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New-York tribune., 1919-12-02
Alnirall's Fees
AS City Architect
Disturb HirshGeld
Commissioner Hints Fore
man of Grand Jury Would
Profit by Replacement of
Hylan, Burr and Himself

Commissioner Of Accounts David
Hirshfeld yesterday stated that Ray
mond f. Almirall, foreman of the
extraordinary grand jury investigating
departments O. the Hylan administra-
ton, has received $129,167.79 in archi-
tect-' fees on the partly constructed
Brooklyn Central Library, while the
cost OF the work so far done on the
structure amounts to S411,912OS.
Commissioner Hirshheld, who made
Mr.. Almirall the subject of a letter to
Morris Adler, president of the Allied
R3ards Of Trade and Taxpayers Asso-
citation. asserted that he had rejected
CLAIMS put in BY Alm.rall aggregating
S220'0T1.40, and that the grand jury
foreman is now suing the city for S73,-
S79-46 for fees on the Sea View Hos
pit.l construction.
"Corporation Counsel Burr" the let
ter contl9 .es, "ls very energetically de-
Mayors Office. if brought about with
Architect Amiralls assistance, would
bring INTO Office q new Corporation
Counsel, who would probably not de
fend as earnestly Architect -Almirall's
snit against the city. And maybe a
Comm ssioner Of Accounts could be ap-
pointed who would not scrutinize con
tracts and claims against the city as !
am doing. Who can tell but in that
event Architect Almirall could secure
from the city pa ment of all his dis
allow "a claims tor S845, 5,9l724?'
The Brooklyn library contract, he
explained was entered into in 1910.
lis iees were to be about $315, 900, Mr
Iirshfieid states, on a total estimated
construction cost of Sl,G62, ,102.S6
is there amy doubt IN your mind"
the letter continues, that if YOU or
collected $l29.ld773 on S4l1,9l2OS
worth of work done We would, to say
the least be strongly condemned for
- Bat, of course, you and | are not
reform with d capital T.
Mr.. IIirshhelc closed his letter with
q promise to write Mr.. Adler another
one soon telling about "Archtect Al
miralPs various city contracts and all
a5ouc the activities Of the Interbor-
ough magnatos and the seeming inter
est displayed in their behalf by city
disturbers and befoulers"
Tho name Of George Gordon Battle,
special Assistant District Attorney,
designated to assist the grand jury in
It's probe Of the District Attorneys
office and city departments, was placed
on the door Of an Office adjoining the
grand jury room. Mr. Battle was in
Albany. He started back for New York
an the afternoon, but said he would re-
turn 70 Albany to-day to confer with
Governor Smith regarding the inquiry.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-02
tional operators are needed. The telc-
phone service is poor because two girls
are doing the work Of three"

',"'"' operators are nceQcd. inc tcIc-
phone service is poor because two girls
are doing the work Of three"
have told the telephone officials
mat complaints have come to my of
hce regarding the salaries paid to
operators. that these are not sufficient
and that in oil probability solution
of this public problem lies in the ne ces
sitv of an increase in wages.
This is as far as have gone in my
personal study of the problem. DR.
Hubpard's report made for the Division
Of Industrial Hygiene is not yet COM
plete. When it comes to my desk
shall give such recommendations to
the telephone company as may seem
justitiable.'
This statement was issued by the
telephone company:
This company has not received the
alleged report and knows nothing abou,
1t. We know that the working condi-
tions for employees Of the New York
Telephone Company arc hygienic and
tar above the average. Every effort
has been made in the past and will be
made in the future to insure the health
and comfort of all employees.
DIR. Copeland personally spent sew
eral hours visiting our central Offices.
His opinion after the visit as stated
TO the officers of this company was
utterly at variance with the statements
conta med in the article published this
morning. The article was. therefore,
brought to the attention Of DR.. Cope
land. and a copy of statement by him
and one by DR.. Hubbard, which has
been given to the press by the Depart
mcnt of Health, are attached"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-02
Fishing Misiap Explained
Engine Disabled, Boat Blown to
Sea, but Men Return Safe

With all members of the fishing
party safe, the launch Flora T., which
left Tompkinsville Sunday morning for
Rockaway Shoals and was ,,norted
missing, returned to its Staten Island
mooring yesterday.
Captain Bryant, in charge, said tho
motor became disabled and the vessel
was blown far off Fire Island, but a
jury mast was rigecd and the boat
brought to safe anchorage.
The party aboard included John
Tence. OF 140 Central Avenue, Brook
lyn, whose relatives reported the party
missing; John Kookman and John
Pisto, both of 36l East Seventy
Street, Manhattan.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-02
Premium on Hlliteracv
Women's Fine Doubled Because
OF Their 'sisn0rance'

Because they had not taken the
trouble to learn English during the
fifteen years they have been in the
United States the usual fine of 81 for
Mrs. Jennie Rizzo and Mrs. Yetta Nor
man, both Of William sburg. who were
charged with leaving their dogs unmuz-
zlcd. was doubled by Magistrate Nc
Closkey in Bridge Plaza court yester-
day.
Both women said through an inter
prefer that they knew nothing about
& dog muzzling ordinance, being unable
to read or speak English When the
fine was doubled, however, both un-
loosed flood Of words which were
ulStinguishable IS English.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-02
Louisville Gels
Order Indicating
Return of Roads
Universal Interlinc Way Bill
Discontinued and Close
Scrutiny Is Directed to
individual Y arninss

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. What Is
regarded as a most significant order
indicating definite return OF the rail
roads to private management, was re-
ceived by Louisville railroad agents to-
day from the Railroad Administration.
disseminating, with certain exceptions
effective to-day, universal ntcrline
waybilling, which WAS made effective by
the government May I, 1913.
The other ma. jor ctfccrs OF the order.
IN the opinion of railroad men. viii be
the employment Of q large number of
addiNonal clerks in large cities and a
closer scrutiny Of division revenues as
between individual carriers.
Under the Old waybiling arrange
ment many more clerks were REQUIRED
TO wayblll shipments from lnterchange
terminals of individual carriers. Uni
versal interhne vaybiling permitted
handling cars 10 destination without
icbllling, and Thus reduced the number
OF men employed at interchange cen
ters. Effective to-day, it is expected
they Will III large measure be rein
stated.
The third feature regarded Of prime
Importance. relating to division of
revenues between individual carriers
after January I. 1920. is that closcr
scrutiny viii be made of December
earnings accruing TO individual roads
when and as shipments are vaybilled.
Cndcr government operation division
Of revenues between individual carriers
frequently was arbitrarily nxpd on q
mileage pro rata, egarding in many
eases the divisions as operated uneier
i'rlYate manasemeut This. it is said
curtailed revenue showings or some
roads and increased the re,enue Of
others. but exact y to- what exfert
probably will not be known, according
10 railroad authorities, Until after Jan
uny !. when, President Wilson has
said, the roads Will BE- returned to their
New-York tribune., 1919-12-02
RRoo1lS Nef 81, 900. 600
Sn Ocsobey; Toss Since
.}csss. ( Is 500, T68.I5t83


WASHINGTON, Dec. l. Railroads
under Federal control Nadc net
NroNt of Sll.000000 n October
although estimated figures showed only
announced to-day in preliminary
report.
This S9.0o00oo discrepancy the ad
ministration explained. was due to the
reinstatement Of per diom charges on
'rcigh cars Nnd the coal strike which
c2used coal traffic to be held i'm transit.
and earnings from these sources viii
be included IN the November totals
For the ten months Of tins year the
railroads have shown let loss Of
S269'26S,l5S. but since July only net
gains haVe been reported
Freight and passenger traffic showed
an increase over October 1918.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-02
200 Apartment llouse Tenants
v ait in Vain for New Landlord

More than two hundred tenants in
apartment houses on Flushing and
Wilson avenues, Long Island city. who
announced their intention Saturday of
refusing to pay the increased rent de-
Manded By their new landlord, waited
IN VAN Yesterday for any one to ash,
hem 10 pay.
All of them, it was said, were ready
70 pay the old rent of $2l, but we're
prepared to refuse to give up the $50
which the new owner of the houses
said would be due yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-02
Auto Kills Boy; Driver Held

Anderson Place, seven years old, Of
l06 West 127th Street, was killed by
an automobile yesterday at l3Sth
Street and Lenox Avenue Cornelius
Colgan. of A West Fifty-seventh
Street, driver of the car, was arrested.
The sun., 1919-04-20

man who has got an immense task
In front OF him and who Is delighted at
having accomplished a part of 1t. With
out doubt In his eyes several more
months will not be too much to COM
plete the studies he has now in hand.
Perhaps he is right.
Put that is precisely what is terri
flying in the situation. Men who ought
to have come here in December or Jan
uary ready to settle questions submitted
to their judgment only then began to
study them. Each day they discover a
new world Lloyd George calls that
gaining time. The public has tina i'm
preston that time Is being lost and that
1t Is really a little late for the Big -Four
to start their education.
Lloyd George made some pleasant
remarks about France, for which we
th1bk him. We are sure his words are
In accordance with his intention, but IN
practice he shows consideration for the
Germans, which Is unreasonable. He
seems to believe prohibitions inscribed
upon the parchment constitute an ade &.
uate guarantee. All conditions registered
in the documents are like the wills of the
most powerful sovereigna Scarcely has
a monarch breathed his last breath than
his last wishes are forgotten, misunler-
stood, -transgressed. without any one
complaining.
In this matter of Germany, the same
thing will happen IL military occupation
does not ensue in carrying OUT certain
undertakings. II troops are not there to
take immediate measures all breaches
will pass with impunity. No Power will
put new armies in the field in order to
recover a debt or force Germany to bring
her military establishment down to a
prescribed figure.
Groupings will be formed under the
influence of commercialism, which al
ready is showing itself in disturbing
manner. Written precautions will be as
though they were not. in existence.
Lloyd George should be persuaded that
the criticisms aimed at what is known
of some of his suggestions were inspired
not by bad will toward him but by a
conviction that he was travelling along
the wrong road in the bargaining with
some countries about effective guaran-
tees which they demanded in the COM
mon interests of the Allies and general
peace"
The sun., 1919-04-20
SOVIET AGENTS ARE
ARRESTED IN VIENNA
Wealth Found on Agitotors
Sent From Budapest.

BERLIN, April 19-The atmosphere IN
Vienna is still extremely electrical, ac-
cording to dispatches to the Berlan
newspapers. The Vosstsohe ZeittnDs
Vienna correspondent says the danger or
trouble has by no means passed, AZ the
National Guard. except for a few battal-
IONS appears to be unreliable. while the
demonstration of Thursday against the
Parliament Building gave clear evidence
OF cooperation BY the Hungarian Com
munlsts On Thursday night the ma
rine section of the War Ministry was
broken into and plundered, 49,
The Vienna Government on Friday
had all the known emissaries' of the
Budapest Soviet Government arrested.
Gold. bank notes and precious stones to
a total value OF 100000 crowns were
found in their possession and confis-
Gated. The banishment OF all revoiu-
tionary agitators Is said to be imminent
Count Ottokar Czernin. former Austro-
Hungarian Foreign Minister, was ar
rested Wednesday by the German-Aus-
TRAN authorities when he attempted to
cross the Swiss frontier The arrest was
made in Feldkirch, few miles east OF
the Swiss frontier at Buchs. ..
The sun., 1919-04-20


Il They are not digging gar
dens this Easter in the Near
East,-they are digging graves
for the victims Of starvation.
In the day Of resurrection
in thu very season Of new life
100000 human beings are
periskipg from starvation.
Please answer the appeal sent
to you by mail.
The sun., 1919-04-20
U. s. RAIL MEN WON
WAR, SAYS M'ADOO
Besides, Workers Zeal and Eff
ficiency Speeded the End
by Six Months.
TO TALK FOR LOAN HERE
Ex-Secretary, Back From West,
Calls Victory Notes Best
Investment in World.

The zeal and efficiency of American
railway executives and employees
brought the war to an end six months
earlier than would have been possible
had the railroads here failed to
function properly" in the transporta-
ton Of troops and supplies. 80 William
@. McAdoo, former Railroad Admins
traitor and Secretary of the Treasury. de-
clared yesterday in the Hotel Plaza upon
his return to New York after a three
months holiday on the Pacific coast.
The need for spring drive against the
German lines this year was obviated by
the wonders accomplished by America n
railway systems and had they failed IN
their task the war would have been lost.
he said.
Future economic and Industrial condi-
tons would gradually adjust themselves.
he thought, but he could see no Immediate
prospect of marked reduction in the
cost of living. He predicted that the
ending OF the war would bring no de-
crease In the wages now paid railroad
workers, adding that he had established
the wage scales, not with the idea that
they were to be in effect during the
period Of hostilities only, but that they
would be permanent
Mr.. McAdoo, who was bronzed and
healthy as the result of his vacation
near Santa Barbara, Cal. said he had
spent most Of his time in riding a COW
pony over mountain trails and that to-
morrow he would resume his law prac-
tce here. He Is to speak at Forty
seventh street and Park avenue at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the open
ing of the Victory Loan campaign, which
Is to be held at the Forum in Victory
Way there. Mr.. McAdoo said he had
promised to make two other speeches
during the drive here-one from the
steps of the Suh-Treasury and the other
in the Metropolitan Opera House. He
will speak in Chicago April 29 and in
Cincinnati the following day.
On his way East Mr.. McAdoo made
The sun., 1919-04-20

twenty speeches in support OF the Victory
Loan between the coast and the Mis-
souri, River.
In all OF my speeches I referred to
the League of Nations said he. 81
found everywhere, especially on the
Pacific coast, overwhelming sentiment In
favor OF It. There Is no doubt of a
desire for some organization to prevent
war and the last draft Of the proposed
league. cabled here from Paris Is ap-
proved by an overwhelming majority of
the American people.
In talk to a dozen persons at a
little railroad station in Idaho I said.
I hope my friend Senator Borah hasnl
set you against League of Nations,
and they answered, He has not met
and talked to many returned soldiers
who favored the league and they told
me they reflected the feeling OF a major
ity OF the men who had been overseas
After he had attributed the early end
ing Of the war to the efficiency of Ameri-
can railways. Mr.. McAdoo said
The whole criticism OF the Railroad
Administration has been based on the
deficit Of over $1,000. 600, 900. I could
Just as easily have made the railroads
show surplus by simply putting the in
creased freight and passenger rates into
erect six months earlier than ] did. I
am not making a defence OF the Rail
road Administration because I don't
think It needs any"
Mr.. McAdoo declared that he had not
raised the pay OF railroad employees
hastily or until after the matter had
been gone into thoroughly by a wage
commission. He said that so per cent. of
the men and women employed by the
roads were being paid less than SIS a
month and that II was 'preposterous' to
expect them to live upon that amount
with the rapidly mounting cost of neces-
stiles.
He explained that, between the draft
and the high wages being paid by war
industries, the railroads had a hard
tme Keeping their workers. Had the
railroad systems broken down under
the strain, Mr.. McAdoo said he knew
the war would have been won by Ger
many. The increase in pay was an alb
solute necessity, II this were not to
happen. he explained.
Mr.. McAdoo gave high praise to the
railroad executives he placed in control
or the various systems after federaliza-
tion and said they had all done the best
they could under difficult circumstances
Even with Government backing, the
roads had lost over 100000 in the
first three months, he said, which wac
far less than undoubtedly would have
been the case II they had remained
under private ownership.
II didn't know what the politics OF
any CT the executives was and I didn't
give damn" Mr.. McAdoo declared
II was looking for efficiency"
The fact that the new Government
notes would form the last war time
loan would have more important effect
in maintaining Victory notes at par than
the rate of interest offered, Mr.. McAdoo
thought. He said 1t had been a great
advantage to the United States to have
had the war financed at a low interest
The sun., 1919-04-20
FRANCE IS PUZZLED,
BY LLOYD GEORGE
Paris Editor Mystified by His
Trip to London to Attack
"Badv Press.
TOO LATE FOR EDUCATION
Only Way to Make Germans
Obey Terms Is to Have
Troops on Ground.
BY G. 8. ADAM.
Special Cao'e Despatch to TEE sus from the
London Times Service.

cpec'd5 Cdoe Despdfch to TEE SON from fhs
London Times Service.
Copyright. 1918; all rights reserved.
PARIS, April 19.-If the goodness OF
Premier Lloyd Georges peace is to be
measured by tho badness of his press
the Allies will have full cause for con-
gratulations. The Prime Minister'S per-
formance at Westminster has completely
puzzled the French, who are at a loss
to understand why the chief of the Brit
ish delegates should have gone to Eng
land apparently with the main purpose
or trying to discredit in French eyes
the personality OF the English papers,
which have long been held In great re-
gard In France as being stanch friends
OF the Entente and Of Intervention in
the war at a moment when Lloyd
Georges own mind upon the subject was
undecided. The French. press recently
had occasion to measure Lloyd Georges
extreme irritability under criticism. and
although 1t Is puzzled and disappointed
by this fresh outburst It Is not altogether
surprised.
Mr. Lloyd George would be far from
finding unanimous support for his con-
demnation Of the press, a condemnation
In which the British and French press
are now equally involved, nor would
he find many persons to agree with his
description of the beautiful harmony
which has presided over the labors of
the peace delegates.
Regarding that experience NJ. Gau-
win. foreign editor Of the Jo1Lrnul, in an
article criticising severely the Peace
Conference methods and the necessity
there has been Of educating the Big
-Four upon the questions they have been
called upon to deal with. says:
Lloyd George said he preferred to
have a good peace TO having a good
press. But each sentence Of his speech
shows how upset he is at having a bad
preSs He Uiyes the lively imDression ~
The sun., 1919-04-20

,, Question Confronting U. 3.
4 THE most pressing question that now
,confronts the American people, the dues
ZION that underlies' and conditions all
The sun., 1919-04-20
GERMAN GUNS ON TRANSPORT.
pufree, Shifted to Boston Instead

pufree, Shifted to Boston Instead
of N. ", Carries SO Soldiers.
BOSTON. April 19.-The transport West
to-day with two officers and thirty-four
men, all casuals. Private William NJ.
Langler of Middletown, Conn, was the
only New Highlander in the party.
The steamships cargo included forty
five German cannon and n number of
wagons. automobiles and other materials
turned over to the Allies after the sign
ing of the armistice. The West Durfee
originally sailed for New York, but a
few days ago was ordered to proceed to
this port.
The sun., 1919-04-20
HUNaARIANs REPORT VICTORY.

CoPENHAGEN, April 10. - Rumanian
forces have attacked Hungarian troops.
according to a despatch from Budapest.
which fails to tell where the engagement
occurred.
The Rumanians, says the message.
Suffered tremendous LOSSES"
The sun., 1919-04-20
Easter Dainties for Wounded.

Easter arrived early yesterday at Cen
eral Hospital No. 1, Gun Hill road. The
Bronx. with the delivery OF $500 Easter
baskets containing candy OF egg shapes
and other varieties Easter plants and
lilies were also sent. the distribution
being made by Capt. Emma L. Ocder
for The Bronx county chapter of the
American Red Cross. The Messiah
Home in Andrews avenue and the Pei
liam Bay naval station shared in the
gifta
The sun., 1919-04-20

rate and that, otherwisel Pip eothwys
whole business foundation would have
been upset lie predicted thS success
OF the Victory Loan drive ana afclared
that no one with ANY nfoneysAt all
could possibly find a better investment.
The sun., 1919-04-20
Assets OF Democracy.

ut is the extreme form of the doc
trines of Karl Marx which Lenine and
Trotzky have been applying in Russia
for year and a half past with such
terrible results. In consequence, that
once great country of boundless possi-
bilities IS now as helpless as a child,
and 1t lies. for the moment. in social
economic and moral ruin. and is relaps-
ing into barbarism. Its reorganized
schools now devote part of each day to
instruction In atheism and to removing
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-09-23
PRYMICYE MA
J0ZAFATOWIE.

Niedziela dnia Tgo b. m, ZaplSafa
sic Sleboku W sercach parafian gdyz W
dniu tym odbyla sic uroczystoSc pier
wszej solennej Mszy sw., odprawione)
przez X. Jana Kendziore, wychowanka
parafii sw. J6zafata. o godztnie lOte1
rano uroczyScie wprowadzono Pryml-
cyanta z plehanii do koscioia- poprze-
dzUnego dfugim ~szeregiem ministran-
tow, odSwietnie przybranych, z kEy-
lem i swiecami. Oraz dziewczatkam u
branemi W bell z jasnymi opaskami.
Poduszke pred Prymicyantem niosfa
s~iostrzenica Prymicyanta parma, Anna
Mailman, oraz Helena Krakowska
Mudlaff. Ia mimi ~postepowa4 Prym1-
cyant y. Jan Kendziora, W ~otoczeniu
kilkunastu kapian6w, a wres0cie rodzl-
ia, krewni / znajomi. Podczas proce-
syi lud w kusciele spiewa@ ,,Kto sic W
opieke''. Koscia hy} Hesfcie oswietlo-
nv, oitarz byi przeSlicznie przybrany W
zywe kwiaty i girlandy przez Siostry
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-09-23

Wczoraj popoludniu otrzymafa
chicagoska policya zawiadomIe--
ME T. miasteczka Whiting, Ind,
re przez dwu bandytow zatrzy-
zostal w tenn miasteczku pc
slaniec. ktory ni6sl SODA
S5OO,OOO, przenaczonych ola Hi
nois Steel Co., ktora to surna 70
staia mu przez mich odebrana. DO
dano, re byli SLIME uzbrojeni | W
posiadaniu automobilu' Wnet
wieSc ia rozeszia sic pc wszyst-
kjch stacyach policyjnych; kazdy
policyant otrzylnai cd swych
zwierzchnik6w polecenie, ably sic
gorliwie przygIadat przechodniom
a w razie uzasadnionego podeJ-
rzenia dokonal aresztowa11la. De-
tektywi bardzo marny posladaIi
OPS wygladu bandytow ! sprawl
przedstawiaia sic w ich swietle
niejasno. w tym wypadku szcze
seize mi ~sprzyjaio. Zeszsego czwar
tku obrabowany zostal Z wick
szej sunny pienieznej Oh. Tro-
chowski. pnr. 1851 Noble I'll. i de-
tektywi poszukiwa1i W poaskleJ
dzielnicy "a bandytami. Gdy kro
czyli oni wczoraj okoio poino-
cv utica Milwaukee, spostrzegli
pred SODA idacych trzech mez--
czyzn, ktorzy wygladem zupefnie
odpowiadali tym, "a ktory1n1 Sic
dill. Gdy ich zatrzymali i pre-
szukiwac poczeli kieszenie, jaklez
byso zdziwienie, gdy wyciagac Z
Mich poczeli zwitki swiezutkicb
banknotow, obwiazanych W do
datku przepaske papierows. Mel:
on przy sobie kilka tysiecy. Wpa-
dli oni calkiem przypadkowo ma
kt6rzy obrabowali po-
s,ahca W Whiting.
Ma stacyi policyjnej podali swe
nazwiska jako Jan S. Wejda, 1881
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-09-23

Smutnie bardzo zakohczyia sic
onegdai wycieczka siedmiu os6b, kto
rzy wybrali sic byli do miasteczka
Gary ma grzyby. Powracajac do do
mu automobD v kt6rym sic znaido-