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VOL. LXXXVL?NO. 21
QUEENS RECEIVERS
HELD FOR TRIAL IN
TEN CENT FARE RISI?
Huff and Lee of Stein way
lines Defied Transit
Board Ruling.
HYLAN PLAN RIDICULED
McAneny Sees Subway Sys*1
4V T??l 4 A !
UJII1 racing rate ui
Surface Lilies.
NEW BIDS CAUSE LOSS
Slightly Lower Construction
Figures Fail to Compensate
for Delay.
Slaughter W. Huff, president of the
Third Avenue Railroad Company, and
Robert C. Lee, Joint receivers of the
Fteinway lines in Queens, were held
yesterday for trial in Special Sessions
by Magistrate Harry Miller after a
hearing in Long Island City. They
will be arraisned this morninc. when
ihe Magistrate will fix bail.
The defendants stand charged with
1 aving violated section 29 of the Public
Service Commission law, In that
in defiance of the authority of the
Transit Commission they put into
operation Illegally a new tariff which
compelled thousands of Queens passengers
to pay a 10 cent fare for a
continuous ride over the severed
Stelnway lines and those of the New
York and Queens County Railway
Company. The offense charged is a
misdemeanor, punishable on conviction
by a fine not to exceed $500 or
imprisonment not to exceed one year,
or both.
James B. Walker, secretary of the
Transit Commission, and William
Hutchinson, its supervising inspector,
who made the complaint for the commission,
testified, and with the exception
ol the defendants no other witnesses
were called. Mr. Huff said they would
' ontlnue, as at present, to refuse transfers.
The defendants were represented
by Alfred D Davison and William I?. ;
Stewart, while District Attorney Danu
Wallace, for the prosecution was supported
by Cap*. George O. Redlngton. !
rounsel for the Tranait Commission, and ,
Corporation Counsel John P. O'Brien.
MoAneny Answers Hylon.
George McAtieny, chairman of the
Transit Commission, commenting upon
Mayor Hylan'a promised plan for subway
construction, said:
"The Mayor's statement is not sufficiently
definite to Indicate just what
he has In mind, and T Imagine we shall
have to watt until the actual plan to
which he refers Is produced before venturing
any opinion. All that I can ,
gather at the moment Is that he Is pro- i
posing to deal with the subway lines as i
the surface lines have been dealt with. 1
Through the splitting up of the formerly
unified surface systems Into a lot of
separate lines, each charging fares of its
own and cutting transfers, something
like 185.000,000 double fares were col-,
lected during the year ended June 30,
1821.
"The Mayor apparently has In mind
jmjii'iik me buuwh.v pjnuiii apart in I1K
manner, so an to have one set of lines
operated by the companies and a nutn- '
her of others run by the( city, each col- !
looting fares of Its own. It Is difficult
to believe that he is putting forward
such a proposition seriously. The subway
lines could not be recaptured an a
whole by the city for many yearn, even
If it proved to be (rood business to take j
them. They could be taken only In
scattered parts. The Mayor's statement i
Indicates that he appreciates this, but ;
that he would break them up and run
them separately Just the same. \
Warns of Blocking; Relief.
"The Mayor talks about politics.
There Is no politics In the work of the i
Transit Commission. The building of,
subways Is a matter of years, and If ;
It were to adopt no plan of new building
for the reason that an election Is held
in November of each year It would get
nowhere. Tills suggestion. In short, is
another that. I trust, will not be taken ;
seriously.
"The only politics In the transit program
will he of the sort the Mayor sue?eeds
in Injecting into It. But I venture
to say that the man who. as n play In
r. puiiiii-ai game, attempts to Plock the
relief the commlMlon proposes to give
to the suffering masses of people who
row dally fight their way up and down
town on the subways will have a great
deal to account for."
The Transit Commission yesterday r?celved
new bids from the contractors
upon several of the proposed cdntracts
that previously had been submitted to
the Board of Estimate?at periods of
from several months to a year ago?
and either rejected by that body or
referred back to the commission. The
Board of Estimate avowed the purpose
of obtaining better prices, if possible.
For the construction of an Inclosure
to car Inspection sheds at IKOth street
the Rosenthal Engineering-Construction
Company bid the lowest figure, $26*.000.
The lowest bid on the previous advertising
was $297,601. The dlffcrencs,
$29,401, does not represent a saving In
Cull -1 >k-> ? -- -
M.. m>k usurer, an ins roil or re- I
advertising. office overhead and other ;
expenses Incidental to a reletting of the j
contract muat bo deducted. Meanwhile
the framework of tho ahed has deteriorated.
The low hid for a signal tower and
compressor ahed on the l.lvonla avenue
elevated line. Brooklyn, wan alao submitted
by the Rosenthal FnglneerlnKConatructlon
Company, whose figure was
$11,400. The figure of the earlier hid
was J9.04*.52. The difference between
be two figures. $245.52, has been more
han eaten up by the coat of readvertlslng
and Interest.
The remaining bids received by the
commission covered track material* to
complete the construction of the subway
portion of the Fourteenth stre?t?Fastern
District line. A comparison shows a
$.1,!?04 "saving" In total, bids of I79.SS#.
TheatrteaTand" Hotel and Restaurants.
Advertising *111 bo found ?m I'ags 10.?Ado.
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Lady Astor Doesn't
'Give a Tuck-a-Dunt'
Special Dispatch (oTiie Nbw To?k Hk*ai.d.
rHICAGO, May 15.?Chicago is
ereditinsr T.adv Astor with a
new word. At any rate Chicago
never heard it before.
"I don't give a tuck-a-dunt for
the unintelligent woman," she said.
And instantly the hundreds of
women In Orchestra Hall broke Into
a flurry of excited whispers.
"What?or who?is a tuck-adunt?
Where is a tuck-a-dunt?
'Did you ever hear that word before?
What does it mean?"
Finally somebody with an appearance
of knowledge let it be
known that a tuck-a-dunt is a mysterious
something of equal value
with a tinker's dam.
LIQUOR LADEN PLANE
FALLS ALONG HUDSON
Farmer Near Croton Sees Finish
of First Known
Smuggler to City.
AVIATOR FLEES, LIMPING
State Troopers . Find That
Wreeked Craft Carried 200
pottles of Scotch.
In a tangled and odorous mass of
airplane wreckage and broken whisky
bottles on a little hill top beside the
Albuny Post road two miles nqrth of
Croton-on-Hudson State troopers found
last night the first tangible evidence
that airplanes are being used by bootleggers
to bring liquor from Canada
to New York.
George J. McCaU, who has a farm
on the Albany road the other side of
Croton. heard the roar of an engine
overhead at about 9:30 o'clock last
night. He went out on his porch ]
and saw an airplane?it afterward j
proved to be a Curtiss scout plane?
circling about over his farm. There
are several open spaces near there
that can be used for lunding if necessary.
but McCaU was surprised to
sec this plane circle again and again
over the roadway. The night was
clear enough that the aviator could
command a view of the roadway for
several hundred yards In both directions.
After passing over the road se-,eral
times, apparently looking for an automobile
or expecting a signal of some
sort, the plane tnado arv attempt to rise.
It had come down to within less than
100 feet of the ground. It rose a little
way, halted and then tumbled to the
giuuiiu in iv nose uive. .*icv-au rail
toward the plane, but before he got
there he saw a .short, heavily built man
in a dark sweater pull himself out of
the wreckage and rurv as fast as he
could in the general direction of New
York.
Man .Slightly Hart.
The man limped slightly and was hatless.
but he did not stop to decide what
to do with his plane. When McCall
reached the hilltop where the plane lay.
about a Quarter of a mile south of the
road, he smelled whisky. He examined
the wreckage only a moment, so he said
later, and then rarv to his house and
telephone the State Constabulary in
White Plains.
CaDt. J. A. Warner and Lieut. Rob
erts. In command of the State troopers
tn White Plains, brought 'a squad of
men In automobiles to McCall's farm.
Some of them searched for the man who
was seen running away from the plane,
but they were unable to pick up his
trail in the dark.
Lieut. Roberts and Capt. Warner began
a search of the wreckage. They
found that there were 200 quarts of
high grado Scotch whisky In the plane,
but about half of It was broken. The
spilled whisky had saturated the ground
for several feet.
(' ran Worth
Lieut. Roberts said the whisky of this
particular grade, which was above suspicion,
was easily worth $2,500. With
the cargo were several copies of Montreal
newspapers, and the wrappings of
the liquor bore Montreal and Quebec
labels. Other papers found In the plane
were enough to convince the troopers the
plane was at the end of a booze running
flight from Canada.
The Constabulary stood guard ovei
the wreckage last night.
The troopers as well as Federal prohibition
agents said they often had
thought of the possibilities of bringing
liquor to New York by airplane,
but a number of practical difficulties,
such as the scarcity of landing fields,
had prevented them from taking such
a possibility seriously. Lieut. Roberta
paid he believed, from the action* of
the aviator. Just before tho craeh. that
he was expecting to meet an automobile
or a truck near McCall'* farm to
take the liquor to one or more roadhousea
on the Albany road. Hcveral
roadhouso*. he eald, have been rallied
in the la?t few month*.
DYNAMITEIS SEIZED
IN LABOR ARRESTS
Found at Home of Owner of
Motor Terrorists Used.
Nprrlat Phpatrh to Tub Nrw Volk Ifmsi.d.
Chicaoo, May 15.?Dynamite and detonating
fuse* were seized to-day In
the home of John Miller, owner of the
Hutomobllc In which four men were riding
laat Tueaday night when two policemen
were killed and one wounded. Miller
said the car was stolen from him.
The seizure came wnlle attorneys for
' Big Tim" Murphy and Fred (Ffenchy)
Mnder, labor leader*, were attempting
to obtain an Immedla'to trial for their
client* on the murder charges. The
hearing on thla was continued to
Wednesday.
Murphy, alleged "brains" In la*t
week's reign of terror, has had enough. |
Wearied with frequent collaring* by tho
law. he announced to-day at the County
Jail that he was ready to retire from
labor union activity and to quit Chicago.
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** NEW YO
NOVICE DRIVER HITS
8 CHILDREN AT PLAY; i
FLEES, LEAVING CAR
Motor Stolen; Tragedy Kestores
It to'Owner; Think j
Thief Was at the Wheel.
FIVE KILLED IN A DAY
Motorists on Lincoln Highway
Found Dead?Almshouse
Iiftnato Struck.
TRAFFIC COURT BUSIEST j
Fines 184 Speeders, Many of
Whom Thought Police Had
Relaxed Vigilance at Parade.
. '
A stolon automobile believed to1
have been operated by the thief who
stole It, apparent'y a novice, dashed
to the sidewalk at Second avenue and
Thirty-eighth street' last night to
avoid hitting a spool of telephone
cable and crashed Into a group of
fifteen children playing in the shadow
of the spool, Injuring eight so severely
that they had to be taken to
Bellevue Hospital. It was feared that
one will die.
Five persons were killed in the day
in the metropolitan district and many
j others were injured. The day was
the busiest of the season for the
Traffic Court. Tho explanation offered
was that the automobilists figured
that all the police would be busy Saturday
because of the police parade,
but discovered that their reasoning
was unsound. Magistrates Marsh
and House disposed of more than 300
cases, among whom were 184 speeders
who paid fines ranging from $2 to
$100.
Swings Wide nt Corner.
So far as the police have been able
to learn, the machine which hit the
children, a Maxwell touring car bearing
the license plate 661-483 N. If., was
driving north in Second avenue. There
were two men In the front seat, one
having his arms about the driver as
though he were showing him how to
j steer the machine. The car turned
j west into Thirty-eighth street, but the
driver described so wide an arc In turn
Ing that on reaching the westerly side
of the avenue he discovered he was
about to run Into the cable spool just to
the west of the northwest corner.
The driver turned his car to the right
and the machine Jumped on to the sidewalk.
flinging the children In all dlrecTlons.
One little girl, Mary Linden-,
baum. 3, of 501 Second avenue, was
knocked down, the car passing over her
body. She was the most seriously hurt.
There were screams from all directions
and several women fainted. A
huge crowd gathered and the two men
In the car became so frightened that
they ran away, leaving the car behind
them. Policeman called ambulances
from Bellevu*. which took away Rose
and Alexander Lindenbaum, 8 and fi
years old. respectively, and sister and
brother of Mary; Margaret L&nsa. 5,
and her sister Tessie, 7, of 243 East
Thirty-eighth street: James Lulce, 7,
of 208 East Thirty-Eighth street, and
Rose and Alexander Rosenberg, 8 and 7,
respectively, of 305 East fortieth
street. All of these children were suffering
from abrasions and contusions of
the head, arms and body. Mary Lindenbaum
had a possible fracture of the
skull and Internal Injuries.
The automobile which injured the children
was claimed early this morning by
Krancls P. Kansome, a real estate Insurance
broker of 320 East Thirty-fourth
street, who told Detective William Forst
of the East Thirty-fifth street station
that the car had been stolen from in
front of his efljee a short time before
the ncrident The thief, deteot lv?*? he
Ileve. had drfvep only a little while
when he lost control of the automobile.
Two Children Killed In Street.
August Dmma. ?, of 2477 Belmont
avenue, The Bronx, died In Fordham
Hospital from Injuries he received when
he was knocked down In front of his
home by an automobile operated by
Ravmo Oarozzo of 2402 Belmont avenue.
The boy suffered a fracture of the skull
and Internal Injuries. Oarozzo took him
to the hospital after the accident. Witnesses
said It was purely an accident, so
Carozzo was not arrested.
Josephine Zetlnesky. 4, of 74 East
Ninety-ninth street, was run down by an
automobile truck In front of her home.
| Joseph McKeon of 813 Elton avenue, The '
Bronx, the driver, said the child ran In
front of the truck and thdt he threw on ,
' the brakes but could not prevent hitting
her. The child's mother picked her up
and took her to Mount Slnal Hoepl'a!.
. where physicians said she was dead.
MrKrnn who In a /rlv*p for iha Pa *Ar\
Drug Company. HOI Kaat I34th atreet i
waa arreated on a homicide charge.
Two men were killed when the automobile
they were riding ran Into a telegraph
pole on the Lincoln Highway.
New Jeraey, about three mllea aouth of
New Brunswick. They were Stephen
Vereala. 29. and Michael Carmaaaa. 27.
both of Perth Amboy, N. J. No peraon
an w the accident. The hodlea were
found by State troopera.
Jacob Schneider, 75. of the Ivy Hllla
Alma Ilouae, wm killed when he waa
knocked down by a motor truck at High
atreet and Springfield avenue. Newark
Walter H. r*oatea of 347 Llvlngrtone
at reef. Newark, the driver. Jammed on
the hrakea when he aaw the man walk
into the atreet but Schneider became
confuaed In trying to avoid being hit
by another automobile and walked Into
the path of Coatea's car. Coatea and hla
helper. Oeorge Mulley of 54 South atreet
Newark, were hold for inveatlgatlon.
Peter Healln and Daniel J. I<ee, employeea
of the Department of Plant and
Structurea, had a mlraeuloua eacape
from death when their automobile truck
akldded on the Vernon Avenue bridge
over Newtown Creek, In Brooklyn, tore
away thirty feet of a guard railing and
plunged Into a thirty foot cut of the
Long Island Railroad.
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Idle Thousands Get Work
as Iron Mines Start Up
Special Dispatch IoTiib Nrw Yo?k Hqui d.
IRON. MOUNTAIN, Mich., May :
15.?Iron mines in the Me- |
nominee, Marquette and Gogebic
ranges have started up for the
year with full time crews after
iiavius ucv11 v. juocu iui ti^at >/ ?
year.
The reopening means that thousands
of tons of Iron will be mined
and shipped this season from this
district, with thousands of idle men
groins back to work.
The Chapin, Aragon. Riverton
and Oliver mines are among the
big properties that will be worked
day and night, as they were two
and three years ago.
LIGHTNING BOLT SETS
$2,000,000 OIL FIRE
12 Big Tanks, 1,400 Barrels of
Inflammable Fluid and
Other Property Burn.
ABLAZE YET EARLY TODAY
Foamite and Steam Fail to
Control Worst Bayonne Conflagration
in Many Years. ,
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. A bolt of lightning struck a tank '
containing 1,400 barrels of oil at the '
plant of the Tidewater Oil Company
at Bayonne, N. J., yesterday afternoon '
at ten minutes past 4 o'clock, and '
started a fire that at 3 o'clock this i
morning had afready destroyed property
worth more than $2,000,000. At '
that hour twelve tanks and much
other equipment of the plant was in '
flames, and an east wind was blowing '
the embers toward other tanks in 1
other parts of the big yard. Two of
the tanks on Are were filled with
naphtha, and an explosion was feared <
unless workmen were able to empty 1
the tank before the flames reached it. (
Officials of the company said that it 1
I would not be possible to control or ex- j
tlnguish the flames before the twelve
i tanks had been destroyed, although most
I of the oil in them was pumped out and
j saved. But at 3 o'clock the fire had de- J
; stroyed six agitator tanks, seventeen
; continuous treaters Omall tanks In ,
which the oil Is treated), the refinery
| and the pump house, and had damaged
| mc )/ipn iiiiLP mm Ifrii pjninim OI IIH
1 plant to such an extent that this Iocs
j alone will hamper refining operations j
j for several weeks.
The intense heat, the rolling clouds of j
smoke and the rapidity with- which the
I burning oil spread from tank to tank
| made the Are an extremely hazardous |
i one to fight. Several flremen were over- ,
i come by smoke, but only one. OeorRe (
i Hendrickson. was sent to Bayonne City
Hospltal. where it was said his condi- j
tlon was not serious.
A dozen or more employees of the
| company were burned about the hands
i or overcome by the flames, but their In- j ,
Juries were slight and they were treated
. on the ground by ambulance surgeons
and physicians employed by the oil .
; company.
i J. B. Edwards, general superintendent
of the plant, was in charge of the fight
against the flames, and spent all night j
i directing his men. He would not estimate
the probable damage, but other
I officials of the company said they
| would be fortunate If they kept the
j loss within the $2,000,000 set at 2 o'clock
, this morning as the probable damages.
The lightning hit the first tank,
from which all the oil but 1,400 barrels |
1 had Just been pumped Into a steamer. ,
only a few moments after a gauger had <
i clambered down the iron ladder from j
! th#? tr>n- wh#d*P hl? V?nH hr?r?n moasiirlmf .
the depth of the oil that remained in
the tank. The bolt struck with such
force that It blew the top off the tar.k J
and hurled It on to another tank containing
2.000 barrel* of oil. Both tanks '
burst Into flames and spread the fire
to tw-o other*, one of whlrh contained '
12,000 barrels of oil. The oil In all the
tanks but the first one, however, wiis '
pumped out and waved. I
Several of the agitator tank* caught '
fire with the flrwt burst of spark* frotti <
the big tank*. The company's own fire i
department tried to put out the flames
unaided, but with the constant spread
! of the fire the situation became so 1
alarming that a call for help was sent <
to the Bayonne Flro Department and I
the Standard Oil Company. The Baf- |
onne department sent three engines under
command of Chief Alfred Davis, and i
the Standard company sent several tank i
cars filled with foamlte, a chemical
used to fight oil fires. , (
The firemen began to experience con- ' i
siderable success with the use of foamlte 1
and steam, but^ two hours after the 1
lightning had struck the waste oil \
hacked up In the sewage system of the '
plant and caught Are, spreading to the
refinery and the pumping house and j
thenoe to the pipe and feed lines. From i
these the flames, fanned by an east | 1
wind. Jumped the row of continuous
treaters. destroying them easily, and set!
fire to other big tank* almost across the j
s ni 'i. |
Bayonne firemen said the fire was the <
moat aerloua oil conflagration they had
fought In years. The fire was spectacular.
huge columns of black smoke roll- I
Ing Into the air and spreading over the i
whole town and surrounding country. 1
It was visible for several miles
and attracted much attention along the (
New Jersey waterfront.
DRY RAIDERS WILL USE
GUNS ON MOONSHINERS 1
To Employ Them in Self
Defenae, Say a Haynea. ,
Sprriot Pnpntrh In Ths Nrw Yosk Itsmio. I
New York Herald Itureau. 1
Washington, I). C.. May I <
Red liquor has been conquered. Pro- '
hlhltlon Commissioner Haynea said today.
and now white liquor must go. j
Prohibition agents are to Invade
Tennessee. Kentucky and the. CarolInas
In war on moonshine.
It Is to be a rifle and shotgun campaign.
The raiders are to use their |
arms In self-defense That course Is ,
necessary to uphold the law, Mr. Haynea (
declared I
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6 1 QOO ENTERED AS SECOND (
, IV&Ct. POST OFFICE. NEW
PREDICT A 400,000
VICTORY FOR PEPPER
IN PRIMARY TO-DAY
Pennsylvania to Give Him'
Plurality Over Burke,
Backers Say.
STATE BATTLE KEEN
Alter and Pinchot Supporters
Repeat Rival Claims
of Triumph.
IN GOVERNORSHIP FIGHT
Former Has Support of Republican
Organizations in
Large Cities.
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Special Diapatch to trnc New Vork Hbiai.d- '
Philadelphia, May 1G.?Pennsyl- I
rania has cleared the decks for a'
;reat battle to-morrow for the Re- |
publican ffuhei notorial nomination
md the contest between Senator ,
'Jeortre Wharton Ponoer and Renre
tentative William J. Burke for the
jnexpired term of Senator Penrose.
Gilford Pinchot and Attorney-Gen;ra'
George E. Alter are the contest- [
ints for the gubernatorial nomina- i
tion, and each to-night is claiming
victory. The Pinchot forces are depending
largely on the vote of the j
women. while the Alter side depends 1
on the strength of the Vare organi- j
sation here and the Pittsburgh ma- !
Jhlne to hold down the Pinchot vote, j
Reed Han Little Opponltlon.
Major Dgvid A. Reed of Pittsburgh,
candidate for the regular term in the
L'nlted States Senate and for the un- [
expired term of the late Senator Knox, j
now held by Senator Crow as an ad
Interim appointee, -will be nominated
by a large majority. His opposition is
negligible. It will be necessary to vote :
twice for Major Reed, once for the un- i
expired term and once for the regular
term, which begins March 4 next.
Col. David J. Davis of Scranton is !
expected to win the nomination for
Lieutenant-Governor over John P.
Bracken, a Democrat, who is seeking J
the nomination of both Republican and
Democratic parties. Secretary of In- '
terns 1 Affairs Jai.ies K. Woodward is :
unopposed for renomlnation.
Each party will nominate Congressional
Representatives in thirty-six dls- j
trlcts. State Senators In twenty-seven
districts and 207 members of the State
House of Representatlves^lts entire mem- |
hershlp will be nominated" For the first I
time in a number of years no members I
of Congress will be nominated from th" j
o . _ . - ... 1 .1... .Ik. r?.ni?Hlnn. 1
ment by the last Legislature.
State Committeemen are to he elected i
from each county. Where a Senatorial
district Is composed of one county or;
a part of a county It elects a man and
a woman to the State Committee. Where j
more than one county comprises a Ken- 1
atorlal district, the county elects one
member of the State Committee, who
may be either a man or a woman. The
Stato committee election In the Republican
party Is the- forerunner of a contest
next month for the chairmanship of
the State committee and the scat of the
late Senator Penrose In the Republican
National Committee.
Watch Governorship.
As far as Philadelphia is concerned, i
the chief Interest is in the Governorship i
pontest. The Plnchot committee In this j
pity, under the direction of Councilman ;
IV. W. Roper, Is confident that Altcr's j
majority will be held down to 50,000, j
while the Vare forces, supporting Alter, j
say his plurality over Plnchot In the
forty-eight wards will be from 100,000
to 150.000. Congressional fights In I
IVest Philadelphia and Germantown are
fxpeeted to aid the plnchot candidacy.
Attorney-General Alter, after closing
his campaign in Pittsburgh rushed Into)
S<huylklll county to-day In an effort to '
stem the Plnchot tide there. The
pounty Is counted for Plnchot by 2,500 |
majority.
Mr. Plnchot w.nt to his home. In Milfoci,
PP-.e county, from this city, this !
morning, where he and Mrs. Pinchot will |
rote to-morrow. They expert to return
lo Philadelphia to-morrow night, where :
they will receive election returns.
"One thing remains," said Mr. Tin- i
not mp in urpanru, *> - hiupi, x*-i um
[h* vote."
Mr*. Barclay H. Warburton. vlce-halrman
of the Republican State Committee.
to-day described the gubcrnaLortal
contest a* "the moat critical sltuatlon
In the political life of the State."
"We have the kind of opportunity
that come* about once In a century,"
Mra. Warburfon paid, "a chance .to put
health and vitality back Into the Republican
party In till* State. It would
be to the undying shame of Pennsylvania
women If, through Indifference,
through Insufficient work. through
leaving It to our neighbor, we nil** our
hlg chance In many year*. 1 call upon
every loyal Republican woman In
Pennaylvanla to come nut to-dav atjd
tell the contractor hoaae* and her
Pennaylvanla neighbor* and the world
generally that *hc la claiming her own
title to the Republican party."
CA PTURE CA SHIER GONE
JUST A YEAR FOR LUNCH
Hoezle Said to Have Fled
After Theft of $10,000.
A caahler who grabbed hi* hat and J
phot out the door with the announcelient,
"I'm going to eat," wh*n ho aaw
wo aocountant* enter Id* office trior*
han a year ago, wa* arreated yesterday
harged with grand larreny from hi*
lrm.
He I* Harry Hoetle of Hergenftelda.
J., former oaahler of McMillan *
tVerner. dealer* In machinery, at filfi
Pearl atreet. He ta alleged to have Jugtied
hla book* and atolen more than
110,000.
"It took you a long time to eat that
unch." aald .lohn CunllT, detective on
he Platrlct Attorney'* staff, nffian h*
dapped hla hand on hla ahoulder at
Mberty and West street*
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Russians Accept Principle of
New Parley but Object to
Ban on Treaties.
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ALL AGREE TO TRICE
Communists Willing: to Make!
Concessions to Capitalists in
Return for Big Credits.
By JOHW M'H. STUART.
ftnfirial Cahle tn Tun Nrw Ynair Hnutn. !
C&pi/riffht, IBS2, by The New Yoek Herald
Genoa, May 15.?As far as possible
every "political element" has been
eliminated from the program for the
gathering at The Hague of allied and
Russian experts 'with the purpose of
solving the Russian problem. The
Russians here are to meet with the
political subcommission to-morrow to
discuss procedur6.
Prime Minister Lloyd George carried
this program to the subcommission
to-day, and the Russians intimate
they will accept, with certain
qualifications which the British regard
as details easily adjusted.
The Premier also explained definitely
that the Russians would be received
on equal terms at The Hague,
and sit with perfect equality at the
same table, thpugh the Western delegates
would m.-.et first to choose their
spokesmen and settle their policy.
Soviets Raise Three Points.
He explained also that Governments
could not prevent agreements by private
firms and individuals with the
Russians during the negotiations, but
pledged that the British and other
Governments would refuse to countenance
such agreements, and do
everything possible to prevent them.
Christian Rakovsky, the Ukrainian
Soviet Premier, said this afternoon
that the result of the deliberations of
the F^ussian delegation were as follows:
"FIRST?We accept the principle
of the mixed commission, but warn
the conference and the world in advance
that the proceedings will be
as sterile as those at Genoa if the
Russian representatives and the
others are kept separated, thus
forming a double commission.
"SECOND?Russia dissents absolutely
from the agreement reached
here forbidding separate agreements
by nations with Russia pending Ae
lengthy Hague negotiations.
"THIRD?It still remains an essentia!
of the Russian policy in
treating with the western Powers
that direct credits shall be granted
the Soviet Government itself for
reconstruction."
Rakovsky added that Russia was
opposed to The Hague as a meeting
place because of Russia's lack of relations
with the Dutch and Holland's
reimposition of the blockade as a "hostile
act," pointing out that Russia al
ready has trade agreements with England,
the Baltic States, Polund and
Norway, and that provisions to permit
communication between The
Hague and Moscow would be even
worse than at Genoa. He said Russia
mould insist upon some other city,
suggesting Stockholm or Riga.
Answer Satisfies Allies.
The allied delegates express satisfaction
to-night with Russia's first
point?acceptance of the commission
plan. Regarding the second they say
it is none of Russia's business if separate
agreements are banned by the
Towers, of which Russia is not one.
They simply laugh at Rakovsky's assertion
that the conclusion of agreements
is now in the course of negotiation
with Italy, .Japan. Sweden and
Ozecho-Slovakla. Those countries give
Russia ample opportunity for such intercourse
with the outside world as
her own condition enables her to
carry on.
In the case of the Japanese agreem<
nf there is no objection of a politi
cal character In some clauses, under
which. In undertaking to evacuate
Siberia, Japan seeks to protect her own
nationals left behind.
But It Is argued that If Russia wants
to Increase her ability to do business
with the rest of the world she will
have to negotiate with the Powers together.
and the understanding among
those Powers against separate agreements
was designed merely to prevent
a recurrence of an agreement like the
Russo-German Rapallo treaty, which,
as Mr. Lloyd George said to-day, "almost
broke up the conference."
Sehanser Sees Tehlteherln.
Carlo Schanser, the Italian Foreign
Minister, is seeing George Tehlteherln
to-night, once more endeavoring to Induce
him to make a reply of reasonaide
acceptance, and this time It is
confidently believed he will succeed.
As an earnest "f the Allies' willingness
to cut out the communist-capitalist
acrimonious dlcusslons, the subcommisslon
has decided to drop the proposed
"shsrp answer" to the propagandist
part of Tchitcherln's note.
They have refused even to take umbrage
at his note of last night, conContlnned
on Page Two.
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Lloyd George Worried;
Won't Go to The Hague
GENOA. May 15 (Associated i
Press).?Mr. Lloyd George
said to-day that he would
not go himself to The Hague.
While the British Premier was
cheerful enough in his expressions,
it appear?d to ooservers that he
was considerably worried over the
situation; He was quieter and
more reserved than at any of his
previous meetings with the press
representatives.
VIPA.Prominr Do**! hnu of IiVo noo
declared at to-day's session of the
political sub-commission that he
would not attend the meeting tomorrow,
when the Russians will be
present, because he did not sign the
memorandum to the Russians. If
Russia" accepts^ the plan for The
Hague commissions, however, he
said he would recommend it to the
French Government.
GAS COMPANIES WIN
EIGHTY CENT FIGHT
|
Supreme Bench Confirms
Lower Court's Ruling Kate
Is Confiscatory.
SAVE $10,000,000 PAID IN
Special Master's Fees Criticized
and Cut?Public Shoulders
Heavy Costs.
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Special Dispatch to Tine New Yukk Hekai.o?w
York Horn Id Itiireuu. I
Wafthlncton, D. C., Mny 15. (
The United States Supreme Court
I To-aay nanaca oown necisions in tne
| cases of seven gas companies affiliated
with the Conrolidated Gas Company
of New York, in which it was
held that the 80 cent gas rate is confiscatory.
The decisions confirmed
those handed down by the lower courts
in New York.
The effect of the decisions is that
about $10,000,000 which had been laid
aside by the companies pending the
decisions, representing the excess
rates for gas, will be retained by them
and gas consumers in the future will
have to pay the price now being
charged. This represents the difference
between the dd rate of 80 cents
and $1.25 and more.
The decisions were In the cases of
the Naw York and Queens Gas Company,
the Central Union Gas Company,
the Northern Union Gas Company, the
New Vork Mutual Gas Light Company,
the Standard Gas Light Company, the
New Amsterdam Gas Company and the
East River Gas Company of Long Island
City.
Cnt Special Mauler's Fee*.
j The Supreme Court also handed down
I a unanimous decision in which it rej
duced thj compensation allowed to
Abraham S. Gilbert as special master
| In the Consolidated Gas Company's
' ease which was decided on March 6 and
1 who also took the testimony and ren
! dered the derision in the eases of the
seven companies mentioned. In the
, ease of the Consolidated alone Judge
j Julius M. Mayer of the United States
j District Court In New York, wlio ap:
pointed Mr. Gilbert special master, alj
lowed him ftle.OOO for services, which
j has been paid by the Consolidated,
i In the decision the Supreme Court
j reduced that fee to a sum not exceeding
$28,750, and in each of the other
seven cases Mr. Gilbert Is allowed a
sum not exceeding one-third of the
amount heretofore allowed. Altogether
his allowances must not total more
than >48.250. Referring to the gas cases,
the decision said:
Concerning the merits little need
be said In each cause as controverted
questions of fact were referred
to a master who took evidence
and made reports supporting
the gas companies' claims, and these
were confirmed by the Court. We
are entirely satisfied with the ultli
mate conclusions and none of the
points reilea upon are surncieni 10
j justify general reversals.
In Its comment on the master's fees
I the t'ourt said that "If the time devoted
to the entire service? 2?0 daysbe
accepted as equivalent to one year
the total allowance Is fifteen times the
salary of the trial Judge and eight times
that received by the Justices of this
court."
Pobllr tn Pay Heavy Coats,
With the decision the rate cases of
the N?w York city gas companies es1
tabllahed two records, "the case of th*
Consolidated Oas Company alone was
1 the bulkiest In records ever submitted
to the Supreme Court and probably the
most expensive. It is believed that the
' Consolidated <?as Company's rase coat
about $1 .flf'.OOO, which Included the master's
compensation, the employment of
. .tiHsol <? *a, I ?*n/>rtu in f ho m a n n f u of n r r>
! of van and Its distribution. Of that
fl.oon.onn probably f450,00o was spent by
Ibe Corporation Counsel who had been
retained In the case by the lJlstrtct
Attorney.
' Col. William Hayward, who was rej
talned by the Public Service Commission,
received $20.r<K) for his services
out of an appropriation of PO.OOO made
by the Legislature.
The bitterness with which the Corporation
Counsel and the Attorney-General
contested the case forced the gas
company to enormous and tinlooked for
I financial expenditures. Naturally all
| these expenses eventually will be met
I by the taxpayers and the ass consumers.
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k Herald, with all that was
un intertwined with it, and
talized, is a bigger and better
lewspaper than ever before.
PTMTQ f THREE CENTS
CiiN i. O J WITHIN 200 MILES
: [ FOUR CENTS ELSEWHERE.
UE CALL;
. TTITUDE
ELEMENT
MUST BACK DOWN
Allies Told Soviet Reply
to Their Terms Lacks
Dellniteness as Basis
for Parley.
HOW AID CAN BE GIVEN
America Always Beady to
Join an Inquiry to Help
in Restoration.
OPEX TO LATER APPEAL
Answer Sent to Ambassador
Child to Invitation Suggests
Possible Assistance.
Washington. May 15. ? The State
Department made public to-night the
text of a message to Ambassador
j Child at Genoa declining the invita!
tion to participate in the new European
economic conference at The
' Hague.
"This Government," the American
j communication said, "is unable to
conclude that it can helpfully participate
in the meeting at The Hague,
as this would appear to be the continuance
under a difference nomen!
dature of the Genoa conference and
I desStlned to encounter the same difficulties
if the attitude disclosed in
the Russian memorandum of May 11
remains unchanged."
The "inescapable and ultimate
question," the note said, "would appear
to be the restoration of productivity
in Russia, the essential conditions
of which are still to be secured
and must in the nature of things be
Drovided within Russia herself."
The State Department'!* communl;
atlon said the American Government
! 'has always been ready" to join other
Governments in arranging for "an
inquiry by experts into the economic
situation in Russia and the necessary
remedies." Such an inquiry, it was
added, could deal appropriately "with
the economic prerequisites" for restoration
of Russian production without
which a sound basis for credits
would be lacking.
Reply Sent to Child.
The Secretary of State has directed
Ambassador Child to deliver the following
reply for the American Government:
"This Government has carefully con;
sldercd the invitation extended to it
1 by the president of the Genoa con|
fcrence, under the conditions set forth
1 Ir. the agreement of the Inviting Powers,
to Join the proposed commission
tc meet at The Hague on June 15.
"This Government is most desirous
to aid in every practicable
1 way the consideration of the economicexigencies
in Russia and wishes
by the people of the United States for
the people of Russia and their keen Interest
In all proceedings looking to the
rtcovery of their economic life and the
return of the prosperity to which their
capacities and resources entitle them.
The American people h3ve given the
most tangible evidence of their unselfish
interest In the economic recuperation
of Russia, and this Government would
be most reluctant to abstain from any
opportunity of helpfulness.
"Thla Government, however. Is unable
to conclude that It can helpfully participate
In the meeting at The Hgue. as this
would appear to he a continuance under
a different nomenclature of the Genoa
conference and destined to encounter the
same difficulties If the attitude In the
Russian memorandum of May 11 remains
unchanged.
"The Inescapab e and ultimate question
would appear ?o be the restoration
of productivity In R asla. the essential
i conditions of which arc still to be se
cured, and must In the nature of thlngk
provided within Russia herself.
IIimIh I.arks llcflnltenma.
"While this Government has believed
I that these conditions are reasonably
clear. It has always been ready to Join
with the Governments extending the
| present Invitation In arranging for an
Inquiry by experts Into tile economic
situation In Russia and the necessary
1 remedies. Such an Inqurly would appropriately
deal with the economic prerequlsltea
of that restoration of produc*
I tlon In Russia without which they
would appear to be lacking Hny sound
basis for credits.
"!t should be added that this Government
Is most willing to give serious attention
to any proposal from the Genoa
conference or any later conference, hut
It regards the present suggestions. In
apparent response to the Russian memorandum
of May 11. as lacking. In view
! of the terms of that memorandum. In
the deflnltenesa which would make possible
the concurrence of this Govern
i mrni in inr propoifq pmn.
The plan In pursuance of which the
invitation wan extended Ir as follow*:
"The representative* prraent considered
the replj to he made to tlie
Russian memorandum of May 11 an?l
agreed lo mxk" the following recomm?
ndatton* to the subcommittee of tho
; " ?*. committee of the first commlaalon
of the Genoa conference, meeting withojt
the German and Tluasian reprcsentativee:
Klrat?Tho proposal made by the
Russian delegate* In their memorandum
of May 11, 1922, for tne meeting
| cf a commlaalon of expert* ahotild he
.-v-cepted In the form provided In tl?.