That was long before President
Harding's election and long before Reily
was thought of as Governor of the
island," Mr. Davila exclaimed. ?
Mr. Tincher, interrupting the Com
missioner, explained that his statement
as to the veto was based on a statement
in a letter over the Governor's signa
ture.
The Commissioner at the outset of his
speech presented a message from Presi
dent Barcelo of the Porto Rican Senate
f-aying It had refused to confirm the
Governor's appointment and that he
had made recess appointments.
Mr. Davila charged among other
things that Gov. Relly "announced pub
licly that he intends to make $200,000
during the next four years in office,
whereas the salary as Governor Is
$10,000"; that he has endeavored to
"stir up strife and discord among the
citizens" : that he. unlawfully "inter
fered with the courts of Justice and at
tempted to intimidate judges"; that in
public speeches "his utterances showed
disregard of the feelings and sentiments
of the citizens and that he denounced
the flag of Porto Rico as 'a dirty rag.'"
Gov. Reily, Mr. Davila said, "boasts
of his strong influence with the President
of the United States."
"T am a very influential man." he
quoted Relly as saying. "Asked by the
President why he did not make appoint
ments. Reily told me he replied. "Mr.
President you are the boss.' and the
President said, 'Mont, bring the names
and 1 will sign.' "
UNTERMYER AIMS MET ONLY
IN PART IN LOCKWOOD BILLS
Continued from First Pu?re.
out recommendation for the considera
tion of the Legislature a bill having toi
its purposes the creation of a State Traile
Board, and to prohibit corporations or
joint stock associations, societies, clubh,
libraries, institutes or other forms of or
ganization of competitors under whatever
name or pretext, from becoming partk-a
to any trade agreement with competitors
without having first received <he pre
vlous approval of such trade board The
primary purpose of this legislation Is to
create a body with wide eupervisoiy
and investigating powers that will be |
able at all times to discover, suppress
associations or agreements between
competitors that have for their purpose j
the fixing of prices, the regulation of I
output, division of territory or other :
methods of restraining or in?.erlerlng ,
with the free flow of competition.
Iimurancr Company Investment*.
Insurance companies are rcquked to
Invest at least 40 per cent, of thcii
future investlble funds in mortgage loans
on improved unincumbered real prop
erty to an amount not to exceed Rt> 2-3 j
per cent, of the appraised value ol such
property until the total amount of su :h |
mortgage loans shall, from year to year
equal 30 per cent, of the total assets u* j
such companies. This limit has been ex- '
ceeded by the largest of these companies, i
Senator Lockwood and Assemblyman i
Caulfiekl dissent on this bill on tl-e !
ground that they believe the investments
of insurance companies should be re
stricted to high class securities, such as
are now permitted for life insurance ;
companies and savings banks.
One bill amends the insurance law s:?
as to strike out the provision glv:ng it
the superintendent of insurance the rlg':t
to extend beyond 1926 the period within i
which such companies are required to
dispose of their stock investments.
"Important provisions In other bills |
are:
Amending section 141 of the in
surance law to provide for State
supervision over all rates and rat
making bureaus and organizations
and limiting the activities of these
bureaus and subjecting them and !
their practices to State control.
Granting to all mutual insurance
companies that provide safeguards to
policy holders eqiuil to those provided
by stock companies the same right
to transact all kinds of insurances as
are now possessed by stock com
panies organized under the law of
this State and of foreign states and
countries.
Permitting mutual -employers's lia
bility corporations to divide their
directors Into groups whose terms
may expire in different years, in the
same manner in which stock corpora
tions are now so permitted.
Prohllbting the conversion of mu
tual companies into stock Insurance
companies.
Requiring all insurance companies,
except life companies, to sell and dis
pose within fire years from the pas
sage of this act of all their invest
ments in common or preferred stocks
or corporations and of all securities
held by them other than securities in
which savings banks and life insur
ance companies are now permitted
by law to invest.
Requiring the savings banks In the
State to Invest and keep Invested
from and out of all future lnvestable
funds not less than 40 per cent, of
their deposits in mortgage loans on
improved unencumbered real prop
erty.
Senator L,ockwood and Assemblyman
Caulfield also dlss-ent from this recom
mendation.
The committee's report states:
"The reform of abuses among labor
unions, the suppression of the illegal
combinations among manufacturers,
contractors, (employers and others fur
niching building; materials and the re
opening of the channels of competition,
together with the creation of a loan
market, will do their share toward even
tually reatorlng normal conditions in the
building market.
"But all these things will take time.
New York is in urgent need of at least
70,000 additional healthful and sanitary
apartments of four rooms each that can
be rented at not to exceed $9 per month
a room.
"The bill recommended by this com
mittee, and now pending, permitting life
insurance companies to construct such
houses during a limited time, and in
aid of the existing emergency, will, in
the judgment of your committee, best
and most expeditiously accomplish that
purpose, for the reasons stated in the
report accompanying the blli. Since
that report was made preliminary esti
mates have been taken, the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company has undertaken i
a thorough canvass of the situation and
estimates are being prepared. It has
been established that these houses can
be built in convenient neighborhoods so
as to be rented at not exceeding $9 per
room per month, and this rental will
allow a return of 6 per cent, upon the
Investment over and above the charges,
including liberal allowances for repairs
and depreciation. This result can, how
ever, only be obtained if the houses are
built in large units. It is estimated that
these houses can be built under the con
ditions of cooperation now offered at be
tween 15 per cent, and 20 per cent, less
than in the usual way.
"If the pending bill is passed work
will be begun immediately on an experi
mental square block as soon as the con
tracts for this work have been made so
as to ftoc the actual cost of construc
tion."
Informing the Legislature of the work i
to be done next summer by the commit
tee, the report states that the investiga
tion will include the following:
To Probe Labor Union*.
"Objectionable provisions contained in
the various constitutions, rules and reg
ulations that are known to exist among
labor unions in cities of the State,
and agreements between the unions and
associations connected with the building
industries in cities not yet investigated.
"The reforms in the labor unions that
the committee has been promised would
be inaugurated should be closely fol
lowed and the officials of the unions
should be required to make proof of the
manner and extent to which the prom
ised reforms have been made.
"Other employers' associations have
not yet been examined. There are be
lieved to be combinations existing among
the constituent members of such asso
ciations.
"The investigation into the New York
building trades employers' associations
and Its constituent associations should
bo continued until all the activities of
the parent association and its constitu
ent members have been made known
and their Illegal activities suppressed.
"Of the Illegal combinations In tfie
building industries operating in New
York many of them, against whom vio
lations of the State or national anti
trust laws have been established, have
not yet been presented for prosecution.
"The committee suspended the exam
ination of two associations upon the
promise of their officials to In good faith
disband their price fixing organisations
and resume competition. The commit
tee should recall the officials of these
associations for the purpose of determin
ing to what extent they have been dis
solved."
UNIDENTIFIED MAN ENDS LIFE.
An unidentified man. about 60. com
mitted suicide yesterday in a rooming
house at 300 East Seventy-fifth street
by Inhaling gas from a tubi attached
to a j.?t. There were no papers or
marks on the clothing which would lead
to the identity of the man.
H Alimatt & Cn.
The Department for Men's Furnishings
is now showing the new assortments of
Negligee Shirts for Spring
All of the fashionable weaves and colorings are well
represented, insuring a wide choice of selection
in both novelty and conservative effects
_ ligee Shirts of the most popular fabrics, such as
percale, madras, oxford, flannel, sillk-and-cotton and all-silk
isuperior quality in every instance), may be obtained at prices
ranging from
$2.0(0) to 0.5(0)
SpOrtS Shirts Of fine white oxford, with button-down
collar attached, pocket and plain wristbands, are priced at
Sleeves will be shortened to the exact, length desired
vithout extra charge
(First Floor; Fifth Avenue section)
jQaiiiBott Aurmtc-iFiftli Anmtr. iSfwjt $orft
ftmt ?ttwt
FIGHT OYER REPEAL
OF FULL CREW LAW
Companies Charge It With Big
Losses; Labor Says It Saves
Many Lives.
Special Dispatch to Th? Nsw Yohk Hb*ald.
?w York Herald Bureau. 1
Albany, March 3. I
Railroad employees warned the Legis
lature to-day that repeal of the full
crew law would destroy the safeguards
now protecting the public, but officials
of the railroads appearing at the hear
ing of the Joint Public Service Commit
tees. declared it had resulted in the loss
of millions, and had not prevented acci- j
dents, the reduction of which they I
credited to safety devices.
James P. Holland, president of the |
State Federation of Labor, said that the ;
law had saved thousands of lives, and !
was the cheapest form of life insurance
to train passengers and employees. Will
iam E. Fitzsimmons, attorney for the
Brotherhood of Firemen and Engineers,
declared that the repeal of the full crew
law meant gambling in lives, and John
E. Fitzgibbons. executive agent, of the |
railroad brotherhoods, gave figures to |
show that fewer lives have been lost in j
railroad accidents since the full crew
law went into effect.
Charles C. Poley, vice-president of the
New York Central Railroad, insisted;
that becausu of the installation of |
greater safety devices, the full crew law
was not necessary now, even though It
might have been necessary ift 1913, when
it was put on the statute books. Others
who spoke in favor of tho repeal were
Marcus Dow, general safety agent of the
Xew York Central ; V. J. Langdon. air
brake superintendent of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, and J. P.
Low. inspector of the suburban division
of the Erio Railroad.
The Steinberg bill, transferring to the
Police Department the power of licensing
taxis and public hacks, is tied up in'the
Assembly Cities Committee. This bill
has been before the Legislature for the
last two years, and has little chance of
passage.
New York city magistrate? are behind
this measure. They say that a stricter
supervision over taxicabs should be en
forced, because of the criminal use to
which they are often put, but in spite
of the power of the magistrates some
mysterious Influence seems able to
pigeonhole any legislation to bring theim
under the power of the police.
Passing bills so rapidly that the
clerks had difficulty keeping count, the
Senate and Assembly shot ahead full
speed to-day determined to finish the
session In two weeks. Leaders notified
all members that to-morrow will be a
full legislative day and none would be
excused from attendance. Senators and
Assemblymen protested but were held
to their desks by the majority rule.
Tn the Senate the Knight bill author
izing- the New York-New Jersey Tunnel
Commission to acquire properties needed
for terminal purposes held the fore
ground, being passed almost unani
mously.
In the Assembly an effort by As
semblyman CuvMier to prohibit service
charges by gas and electric companies
was blocked by Majority Leader Adler.
Then a bill placing a tax of one cent a
gallon on gasoline sold for power pur
poses was offered.
Salaries of Justices of the Municipal
\f
Bill Cuts Size of House,
Raises Pay, Fines Absent
WASHINGTON. March 5??De
creaee In the size of the
j House from 435 to 217
1 members is proposed In a reappor
I tionment bill introduced to-day by
j Representative Clarke (Rep., N. Y.>.
! The new membership would be ef
fective March 3, 1923. The measure
provides that the annual pay of the
! Vice-President and Speaker shall
be $15,000 and that of Senators and
\ Representatives $12,000.
A member of the Senate or House
would be fined $100 for each day
absent froin duty whan there was
a roll call, unless due to illness of
himself or some member of his
fnmily. Once during each session,
however, a member could be absent
for three consecutive days without
a cut in pay.
V 1
Court In New York would be increased
to $10,000 a year, with the Chief Jus
tice selected from the duly elected
Judges for a ten-year term by the Appel
late Division, first department, under
a bill offered by Assemblyman Steinberg.
The Labor and Industries Committee
of the Assembly killed the Miller bill
providing for a panel of one hundred
persons to settle Industrial disputes.
TO RELEASE MULLIGAN,
HELD IN TRINITY FIRES
Court Will Get Report of
Alienist Who Examined Boy.
Special Dispatch to Tub New York Herat.d.
Harttord, Conn., March 2.?Uaorge
Mulligan, the Trinity College rreshman
who Is held on a technical charge ot
breach of the peace on suspicion of hav
ing bee* Implicated in the recent mys
terious (ires at Trinity, probably will
be released when his case is called in
?police Court to-morrow morning. It is
believed that definite action will be
taken and the charge against the boy
noiled.
Nathan A. Schatz, Prosecuting At
torney, had a conference to-day with
the State authorities who are Investi
gating the fires, and they are believed
to have reached an agreement eyx the
Mulligan case. When the boy is taken
before Judge Eisner It Is expectod that
the court will hear the report of Dr. !
Paul Waterman and Dr. A. M. Outer-1
son, alienists, who have been examining
young Mulligan. Mulligan was at Dr.
Waterman's office this morning for an
examination, and at Dr. Outerson's office
in the afternoon.
PROSPERITY TO RETURN
SOON, SAYS C. M. SCHWAB
Steel Over Worst Depression
in Forty-one Years.
Wheeling, W. Va., March 2.?Charles
M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem
?Steel Corporation, in an address here
to-day declared that America had oome
through the worst steel depresolcn ex
perienced in his forty-one years In the
business. He predicted an early return
of prosperity, equal to that of normal
times.
"I feel more or less certain that very
soon we will regain and enlarge our for
eign commerce and restore the trade
balance we have lost," Mr. Schwab said.
SHARP GOAL PRICE
RISE IS PREDICTED
Coming: April 1, State Mer
chants Are Told?Dealers'
Stocks Small.
A sharp rise in coal price? Kbout April
1 was predicted yesterday a* a meeting
of the New York State Coal Merchants
Association in the Hotel Pennsylvania.
Arthur Patterson of the United States
Distributing Corporation said he thought
a buyers' panic would set in as the time
for the nationwide strike approached.
In face of the crisis he said that stocks
were abnormally small both among con
sumers and dealers, while the stocks in
the possession of operators were well
above normal.
Responsibility for throwing the entire
industry "into discredit and disrepute"
was placed upon the independent op
erators by John B. Reimer, head of the
Queens County Dealers Association.
"The public," he said. "has objected to
an alleged monopoly, but they have not
yet learned that seven big hogs can be
controlled better and have more sense
than fifty-seven little ones.
"Retailer^ are not to blame for the 1
coal scarcity or for the blocking of the i
jiggers and chutes at the breakers so I
that rock, slate and bone could not get 1
away from the rest of the coal if it I
tried."
He proposed the establishment by the
Federal Commission of a bureau for
collection of statistics of all elements
which enter into mining, transportation
and marketing of anthracite coal.
The association placed itself on record
as being opposed to legislation at Al
bany that would double the tax on auto
mobile trucks, and instructed its attor
ney to be present at the hearings. Sug
gestions were made to improve deliveries
and to make possible the sale of coal to
the consumer at lower prices.
MEMORIALS OF A. E. F. VALOR.
Nine Monument* to -Mark Places
Where They Fon(ht and Died.
Washington, March 2.?Erection of
nine monuments in Europe to mark
places of special interest and historical
importance In the service of the Amer- i
ican Expeditionary Forces is con- [
templated in the memorial plans of the ;
War Department, for which President
Hard ling lias recommended legislation
by Congress.
As announced to-day these monu
ments, of artistic design, would mark
the following places: Where the first i
American soldier was killed in Europe ; !
where the first American soldier was
wounded at the front; area of German
raid on first division, November 2,
1917, during which first American sol
filer wag killed In action and first
American soldier was capturcd; first
sector held by an American division
acting as a unit; where Eleventh En
gineers fought at Cambral; sector held
by Sixth Engineers March 21, 1918,
during German offensive; important
actions of the 369th, 870th, 371st and
372d American regiments while serving
with the French; point near Casarsa,
Italy, where 332d Infantry was en
gaged, and in the towa of Hamel. cap
tured with the assistance of units of
the Thirty-third Division on July 4,
1918.
ENGLISH LOUNGE SUITS
FOR iYOUNG BUSINESS MEN
In places of business, particularly those
manned by college and university gradu
ates, the English type of lounge suit is
conspicuously in evidence.
Our business suits for young men,
ready for immediate service or made to
measure, follow the lines of the most
approved English models and are made in
the same Scotch, Irish and English wool
ens used by leading London tailors.
One of the best known tailors in .Lon
don has made for us a number of four piece
English sport suits consisting of a sporting
jacket, waistcoat, knickerbockers and an
additional pair of long trousers.
DE PINNA
Fifth Avenue at 50th Street
FOUNDED 1856
RIDGING the gap be
tween blusterous March
and balmy Spring.
Men's suits and over
coats, heavy and medium
weights, at revised prices.
A considerable
reduced to $40.
choice
New Importation ? Hand-framed
pure Italian thread silk knitted
scarfs. Exceptional value, $1.65.
Brokaw Brothers
1457-1463 BROADWAY
AT FORTY-SECOND STREET
Satin Comfortables
Filled with Pure Down or Fine Lamb's Wool
COMFORTABLE! What does the word mean
to you?
Does it mean delicious warmth in those last few
minutes before you fall asleep? Does it mean rest
ful slumber without a waking moment until morn
ing?
From France and England we have wonderful
down-filled comfortables?light as air, warm as
toast?with covers of novelty silks, tapestries and
other materials. Priced $29.75 up to $175.00.
An eiderdown comfortable from France in pink
brocaded satin, filled with the pure down of the
eider duck, is $175.00.
There are domestic comfortables in plain color
and brocaded satins in full size at $56.75 and in
satin with novel silk combinations and borders at
$76.50 to $87.50.
Then there are comfortables filled with fine
lamb's wool:
Plain color satin, fancy stitched designs, $26.75
In plain color satin, double thickness, $*9-75
In plain color with plain borders and
brocaded centres, $ig.8g, $29.75, $32.50 and $37.75
In plain color satin, stitched entirely by
hand, $46.75
? Basement, 34<h Street, Rrar.
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Herald Sauare New York
25K1 ?.v
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$
Exceptional
Reduction
on Mun-cey and Pen-Lyn model high
Shces; Scotch Grain and Cordovan
leathers. Special Price $10.00
THIS WEEK
Lasts and Patterns exclusively our own design.
BOTH SHOPS
Whitehouse & Hardy
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BROADWAY *t 40" STREET 144 WEST 42"* STREET
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brings you the popular flavor
\i.weet; su^ar cane in its
mosi delightful form a syrup
,;pf highest quality, delicious
as a table spread and unusu
pleasing as a flavor for
cqbking and .preparing dis
1r #iihcttve;
American Sugar Refining Company
"Sweeten it with Domino"
Granulated. Tabletf Powdered, Confectioners, Brown.