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VOL. LXXXVI.?NO. 198?"DAILY. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1922.-bk^VAc1TBw<?o?k."ntJcr' pri(JE .JWO ^CENTS j
TRANSIT COMMISSION
REACHES DEADLOCK
WITH INTERBOROUGH
Roads' Tlea for New Delay
in Improving Service
Is Denied.
RECEIVER SEEMS NEAR
'Parting of Ways,' Says
Sliearn at Hearing Full
of Tilts.
THREAT OF COURT FIGHT
Prospects Said to Be Good for
Sonic Change in Onerous
Elevated Lease.
As Clarence J. Shearn, special coun
sel to the Transit Commission, an
nounced yesterday in a publio hearing
to investigate the Inadequate service
now given on subway and elevated
lin-N:, the commission and the Inter
l'orough Rapid Transit Company arc
".it the parting of the ways."
.lames L. Quackenbiish, general
counsel of the Interborough, pleaded
for delay in the promulgation of bet
terment service orders. He argued the
continued poverty of his company and
frankly ;:sverted, as The New York
Hkikmi last week predicted he would,
i hat if the commission insisted upon
n more efficient and consequently more
expensive service at present it would
liave to bear the responsibility of driv
ing the Interborough into a receiver's
hands.
The Fnterborough's counsel also con
firmed published reports concerning
liis company's intention to default in
the March 31 payments due under the
lease to it of the Manhattan Elevated
Railroad. Mr. Quackenbush added
that after months of negotiation they
bad reached a point at which there
appeared a reasonable prospect of an
?imicablo settlement with the Man
hattan company, either on the basis of
h modification or a cancellation of the
cippressive terms of the lease.
Plea for D?I|j/ Denied.
After long argument the commission
denied Mr. Quackenbush'* plea that
I he whole Inquiry be postponed for
thirty days. The ruling was that the
investigation must proceed immedi
ately, but the appearance in person of
Frank Hedley, president of the Intcr
horough, and of Mr. Quackenbush was
deferred until next Wednesday after
noon. In tho meantime the examina
tion proceeded, the commission's coun
sel Interrogating other witnesses, while
the rights of the Intcrborough were
protected by Its Junior counsel, Arthur
Peacock.
Judge Shearn, after listening to the
anguraent for postponement, inquired
whether if thero should be an adjourn
ment for a reasonable time and then
at the expiration of that time if the
hearing should result "in an order for
the restoration of the service on the
subways and elevated roads to that
degree of efficiency at least that pre
vailed in 1916, he will accept the order
of the commission and put It into ef
fect or whether we are to expect the
order to be attacked In the courts'.'"
Mr. Quackenbush's reply brought
forth this retort from the examiner:
"Do you mean that If the order is one
that would require an expenditure of
money such as to threaten a receiver
ship, you would take it into the
courts?"
Won I (I H?to to Go to Court.
"Oh, 1 should have to. Judge," was
ilie reply. "I don't see how else I couM
do it. Before 1 did it, of course, it would
be my duty to ask the committee repre
senting the security holders whether
ihey would advance any further money
to the company rather than have that
litigation. I cannot underwrite the fi
nancial ability of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company for the future?
to-morrow, or two weeks or thirty days
from to-day.
"The company is in a perilous condi
tion. If it escapes a receivership, I
think It will be due to the indulgence of
this commission about as much as to
anythlnK else."
"1 naked the question not that I ex
pected any different answer,"-retorted
.ludKC Shearn, "but to make It clear
thaL the commission Is really at the
parting of the ways. It seems to me.
with the company, In giving It further
time in which to wrestle with this re
ceivership problem. The whole matter,
ns T see It, comes down to this: We arc
dealing not with a matter of threatened
receivership, but with the obliKatlons of
the Interborough Rapid Transit Com
pany under Its contract."
Mr. Quackenbush took the position
that he Vina nppr iring before "a State
body exercising the police power anil
not the representative* of the city ns to
Contract. No. I; nothing to do with It
whatever." There followed :i low? con
troversy with Commissioner Harkneas
and Judge Hheam.
Conleala Commission'* Power.
"You do not contest the power of the
commission under the contract to make
an order of scrvicc?" asked the Com
missioner.
"1 certainly do. exactly. Your rem
edy under the contract is hy contract;
your remedy as representatives of the
sovereign State of New York Is by order.
I ray that if the commission makes uri
order Df tho cliaraeter Intimated I shall
Immediately cite the case of the Inter
ns tlonuI Railway Company In Buffalo,
where the Court of Appeals said that
you catinot make an order which disre
gards thf- financial ability oC the com
pany to csrry It out. You cannot put
anybody into Jail or you cannot fine any
Continued on Pag? Ml\.
i ? ? ?
Thenlrieal and Ho'el and Itnlntiiaiita.
Ailverti'iim v ill b? fnumi on Tssu II.- Adv. I
( 1 "s
Treaty's Military Control
for League of Nations?
PARIS, March 15 (Associated
Press).?A proposal to turn
the control of execution of
the military clauses of the Ver
sailles treaty over to the League
of Nations was made at to-day's
meeting of the Ambassadors' coun
cil by Count Sforza, representing
Italy. The French wanted the
present commission control of Ger
many continued for eight years,
and Count Sforza proposed substi
tuting the league if Germany
showed good will in carrying out the
terms of the treaty. The French
accepted this, but the British rep
resentatives asked to be permitted
to refer it to their Government.
V J
SLAYS POLICEMAN
AND IS SHOT IN DUEL
Husky Bandit With Four Guns
Felled by Little Man Amid
Tombstones.
CROWD IN SWIFT CHASE
Patrolman John H. McMail,
Killed Withont Warning',
Avenged by Cohen.
Another policeman?the ninth in
fifteen months of crime activity in
New York city?was slnin yesterday
by a bandit caught in the act of rob
bery. In this case the mills of the
gods ground quickly, for three min
utes after the shooting of the police
man the bandit himself lay stretched
across the slab of a tombstone in a
marble cutter's yard with a bullet
through his neck.
Hundreds of people in the Browns
ville section of Brooklyn witnessed the
shooting of the policeman and the
capture of the holdup man, as well
as an attack on an elderly woman
by two men in desperate need of
funds, which led to the shootings.
The victim was Patrolman John H.
McMail of 1289 Greene avenue, Brook
lyn, who had been seven years on the
force, without a blemish on his record.
He was married and leaves a wife
and two children, both girls, 10 and 7
years old. The man to whose pluck
and nerve and skill in marksmanship
is due the capture, and perhaps the
death, of the bandit is a slight, wiry,
undersized men, Samuel Cohen, who
does a good business in the Browns
ville section witli a private burglar
patrol bureau for the benefit of the
Ltorekeopers of the neighborhood.
Kntcrn to Tnoklr Uniidlt.
Cohen was making his semi
monthly round of collections when he
saw a man turn Into Rockaway ave- j
nu?; from Sutter avenue, followed by a
targe crowd. He heard the people <*ay
the man had killed a policeman. Ho
saw that the desperado was brandishing
a revolver toward his pursuers, but
Cohen kept in the lead. When the gun
man turned into the Hattayer Marble
Yard at 448 Rockaway avenue Cohen
followed.
While the crowd stood outside of ihe
gate, shielded from the shots by a fence.
Cohen and Tony Rabasovich, the bandit,
ex-convict and former soldier in the
Canadian army, rought a revolver aueL
The gunman intrenced himself behind a
thick marble slab. Cohen, only eight
feet behind him, ducked behind an up
right tombstone. The men flred three
shots each at close range. On the
third shot Cohen winged the gunman
on the left side of the neck, a fraction
of an inch from the Jugular vein.
Rabasovich had thrown himself, army
fashion, on the ground and was shoot
ing around the corner of the granite
block. For thl? reason the bullet, in
stead of passing through the neck, took
a downward course and penetrated the
left lung. He lit a mar. of powerful
physique and unless pneumonia sets In
the surgeons believe he has a good
chance to live.
I'ollcenmii Defenseless
The bullet that killed McMail also
was shot with marvellous uccuracy,
proving that the ex-soldler was no mean
marksman. The patrolman was stand
ing at Osborne street and Sutter ave
nue serving a summons on a street
vender for a minor infraction when he !
heard shouts. Rabasovich and a com- j
panion turned the corner.
lit fore he had a chance to size up ]
the situation, or even draw his revolver. <
the gunman shot from half way across
the stieet, the bullet striking the 'ia- !
trolnuin directly in the center of the [
forehead. The shot penetrated the skull
at a point just over the cap visor and
directly under the police insignia and
came out at the back of the head.
When H'nhen's bullet put the gunman
temporarily out of commission the' latter
had a Colt army revolver In one hand
and a hunting knife In the other. In his
belt and pockets were three other re-.
\olvers. One was a Herman f.uifer of i
.45 caliber and the other two were auto- ,
ma tics of .32 caliber. All were loaded
to capacity. Cohen had only five shots
in his revolver.
Rabasovleh's complete outfit consisted
of four revolvers, one new hunting knife
with six Inch blade, a pair of handcuffs,
a blackjack and a bottle of chloral. It
was the most complete "stickup" outfit
that has been found on the per*on oi a
single prisoner in several yearn, the po
lice said.
"Happy .IneU's" Family In Nrftl,
The death of McMall cast gloom over
the Brownsville station, bcoaue.- he was
one of the most popular men there. He
was known as "Happy Jack" M-'Mali
One of his companions said he had ?
smile for every one and was always
ready for a joke. "As clean as a whl*-'
tie," was the way his s-rgeant summed
up his character after having had him
as a subordinate for two years.
McMall died at Trinity Hospital a few
moments before his wife, Krleda, ar
rived. One of the children, < Jlart.vs.
recently has had several operation", and
the family Is none too well off llnan
(. mil limed on Page Mnr.
GHOST IN ANTIGONISH
REVEALED AS A GIRL
BY PSYCHIC EXPERT
Probably Due to Altered
State of Consciousness,
Says Dr. Prince.
SPIKIT IS LAID LOW
Scientist Sees Promptings
by Discarnate Agency
in Weird Acts.
FIRES ACCOUNTED FOR
Principal Manifestations of
Spirit on 'Haunted' Farm
Are Cleared Up.
Special Dfopatch to Thb New York Hdut.d.
Halifax. N. S? March 15.?Dr. W.
Franklin Prince of New York, secre
tary of the American Society for
Psychical Research, made public to
night his report on the mysterious
happenings which he has been investi
gating at the home of Alexander Mac
Donald near Antlgonlsh.
Dr. Prince was impelled to take up
the Inquiry by stories told by mem
bers of the MacDonald family?stories
of "ghost slapping" and fires that burst
out on flat walls and threw weird
lights, of the terrorizing of horses and
persons, not to mention a detective
and a reporter, and of a strange force
that ripped great iron hitching rings
right out of their places in the Mac
Donald barn.
lie spent the better part of a week
at the farm. He now reports that
Mary Ellen MacDonald, foster daugh
ter of tho "haunted" family, was the
"ghost," or anyhow set the mysterious
fires. Dr. Prince's findings are con
tained in the following resume of his
experiences at the farm:
"Any matter of the kind which
rivets the attention of the people in
a given region and which becomes
noised abroad throughout the country
demands competent investigation. If
it proves entirely explainable on nor
mal grounds, and if the mastery can
be solved by setting forth the causes
find manner of their operation, then
a large number of people are set free
from superstitions, or at least un
founded notions mid apprehensions In
that particular case, and are better
fitted to deal intelligently with an
other if it arises. Or if it prove that
some supernatural (or to employ the
favorite term of my friend, Dr. Henry
Holt, superusual) cause has operated
some progress may be made toward
understanding such causes and how
they operate while the distortions, ex
aggerations and naive theories which
have become attached may be got rid
of.
Search la Eihnnatlvr.
"I have had much experience in such
investigations and In many instances
have been able to solve puzzling prob
lems in a manner which would be satis
factory to the man who believes that
matter and force are the sole two fac
tors in the universe. Yet there have
been cases, I am bound to say, where
the data was as complete, the search as
exhaustive and my natural bent toward
skepticism and my determination to re
duce the phenomena' to the common de
nominator of the hitherto known and
acknowledged as fully exercised, and yet
I have not been able to do so fully and
110 one else has ventured to review the
facts set forth with the purpose of show
ing that the analysis wae defective.
"And now we come to the milk In a
particular cocoanut?classes of asserted
phenomena at Caledonia Mills.
A. 1.?Losing of cattle lr. the barn,
removal of clothes from the line, &c.
A. 2.?Fires mysteriously set In
tho house.
B. 1.?Sounds andactual sensations
experienced by Detective Carroll one
night In February. 1922.
B. 2.?Automatic writing by Tfar
old Whldden on the night of Friday,
March 10, 1922.
"Class A. is of phenomena which are
sometimes called poltergeist. This term
Is applied to cases in which there Is an
outbreak of such occurrences as stones
and other objects flying into windows
or about a roof, objects descending 'out
of the atmosphere,' furniture hopping
and tumbling, dishes being broken,
horses* tails becoming mysteriously
braided or cut, fires ?'nrtlng without
visible excuse and the like.
In the ?'Itnnn?e?l" House.
"f and my colleagues stayed in the
McDonald house from Tuesday, March
7, to Monday morning. March 13, six
nights and upwards of five days, ex
cept that the last night T alone, pur
suant to my wishes, occupied It. Dur
ing this period nothing of the A class
happened, a* every one Interested wan
forewarned might very likely be the
case, and an was the case when Messrs.
Whldden and Carroll were there two
nights subsequent to the removal of the
Macdonald family.
"Nor would tho mere fact that the
pnenomena did not occur prove or dis
prove any particular theory of their
causation at the time they did occur.
fJenulne psvchlcal events are more or
less sporadic. During the six nights
period nothing of the nature of riass
B (D occurred, that is there were no
sound* or tactual sensations which wer?
unusual. The one new experience Is
that marked B (2).
"As regards A 1. A 2 and B 1. then,
there could be no observation by me of
tho phenomena In operation. Neverthe
less 1 was able to come to the one con
clusion. which Is positive, and to others
that are tentative,
"Poltergeists claims, so far as they
Conflnned on Page Sr?en.
Wh?ti rot, T'lltik ft Writing
Think of W)iltln*.-ii?lu.
f \
Fordney and Mondell, the Masters
Fordney, chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, and Mondell, leader of the House, are sullenly
bludgeoning the bonus bill through. They refuse to
listen to President Harding, refuse to listen to the
Secretary of the Treasury, refuse to listen to the Gov
ernor of the Federal Reserve Board, refuse to listen
to the Comptroller of the Currency and contemptu
ously disregard the economy pledges of the Repub
lican party made in the last national election, con
temptuously disregard the stand of the Republican
party on the bonus.
No such exhibition of arrogant defiance of the Ad
ministration and of public opinion has ever been known
in the entire history of the country. What do you think
of this state of things, Mr. Citizen, and these men
elected to Congress as your servants, not as your
masters ??Editorial.
j
5 LOCKWOOD BILLS
PASSED BY SENATE
Insurance and Housing: Meas
ures Rushed Through Early
This Morning.
MARKED BY HOT DEBATE
Bill Requiring Real Estate In
vestments by Savings Banks
in Victory.
Special Dispatch to Tun New Yobk Hniui.r).
New York Herald Bureau. )
Albany, March IS. f
The Senate early this morning after
a hot debate passed five of the Look
wood housing hills. This was during
an all night session after it had been
agreed that all the Lock wood bills
would go over until to-morrow. The
bills are:
Striking from the law the power
granted the Superintendent of In
surance to extend beyond 1926 the
time during which life insurance
companies may dispose of their
stocks. Such dlBposal was first or
dered in 1906 by the Hughes com
mittees and has been extended from
time to time.
Making all companies other than
life and especially fire insurance
companies part with all their stocks.
This is aimed especially at the Con
tinental and Home Fire Insurance
companies.
Requiring all savings banks to
invest 60 per cent, of their future
investible funds until 40 per cent, j
of their funds have been invested
in first real estate mortgages.
Enabling New York city, through
amending its charter, to take over
the subcontracts where the principal
contractor has defaulted.
Giving mutual insurance com
panies the right to enter the cas
ualty field if they provide safe
guards. It enables the mutuals to
enter the rating bureau from which
they are barred.
The passage of these bills in the Sen
ate had been expected. They must now
go to the Assembly. The Lockwood
committee and Samuel tlntermyer, Who
Is leading a last ditch fight, are hopeful
that these and several of the other im
portant measures will be enacted.
The passage of the bills compelling
insurance companies to dispose of their
stocks and to put their money into real
estate Is a decided victory for the Lock
[ wood committee and if the measures go
I through the Assembly the committee
j says big funds will be released for
building.
[ The bill making it compulsory for
insurance companies to Invest 40 per
j cent, of tneir available funds in real
I estate mortgagee, beaten Tuesday night
| In the Senate, was rescued for a moment
| yesterday. Senator Talbert made the mo
tion to reconsider the vote by which
it was defeated, and after this was car
ried the bill was brought out and
amended to exempt insurance com
panies with investment assets of less
than $5,000,000. Senator Lockwood said
he believed the amendment would win
over several opponents from the up
State districts and that the bill might
pass.
The Senate by unanimous vote passed
the Lockwood bill giving protection to
tenants who are compelled to pay three
months rent In advance of taking
residence. Under the provision of this
fontlnned on Page Slv.
$30,000 BEER FOUND
IN BREWERY SEIZURE
Central Company's Plant
Taken Over With 50,000
Bottles and 40 Yats.
GOODS KEPT IN BARRELS
Stream of Heal Four and a
Half Per Cent. Around City
Traced to Accused Firm.
The first brewery to be seized by the
Federal authorities In New York un
der prohibition was put under lock and
key yesterday. It was the plant of the
Central Brewing Company, at Sixty
eighth street and First avenue, which
is charged with manufacturing 4'i
per cent, beer in large quantities and
distributing it among the saloons of
the city.
The plant is valued by the agents
at half a million dollars. Sanford H.
Cohen, Assistant United States Attor
ney, announced after the seizure that
the brewery, its equipment and stock,
would be subject to condemnation pro
ceedings and sale by the Government.
The agents seized about 50,000 bottles
of beer and placed government seals
on forty vats, in which more was be
ing brewed.
Prohibition headquarters had been
aware for some time that beer with an
illegal content of alwhol wa? being sold
widely in unlabelled bottles. Efforts
were made to trace the source of the
*stuff, but they were unsuccessful until
the other day, when Roswell A. Saver,
an agent, found a trail that led to the
Central Brewing Company.
With several other agents Saver vis
ited the brewery on Tuesday afternoon
and observed a truck standing outside
being loaded with barrels which for
merly had contained sugar. The agent*
asked the driver what they contained."
"Glassware," he told them, which was
true enough, according to Saver, for
each barrel held 120 filled bottles. The
agents then gained an entrance to the
plant and got an idea of its contents.
The stuff that was loaded on the truck
(and more was found Inside) was an
alyzed and was said to exceed by far
the legal half of 1 per cent, quuta of
alcohol.
The agents returned to the hrewery
with a search warrant. All the beer
sent out from there, they found, was
tiacked by bottle In the barrels. Near
beer of legal content Is distributed In
cues. The beer seized and transferred
to the Knickerbocker warehouse Is val
ued at about $30,000.
After the seizure Saver. Kerrigan.
Heager and Fannelll took charge of the
plant and maintained a guaril over It.
Summonses. they said, were to !>?? served
on Bernard T. Kearns, president of th>
company: J. Henry Tlmnv-. secretary,
and Felix Spltzler, brewmaster.
FIRE SWEEPS FACTORY.
Hprenria to lloboken Trnrnirnl?
I'.leTen Kamlllrn Hometown.
Vi.e plant of the Fischer-Sweeney
Bronze Company, at 1302-1.110 Clinton
street, Hoboken, yesterday was swept
by a fire that spread to an adjoining
tenement house ?t 1300 Clinton street
M.rt nmde eleven families homeless. The
damage is estimated at $200,000.
Many f!ed from the tenement In nlirht
clothes. They were taken to a police
st'itlon, where they wr>re quartered In a
reserve dormitory. A relief fund of sev
eral hundred dollars was raised by the
police.
Two Army Men Hurt as Plane
Crashes 100 Feet at Mineola
Sergeant Roland Blake and S^rp^ant
Eugene Revlere of the T/nltod States
Army were seriously hurt late yester
day afternoon when an airplane which
they were flying over Mltchel FleM
near Mlneola, X* I., fell about 100 feet.
The motor went dead and the mariilne
crashed before they could start It.
They were taken to the Army Hos
pital at Fort Totten, where It was said
Blake's condition was critical. Botli
legs were broken, his nose and face
were torn, and h? Is believed to have
been hurt Internally. One of Revlere's
1 legs and his nose were broken.
Thr> machine was a Curtis JX4D, and
??n piloted by Servant Blake, who hrld
ri commission a* Captain during the war.
The flight waa one of th<? regular time
nichts which men at Mltcbel Field are
niqulnt to make at atatnd periods to
1 krep In practice. No attempt was to
have he?n made at stunts or paraohut*
jumping, at which 8??rg<?ant Revler*
hohls the American record for lone
ilropa.
Bl.ike was driving the plane about a
hundred feet from the around *lien ?ol
cll'-rn on tin field notlcd Hint motor
trf-ubl'- had d ?? veloped. The plane beunn
, to descend slowly, and had dropp^J a
few feet when the motor stopped en
tirely, Then th<? plan? cfufced to t)
Ktound. Both Blake and Revlere woi.
burled In th? wr-ckagra anil It was i?ev
oral minuter before officer* and aol
I'iers cuultS (fet to th" scene.
HI.ike was uncor?Ho?ia when drajt*r.l
from the rulna of the plane, and It wa*
believed at first be had been killed. 1 :
wan revived by an army aurireon. and
he and Revlere were hurried to V'ort
Totten I lospltnl. An army officer who
I wltneaaed the accident eald It aeemMI to
!Mm the motor "cut on a stall," which
caused It to Mop.
SorgeiMit Blake ha* been In the United
Stotos At my for thirty-one year*. He
H< or in Jamaica with a wi(V and one
child. He h.i been attached to Mltclr 1
Fkld for three year*. Serc-ant Revlere i
la 22 and Uvea In t'io Mltchel FMd 1
! fc arrack a. Ili? record for parachute
Jumping vt-au .t drop of U.ino fe-1 at I
Mltchel Kleld I*?r uttmrrier. Hl't liot >
u iii tin aouth.
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NEW HOUSEGAGRULE
TO OUTWIT giim
Change Their Program Be
cause Speaker Is Opposed
to Railroading.
TO BAR AMENDMENTS!
Fordney andMondell to Use!
Tammany Methods AVitli
Rules Committee.
WANT ACTION7 TUESDAY
Backers of 4I)ollar Patriotism"
Beach Boastful Stage and
Defy Harding: and Senate.
By LOUTS NKIIIOM).
Special Dispatch to Tub New Yobk Herai.d.
?w York Hornld Rarrau, )
Washington, I). Marrh 1.1. (
The promoters of the bonus raid on
the public Treasury and business of
the country again have been compelled j
to change their plans for "jamming" j
it through the House of Representa- |
tlves.
Instead of bringing up the $5,000.-1
000,000 insurance certificate bonus bill
under a suspension of the rules next j
Monday, Representatives Fordney and j
Mondell will resort to the Tammany |
method of making a new rule to carry j
out their purpose.
Consequently the bill will not be
acted on Monday as originally planned,
but on Tuesday, when the Committee
on Rules will bring in a hand picked
proposition that will apply the "gag" j
most effectively and prevent amend- !
ment of the measure.
The change In the program of
Messrs- Fordney and Mondell, who!
purpose to ignore the platform of the j
party, the advice of the President and
titular leader of It, the certain opposi
tion of the Senate and the overwhelm
ing adverse popular sentiment, has
been causcd by the attitude of Speaker
Gillett.
(?tllrtt'a Attitude DrDnrtl.
The Speaker has taken his place
beside the President, the members of
the Cabinet and the Senate leaders, t
who believe the passage of a bonus
bill under present conditions will be j
rebuked at the November elections.'
The Speaker, who is in Florida with J
1'resident Harding, has caused it to be
known that he will not be a party to ]
the "gag" rule program decided on by
Messrs. Fordney and Mondell. With
out his cooperation the measure can
not be taken up under a suspension of
rules.
With that outlawed along with
every previous bonus venture, Messrs.
Fordney and Mondell will instruct the
Committee on Rules to bring in a spe
cial clause which will give to the bo
nus bill the right of way. The Com
mittee on Rules will do as the Repub
lican bosses of the House order.
The Speaker's attitude incensed
some of the bonus advocates to such
nn extent that they discussed the ad
visability of "clipping his wings," as
some of them described it. They even
talked of circulating a "round robin"
urging his removal, but the suggestion
was not taken seriously and it was
dropped for the time being at least.
A large majority of the members
nre in favor of any kind of a bonus
bill that will permit themselves and
their associates to square themselves
with "the soldier boys," whoso politi
cal influence is feared. It is expected
the new rule will deny the members
the right to offer amendments and
will allow only one motion, that to re
commit, which certainly would be de
feated.
Prophecy of lliinua Advocate*.
The bonus members who have shut
both their eyes and ears to all argu
ments and protests against the raid
predict it will require only two days
to dispose of the measure after it ha?
teen taken up, and there is Mttle rea
son to doubt their prophecy or Intent.
The fact is the bonus members have
reached the boastful stage. The ma
jority of them openly declare the\
have established their right to dictate
the policy of the party and have been
able to keep their forces intact, despit.
the opposition of the President and
other leaders.
There Is not the slightest disposition
cn their part to alter their program
ir> the slightest deuxee. They will
"jam" the bonus bill through the
House regardless of Its fate in the
Senate, which has set it* fat e against
the bonus, or at the hands oi the Pres
ident.
Some express the determination to
crosa swords with the President anil
the Senate. In their private corn*-na
tion they express pronounced skepti-1
cl?m regarding the rather direct and
positive statements of the President
that he favors one of two .?onrse*?
the adoption of a sales tax to flnanc
the bonus or its abandonment foi the
time.
tlouht President's Sincerity.
Repented statements by the pre?l- ,
dent do not appear to have convinced
some members of the House that the
head of their party really means what
he says. Not a few of them deelar*
that if the Senate pas r? the Insur
ance certificate hill and the President
vetoes it the House will pass it again
by a two-thirds majority.
The statements made by Secretary
Mellon. Federal Reserve Governor
Continued ou I'uge I no.
t ?- ?- ^
Britain Upbuilding Trade
Gives Credit to Portugal
LISBON*, March 15?An an
nouncement that Great Brit
ain hat* opened a crcdit in
Portugal amounting' to ?3,000,000,
payable in five years in 20 per cent.
Installments, has produced an ex
cellent impression here. The loan
is made against goods.
England since the armistice has
steadily followed a policy of seek
ing to reestablish her trade by es
tablishing credits and concessions.
"V J
FOUR POWER TREATY
VOTE ON MARCH 24
Beginning Next Wednesday
No Speech in Senate Will
Exceed an Jfour.
PASSAGE IS INDICATED
Compact May Have Margin of
Three Above Two-thirds?
New Reservations In.
Special Dispatch to Tub New York Hhsald.
?w York Herald Bureau, t
Washington, 1>. C., March 15. (
The Senate will vote or. tho ratifi
cation of the four Power treaty on
March 24. This program was decided
upon to-night. In the absence of
Senator Lodge, who was obliged to
leave the floor on account of illness,
the motion was made by Senator
Brandegoe of Connecticut.
It is provided that beginning Wednes
day, March 22, no speech more than
thirty minutes in length shall be mad"
on a reservation and *io epeech longer
than an hour on the subject of the
ratification of the treaty. It was also
agreed not to vote on any amend
ment or reservation before next Tues
day.
There was a noticeable stiffening
of lines in the fight to-day. It waw
considered likely that the opponents
of the treaty had reached their ulti
mate strength in the struggle for the
passage of the Robinson reservation I
permitting other Powers to Join in a
conference in case of trouble in thei
Pacific. To-day a similar amendment
offered by Senator Pittman of Ne-j
vadn was rejected by a vote of 50 1
to 2*.
This indicates that there is no possi
bility of the Administration accepting
any other reservation than that offered
by Senator Brandegee. asserting that
the treaty is in no sense an entangling
alliance.
Klevcn Deinorral* 1'or It.
A careful and authoritative canvass
of the minority shows there will be at
least eleven Democratic votes tor the
treaty. Acceding to this canvaas these
Democrats are certain to vote In favor
of ratification: Senators Brous^arti and
Ranadcll, both of I^ouUiana; Kendrick
(Wyo.). Myers (Mont.), Fletcher and
Trammell (Fla.), Dial (S. C.). Owen
(Okla.), William (Miss.), Pomerenc
j (Ohio) and Unaerwood (Ala.).
Senators Smith (S. C.) and McKellar
; (Tenn.) are regarded as doubtful, but
leaning toward ratification. On this
i basis, with ninety-three Senators voting-,
I it is figured there will be sixty-five Sen
! ators for the treaty and twenty-eight
axainst it. This is a margin of three
; over the necessary two-thirds for ratl
j fleation.
It is evident that some of the strong
I Administration Senators are attempting
to force the fight on the ratification of
the treaty without the Brandegee reser
vation. bit this Is regarded as impossible
In view of the fact that it has already
been approved by President Harding.
Kellogg and New have already taken
this attitude and late this afternoon
Senator Spencer of Missouri made a
gpecch on similar lines.
Described as Alliance.
?Senator Spen."er boldly described the
(r at.v a< ail alliance and eatd It
"absurd to describe It otherwise." Re
ferring to the Brandegee reservation, he
said: "It creates a situation that Is far
more apt to produce misunderstanding
tlan to eliminate misunderstanding.
The reservation Itself Is In greater need
of explanation than the treaty vihich It
attempts to explain. On the face of It,
the reservation declares an absurdltv
since it provides that under the terms
of tin treaty there Is no alliance."
Senator Willis (Ohio) interrupted
Senator S;.enrer to say that if what the
latter said was true and the treaty was
an ailiance he would not vote for It.
'Why not Incorporate the entire
apccch of the President as a reserva
tion?" aak'd Senator Spencer.
"I would 1?? perfectly willing- 10 vote
foi thut," retorted Senator Willis.
Senator Johnson (Cal.) Introduced a
reservation v hlch In form is nearly
similar to that originally presented lt>
Itrand^gee. This reservation would pr<?
vnt any undci standing or adjustment
from being arrived at without iiie con
sent of Congroe.".
Pre?ldent ITurdlng strongly opposed
this reservation at the beginning on the |
ground that It constituted a usurpation
of the treaty making powers of the
Executive. Senator Shields iT<*nn. > of
fered a re-ervatlon which states that
the sole purpose of the United States
in entering the treaty ww to aid In
removing friction In the Pacific and
with no Ides of departing from lis tra
ditional policies.
Senator Robinson (Ark.) offered a
reservation which provides that none ot
the Power* engarpd under the treaty
shall enter Into a secret treaty or agrec
n eni during the life cf the treaty
Senator William* (Miss > renewed his
attack on the Irish-American organiza
tion* which are opposing the treaty.
Me read extfacts from a pamphlet pub
lished by the Friends of Irish Freedom
and ridiculed the statements mad" tn
It. It was evident that Mr. Williams
was somewhat peeved by cloakroom
criticism of Ins speech of yesterday.
nnooKi.% \ pastou for no?To\
The Rev. .1. C. Massee. pastor of the
Psptist Temple. Brooklyn, announced
Mb resignation last nlnht. He has ac
cepted a call to the pastorate of the
Tremont Temple. Boston Or. Massee
has been pastor of ?ho Brooklyn Temple
foi t?o years, h"\l?tg come from Dsv
tcti Ohio II' i <1 aisdtiste of tlv
IjOuUmUs Theological school.
30 PER CENT. 1NC0IB
TAX DROP EXreCTEU
CUT HERE IS 40 P. C.
Officials Estimate Quarter
ly Receipts for V. S. Will
Be Below $500,000,000.
EFFECT OF DEPRESSION"
Widespread Unemployment
and Larger Deductions
Are Big Factors.
DWINDLING OF PROFITS
Number of Taxpayers May
4,000.000 as Against 5,
000,000 Last Year.
Special DUvateh to Trr? New York Hem lb. 1
New York Herald Bureau. >
Washington, I>. <\. March 15. 1
Income and excess profits taxes,
payable up to midnight to-night, will
be 30 per cent, less this year than last.
If preliminary but unofficial estimates
of Treasury Department officials com?
true.
During March this year the Govern
ment's envelope will contain less than
$o00,000,000 as the first quarterly irt?
stallment of taxpayers on their wates,
sales and excess profits earned during
the calendar year 1921. At the first
installment last year tfc? Government
got more than $727,000,000. For th?
full calendar year the payments totaled
nearly $3,000,000,000. In the calendar
year 1922, lowever. the Government
officials expect to take in not mom
than $2,000,000,000, and the total may
run as low as $1,600,000,000. The re
ceipts for the last fiscal year totaled
$3,206,046,000, or a little more than
during the calendar year.
The Government's fiscal year begins
July 1 and ends June 30. The Govern
ment l.? now in the fiscal year 1921-192^.
which terminate June 30 rwxt. Most
taxpayers file their returns on the basin
of tlic calendar year, paying during
1922 on the money earned during 1921.
Government Kronuir Urgent.
The anxiety of Congress and T>e-I
dent Harding's Administration for
economy in Government expetidltnic? i?
baaed on the Government's cxprcV.'.on
of having its annual pay cut very *e?
wrely. The Government Is going to ge:
along on smaller wages, and Budget
Director Dawes hopes that tho t<vo
billion dollars obtained from tho incoma
and excess profits tax will buy ever -
thing the Government wants If tha
other taxes and receipts hold up to
what is expected of them.
Next year tho Government will he*s
to set along on still le.?s because thera
will be no excess profits taxes This
tax was repealed by Congress, effective
January 1. but payments will be mad*
under It during 1922 on profits gained
during 1921. Profits gained during 1921
will not pay a tax when the corpora*
Hons file their returns next year.
In 1919 income and exccaa profit tax>*.
pold to the Government a total of $2.00",'..
7s4,000. The following year the Tre?s?
ury collected l3.ri5fi.93S,000. This was tha
boom year. During that year the Now
York district paid II. 109.802.000. or nmr*
than any other district. New York In
1921 contributed only 1814,737,000. This
year New York's share will be lower by
at least $200,000,000, It is expected.
I" -onomic depression Is blamed for tha
expected decrease in tha taxes. Th*
entire nation earned very much less in
f 19.t ti.an In 192). The exact decrea?<?
v. ill not he learned for several days,
v ii?n the Treasury Department receive*
reports on the March 15 collections from
all Internal revenue districts.
W lileaprenil I nrmploymrnl.
More than u.OOOOOO persona were out
of work at the beginning of lSJt. accord
ing to a ?urvey made by Secretary of
I/abor Davis and transmitted to Con
greis. During the boom years theaa
workers e?rned nearly Jt.noo.ono.ooo. It la
estimated. The number who obtained
tesdy work during 1921 can only ha
estimated. The highest estimate place#
it st 2,"0O.OOO worker#. Those who did
find Jobs generally went on the payroll
at a very much reduced earning capa*
city.
Corporation* earned far leas In lMt
than In the preceding vear. Pome of
them earned nothing at all. A larae
nnmbr>r drew on their surplus funds t?
pay dividends. Tha entire volume of
busings throughout the country
reduced. Kxporters and manufacture' ?
who during 1920 shipped abroad nearly
H.OOO.OOO.OOO worth of goods during 19*t
,<>!d goods worth only half as much.
Mills and factories remained closed ft
larf part of the year In many sections.
iBUt-'ng balances to appear on tha
wren* side of the ledger as far as tha
Government wss concerned.
*;x million farmers complained that
they wer? forced to sell their cotton,
wheat and other products at a loss.
That very many lost money has been
verified by the experts of th# Depart
ment of Agriculture T'pon the farme-a
more than 40 iwi ono persons living iri
the rrral districts and smsll towns *ra
dependent for their earnings. When
the farmers failed to show earnings tha
same became true of this group In tha
population The group constitutes a
very laree proportion of the nation's
Income tax payer".
Increased fled not Ions.
\ <?>, ind ard Important contributing
enure In ti e lo?s of revenue will be
the incre:i?ed deductions from grosa In
come sllowed by the revenue law of
1911. l'nder the old law tha head of a
farnfh was allowed a deduction of I2.00>i
plus $100 for each child or othar de.
pendant person. The new law raises
the limit to $2,500 for the family head
and allow o $100 'ir each dependent
About .1.400,000 per?ons have been pac
ing taxe on Incomes of less than 13 001
; a year. The new and higher deduction
allowed for the head of a family wt'.
i eliminate a ^ ery large proportion of
the >e ricricns from nayiog ta*e? pro.
i sided lhair incomes have not inat*.-i4