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New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
Control of u u. S. Ships
Nithdrawn From Fox
Benson Says Action Was Taken
to Protect the Government
Pending Investigation

WASHINGTON, Oct 3-Control of
twelve Shipping Board vessels. valued
at more than $6,500,O00. obtained by
Victor S. Fox, of New York. on the par
tial payment plan, has been withdrawn.
Chairman Benson in making this an
nouncement tonight said action was
taken to protect the governments in
terests pending investigation by the
Department Of Justice Of charges of
irregularities against Fox
Conduct OF the investigation is
wholly in the hands of the District At
torney at New York, officials of the De-
partment Of Justice declared, and ii
was understood a receiver rad been. ap-
pointed for Victor Fox, Inc, the
Consolidated Maritime Lines, Inc, and
other steamship lines of which Fox is
president.
No report of the investigation of
Fox's transactions has been made TO
the board. Chairman Benson said, nor
has the department asked the board 20
cooperate. 1t was thought best for the
government to operate the ships, how
ever, until charges published in New
York newspapers had been cleared up.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
AUiafor Burned 10 Death
IL, Crash OF Golf Course
Sunday Players Run From Club
house at Hartford, Conn.,, to
Ciue lid; Rescuers Scared

HARTFORD. Conn, Oct 3.-Lieu-
tenant Arthur c. Wagner, of Wayburn,
Saskatchewan, was killed and Lieu
tenant Commander William Merrill
Cory jr., commanding officer of the
aviation section OF the Atlantic feet,
was seriously injured, when an cir
plane in which they were riding
crashed to the ground on the Hartford
Golf Club course late to-day.
Lieutenant Wagner, pilot of the air
plane, was pinned under the machine
as it overturned after hitting the turf,
while Lieutenant Commander Cory
was thrown from his seat. The gaso-
lene tank Immediately burst into flame
and Wagner was horribly burned.
Although Commander Cory suffered
TWO broken RIBS in the fall. he rusheu
to the aid of the pilot. l.. was as
sisted by Walter +. Patterson, an Of
fetal Of an insurance company, and
Martin Keane. an employee Of the golf
club The three men dragged Wagner
from the flames, receiving burns in
the effort.
Persons who saw the crash from the
club veranda rushed TO the scene with
olive oil and gave first aid to Wagner
and CORY The former was in such
agony that no effort was made to move
him until an ambulance arrived. Mean
while William II. Mann. member of
the club drove his automobile across
the golf course and Cory was placed
in it and whirled gway to hospital.
He was reported in serious condition
on the head and hands, in addition to
the fractured ribs. Wagner was
burned about the entire body and died
~ 10 o'clock to-r;-ht
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04

Senator Declares He Is
Entirely Satisfied With
Their Attitude Toward
Candidacy and League
Los Angeles Speech
Quoted as Proof
Californian Held to Have
neutrality-suspicious. Cir
culafed by Democrats
From q STAFF Correspondent

IRON stag Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, Oct. 3.-Senator
Warren G. Harding declared so-dav
that Senator Hiram Johnson's rpeech
delivered September 25, at Los hn,:cles,
conclusively refuted nsidious Demo-
cratic propaganda seeking to show that
the Californian was opposed to the
League of Nations position of the cam
didate.
Senator Harding also declared that
Senator Johnson's speech had added to
his confidence that when the "solemn
referendum" Of November 2 had ended
the menace to nationality, america
is going to be able to agree on pro-
gram that will give the country an op-
portunity to play its part in expressing
the new conscience of the world" He
quoted portions of The Johnson speech
this afternoon in a talk with newspaper
correspondents.
Senator Harding said also that he
was thoroughly satisfied with the atti-
tude of Senator Borah, who, it has
been reported. has refused to allow the
Republican National Committee to
make any more speaking engagements
for him.
Satisfied With Borah's Attitude
81 aim perfectly satisfied with SEN
Harding. 81 am satisfied with what
he has said, and I'm sure I'll be salts
fed with what he will say"
Asked il he THOUGHT the Idaho "bit-
ter-ender" would continue stumping
Tor the Republican candidate, Senator
Harding replied;
Il do Any man OF Senator Borah's
prominence has a preference for choos-
ing his own itinerary That is not at
AL surprising. have been Just as
particular in other campaigns"
IN his discussion of Senator John
sons speech Senator Harding said
ut dissipatcs conclusively any notion
that Senator Johnson is out of har-
mony with the platform and the candi-
date.
Among other things he said:
Europ2 has set OF primary inter-
ests which to US have only very re-
mote relation. if any; hence she must
be engaged in frequent controversies,
the causes of which are essentially for
eign to our concerns. Why forego the
advantages so peculiar to the situa-
ton? Why cult our own to stand upon
foreign soil? The Republican
party resctoes these words in this cam
paigN: Why cult our own to stand
upon foreign soil?
Jefferson, whose policy we in
dorsad in our platform, the greatest
of Democrats Of the sort to-day,
but of those days stated his policy
thus: II am for free commerce with
ell nations and political connections
with none. am for not linking our
elves by amy treaties with the quar-.
res } Europe or entering the field Of
sIaughte" lt preserve their balance, or
to join with confcderacy of kings or
war against thc prlnclpIes OF liberty.
nat Wa i"o'''NS eASiSS"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
Poles Capture
$4,000; Rout
10 Divisions
Vast Stores of Material and
Railroad Rolling Stock
Also Seized; 1900 Ar
mored Cars in Loot
X G DIS i'm CONSERVATION
Troops in Disorder; Col
lapse on All Fronts Is
Said To Be Imminent

WARSAW, Oct. 3.-PPresident g. Pill
eudski is at the northern front nor
sonally commanding the drive which
It's announced has resulted in tnc com
pletc defeat of sixteen Russian Boil
shevik divisions.
The STATS of the third and fourth
Bolshevik armies have been captured,
and the staffs of the 21st 4lst, 55th and
o|th divisions and of several brigades
and regiments also have been taken
prisoner. Tne total number of nris-
one1s is given at $4,000.
Guns to the number of 1855 have been
captured, and in addition 900 machine
guns, 800 armored cars, Z armorcd
trains, airplanes, 21 locomotives. 2.5OO
wagons, Is motor cars and great stores
OF ammunition and other materials
which the Bolsheviki had assembled
Tor fall drive against the oles have
been taken.
LONDON. Oct. 4.-Press DISPATCHES
reaching Stockholm from Finland. ac-
cording to the correspondent of The
London Times, continue to represent
that great anxiety prevails in Soviet
circles. Reports conveyed across the
Russian frontier say the Red forces
are in full retreat on both the Polish
front and the Crimea. demoralzed, suf-
ferng from hunger and surrcndering
and deserving in large numbers.
The Soviet government has institut-
ed forced contributions of clothing for
the troops. The order says: "Lct every
one who has two coats, two pairs Of
boots, two fur caps, give one and save
the soldiers from perishinG from cold. -
Trotzky's efforts to recruit new
forces in Siberia and the Eastern prov
inccs, the reports say, have failed. the
peasants in the agricultural districts
and the workmen in the towns equally
revolving against further rccruitmerts.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04

LONDON, Oct 4-One of Germany
pest known airmen will attempt q
.ransatlantic flight about the middle
Oh o, October, according to a dispatch to
me London Times from Berlin. He
WI use an aluminium monoplane built
py the Zeppelin Company. 1t will
have four motors. The aviator hopes
g make the trip in thirty-six hours.
Hs will take along a spare pilot and
several mechanics.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
Two Boys Fatally Hurt
In Falling Five Stories
Children in Different Neighbour
hoods, Similarly Injured, Die
i'm Same Hospital Ward

Two boys, one three years old and
the other four. died in Gouverneur Hos
pital about the same time last night
as a result of injuries they suffered
when they fell to the pavement from
the fifth story windows of their homes.
They were not related and lived in
different neighborhoods.
Shortly after o'clock John Spino,
four, fell from the window ledge of
his home, at SO Hester Street. He was
taken to the hospital py DR.. Johnson.
Almostat the same time John ltaug.o.
three, fell through an opening on the
iire-escapeof his home, at $50 For
sythe Street He was taken to the
same ward in Gouverneur Hospital
where John Spino was by Dr. Landy.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
Wilson Enters Campaion|
With Appeal for League
AS Drawn at Versailles
Text OF the Presidents Letter

Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON Oct 3.The of Prcsident
ngg approval of the League Nations of the co
OIn1rS
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.
Mrs A.--That maid is wonder Where
did YOU get her
Mrs. B-Through a Tribune Help Ad.
Solve your domestic help problem that
way. Call Beekman 5000. or go to any Of
T''" Trihun" Want AGENTS Advi
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
5 IN all Sales Tax
On Commodities Is
Urged by o. I'll. Kahn
Would Exempt Farmers
From Such Levy; Sug-
gesis One-quarter or One
third of | p. C.. on Gross

AS a solution of the countrys tax
problem, Otto H. Kahn, of Kuhn.
Loeb {, Co., suggests a gross sales or
turnover tax of one-quarter or one
third OF per cent, to be limited to
commodities. In a statement addressed
20 the National Industrial Conference
Board Mr.. Kahn says, however. that he
would exempt from such levy the
sales of their products by farmers.
"Such an experiment" the banker
says, would enable us to test out the
merits or demerits of gross sales
or turnover tax without giving any
Just ground for popular complaint and
stantial degree those undesirable re-
suits which the critics Of that kind
of tax foresee. A years test on the
experimental miniature scale here
suggested would demonstrate in
actual practice the workings of such
a tax and would enable public opinion
to judge definitely whether it should
be retained, enlarged or discarded.
Meanwhile, even when applied on that
modest scale, the tax ought to produce
very considerable revenue
AS near as | am able to estimate
Cor rather guess, because naturally
| must assume certain volume of
trade and certain level of prices), I
should judge that at the rate of one
third of one per cent gross sales
tax on commodities ought to bring in
somewhere between S550,O0O,OO0 and
S650,o00,000 for, say, the twelve
months period beginning July 1, 1921
Of initial sales of farm crops and live
stocks are exempted the yield would
be reduced by, roughly speaking, prob
ably 10 per cent?.
THAT is not enough, of course, to
make up for the yield from the ex-
cess profits tax and from other taxes
that ought to be revised or abolished,
bit it is very large sum and would
go long way to help in meeting the
deficiency to be made pood.'
Among the causes for the country's 3
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
Fine New Jersey Estates
Pass to New Owners
Albert L. Salt and William J..
Morton Dispose of Fine Prop
critics i'm Montclair

Albert l.. Salt sold his residence in
Montclair, n. j.. to Alfred Richie.
The house, English in design, is located
on Upper Mountain Avenue, and con-
tains thirteen rooms, with four bath
rooms, sleeping porches and solariuIn.
The property was held at $4,000. F.
Crawiey g. Brothers were the
brokers.
William J. Morton sold his large
brick Montclair residence to John s.
Mllllken. The residence occupies a
plot about 140 feet front; it faces
Prospect Avenue and is on the noun
tam side. The property was held for
$4,000: Simpson, Merritt Company
were the brokers.
Dempsey & Higbic sold the John r.
Moody property on Lake Road. Morris
town, 70 Walter Fowke. of New Yer
non The same brokers sold the Vie
tor r. Melick residence in Cutler
Park. Morristown % Robert Young.
). 5. Walstrum Gordon & Forman
sold or Mrs. Mary J. Laughlin. her
residence on Franklin Turnpike; to
John ?. Louderman; for James B. Par
sons, his dwelling on West Franklin
Avenue. Midland Park. \. j., to Mrs.
Elizabeth H. Smith, and for Charles NJ
lie Furge q residential lot on Orchard
Road, Glen Rock, N. j., to John r.
Sparrow.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
he AmericanLegi0
Neacs: Local, State, National
Remember Wounded.
Is BIalseslee's appeal

will the people of New York
state keep faith with their
wounded?' is the question asked
by Charles G. Blakeslee, depart
ment commander of the Aneri-
can Legion, in an appeal issued
yesterday to the general public to
remember the disabled veterans
on Christmas.
DO you remember" Command
er Blakeslee continues, that two
years ago nothing was too good
for our soldiers and sailors?
When the news of Cantigny,
Chateau-Thierry, st. Mihiel and
the Argonne flashed through the
country how many made the nigh
resolve, we can never do enough
for them.
There are 10000 men who are
felylhg on the broken promise,
whom this second Christmas
after the war finds still in hospi-
tails and on crutches. The war is
not over for them. At this time
when your arms are laden with
gifts, will you remember them?
During the holiday season a half
hour spent in visiting the hospi-
tails in your locality would be
worth while. Go there and give
these men the consolation and
comfort which comes only from
the spoken word, the handclasp.
Bring home to them the sense of
our gratitude and remembrance
as nothing else can"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20

present financial discontinue Mr.. Kahn
names advanced" taxation rs being in
the front rank. He says that it is
rather this than financial deAation
which has hit the fsrmer and the cot
ton grower and has causel the value
Of their products to shrink below the
cost of prodacticn.
Mr.. Kahn agrees with the Wall
Street opinion that the recent semi
panicky collapse in the market for
securities may be sscroed in con-
siderable part to forced offerings by
those in pressing reed Of cash with
which to pay taxes. He charged that
the trainers of our present tax system
nave been all too oblivious to the in
eVltable consequences of the policy
which it embodies.
lhey have violently interfcred with
the flow Of capital and the normalcies
u commerce and industry" he asserts.
iney have compelled corporate and
individual business to infringe upon
ther necessary working capital
Tar beyond the point of safety Taxes
must be paid in cash. You cannot pay
them in materials CT merchandise or
bills receivable or book assets But
while the outgo in taxes payable to
the government is ali cash, the income
or most businesses is cash only to a
limited extent.
Taken together with the action Of
various other clements influencing the
situation, our ways Of taxation became
Instrumental in causing an intolerable
strain upon our financial resources. a
scramble for funds, credit imitation,
mounting costs and finally forced
liquidation and a sudden and violent
shrlnkage of values, including the
products of agriculture.N
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
Improvement of Shantunc Silk

An international committee for the
improvement Of Shantung silk has been
organized at Chefoo, according to ad-
vices from Commercial Attache Julean
Arnold. For this purpose the Chinese
government has sanctioned the use Of
part of the eXpor- tax on silk from
Chefoo, so that a sum of 10000 taels
(S200,O00l viii be available annually
for development and Improvement
work. Five hundred thousand null
berry trees are being purchased to aid
in the development Of mulberry silk.
1t is the aim of the association to i'm
prove both mulberry and tussah silk,
which is produced by oak-leaf-fed silk
improved methods Of reelng and the
Pasteur method of egg selection
greater market possibilities in America
may be opened
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
Commerce Chamber
Takes Referendum,
On Tax Revision
Business Men Asked to Ex-
press Opinions on Plans
to Mitigate After War
Burden: Economy Urged

ASH1NGTON, Dec 1o. The Cham
Der OF Commerce of the United States
IS presenting to its membership for
referendum vote to-day program Of
proposed Federal tax revision suggest
-hg radical changes in present meth
DDS OF levy. The program has beer ar
ranged by d committee Of the cham
Der from data obtained after Years
study Of the subject and the board Of
directors states that its sole purpose is
70 obtain the opinion of the business
organizations of the country and not
necessarily get approval Of recommen-
dations voiced in the report.
The propositions upon which the
chambers members are being asked to
express their views are:
ne excess profits tax should be
Revenues now derived from the ex
cess profits tax should be obtained
mainly from taxes on incomes.
There should also be excise taxes
upon some articles of wide use, but
not of first necessity.
Should a sales tax be levied instead
OF the taxes mentioned in proposals
2 and 3 above
81. Should sales tax be levied in ad.
dltlon to such taxes as are mentioned
II propositions > and 8 above?
Members voting in favor of ques-
ton or question 5 above are asked
70 indicate below the type Of sales tax
they advocate: (a) A general turnover
tax; b. limited turnover tax; o.
a retail sales tax
There should be q moderate and
graduated ,undistributed- earnings tax
on corporations.
each individual stockholder of a
corporation should pay his own normal
tax
Income from any new issues Of Sc
! curltles which may lawfully be made
subject to Federal tax should be
taxable.
"American citizens resident abroad
should be exempt from the American
tax upon income derived abroad and
not remtted to the United States.
Profits arising from sale of capital
assets should be allocated over the
period in which earned and taxed at
The rates for the several years in the
period.
"An exchange of property of like
or similar nature should be considered
merely as replacement
Net losses and inventory losses in
any taxable year should cause re-deter-
mination Of taxes on income of the
preceding year.
"Ascertainment by the government
Of any tax based on income should
precede payment.
Administration Of income taxation
should be decentralized."
The committee makes it plain that
in its opinion the governments ex-
penses will remain high for some time
to come. With this in mind it sets
forth that the revision it Purposes is
not aimed at reducing the amount of
yield, but in changing the manner o.
levying important taxes.
Strict economy by the government
and on the part of the people is urged.
The government, says the committee,
must use the proceeds of taxes only
for purposes which are essential. re
ducing the billions of floating debt and
abolishing annual deficits in the Treas
ury- This is no time" the report de
clares. for diversion OF the receipts
from heavy taxes, gladly assumed in
patriotic support Of war, to new un-
dertakings OF doubtful public benefit. "
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
Invest in Bronx Houses

Emil Stein sold to julius Stuzin the
slX-story apartment 673-675 Morris
Avenue. northwest corner Of 153d
Street. 5Oxl0O.
Charles Schimek sold TO Louis Schu-
mer the two-story house $50 Coster
Street, 20xIOO.
John c. Schulz sold to John H. Col
well the two-story dwelling PA East
l79th Street. 17.6x7S.1I.
Ruth A. Stevens sold TO Louis Wald-
man the two-story dwelling 527 Trinity
Avenue, l7SX82.4
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
CAMPS for r. O. T. {.

Announcement has been made from
Washington that the training camps
70 be conducted next summer by the
War Department will be for the Re
serve Officers Training Corps, COM
posed of students of various educa-
tional institutions. and not for reserve
officers as has been stated Incorrectly.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
Real Estate News

facturers' yards for the entire country
,as there normally would be in the
brickyards Of the Hudson Valley for
New York consumption in single half
year There are no lumber stocks at
mill centers and the plants are closing
down with greater rapidity every week.
Psychologically the building industry
Is being damned. Behind the barrier
OF query and quest there is piling up
pressure for homes that must ulti-
mately break its bounds, unless some
how the food gates can be pried apart.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
{. A. Dana Buys New Jersey
Estate Held af 5000 lOO

Fred W. Jones sold the country estate
Of William P. Bonbright, of this city,
at Bernardsville, n. j. a large modern
residence, garage, cottage, stables. etc,
and more than fifty acres, held at
100000, to Charles A. Dana The same
broker sold the property of Whitney
hefnochan at Gladstone. N. j., to J. H.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
County Committee Meeting

Henry W. Buxton, New York County
chairman, has called d meeting Of his
county committee for next Monday
night, December 27 at the Hotel Penn
sylvania, when reports of officers and
committees viii be acted upon Other
inportant issues are TO be considered.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
Fire Record

i5.to-,-s c,,s,.,,. Loss
Pa7er Box Co -I-rkno,.r
-.so-s35 Broadway. Goldtsrb &
S.o0-l5 W. 1880 ct. unknown Trf,lng
s;2o-223 Grand ST. N Wolf & Co
s.oo-Isao Bathgate az. the Bronx. ''"'"s
~ o2-S1e Ienth av.. NJ. Stosres .Trtfing
l'''2-So7 E l0oth st. W. Schwartz
p NJ Unknown
i2:lo-IteS Boston Road. the Bronx.
'@V-l2l y. 23d st. l.. kiel Triaine
.5g-1l2 v. 13th at. W. Stubbs Trifing
-;'V-51s9 Third ay.. the Bronx.
Bruer & Mathews s........T Trininr
s;l5--3lo broadway. J. Robinson Unknown
S:49-s" Monroe st. J. Kaplsn... .Triffnx
4'Vo-:s' q l65th st. the Bronx
-o a. Detssiy -....-.. Trif7inK
5;30-2lt4 Quarry Road the Bronx.
vacant lot, unknown ......... Mona
0;So--so7 2 Tooth st. Isaac
e:s5-542 W. l3ad st. e. Madden. Triaine
:o9-si8 w 1920 st. p. curran. .Unknovn
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
Adds to Yonkers HOLDING.

The Robert E. Farley Organization
sold a corner plot at Bryn Mawr Parl
1onkers. to Harry Woodhouse for i'm,
proVement in connection with large
tract which MIR. Woodhouse is olanninr
10 improve with suburban homes.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
Congregation Buys in
Columbia Street

The Congregation House of Learn
ing, Remnant of Israel. Inc, bought
from Charles NJ. Whim oheimer tho
Inree-story building 120 Columbia
Street, 21Sx75.4.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
BUYS Big Westchester Acreage

Edgar c. Price, Of Knollwood Farm
Rye, n. Y, purchased the Purdy
property, consisting Of about sixty
acres, which extends from the Wey-
man property on Ridge Street and
runs northerly across the Old White
Plains Road to Westchester Avenue
and westerly as far as Blind Brook.
The property was valued at $4,000
George Howe was the broker.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
Miss Sawyer Heads Auxiliary

Announcement is made by State
Commander Blakeslee of the appoint
ment of Miss Ray C. Sawyer, execu
1--WE secretary 81 state headquarters
and member of Semper Fidelis Post,
as chairman Of the state auxiliares
committee. Associated with her will
be Mrs. Emma L. Balloon, the Bronx;
Mrs. jeanette Lpkcstrean n, Brooklyn;
Mrs. Harry II. Farmer, Syracuse; Mrs.
James H. Farrell jr., Rochester; Mrs.
Harold Zulauf, Yonkers. and Mrs. Will
liam G.. Kcene of Albany.
Full information regarding the or
ganizaton of auxiliaries and their ac-
tivtics may be obtained from Miss
Sawyer at Room 3O2, Hall Of Records
this city. A state caucus oiNauxiliaries
Will be held in early spring.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
POST ACTIVITIES

Maplewood Post 80 will hold real
Christmas celebration tomorrow night
at the Lodge, Naplewood. There will
be Santa Claus and a present for
every member Of the post.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20

ALABAMA ALFALFA LAND
Tho real Argentine Of America" Far
nie rolling. beautiful. CHEAP Full into--
nation Writ MCLURE'S GOOD LAND
AGENCY, Demopolis, Ala
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
Real Estate Wanted

OFFICE, With telephone connection: fur
rlshed or unfinished, downtown pre-.
i9rreq. = T. ?. Co. 70 Cortlandt St
Phone Corr andt 5sIs
New-York tribune., 1920-12-20
REAL EsTATE-sALE OR RENT
New Jersey
Alabama

ENGLEWOOD and Vicinity Real estate
II WEATHERBY & CO. Englewood. y J.