{ title: 'The Sun and the New York herald. (New York [N.Y.]) 1920-1920, August 03, 1920, Page 6, Image 6', download_links: [ { link: 'http://www.loc.gov/rss/ndnp/ndnp.xml', label: 'application/rss+xml', meta: 'News about NYS Historic Newspapers - RSS Feed', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83030273/1920-08-03/ed-1/seq-6/png/', label: 'image/png', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83030273/1920-08-03/ed-1/seq-6.pdf', label: 'application/pdf', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83030273/1920-08-03/ed-1/seq-6/ocr.xml', label: 'application/xml', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83030273/1920-08-03/ed-1/seq-6/ocr.txt', label: 'text/plain', meta: '', }, ] }
Image provided by: New York Public Library
be MUI THE NEW YORK HERALD. FDUWDKP IMi llW. NBW YORK, TUBflDAT, AT'OUBT fl. 1S20. Frank A. Munaay, PrMiosiit. Krvln Wardnian. Vice prIJn I W J- nrt, Vice prlnt and M. Tlilierlnglon. wytrr Dally. Iws :PI\ fij Z.iv'rVnU Ihrrr rent. llhln tSS MM iJfJHJ ten rent. MAIL BlinBCniPTlON RATK8. ISv M.M. sal. Year MHW IWj IiAil.Y SUNDAY... I.All.V only 10.\ ''J? a SUNDAY only 4.00 ft tH'NI'AY only, Canada a ,\ra FOUBION 11ATBS. DAILY SUNDAY... $20 00 $! DAILY only. 1?Y I'D HI SUNDAY only ,'n h. made oril.rn, sc., All ehMM. money payable to Tlii KiirpNtn'R4HH. published Ifi Fsr1\ 4y ,B 'A'ui ''Inii centime, rrlco In Parle- -2 pAnii OFFTCK, AVBNU DH Information concerning advertMiw rat. Bullion fn.y b. ootkine for the. Europe.n from the main New York office. Tli Aiorlt.d l'ree I. fSftffffg gBg to th. u (nr republication of I patch., credited to It or not KtorMH credited In thl. paper and alao IM lcl pithltaSed herein. new All right, of republication of tclal des- patch herein ar. alio reserved. If our friend who favor Mr aerlM tid lll.tratln Tor publleatlan WM to h.v. rejected article. runied thimu.t In all ease .end tamp for that purpose. MAIN PCS1NBSS AJItt, KICK. - Ultt'AUllAI. wortTn lo.ono. i.lll. OP. 'IXKPHONE, The Democrats at Saratoga. At I lie Snrntngo convention y the (lologntw of the Democratic rrt of Netr Yorlt have the delicate tni of not treatllnif on the League of Na- tion toes of President Wilsos with hobnailed boots and yet of not R the public sentiment of the Emplrt State by fllrtlnp: with Mr. Wilson's League doctrine. They have the ticklish job of not denying the wolsu drop of something for their hot I'oppcrs and yet of not bringing down upon the Murphylzed national ticket the wrah snd vengeance of the Democratic drys throughout the test of the country. After Saratoga the Democratic party of New York has the heroic task of being the shock troops of a divided party and a divided leader- ship against the stone wall resolve of the American people never to In- ternationalize the United States Gov- ernment snd never to make this nation subject to a foreign superstate. The New York IVemocfats, In other words, whelher at Saratoga y of on the national field thereafter, hold n distinguished and a crucial but not ft pleasurable and a healthful noslltoii in the battle line. Mr. Charles Francis Murtht, who took the Pemocratic National Oon ventlon Into camp, is certainly It. But ko It i man being struck by lightning. . Havana's Shipping Crisis. HarlMir congestion at Havana has become so bad that shipping epern tlons are practically at a standstill The Custom House, piers and adja cent warehouses are piled high with goods of every description. Scores of vessels are being delayed through In ability to discharge or receive cargoes Heavy losses are being suffered not only by Havana business Interests but also by Americans c with Cubans, whose drafts are unpaid In consequence of the of merchandise. The fundamental cause of th trouble may be ascribed to inadequate nort facilities, Havana has not been prepared for the phenomenal Increase In foreign trade that has come to It during the nest few years. Commerce between Cuba and the United States alone amounted to approximately $700,000,000 last year, or more than one-four- th of the total trade of the United States with Latin America. In spite of efforts to divert more of this traffic to other Cuban ports Havana still receives a disproportion ately large share of It. A number of other factors, however, are responsible for the present paraly- sis of ocean shipping. Havana has never fully recovered from the gen ernl harbor strike of last February, and a new walkout of stevedores has further complicated the situation. Much of the congestion is due to-th- stornge on the waterfront of huge Quantities of Cftlifornln rice, un claimed because of cancellations made by Cuban buyers when tne price or rice unexpectedly fell. Many Havana importers, to save storage charges, re fuse to remove their merchandise from the niers. On the Invitation of the Cuban Gov ernment a committee of Americana appointed by Secretary Alexander Is now In Havana to help straighten out the tangle. The visitors have been well rocelved. They are now study ing the problem. Heroic measures may be necessary. Mutual sacrifices must be mad. It Is to be hoped that the wholehearted cooperation of all Interests concerned will speedily put an end to the situation that has been created. Hard Words. The editor of the Independent proved to an applauding Chautauqua gatherlug that the spirit of a fighter abides within him. He enlisted there in a spelling bee, and as the ranks to the left and to the right of him wa- - vered and thinned ha withstood the orthographic fire until all but him and his fellow finalist had fled. \Litotes!\ thundered the chief In- quisitor, aiming a merciless eye at the finalist at the editor's side, and down he went. But the skipper of the In- dependent with no small degree of proper pride, displaying not pnre- - markable quality of courage aa well as no alight poaaesslon of book learn- ing, replied In a vole In which and decision of not Inferior quality were blended, snapping back the correct Sequence of th letters. Wo are happy to record this glori- ous victory, yefrannot be quite happy until we learn how the Inquisitor pro nouncod the, to to say, eighteenth hole word: llto-tet- , Century; fMormonlh; li totes, Webster? No sporting event Of dignity enough to interest the earnest endeavor of the editor of our esteemed contemporary should be pulled off under rules tiny less specific than those which control a race for the America's Cup. Who Gets the Railway Money? It doesn't make any difference whether a railroad president says it, a labor union \expert\ sayB It, a su- perficial editor says It, or who says It, a declaration that Uie railway rates are scarcely distinguishable In the public's cost of living Is false In mathematics and preposterous in economics The new transportation bill of the Anierlcnn people will now run at a rare somewhere between seven and eight billions of dollars a year. With a population, In round numbers, of 100,000,000, this means between $70 and $80 for every tnnn, woman and child In the country. Call It $7.ri. On the census basis of five persons to the average American breadwin- ner's fomlly this means a hill to him of $..7f a year. Anybody that thinks an Incessant tax of more thah a do- llar a day Isn't distinguishable In the expenditures of the average bread- winner of a family' Isn't doing his thinking with his head; he Is doing it with his mouth. And the truth about this national transportation hill of upward of eight billions of dollars a year, With up- ward of a year the share of the average family, Is that the great bulk of all this prodigious treasure goes directly Into railway wages and In- directly Into the wages embraced In railway supplies and equipment. Some four billions of dollars Is now the direct railway payroll. This Is an average for the American family to pay of $200 a year straight Into the pockets of railway Workers. They also must pay the higher and higher wages in the coal which the roads buy and burn, the higher and higher wages In the locomotives and the cars which the rosds buy snd operate, the higher and higher wages in the other equipment and supplies which the roads buy and consume. This cannot be 168$ than another $100 a year to the average family. Under the new railroad law the stockholders of the railroads could get only a small fraction of the seven to eight billions a year if any of It should be there as net Income for them to get They could not get a billion a year. They could not get anything like it They could not get half a billion. They would be lucky to get a quarter of it. The reason is simple enough. The law does not permit a net return, after operating expenses, of more than about a billion. But out of this must come Interest on the gigantic debts of the ponds, out of It must come the colossal taxes paid by the roads, out of It must come everything but oper- ating expenses. Thl is tfie answer In cold truth snd In plain arithmetic to the ml rant of blatant labor unions and yellow newspaper editors who are de- claiming thai the American people ar assessed to fatten railway stock- holders, The American people are as- sessed and the traffic rates overwhelm- ingly go to do two things. One of these Is to save the railroads, without which American Industry and business cannot bo saved. The other Is to pay the direct payroll of some four bill- ions of dollars and the Indirect pay- rolls of perhaps half again as much or say six billions of the prodigious operating revenues going to labor; to pay from a half to three-quarter- s of a billion to creditors of the railroads and to pay not far from half as runch as that to national. State and local governments In all forms of taxes. The stockholders still come out of the little end of the horn with exactly what Is left after nil those payments are met and with only moderate divl dends paid or possible by the strong- est and richest roads, small dividends by very good but not the best ronds, and no dividends at all by many, many-fai- r to middling roads. He Who Hesitates Is Saved. If anjr vindication of the Sullivan law were needed It could be found in the semi-annu- report of the Save-a-Lif- e League. It Is discouraging to read that the totnl number of suicides in the United States for the first six months of 1020 shows substantial Increase over the corresponding period In 1010, but the number of suicides In New York State has actually dropped from 385 to 343. This the league at- tributes to the operation of the Sulli- van law and the anti-dru- g laws, which. It holds, make deadly weapons and poison hard to get. The league argues that suicide Is, as a rule, the result of acute de pression occurring at the moment when sn easy means of c tion Is at hand. The majority of peo ple who end thetr own live. It holds, tlo so on sudden Impulse. But the mfln who decides to shoot himself and then finds that he must go over to Jersey City to buy a revolver Is more than likely In the league's opinion to change bis mind on the ferry. Psy chologists and nerve specialists agree that In the treatment of suicides time Is their greatest ally. If they can THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1920. once persuade the pntlont to think It over and ut the same time remove nil dangerous weapons from Ills reach nine times out of ten the man la saved. The extreme position taken by the Save-ft-Llf- e LMfDJ on this subject may not be supported by the farts, and will unquestionably lie contro- verted by some authorities. Yot the practical experience of tho Salvation Army In a measure sustains the league's contention, From the report of the Ssve-a-Ll- f League It appears thut gas Is the most populnf method of c tlon with udults. Among children the URe of flroarma and poison Is even more frequent. If these two methods of minimi ting suicide could be cllml nated tho saving in human Hf would bo enormous. There are if OOQrta many ways of Committing sui cide against which It Ih lmosslble to legislate, hut human nature is such that the ninn who decides to shoot him self shrinks from Jumping out of a window. At any rate ho hesitates, ond in sub'iiie tho man who hesitate Is saved, - The KneeS or the Goddesses. Yhe one piece bnthlng suit, which has succeeded the sea Serpent as the leading topic of tho silly season, Is havlnii Its annual uromlneuee. Wo find, as usual, that what Is proper at Iiong Bench Is wicked at Bradley. Yet the Treedom of the knees Is grow- ing, for they openly arrive at the sands of that once comparatively prim watering place Asbtiry Park. It Is certain that there will be yearly arguments about what should nod shouldn't he worn until the police of the beaches are governed by n cov- ering covenant. This might be drawn Up nt the annual convention of the chiefs of police, or some committee of the League of Nations might, after consultation with Colonel Hovsk'k ethnologists particularly those Who have studied the history und habits of dimples come to a rule which should apply to the costumes worn on the sands of nil the world from to the Marquesas. The only trouble with having the problem settled by the League of Na- tions Is that modesty, like political Justice, national ambition and racial strife, Is a state of mind. The scandal of the sands, as Chief Tract of the Long Beach police explains, lies not in what Is missing from the bather but In the imagination which the be- holder might ln'tter have loft in tho refrigerator at home. Bring your conscience, says the chief to the hy- percritical, but leave your Imagination behind. There, of course, Is the prob- lem. No Ordinary search will prove the absence of the Imagination and the presence of tho conscience. Happily for New York It has so many benches within two hours ride that the visitor can pick and choose. If Long Beach makes him giddy there are other resorts where the high cost of silk Is not so apparent. Wilson \Pledges\ and the (iood Faith of the United States. Acting as the agent of a number of citizens who want this country to en- ter the league of Nations, Professor Irvino Fishf.b of Y'ale University has sounded Governor Copt as to his atti- tude, and will soon Interview Senator Habdiko, Speaking for himself, Pro- fessor 1'ishkr Ktys he thinks the United States should enter the League because, among other things, \we owe It to the other nations as a mutter of good faith.\ After his call on President Wilson Governor I'ox made n statement which has drawn from a correspon- dent of this newspaper a letter from which we quote these sentences : \Governor Cos li reported as say-In- s. referring to the President: 'His thought ts still on the war and the pledges we save to those who sacri- ficed. One eaxlly sees that aa the leader ot the nation who asked for our sons and our resources upon a very distinct understanding and obli- gation he Is resolved that the faith shall be kept.' \Will you let a constant reader know just what pledges the United States gavo that have not been kept? Also , In what \very distinct understanding' We failed to keep ths faith? \Congress as the War making power, declared war. In Its declara- tion I cannot and any such promise as Governor Cox hints at. And In no act of Congress providing for carry- ing on the war can I find a single Une but has been lived up to, nor anywhere an authorized declaration of the United States that It has . failed to keep. \Now either Governor Cox's atate-mc- nt Is based on truth or else It Is not. An Old Line Democrat.'' Professor Fibiieb and Governor Cox both ought to know that the United States has fulfilled every pledge it made In the war and has kept Its faith with the Allies nnd the Associ- ated Powers In every particular, Moreover, the United Stntes has scru- pulously performed every obligation it assumed subsequent to the armistice. The nation's war and peace record Is spotless. The sole and only pledge the United States made with regard to the war was made In Public Resolution No. 1 (Senate Joint Resolution 1) of the Sixty-fift- h Congress, Intrnrluced on April 2 and approved by the President April ft. That resolution reads: \Whereas the Imperial German Government has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America : therefore be It Re solved, by the Senate and House r ot Representatives of the United tatss of America In Congress as- sembled, That th stats ot war be- tween ths United States and the Im- perial fJerman Government which has thus been thrust upon ths United Stat s Is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he ks hereby, authorised and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces ot the United .States and ths resources of ths Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government ; and to bring the con- flict to a successful termination all of ths resources nt the Government are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States,\ Thus ran our pledge, our only pledge, ami Its complete fultlluicnt is n matter of history. Tho 1'nlted Stuj.es has punctiliously kept tho faith with its partners 1st smashing the Imperial Herman Goernment, liovernor Cox should know this as well as anybody else. l'rofessor Fifiiii ought to know It. Everybody else knotv It; thero has hitherto been one man In high public place who re fused to admit it. That man is Wood- - bow WttJOir, who attempted to e on this country as a formal pol-irt- r hts Own protects of world nolltlcs: Woodhow Wii.soH, who smight to de strop the Instrument of government created by the Futhcrs and to lodge nil power over our International rela tions in his own person; Woonsovv Wilson?, who endeavored to nullify tne Constitution of the United States by reducing the Senate, partner $t the Executive In the treaty making power, to a mere echo. For Woomvnv Wilson to talk of national pledges unredeemed and of an obligation of good (Tilth unob- served has become familiar. For liovernor Cox to adopt his tone and nttltinle In the hope-fl- int he may he spared the oetlve Opposition of Presi- dent Wilson 1n the campftign Is some- thing all politicians well understand: but for a university professor to take up the cry of obligations of good faith unfulfilled by this country Is, to puf It mildly, astounding. Taking State Pride Afloat. Captain LvOB of the battleship Ten- nessee Is carrying out with unabated zeal Ids scheme to Identify that pow- erful fighting machine with the State whose name she bears. Already he has recruited a crew made up princi- pally of sons of the Volunteer Slate. Stay nt home Tennesseeans have raised a fund to keep the crew in luxuries hot provided by Uhclc Sam. The ship has n reading room for the crew and carries a motion picture enmera with which to take pictures of the blue- jackets in foreign countries. These pictures will be displayed In all cor- ners of Tennessee. Now the ship possesses the flag which was given In 10O7 by the Ten- nessee Daughters of the Revolution to the cruiser Tennessee. This ship wat renamed the Memphis and was wrecked off tho coast of Snnio The flag wos recovered by Mrs. Frederick L. Benton of the Daughters of the Revolution, snd the latest presentation was made by Miss Mary B. Ttmplb, Regent of the Ten- nessee Daughters of the Revolution. The loving cup given to the cruiser Tennessee has been Installed In the new vessel, nnd the Woman's I 'hrls-tlar- t Temperance Union has ghen a comfort kit to each member of the crew. Thus a big family party will sail on the Tennessee, with all the other members of the family waving fare- well and sending good wishes from the wharf or from, the Inland moun- tain tons. An Intelligent effort has been made to stir up State enthusiasm for a warship bearing that State's name, and It appears to have been highly successful. Recruiting officers generally have taken keen interest In the outcome of Captain Leigh's cam- paign and it is likely to be Imitated In other States. To ark Democrats for housing planks. Weteefiafter headline. A plank In a political platform Is not going to provide shelter for any- body. The place for housing planks Is In houses. The patriotic Britisher who hissed a couple of thousand longshoremen bearing Sinn Fein banners Is first ousin to the philosopher who monkeys with the buss saw. A Brooklyn dancing mistress paid $400 graft for a license tor her estab-- ! llshtnent last year ana was, told that for the coming season the price would be $600. Tho greed of the grafter svrit her to the License Commissioner, from whom she learned that this addition to the high cost of living need not be paid. Those who are temptpd to toy graft nsoukl save money and worry If they would Inquire of the authori- ties first. That a lady possessed of half a mill- ion dollars had \no automobiles, no horses, no carriages, no yachts\ Is considered unusual enough to justify mention in ths newspapers. But what is strange about It? Must a prosper- ous citizen Beep a stable, or a boat, to meet the requirements ot an Ideal democracy? What Sort of s Mrt Is the Lekmet Without any tsar of dlselostar Ot anything Sena or undon, With utter and perfect composure An eagle would look at th ran. Upholding Its eftS of th sastttr In any occasional fuss. Instead ot a tntanlngla ehatur A parrot would know how to cuss. When launched on th wav of th oan tt would not b awkward for hWt; Despite the blue water' commotion A gull would snow Jutt how to swim. 'tis dead, o th deads. abashes Past chance of all furthsr Intrigue ; A plifehl wouia rise from ttl ashes-Wl- tat sort of a bird la the League? Mcl.isnm son WaSoM. NEW TUBE PUZZLES ECLIPSE GREEN LINE Cops, Guards and Passensffrs, Dcspitn Maps and Guide Books, Are Bewildered. MARTTE CASEY BAFFLED Brooklynitrs and Queens Resi- dents Are Cheerful During Tribulations on B. R. T. Bvsn tho cops who hold forth In the little booth at ths Park row end of the Brooklyn Bridge are baffled. It used to l a favorlto Manhattan gnme to spend a few hours perusing a Brooklyn guide book and pick out some spot In Brooklyn that most folks would bet didn't exist and then ask one of those cops how to get there. \Sure.\ he'd Immediately respond. \New Iots road nnd Waugh street? Sure. Take the Myrtlo avenue line and get oft at Orthopedic avenue. Chnngs to the shuttle and change ognln nt Neck avenue. Walk north three blocks and take tho red surface car and tell the con- ductor to let you olt at Avenue I' Waufth street Is two blocks east Walk outb until you come to New Lots road.\ And while you air wondering bow that Uniformed heavyweight slipped y?m cor- rect Information that had taken you anu the guide book to nmass ho proceeds to tell nn old lady how to get to 235S Rlfka Boulevard, C:narsle. Kor years this has been going on. It became one of the things New Yorkers would boast about when rhy Srrre In Pittsburg or Chicago. But It had to cotne lo Sn end like every- thing else. It couldn't Inst. Following tho green line In tho morning and even- ing grope from the East Hide tubes to the West Side subways baffled New York for n while. A whole act of the Green- wich Vlllags Follies Was glveh over to following the. green line, but In two weeks folks followed the green line In- stinctively and forgot thnt there ever was a time when the green line wasn't there nnd Ihe'y h:id to rebuild the show. Yesterday, however, a terrific victory whb won over the Brooklyn Bridge cops by a reporter for Ths Scn and New York HstlMrf It was wltii the air of a tlinn who was sure of victory that the reported accosted the big, gray haired chap who, legend bus It, drew the plans of Brooklyn. \Will you be good enough to tell mo bow to get to Twenty-secon- d avenue, Brooklyn, on the new tubes and via the ! tontaguo street tunnel?\ asked the re- porter. \Pat.\ roared the cop to his uniformed associate, who sat Inside th booth scan- ning a lithographed map, \ring for the wagon, for I feel myself sllppln'. Mere's Knottier one of them lost nuts.\ The new Brighton Beach subway line was thronged yesterday with Brooklyn-Ite- s whose boast it hail been that, having lived In Brooklyn for ten years or more, getting lost was an Impossibility. The bump of location and sense of direction that every dweller within the confines of Brooklyn must have in order to llvt successfully In Kings went for naught. Vary station platform parly In the n omlng nnd at tbu rush hour last night Was 8 seething mass of mnp reading, gtstieulruing, arguing, corporation curs ing, guard sasslng men nnd women, the burden of whose cry it wan that It s hard enough to get' along after one did get home, but now the B. R T. had done its best to mukt It Impossible to tt home. Those who work In Manhattan but Who live In Brooklyn nnd who tried to get to their breed winning dpots yester- day morning by way nf the hew tubes Ftnggered In to their places of work any-whrr- p Tfotn thirty minutes to an bout late. The station wails were decorated with maps. The ceilings of the cars were enriched similar!). Elver sruard bad .4 map nnd a book. He couldn't read 'h first, and nnd ho chance to open the Safer. It all the complaints that Doured Into the B. R T. offices are to be believed dignified business men of spotless char- acters set forth on the Culver line, hound ror the Municipal Building, and fetghed up oh the road to Jamaica. To add to tho furore the slcnals and the power went out of commission be- tween 7:44 and 7.4? in the Montague str-e- ! tunnel and between Whitehall street and ( anal street. As a result, all Iho cars on that part of the system Joined Into one huge train and they had to be Jockeyed and deployed, shunted nnd stalled until they could be separated and despatched to various stations where hundreds of bewildered people were going to get On, hoping, like the folks who Just got off were hoping, that they were still In New York city; that they could get somewhere near to the place they desired to bo on this particular train. Of course In a few weeks virtually everybody Still have a worklhg knowl- edge of the new tubes and will agree that they odd considerably to the Joy of living In Brooklyn. And the Brooklyn Bridge cops will have mastered the maps and be there daring anybody to try to stump them. But last night the new tubes were as full of puttied humanity going nowhere In particular as they were yesterday morning. The plight of Mat-ti- e Casey, the celebrated Brooklyn path- finder, tells the story of thousands. \Born In Shanghai, I was,\ groaned Mr. Casey, \nnd moved to Brooklyn aa soon as 1 was able to travel. S'holp nie I've lived thirty of my best years In Brooklyn. From Borough Hall to Ocean Parkway and from Fort Hamilton to Bockaway B. aeh fdtks knew me by the sound of my step. That's how I knew Brooklyn arid Brooklyn knew me. But believe me or not, I start for Flatbush from Fifty-sevent- h street. Manhattan, and when I come up for air I'm In Queensboro Plaza. I try again. Brigh- ton Beach. Four hours and forty-lhre- e minutes to make Flatbush I got .there nt last, but s'help me, t can't tell you haw.\ CLOTHING TRADE IN HIGHER PRICE PLOT Seek to Stampede Public by Propaganda, Saye Figg. Washinoton, Aug. E. Figg, SBctal assistant to the Attorney-Qener- al in the enforcement of the LeVer law against profiteering, charged y that manufacturers nnd Jobbers of Wearing npparel were attempting through carefully prepared propngnhda \to stampede retailers snd the public Into a renewed fictitious demand\ for clothing and thereby force prices higher. \'I'll.' Department of Justice,\ said Mr. Figg, \IS fullv advised of the sev- eral phases of this carefully planned campaign, nnd It only remains Id fix personal responsibility before applying ths criminal provision of ths Ltver law.\ \Manufacturers and Jobbers are even going to ths length of 'guaranteeing ths retail trade ngalnst a declining market,\ Mr. Figg said. \These 'guarantees' are bsirvg glveh very generally and seem- ingly In furtherance of a concerted plan despite the wording of the Lever law fixing Severe penalties fAf conspiracy to exact excessive prices for any neces- saries.\ Mr. Figg cnlled attention to Instances Where mills have been closed for the rensan, he charged, of Justifying mar- ket conditions on the plea of under- production. r LEGION TO ASK CUT IN INSURANCE RATE Death Art hewer Than Was Expected. Spetiai lo Till Sls ami Nkw Vosk ltsSAI.D. Wabiiinoton, Aug. 2. A demand that Government Insurance rates be lowered probably will be made on the War nisk Insurance Bureau by tho American Legion nt Its second annual convention In Cleveland In September, It Was lenrned today. utfaer legislation affect- ing the war risk bureau also may be asked. A report to the convention has been framed by the legion leglajatlve commit- tee with the advice and approval of and Senators who will handle the Mils the legion wants passed. There seems little doubt fTils report will b adopted at the convention. Th legislation to be proposed Is ohly a few lines long snd provides that Con- gress and the Secretary of the TrensUry make an Ihvesttgatlnn to determine the true cost of (ovrnment Insurance. Tho legion's new demands, which Its officials say In no way supersede those for a cash bonus, apparently Were started by a statement of the War Bisk Bureau to the effect that death losses among Its clients hnd been about 40 per cent, less than expected. Legion mem- bers question, therefore, why It is thnt th bureau cannot reduce rates 40 pet cent. They point out that the Govern- ment Insurance was started to give to soldiers and veterans protection at Cost nnd that on the basis of the bureau's own estimates It now stands to make a profit. ' IRISH SUE 'FRIENDS' WHO OUSTED THEM Row in 'Freedom' Society Ends in Appeal to Court. The differences in the ranks of the Friends of Irish Freedom found their wtiy Inte court yesterday whn seven member or the. organization brought actions In the Supreme Court against Michnel B. McGreal, treasurer, and the corporation Itself for Judgments of re- instatement. They Also naked that tie officers of the corporation bo enjoined from Interfering with their membership privileges and rights. The complaints attack the validity of the Incorporation under the name of \Friends of Irish Freedom,\ alleging that the defendant organization \Is with- out authority to take such name.\ John J. O'Leary, a brother of Jeremiah O'Leary, Is attorney for the plaintiffs, and Supreme Court Justice Daniel F. CohaJan Is one of the charter members of the organization under attack. He assisted In having the organization In- corporated. The plaintiffs are Jeremiah F. Maber, Catherine F. McHugh, Joseph P. Martin, Thomas F. Kyan, Peter Tlernan, Thomas MVCoy and Margaret Warner. They us-se- rt thnt their expulsion from the \FHShds\ was arbitrary, unwarranted and void. The complaints explain that the or ganisation Is national in Its scope and is made up of many branchos. At the present time It has a largo number of members and more than $300,000 In the trtasur1, On applying for admission to their respective branch organization meetings, the petitioners say, they wero informed that the national executive had ordered their expulsam. Tliey were denied ad- mission. Thereafter a letter from the xecutlve informed each of the seven m mbei s of their expulsion. This or der, they soy, is void. The trounle among the Irish sup porters In New York has been heigh- tened by the apparent disappearance ot Kamonn Do Vnlcra, president of \the Irish republic.\ Attempts were made to locate him yesterday In order to no- tify him of despatches from London stating that serious differences between himself and Dlarmuld Lynch, national secretary of the Friends of Ireland, had nused the latter to resign his test In the Irish Parliament, tt was Bald at Mr.- - De Valer.i's hotel, however, that he had gone without leaving ji forwarding address. K0NDURAN SHIP BUILT HERE. Will Ply Between flew Orleans nnrl Central Amrrtrn. The Standard Shipbuilding Corpora- tion oh Shooter's Island launched yes- terday ths Hlbueras. a steel vessel said to be the first combination cargo and passenger steamship buflt In New York In half a century. She will fly the Hon-dura- n flag, and her home port will be Puerto Cortes. She made a trial run at lis; knots around Ambrose Channel Light ship, and will leave for Central Amer- ica to carry an Initial shipment Tor her owner, the Cuymel Fruit Company of New Orleans, She Is Hi feet In length, Kith a beam of 34 feet, and has accom- modations for thirty passengers. A sec- ond ship Is being built St Shooter's Isl- and for the same company. TO EXTEND RADIUM WORK. Post-Ciradn- to Rny Additional nram for si 110,000. Plans for the establishment of a radium research board to become a centre of Instruction for physicians and surgeons regarding the usv of the substance, were announced yesterdny by the Hospital and Medlcal'School. One gram of radium M to be bought, costing about $120,000, nftd Is to be ml 1c. 1 to the hospital's present supply for use In treat- ing patients in the dispensary. The Itadlo-Chemlo- al Corporation. 68 Pine street, announced yesterday the sals of 200 milligrams, valued ai $24,000, to the Physicians' Radium Association of WlBionsln. STREET DEATHS TOTAL 206. Exed Jnnc Itecord of lf3 In All Sections ot the State. DeAths from highway accidents In NSW York State reached the record total Of 20fi for the month of July, ex- ceeding by twelve the previous 'hlci, record of June, according to the monthly repon 01 ins .iki inna i mgnwnyg pro- tective; Society issued yesteitisy. In the city of New York autOmobllrs caused the death of seventy-tw- o her. sons, trolleys killed thirteen and wagons two. Outside the city nutomoblles caused the deaths of ninety seven, trol- leys six and wagons three. Twelv Ma lngs- - G0MPERS TO ASK AMNESTY, Will Appeal to Painter for Politi- cal Prisoner. WASMtyrrro. Aug. J. Officials br the American Federation of Lnbor will press their plea for general amnesty for prisoners next week, According to nn announcement to-d- at federa- tion headuunrters. Attofney-rienera- l Palrnef hSS been ssd to receive delegation of labor traders, headed by Samuel ijomper. at which ths general amnesty resolution ..dopted by the Montreal labor Conven- tion will b prsssatstV GRAND JURY RECORD OPENED TO MURPHY Tammany Loader Wins Right to See, Testimony of Accus- ers in Conspiracy Case. MOTION TO DISMISS NEXT JiiKtieo li.vdon Sees No Good Reason for Withholding Permission. Justice Lrdott of the Supreme Court granted permission yestrdy to Charles F Murphy, Tammany lender, snd others rrcently Indicted with him, to Inspect the minutes of the tlrand Jury Which heard the chnrges against them. The. other defendants Include fktMs R Smith. Assistant District Attorne ; Arthur A. Baldwin, i.Murphy's attorney ; John A. McCarthy, 4 former partner Of John Murphy, a hrothct of the Tammany boss, snd Hirnest b. Wnlden, of the Corn Products Refining Com. pany. The Indictments charge the defendants with having conspired to coerce Louis N. llnrtog, manufacturer of a glucose prod- uct, in which Murphy become Ihteresled financially, and Incidentally to deprive the Federnl Government of excess profit taxes. Mnrtlfi Conboy, appearing Tor the de- fendants In their application for Inspec- tion of the Grnhd Jury minutes, affcued that the defendants are entltleld to know what charges they must meet at tho trial. Col. William Hand. Special Deputy Attorney-Genera- l, contended that the Interests of the people would be preju- diced by such Inspection, nnd that the Special Term was not the proper forum to pnsa upon the application. ' \I ennnot npprec'.ate how such Inspec tion will In nny way prejudice the In- vestigation of the District Attorney's office,\ Wrote Justice Lydon In granting the application. \The matters Involved In the Indictment grow out of trans actions outside of the District Attorney's office, nnd the only thing connecting them with thnt office Is the alleged nei of Assistant District Attorney James 11 Pmith's connection with the conspiracy charge. \I am satisfied that with the papers submitted the defendants have shown facts upon which It may reasonably be Inferred that good and sufficient reasons exist for a motion to dismiss the ktdlct-men- t, and it Is quite obvious thnt no prejudice will result to the cause of the people. COURT HOUSE COST CONTINUES TO RISE Comptroller Says It May Touch $10,000,000. Notwithstanding a reduction of In the bids for the stone of the proposed new court house for county, should snnnralr,, troller Crnlg conceded yesterday that the structure, whose cost he estimated two months Ago at $7,000,000, Will ex-ta- ll nn expense of Between V8.6QO.U00 nnd $10,000,000. The foregoing flguros, fnir, out meeting of the JSoard or to Jacksonville, the the the bouse. were Orleans the hidden, hV been asked to submit them within ten days. Bines the new bids a difference of $701,000 between the granite nnd limestone costs It is probable that the ndvlce Guy Lowell, of the buildlhg, will be accepted and granite will be used, the original bid which was $5,501, nOO. The cohtract for the foundation excavation and rough plumb ing, amounting to $1.370, 10. has been accepted already. Henry H. Curran. President ot the Borough of Manhattan, contended thnt the will cost nearer $20,300,000 than $10,000,000, and protested against any move to build the court hoUsn now, when, be said, the city should be using the money and land for the construc- tion dwellings to relieve the housing shortage. PRINCETON ATHLETE BACK FROM OXFORD Dean of University Arrive on Liner Philadelphia. Howard MCCIenahan, dean Priheeton University, who arrived yesterday hy Amerlcah liner Philadelphia from South- ampton, said the athletic contests be- tween the and Oxford teams had developed cordial spirit between the two universities. The first of the athletes to lAnd here, Charming F. Sweet, second In the high Jump, Won S Harrison Thompson of Princeton, and Keene Fltzpatrlck, the Princeton trainer, arrived with Dean McClenahan, who said the rest of the team Would be here after and Fram e. The denn was surprised at the enormous Belgium and the Interest there. In College Work. Mr. It. T. B. Harris, Widow of Itenr Admiral Harris, former paymaster gen- eral the United States Navy, who died recently on his arrival nt South- ampton, was a paslenger by the Phila- delphia and went Immediately to Wash- ington, where Admlrnl Harris's funeral wilt held. His body will arrive here on nn army transport. the brought $2,100,090 In gold bars, shipped by M. Roths child London to Kubn, Lopb A EMPLOYEES GET $350,000. Vonkers Cnrpei Company Breaks Itecord In Aiding Workmen, A profit sharing bonus amounting to $$$0,000 was distributed yestsrday among h,500 employees of the' Alexander Smith Sons Carpet Company It wns the largest semi-annu- bonus distributed In the nine yenra the com- pany has nursued the policy. Every employee with the c6n?ffn one year or n certain per- centage of his salary, the longsr he served and the higher his ware the sons met their deaths at railroad croka. greater the percentage po- litical 'a showed of Print Pspef Conference. Wasbihotow, Aug. 2. A forestry and print paper conference will be held at New London, N. H. August 24. 23 and It was announced here to-d- by the American Aseoclntlon. Both the United States nnd Canada will be represented. The meeting will be under the ftuspics of Society for the ot New Hampshire FdreSt. Destroyer Prnltt Lanncked. Bath. Me., Aug. 2. The torpedo boat destroyer Prultt Wn launched hers to- day in connection with this city's wie-hrntt- the rehtonsfy nf Maine a State nnd th inauguration of William Xing this oitjr aa Its first Governor. b em ft AND THE NEW YORK HERALD. TUK BVfT loos founded by Urn Dm m Hit; TNK NKVt YOHK iihmu U'O faundtd Jamn Gordon Itssttl 4 18Jd. Tttg HVN jMMtrd ISfo (fte C(m. trot of Charltg Dana in lm i, became (As HiMptrri, Frank A. Mtintn in 1916. JUK KBW YORK HF.IU,D remained the sole properly of iti ouniif mtilhiadtolh in 18TE, irn'ea hu .'.., James Gordon Rennett, tuccreded to is, ownership of f pnptr, which conlinu,,!' lit hit hand until hi drath in llu fllH ItKKAlA) Became (ks projisrl, 0j Frunfc A. ilumey in 1820. BUSINESS AND KDITOItl.U. OlWrX MAIN nUHINrWS AND KIMTOniAt, OFFICIOS', 20 BROADWAY. TEUj. PHONB, WORtH 10,000. lilt V st II for rerelpt ot adxr. llferttent ami eali; of papers: ' Vi'i1 IVi,!!\\'. \Iijare. Tel. Kltirey (jniT tl i.lTlOg-h- no WKBT 12ST1I St MIAlt MVBNTil AVK. Tel. TO! ktsfsW Mil\ open until 10 ! M MWMtlWN ik'rif'i.tns e n, .,... . .Open 8 A. M. to 10 P. M. Bundais. 2 P u to in p. HIHHiKi.vN .OfVlCKS-BAO- LB ?UILP. (NO. 809 St. Tel. 1M' MSII1. V4 count ST. Tl. MM M.h Open until 10 V M JSSSN2 CMll Wltttl A VS., AT TII BT. Tel. OfttM Melrose. Opm unill 10 I M. , Principal Anierlcnn snd Foreign Hurra, WAMINDVlMMftl Wiihsey Bulltlln. CIllCAOn-s- na 8outh La Ball t. LONDON M l.l rieet si. I'.MtlK 4M Arenuo de I'Opera, ,18 Rut tt Louvre, There ahotit n.TS aduerllsrme nt rrcel?. Ing stations loentM Nrw Tor rlty and vicinity where will he reosfved at ofllCH ratti tnl forwarded for publication. Daily Calendar THE WEATHER. For eastern New Vorlt Kalr and moderate temperature; gentle variable winds. For New .lersey-F- nlr mnderm lemperatur ami i stalk vnilnlile in1s. For Northern N. Enclattfl-K- ali tn.dr n,i !,v nnm,i-r.i- ' i nir' si urr r.n-II- nlnil. For Southern New Knglans fair and inoderal temperature, gtn-ti- Wlhfli, Fur Wrstern ,V?v Vnrli fnlr lo ilav i nlnwij. rising teninerstini': Ka- tie, variable winds. WASmxtmiN. Mis. 2 The sir i.rm.tir. Is relatively low alomi the south borilrr aid over Urn neat plateau and the north Rocky Mountain reel,,,,, t,nA II Is hlali In Interior cllatrleta eRHl ot tlm Itocky Mountain. Temperature remain below iinrmil B' nrrally In the United Slates except In tin tar Northwest. The low temperature li particularly noilrrahle throughout the Stales and the region of th (treat lahei. Freeslnr temperatures occurred Monday morning along the north shore nf Ijibp 1'alr wrather prevailed over much of the country, but there have been local ahowrrt within the last twenty four houn along th Atlantic ntul rtUf roasts and at widely paratwl points In the HocHy Mountain and iTElona. Observallona at I'nlied Slates Weather Bn-- , reau station taken at K P. M fierday, ' .... mI . l .. i . PtniMn. Mm, Ahllene 88 Albany t4 Atlantic nty. na Pfcltlmnrr ?n NeW York a SS Inn. , .nranl.n nr,,- - !f\51V\ I Ruffalo on Cincinnati... U Charleston., Chicago Cleveland Bfl Penver S4 Detroit tt. wer brought at a special i Helena Ksttmnte heaf the! results of recent readvertlsnnent ot ttansa.-- . City bids for superstructure of Court Miuaukee No bids accepted yesterdny, New pending receipt of working pro- - Oklahoma nf tho verl who I \\lreipnta only of architect for building of the Princeton t Prince- ton by Visiting Belgium en- ergy of great of be Philadelphia N. of Co. 5,500 of Yohkern. more received 28, Forestry the or of by A, OFFICKff ar. WAMlllMiToN are tliroiiulioiit and the ii. iiieiinmu lime: Temperature. rtnlhtn.ll jfl 0 I ittsburg. . . . Portland Me.. Portland. Ore. Fait Lake City Antonio. H 1 San rMexo... TB Snn Frnnclsco na St. I.oiiia.... sn St. Paul ft) Washington.. 74 Barn- - t.OCAI, WRATHER RKCOttBS. Parometer Humidity Wind direction Wind velocity Weather Precipitation The temperatiirt recorded Shown the annexed A. M...09 A. M. .S3 10 A. M...63 11 A. M...8T TO ieso. A. M... .65 M....V..T0 M....T5 last hr last 24 00 tt a 8 II . 0 ' S - S !,o. meter, hrs. Wpa'lwn n 01 06 SO T2 9 c Its TO 4 04 In th In ta 12 M 1? P. 7s 7S OS hv no M no P.M.. P. M. 1910. 04 6S TS 20.02 8001 30 00 3004 K.OO 3o.la flnnfl 29! 80.14 30.04 20.01 80 14 20 00 29.73 20 92 .10.04 CO. SO 30.14 20.W 21.04 30.00 30. li 80.00 20.84 20.88 2B.88 30.04 30 no 30.04 B A. M. 20.03 63 N. IS Ft. Cl'dy .24 this elly inie: 8 f:g;;:fl 4 o 04 ni Clear Rain Clear Clear Clear Clmidr Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Pt. Cldy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clar Clear Clear w Clear Cleaf Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cleaf Clear Pt. 0I4 Clear 8 P.M 2H.M ii N. . 12 Ti?uta, rtr4r, official thermomter, P. M. ..TO ..Ti t0P.M... 12 $ Hlxhest temperature, T6, St i P. M. 1tweat temperature, 00, at t;i A. M. Averar temperature, 60. EVENTS TO-DA- M m 9 idM.'.'!'? Municipal concert In honor of Sir Th Upton, the Mall, Central Part, IP. tt. formal aaupur at the Waldorl-Asta- rl lt mediately following. Pnlteil Stts Senator Wadsworth wlU nv View the TWenly-thIr- d Iteg1mnt, Natksul Guard, at Camp Upton. L. I., 0 P. M. Lecture by Ch, lief A. Doyla on hotel $1 Ihe Orient and 11 t pnrta o th Wiwltl $ fore the heads of mi various department ef the Pershing Square group of hotel at Ik lllltmore, 8 P. M. Knluht of Columbus eonenll4rt. HoW Commodnre, 10:30 A. M. to 10 P. M, ma\ In St. Patrlctt'e Cathedral. S A. M. Women's Wear Exhibit, Hotel Peninyl-vahl- all day, MelM of The flrasd Street Bor.\ MM lViin) Iranla. 8 P. M. Linclieon, Book BthdsM Aoclatlon, ftfi Pennsylvania, 1E:3U p. li. Luncheon, Befall Millinery AewelsB. Hotel Pennsylvania. 12:80 P. M. SEE POULTRY TRUST TO KEEP PRICES HIGH Small Dealer Intimidated, Kosher Men Tell Hirshfield. Kosher pbultry dealers Snd slAUg\ terers and their representatives toll David HlrshflUfi. Corhmlsstonef of A- ccounts, yesterday that four big co- rporations, organised for the special pur- pose ot putting the small dealers out of business, am keeping ths prices of pssb try from six to twelve cents abovs th market In New York city and hv forced dealers to go into the comUin against their wills by actual vlrtlenc. Commissioner Hirshfield I conducting the Investigation Into the nlleged com- bine nt Ihe Inatahce, of Mayor Hyln. who received complaints from dealers and slaughterers In the Brownsville t. Sitting with Hlnhfleld ysfterdtr were Dr. Royal 8. Copeland, Commi- ssioner of Henlth, through whose depati-men- t slaughtering places are Mr. Shear, special Assistant AttornT-fnera- l, who Is investigating the mat ter for the Oorernment, and J. S. Bak of th Department of Justice. ftamusl A. TelsSy, attorney for JJJ Brownsville retail poultry dealers. that tho four corporations compi'!\' ths alleged combine are tne First Amr-Ics- Poultrv Corporation, which wai I- ncorporated February 8 of this yr! JJJ Hygrudc Dlv Poultry Company, Fair Pries Poultry Company snd US Fast Hide Poultry COhrnany, tacit orfBO-Ifa- d to cbntrdl oh of the fObr nJr .lfctrlcts reprSsSfttSd by BrOwnivlllSi iVHliamburg, the Manhattan Ka PSB1 and HarlaiB and l'b
