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New-York tribune., 1920-01-06

~ - assume proprietorship Of the lines !,
she companies should agree to the plan
Craig Offered Plan
In substance, the Crair-Hvlan r,.r
calls for - Hs'imate
;. Physical valuation Of the traction
Reduction of stock outstanding nm
erty. pnSS''si prop
Conversion Of this reduced cani-
property. A y" tne
CITY guaranty of the PRINCIPAL
ana interest on the new securities
All obligations of the company IN
De met from income. if nossihle. -
not, through taxation. -
Use OF surplus profits from remu-
nerative lines to make up deficits on
non-revenue producing lines.
prominent traction official COM
mentlng on the result of the an-
pralsal Of the New York RAILWAYS
Company said: ~ .
The capitalization of the New York
maliways Company in stocks and per-
about 5000, goo, 900, with a phvsica; vai' I'
uation of perhaps $50, 900 900. The
system is in the hands of q receiver,
and the stock of doubtful value. As.
:, sumo That the stock is worthless. and
tnat the roads are worth only their
physical valuation.
Result Is Surprising
we find that while the system,s
physical valuation for the wear 1914
was only about $S5,0O0,OO0. it has en-
nanced in value during the war period
60 $140,0O0,U 100, or an advance of he
tween oO and 20 per cent. Assume that
9, Ior al the passenger carrying lines in
sne city the present physical valuation
ls ABOUT 70 per cent of the capitaliza-
tlon IN stocks and permanent debt. and
We nnd an aggregated valuation OF
ABOUT S7OO,000,000. The city's borrow
nIg capacity is about nil. The Repub-
lcan Legislature at Albany is against
trenzled finance of any sort. How is
me city to expand its credit so as to
lnance 17an ceo oan this possible obligation of
S70O 100000, with the surface lines in
on account of not getting
better than five-cent fare? Who is
going to furnish the credit for the
rake another object lesson-dual
subway contract 8. The original con-
struction cost was estimated at s112.-
100000. of which the railway was to
one-half and the city one
aalf The equipment estimase was
'22,00O,OO0, making total original es-
innate of $1s4, 100000. The Company
zept spending money for equipment
Until it had invested $56,0O0,0O0 and
zept on longer until it lad spent alto
,ether 500 200, 900, making a combined
:ity of s1s6,0Oo,0o0, instead of s1s4,-
700. 900, as estimated in the pre-war
period. AS matter of fact. there is
clause in Contract 8 enabling the city
% take over the road any time it so de-
'lres after the first ten years-paying
much as Mr.. Craig proposes. The
trouble is that the city has no money
With which to do it. 1t will take about
$500, 900, 900 to carry out the Comp
rollers plan for the Interborough
alone. Who is> going to furnish the
New-York tribune., 1920-01-06
Merican Bandit Cruelties
Told Senate BY Woman
wife OF American Dentist Bares Degradation Of
Months in Prison Camp, Where Husband and
Aged Mother Starved; Her Country Called Bluff

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-A dramatic
story OF eight months hardship and
degradation es prisoner in Mexican
bandit camp was told to-day by Mrs.
Cora Lee sturgfs, q virginian, before
Senate committee investigating the
Mexican situation.
Mrs. Sturgis told how her old mother.
worn out by long suffering and humilia-
ton, died of starvation after their
plantation had been looted bv the
bandits. and how she had been forced
20 60 into the hills to cut wood and
OF long tramp to another camp with
secret message from bandit to
bandit sewed in the sole of a shoe.
our flrst trouble was in 1915. when
Carranza sent troops to our section tn
drlve away the help" said Mrs. Sturris
AS result we lost our crops right
on the eve of the harvest"
1t was nearly two years later that
the home Of the Sturgis family. com
prislng DR.. Sturgis, a dentist; his wits.
tne witness to-day, and her mother, was
ralded by Federal soldiers, who charged
them with giving refuge to rebels. 1
"Two of Carranza's cantains and
ioc OF soldiers came to our home and
beat us with guns" Mrs. Sturris tas- u
tilted. when my husband Protested
and reminded the bandits that we wera
Americans they pushed him aside and
laughed, saying Your old government
is only bluff"
DR.. Sturgis reported the raid to the
american Consul at Frontera, who ad-
vlsed the family to remain at the nlan-
tation, the witness said. 'N p'@A
Mrs. Sturgis said"rebel and Carranza
forces frequently worked together. and
that both factions disseminated anti
New-York tribune., 1920-01-06

diers' and Sailors Home here. What
further action will be taken, ~ any,
will be decided by the Lieutenant GOV
ernor when he completes his considera-
tion OF the evidence. There are l.100
inmates Of the home and their average
age is seventy seven years
A number of witnesses testified dur
ing the inquiry that the veterans were
abused and sometimes robbed Of their
pension money, which ranged from So
to $40 month. 1t was also testified
that fist fights among the inmates were
permitted in the presence of the in
stitution's attendants
One blind veteran was alleged to
have been robbed of his pension
voucher, and another was declared to
have been struck on the head during
the night when he begged for medical
attention.
The management of the home has
issued statemnts making q sweeping
denial of all the charges and declaring
that the investigation was welcomed
and invited.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-06
Experts Sound Death Knen
Of Craig's City Ownership
Plan by Report on Valua-
tion; FranchisesExcluded
'Ex Increase Since 1914
figures Indicate 800 Million
Would Be Needed to Take
Over marlborough Alone

u The New York Railways Company
the green car lines and
rcmprshending, generally speaking, the
I surface lines in Manhattan, now in the
hands of Job E. Hedges, receiver is
worth to-day s55,oo0,o0o more than in
rsa4. before the World War demoralized
ne net earnings of railroads.
Stone & Webster, the accountants,
practically have finished their appraisal
Of the physical valuation Of the lines.
Although only approximate figures are
.sssilable at this time. it is declared
the report will show that the physical
valuation Of the New York Railways in
1914 was in the neighborhood of $S5.-
pe0.p00, and in 1919, based on repro
duction and replacement of all the
elements entering into the physical
composition of the system, is. in round
Agures, $4,000, ,ooo.
Franchise Is Not Included
This enhancement in value makes
allowance for depreciation of rails and
equipment, but does not take into ac-
count the former value of the special
frznchises--s16,0 ,00O, ,O00-on which the
corporation has been paying taxes as
"a going concern. The enhancement
represents what it would cost to re-
place the physical factors of the sys-
TEN on the present-day basis of high
prices for labor and materials.
In the judgment of local traction
men, this surprising showing in the
physical valuation Of q system in the
hands Of receiver, when values under
ordinary conditions should 60 down
gather than up, precludes the possibil-
ity that the city might take over the
system at bargain counter" price.
The same ratio Of enhancement will be
found, it is said, in an appraisal of the
B. R. 7. and other passenger carrying
systems in greater New York.
Comptroller Craig, on December 80,
in an informal discussion of the trac-
tion situation. having in mind the re-
peated assertions of Receivers Hedges,
Garrison and others, suggested that
the city might be able to take over the
city traction systems after an official
inquiry had determined their physical
valuation. This valuation, as opposed
TO the capitalization in stock and per-
manent debt, the Comptroller suggested,
would be- the basis of the city's project
New-York tribune., 1920-01-06
New Philadelphia
Mayor Sworn In;
Repeats Pledges
J. Hampton Moore Takes
Office in Presence Of
Distinguished Throng,
Hylan Is Among Guests
Special Correspondence

opSctd@ Correspondence
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.-Joseph
Hampton Moore was inaugurated as the
10th Mayor of Philadelphia TO-DAY
and the first executive of the city to
serve under the new Woodward
charter. The victorious champion of
clean government took the oath of of
fice in the presence Of distinguished
gathering.
The ceremony took place after a new
municipal lawmaking body of one
chamber of twenty-one men had met
for the first time to take the place OF
the bi-camerial Common Councils.
No less interesting than the in
auguration itself was the address Of
Mayor Moore, eagerly awaited as the
pronunciamento of the policies Of his
administration. Political adyersar;es
who had predicted that he would "for-
get" his pledges against contractor
rule, when once elected, were sur
prised to hear him pledge himself
again against this evil-even more
emphatically than before. He promised
clean and better lighted streets for
Philadelphia and efficient and more
highly paid Police and Fire depart
ments.
One of the features of his inaugural
address was the announcement that the
police of this city would cooperate with
the law-enforcing bodies of New York
and other municipalities, SO that an
lnterurban police system would be de-
vised for the cooperative detection of
crime.
In this connection, it was noted
that Mayor John F. Hylan of New
York, was on the platform with Mr.
Moore during the ceremonies: Later
at luncheon in the Bellevue-Strat-
ford, attended by the Mayor, Council
men and other city officials. Mr.. Hylan
announced that he had brought with
him; to Philadelphia, Richard E. En-
right, Police Commissioner of New
York. Mr.. Enright came, he said. to
confer with his lifelong friend,
James T. Cortelyou, Mayor Moore's
new Director Of Public Safety. The
two police officials were schoolmates $
in New York
|. The oath of Office was administered
to Mr.. Moore by Justice Won Mosch-
zisker, after the legal notice of his
election had been read. After the
Mayor-elect and his directors were
received in the Mayors office bv
Mayor Smith and his Cabinet. the Of
flclals of the new administration
passed through almost impenetrable
crowds on their way to the inaugura-
tion room. Long lines Of police, per
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Trap Set for
U. S. Envoy in
Mexico City
Continued from page 1

dated by saying that he was leaving
the vicinity of Puebla for another part
of Mexico, where he would cooperate
with the forces of General Palaez, un-
der whose command he operated.
l asked if jenkins had paid the en-
tire sum of ransom money, 300, 900
pesos The rebel leader produced a
which he jingled, declaring, "This is
the last of the jenkins ransom money.
and have sent him receipt, not only
stating that he's paid the full ransom,
but that / took $4,000 pesos from his
safe when. I abducted him. With that
receipt he will place claim against the
Mexican government, and they will be
forced to pay him. That was my OBJ
ject in demanding the ransom-to
New-York tribune., 1920-01-06

haps the heaviest guard ever assigned
to Mayor, prevented the eager spec
tators from pressing too close to the
party.
A unique feature of the reception
was was the impromptu gathering in the
Mayors outside Office, which was
addressed by Mayor Charles n. Ellis.
of Camden ,and Mayor Hylan.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-06

make them pay him back" And with
show of rather egotistic pride, Cor
dova added, "We've not only shown the
United States that the Carranza gov
ernment is incapable of protecting anv
one in Mexico, but we've hurt their
pocketbood, and that hurts them
worse"
Can Force Mexico to Pay
"But do you think that Jenkins can
force them to pay ?" l asked.
they'll have to pay when the United
States gets after them," he answered.
CordoYa declared he believed that
President Wilson was responsible for
the attitude the American government
took toward Carranza and for recogni-
ton of Carranza's blankcty-blank gov
ernment, and that the American peo-
pie and the Senate were of an entirely
different opinion. He added that he
hoped the Senate would soon take
Mexican affairs out of Mr.. Wilson's
hands.
What is the extent and uniication
OF the rebel movement" / asked Cor
dova.
eve have plenty of men throughout
government at any time, but we lack
arms and munitions" he answered. 81
am of the forces of General Palaez, who
sent me from Tampico district in April,
1919, for the purpose of unifying all
the rebel forces in the states of Puebla
Tlaxcala, Morelos and Oaxaca, and to
get them to acknowledge the leader
ship of Palaez. This mission is now
complete and successful, and in case
Palaez is recognized by the United
States, they will support him uncon-
ditionally."
Villa In Accord, He Says
Answering subsequent question, he
stated that Villa in the north was
working in complete accord, with
Palaez, and that they were in con-
stant communication, although Villa
has strong dislike for Felix Diaz, the
rebel chieftain now operating in the
state of Vera Cruz. Villa has given
his promise to support Palaez, although
he will have nothing to do with the
leadership of Diaz. However, Diaz, on
the other hand, is favorable to the
Palaez movement, and would support
New-York tribune., 1920-01-06
Soldiers Home Inquiry
Evidence Under Review
Walker to Decide What Shall
Be Done on Charges of
Cruelty and Robbery

BATH, N. Y, Jan. 5.-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Walker to-day began to review
ne testimony taken during his recent
INQUIRY into the alleged i'll treatment
OF the veterans in the New York Sol
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established by twenty-nine nations)
and bearing and deserving the con-
tempt OF the world, would submit an
entirely new project. This act would
either be regarded as arrant madness
or attempted international bossism.
These are fateful times. Organized
government has definite duty all over
the world. The house Of civilization
Is 10 be put In order. The supreme is
sue Of the century is before us and the
nation that halts and delays is playing
with fire. The finest impulses OF hu-
manity, rising above national lines,
merely seek to make another horrible
wa impossible. Under the old order
Of international anarchy war came
overnight, and the world was on FIRE
before we knew 1t. 1t sickens our
senses to think OF another.
Ratification First Duty.
THE first duty OF the new admins
tration clearly will be the ratification
OF the treaty The matter should be
approached without thought OF the bit
terness OF the past. The public YER
dict Will have been rendered, and / am
confident that the friends OF world
peace as It will be promoted by the
league will have In numbers the con-
stitutional requisite 10 favorable sena-
torial action. The captious may say
that our platform reference to reserva-
tlons is vague and indefinite It's mean
ing. In brief, is that we shall state
elr Interpretation OF the covenant as
u matter OF good faith 10 our asso-
c.ates and as a precautlon against
any misunderstanding I'm the future
The point is that after the people shall
have spoken the league will be in the
hands of its friends IN the senate, and
n safe index as 10 wnat they will do Is
supplied by what reservations they
have proposed In the past. Some
months ago, in n contributed article TO
the New York Times, | expressed my
own opinion OF the situation as IL then
WAS reproduce IL here:
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rights thoughts-that is ennobl-
ing t. ghts- because she real
izes Il t.even the most remote
traces o evil in the human con-
seriousness as detected by the
camera,
This may appear to be quite
metaphysical, but Miss Cotton
it as follows:
Just prior to my engagement
by Metro to support Mr.. Lytell in
Charles Goddard, and Paul
Dlckey's stage success, The
Misleading Lady | played in an
Emile Chautard allstar p: oduc-
tion, which is yet to be released. +.
For the par which required OF
me the utmost spiritual eXalta
ton preserved throughout my
81 udio work a state of mind best
calculated to briog about that
fleet. after the picture had
oeen completed, Mr. Chautard
cane to me and said: 'MiSsCOtton
in this picture we have photo
graphed your soul
"And | believe it is quite poss.
ible No actress can delineate
nigh spiritual qualities for ii e
screen, before the merciless eye
If the camera in the close ups,
III less her mind te free from
gross thoughts.
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FINDS MEAL IN JAIL CELL
Meandering Willie Is Surprised at
Sherff's Generosity, but He
Cleans Up.

Jackson. Mich.-If you were
wandering Willie" how would you
like to be arrested and locked up in
the county jail. and when you en-
tered your cell find a nice baked ch' elk
en-, oysters. cranberries and .otIle. deli
cacieS awaiting you?
That is the feast that greeted n
weary hobo In the Jackson county jail,
and, surprised at the generosity of the
Jackson county sheriff-but hungry
he turned to and cleaned up on the
bones ere the rightful occupant of the
cell returned-and thereby hangs the
tale. <,s
Tire owner of the @'feed," Earl Keith,
colored, is in durance vile on the charge
of holding up the cashier of the Mich
ignn Iron & Metal company in broad
daylight and getting away with S165.
Just as he was taken from his cell to
stand investigation his faithful wife
appeared with the feast above enumer-
nted. and, not knowing how long he
would be absent, she left the basket
In the empty cell and went away.
AppriSed of the bounteOus repast
awaiting him. the negro sped back to
his cell-and found the "vag" calmly
Trolling an after-dinner cigaret. Worst
of all, complains Keith. the fellow took
him for waiter and ordered him To re-
move the dishes and bring him tooth
DICK
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Dayton, O., Aug. Tn his speech OF
acceptance today Governor James NJ.
Cox. addressing a great crowd. said In
part:
I'VE are In q time which calls for
straight thinking, straight talking and
straight acting. This is no time for
wobbllng Never in all our history has
more been done for government. New
er was sacrifice more sublime. The
@Dst precious things OF heart and home
wore given UP in spirit which guar
antees the perpetuity Of our institu-
tInns-if the faith Is kept with those
Who served and suffered.
The country received with interest,
TO say the least. the announcement
from Chicago, where the Republican
national convention was assembled,
that platform plank, dealing with the
subject of world peace, had been
drawn, leaving out the Lodge reserva-
tons, and yet remaining agreeable to
ell interests, meaning thereby the
lodge reservationists, the mild reser
vntionlsts and the group of Republican
senator's that openly opposed the
League of Nations in any form.
3 "As the platform made no definite
committal of policy and was, In fact,
so artfully phrased as TO make almost
any deduction possible, 1t, passed
Through the convention with practical
Senator Johnson, however,
whose position has been consistent and
whose opposition to the league in any
shape Is well known, withheld his sup
port of the conventions choice until
the candidate had stated the meaning
of the platform, and announced def
,nitely the policy that would be his, If
elected.
- Senator Harding makes this new
pledge of policy In behalf of his party:
{ promise you formal and effective
peace SO quickly as a Republican con-
gress can pass its declaration for a
Republican executive to sign
This means but one <hing-a sepa-
rate peace with Germany
$40 less an authority than Senator
Lodge said, before the heat Of recent
controversy, that to make peace ex
'cept In company with the Allies would
rbrand us everlastingly with dishonor
and bring ruin to u.s.
And then after peace Is made with
'Gernany, Senator Harding would, he
Shys. hopefully approach the nations
Of Europe and Of the earth, proposing
that understanding which makes us a
willing participant In the conservation
OF nations to q new relationship
"In short, America, refusing to enter
the League Of Nations (now already
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500 BULLETS PER MINUTE

The recently invented Benet-Mer
cier gun combines the rapidity Of
Are, range and effectiveness Of me-
chine gun with the lightness and &C
ton of a magazine rifle The gun
is fired from a rest and held against
the shoulder of its operator, who
can either fire from a sitting posi-
ton or lying prone. The regulation
cartridge is used in clips that hold
90. A good riheman can discharge
from 900 to 500 shots per minute,
II assisted in feeding by a man to
ell the clips. The gun is at present
undergoing a series of tests by army
officers, with a view to its adoption
by the government-populsr Ms-
chanicA
Every city fondly hopes that rs own
contingent Of heroes won the war.
But no contingent was lacking I'm he
roism and courage. and no place In
the country has cause 20 be ashamed
Of the boys sent from there overseas.
Nor can the cities claim an, superb
ority In those qualities over the coun-
try boys who left the plows sticking
In the burrows TO fight like seasoned
warriors I'm the trenches the profeS-
slonal and trained troops of Germany
to bloody but victorious finish.
Baccarat, France, has the honor
Of producing the first glass thst Il
unbreakable. The new process has
been successfully applied to the man.
ufacture of lamp ehimneys for use
in coal mines containing much fire
damp. The glass makers of Bacca-
rat have also succeeded in increas-
ing the elasticity Of the glass. This
they accomplish by adding magne-
sia and oxide to 'he ordinary crys-
tal glass.-Success Mage zine.
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PEACE keynote
or COX Speech !
OF ACCEPTANCE
Democratic Candidate Would
Enter League, Immediately
Ratify Treaty and State In
depreciation of Covenant.
SAYS "BACK TO THE
NORMAL" MEANS REACTl0f

Worse Than Laws Vlolation-Oe-
clares Present Congress Has Not
Passed a Single Constructive Law,
but Has Spent Time and Millions "a
Seeking to Make Americas Military
Triumph an odious Chapter In He
tory-Favors RereaI Of War Taxes,
Criminal Prosecution of profiteerpl
More Adequate Supervision of Rail,
roads, a National Budget System,
ard Woman Suffrage. =,
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such Is Belief Of Lucy Cotton Leading Lady
Of "Ihe Misleading Ladg."

Lucy Cotton. the radiant south
ern beauty who plays opposite
Bert Lytel in his forthcoming
Metro starriae vehicle. The
Misleading Lady" is a firm BE-
lever ir the power that her ov',
thoughts have overher imperson.
aticns for the silent drama Miss
Cotton declares IT to be her CO: -
stant endeavor 10 think only