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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
SAFE ROBBERS GET
LOOT WORTH $4,000
Nine Offices Entered and
Strong Boxes Blown Open
by Cracksmen Sunday.
EXPLOSIONS NOT HEARD
Thieves Fooled in $4,000
Theft by Vigilance of
PatrOlman.

Those safe crackers who RENE .nber
the Sabbath day to keep 1t wholly re-
munerative chose for the scene of
their operations this week a pair OF
three story office buildings at 25l and
253 West Thirty-fourth street. Between
Saturday night and yesterday morning
they broke into nine offices. blew open
three safes an1 Departed with about
$4,000 in cash, Jewelry and securities.
These Sunday specialists. having
plenty OF time TO work, in each case
tipped the safes over on their backs
apparently to make drilling easier. In
the nine offices they found only four
safes. They had started 10 Jimmy the
outer door Of one of these when they
discovered that Il was not licked. This
strongboX contained no valuables. In
all the rooms they visited they ram
sacked desks and tables. The estimated
losses of the safe owners We're:
S. and b. Manufacturing Company.
jewellers, $1,000; Wof & Yavno Con-
struction Company. cash and securities.
$31c0; the l.. a. Wilmington Company,
&C mmissi brokers, securities, between
$4,000 and 5000.
The cracksmen left no finger prints.
Their explosions were unbeard outside
the buildings. Jimmied doors, broken
desks and ruined safes tod the story
when the tenants of the offices appeared
for work yesterday morning.
Early yesterday yeggs used a can
opener on big safe in the office OF
the italian Cloak. Suit and Ccatmakers
Union. at 23l East Fourteenth street, and
got $685. cash and $45 in postage stamps.
Within the big safe was little one
The burglars carried it into the front
hall and evidently intended to get a
wagon and come back for 1t. But
along came a policeman trying doors
and peering into Railways. He saw
the safe got the reserves to help him
carry II back to the ON where II pc
Ionged, and then watched for the ROB
bers bur thew did not return. The
union says there was 5000 cash in the
little safe.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
DENIES PART OF LABOR
IN WALL STREET BOMB
Foreman Says Employers
Word Was Misleading.

Raymond Clark, foreman for the Volk
Construction Company on the Stbck
Exchange Annex job at the time of the
Wall street bomb disaster, was quesl
toned yesterday by Assistant Distric'
Attorney Alfred J. Talley as to the
events which Immediately followed the
explosion.
Clark admitted he saw an excited
man" crying That's my horse" over
and over and said he knew now tho
man referred TO the horse which was
killed. He denied he thought the bonn
could have been the result of a labo
dispute.
do YOU known anything at all about
the explosion Mr.. Talley asked. us
there any reason why you fear or decline
TO tell what you know to the District
Attorney
Positively not" Clark replied. ''Volk
wanted it noised around. The day be
fore he testified before the Lockwood
committee he all but begged me to say
| was shot as a result Of a labor dis
pute. when the shooting, which occurred
october II, had nothing at all to do with
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
WILSON SENDS LETTER
TO SCOUT STAMP. AIDS
Winners in w. S. S. DriOe
Praised for Their Work

President Wilson has sent a personal
letter Of commentator to fifty-three
Boy Scouts Of America. one in each
state Territory and possession. who sold
the most Thrift aud War Swings stamps
in the 1918 savings campaign. The let
ter. dated November 4. follows:
MY dear young friend:
ut gives me pleasure 70 tell you of
my deep appreciation Of the intelligent
and conscientious manner in which YOU.
as a member of the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea, have secured subscriptions for Thrift
and War Savings Stamps.
you have won the distinction Of hav-
ing secured more such subscriptions dur
irg the 1918 war savings campaign than
any other scout in your state.
'You have exercised courage, courtesy.
thought and untring effort and in so
doing have set an example for all boys
an example that will surely aid in the
growth Of valuable qualities of mind and
heart.
- thank you in the name Of the whole
country, ard wish to convey TO your
parents. your community and your Boy
Scout organ IL ton. my appreciation of
the training that has developed in you
such a fine spirit of wholesome and loyal
citizenship.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
ASK COURT TO CANCEL
ELECTION OF BROKERS
American Grain and Cotton
Exchange InUolved.

Fr'nk r. Cooper petitioned the SUI
PREF Court yesterday to declare void
the election on October p Of directors
o. the American Grain and Cotton Elk
change and 10 enjoln the directors from
transferring memberships IN the ex-
change and from paying 20 the officers
Of the exchange any moneys as sala-
ries. BY agreement between the attor-
ncys Il was arranged that salaries may
be pad 20 officers other than directors.
Cooper and other affiants allege that
Cooper's friends were not allowed to
vote at the election, that iuony members
acted IN an insulting and dlsorderiy
manner and that one of Cooper's friends
was excluded from the election room
because he objected 10 the proceeding.
The following members were elected
directors ut the October meeting: August
W. Graham, Tracy !. Hickman. Edward
l.. Patton. :. Sillers Thompson. Thomas
r. Graham, w. S. Forbes. a. r. Jen-
uin.s. w. r. Ormsbee. Randolph Rose.
ST.. and James y. Williamson, Jr.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
GRAND JURY TO BEGIN
PROBE OF ELECTION
Stupidity or Inaccuracy Not
to Be Punished.

The August Grand Jury. one of the
five juries which win deliberate in the
Criminal Courts Building this week. be-
gjns to-day its investigation of alleged
election frauds. one of which involves
the 26 ballots which were found two
davs after the election in a sewer in
Stanton and Orchard streets.
Assistant District Attorney James
Garrett wallace has requested John K
Voorhs. superintendent OF elections 10
produce the ballot boxes and tally sheets
in the districts where irregularities are
LEGGED. but pending completion OF the
official canvass by the aldermanic COM
mttee, It was explained. this request
could not be granted.
In charging the jury yesterday Judge
John NJ. Mcintyre advised against seek
ing to punish an election official for
mere stupiri ty or inaccuracy" and let
the way open for the jury to make
recommendation embodying a change
or amendment in the election laws.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
COL. PORTER'S RETRIAL
SET FOR DECEMBER 10
Gunson and Other Detectives
to Be Tried This Week.

Tho retrial of the case against Col.
Augustus Drum Porter. former Third
Deputy Police Commissioner. who Is
charged with neglect of duty, was set
for December 10 by Judge Otto A.
Rosalsky in General Sessions yesterday
The trials of John J. Gunson, Joseph
Maloney and Frederick Franklin. de-
tect'ves charged with attempted bribery
ard extortion, will start Thursday.
Assistant District Attorney James T.
Smith asked that the trial Of the de-
tectives follow Col porter's, but Will
lam j. Fallon, counsel for the defend
ants, protested vigorously. He said he
was prepared for immediate trial, and
IN view OF recent criticism that there Is
inadequate police protection In the city
he argued that II would be an aid TO
the department 70 get the trials out OF
the way. The defendants have been sus-
pended since their indictment. last
March. Judge Rosalsky supported the
contention and placed the trials on the
calendar for Thursday.
The date for Col Porter's trial was
settled by agreement of counsel
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
SUGAR FRAUD CHARGED.
Texas Commission Merchant In
dicted In $4,000 Deal.

BosToN Nov. abandonment by a
Federal Grand Jury OF w. Nj. Foster
of the Early-Foster Company, commits
sion merchants OF Waco, Tex, for an
alleged fraudulent transaction in Mexi-
can sugars involving $4,000 was an
nounced to-day. The Narragansett
Wholesale Grocery Company of Provi-
dence, r. l.. acting as broker for a
local firm. contracted for delivery of
two cars of Mexican brown sugar.
which. according to circulars. the Waco
firm held at the border for delivery at
1917 cents a pound.
The order is alleged to have beer
given after n sample OF the sugar had
been asked for and a high grade o.
brown sugar received. The Mexican
brown" received ut Providence, how
ever. Il was complained was "pilon-
chillo.' a sticky substance in cake.
worth only or cents a pound. Ar
rangements have been made 10 brin,
Foster here for trial on December T.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
PLANNED HER own FUNERAL

Arrangements for her funeral arc con-
tanned IN the will Of Mrs. Anastasia
Miller OF SG Second avenue. Astoria,
which was filed yesterday at Jamaica.
Mrs. Miller directed that her daughter,
Lucy, dress her IN white clothing and
place her IN a great coffin. She barred
flowers, except a bunch OF narcissps. 10
be laid on the coffin. Cremation was
directed. The estate consists Of $1,000
and two houses in Second avenue, AS
torla.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
COMPANY
FILES NEW SCHEDULE
Estimated Increase of S17
100000 Sought From Pub
lie Service Board.

At the close of the telephone rate
sion for the Second District yesterday,
formal application to file a new sche6-
ule of tariffs. with an estimated total
Increase of S17 100000 year. was made
in behalf of the New York Telephone
Company by John L. Swayze. it's gen.
eral counsel M. NJ. FertiS. Assistant
Corporation Counsel objected and asked
for a months adjournment to give the
city time to prepare rs rebuttal. which
may include going into an appraisal of
the conn any's property. he said. The
hearing was continued until 10 O'Clock
Monday, December 6, and a decision on
the companys ar plication is unlikely
until after the city's case is in.
In support OF his motion. Mr.. Swayze
said testimony had been offered by the
company to show that its net operating
loss was 81 100000 annually. 1t was
entitled, he argued. TO secure enough
revenue to make good this loss, plus an
eight per cent return on the $117.655,-
745 which it has shown to be the value
Of its PROF. elty.
Mr.. Fert.g charged that me company
had failed to Justify it's payment of four
ard half Per cent. of its income to the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, the parent organization, in
the form of rentals for patent and other
rights This, he sa d. was simply taking
money from one rocket and putting 1t
into another. and the public should not
b. called III on to pay. He also asserted
that the Si50,000 which the telephone
company admitted having spent for ad-
vertising and publicity was not properly
to be included in its alleged deficit.
For the first time since the hearings
began kind words Tor the company were
spoken by some one other than an en-
pioye or an attorney. w. S. Heissen-
buttel president of the Wildwood Park
Property Owners Association, said his
organization understood the difficulties
the telephone C mpany was encounter
ing, and that its members were willing
to pay a higher rate rather than have
the service suffer.
f. II. Fuller, rate engineer for the
company testified that the corpora
TONS estimate for 1921 revenues. II
present rates were continued. would be
53,11S,500. Under the proposed rates
the 1921 revenue would be 0,520, 500, he
said, an increase of SIT ,402, 800. OF this
amount he declared that the company
would be obliged to pay increased
operating expenses ever 1920 of nearly
SIC, 00) 900. He produced a statement
estimating the revenue from INTERIOR
ough toll ca Is IN 1920 at $11S77OO. I'm
der the proposed new rates this traffic
would yield S1,313,1 Ia. Mr.. Fuller testi-
fled
The total expense in the companys
traffic department during 1920 was ST.,
nc coo, r. L. Walker. general supervisor
OF traffic, said. He gave the total o.
the estimated expense for 1921 as
81 GAO 600
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
FAKE DETECTIVES BEAT
GIRL; LOOT HOME
Get Away With $4,000 in
LireS and JeWeIry.

Two Well dressed men. representing
themselves as detectives. gained an en-
trance TO the home of ]. c. Scenenva, at
$40 Taylor avenue, The Bronx, yester-
day. and attacked his daughter Lillian,
IS years old, who was alone in the house.
They struck her over the head with a
milk bottle. according to her story, told
last night in Fordham Hospital. robbed
the house and escaped.
They succeeded in stealing about 5000,
which was in Italian lires and hidden in
a bedroom, and n number OF watches
and diamond earrings. The men had
left the house when the girl regained
consciousness. She ran 10 cafe at 626
Taylor street. where Michael Pope noti-
fled the police and called an ambulance.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
FAIL TO IDENTIFY DEAD YOUTH
Police Believe lie WINS shin Hand,
Poison Cause of Death,

An autopsy performed yesterday by
Or. George Mord, med cal examiner OF
Richmond. on the body of the young
nan found lying on the beach near Fort
Wadsworth, Sunday, showed all OF the
vital organs were congested. as the re-
suit of poisoning Or. Mord said the
poison apparently was Of that class
known as 'frrtant poison" Certain or
gans were stint to Manhattan for
analysis.
The police have made no progress
towards identifying the youth. It Is gen
ally supposed he was employed aboard
4 steamship lying In the Narrows. The
bcdv was nude when found
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
FARLEY DEADLOCKS IN
MILK DRIVERS WAGE
Agreement Expected, How-
eUer, at Meeting Thursday.

Representatives of the Milk Drivers
Union and members OF the New York
MIX Conference Board failed to reach
an agreement on the drivers request for
an increased wage at a conference held
yesterday at the Waldorf Hotel. An
other conference win be held Thursday.
II was announced at the close of the
conference that an agreement had been
request for a $40 wage increase. Both
sides have agreed TO abide by the de-
cision OF the arb.trators and leaders
claimed that the question would be set
tied Thursday
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
MIIE CONGRESS- OPENED.
rh- President aud Gov. Allen Ex-
tend Their Greetings.

DENVER. Nov. 15.-Groctines from
president Wilson werc read 10 the irst
session Of the annual convention of tho
American Mining Congress, which
opencd here to-day
IN a telegram Of greeting to the CON.
gress. Gov Henry + Allen Of Kansas
declared 1T seems TO me that we have
reached q teriod I'm America WHOM a
just government mrst assume the same
responsibility Tor the regulation Of IN
lustrial strife that 90 has Assumed for
al other forms Of strife II there Is
any subject in this country too groat
fJr government 60 solve with justice,
tben government is a failure"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16

TIME money you now contem-
plate spending for transfer
materials would probably go
far toward giving you the COM
plete Amberg Plan.
Because your present cabinets will
probably accommodate all the materials
necessary to individualIze your lies by
Amberg methods. fully half of Am
berg's Is, 600 installations have been
made in other makers cabinets.
The Amberg Plan never revolutionizes
files, but readjusts them by the logical APP
plication of fundamental filing principles.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16

You Are About to Spend Money
For Yearly Transfer Supplies
Transfer Time Is a Good Time
To Investigate The Amberg Plan

this law gives correct distribution of
documents and dependable filing.
Why Over 10000 Firms
Have Adopted The Amberg Plan
The Amberg Plan is not system but
method. II w it is applied depends
wholly on how you are organized, whom
you sell to, who sells to you. 1t can
never fail to result in individualized files.
How You Can Test the Value
of The Amberg Plan to You
Make Amberg prove to you that the
Amberg Plan can solve your particular
filing problems. 1t will be worth your
while to know in just what respect the
Amberg Plan will help you. You will
gain some valuable ideas about filing no
matter what you decide.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
The Law of Correspondence
Basis of The Amberg Plan

Commercial names occur in correspon-
dence according to law. After analyz-
ing millions ofnames, Amberg discovered
tn law and named it the Law of Cor
respondence. 1t is based on the Amberg
masterlist of 205,92O names proved by
observation to occur with oo129o con-
stancy in business. When applied 10
your correspondence together with pro-
vision for the special volume of filing
created by your purchasing, agencies,
branches or other special relationships,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
BrookIyn's High Prices.

The Investigation being made BY DIS.
trict Attorney Lewis into the coal situa-
ton IN Brooklyn took turn yesterday.
indicating that high prices prevailing for
anthra cite have been caused In part bv
the 'pyramlding' profits OF not one but
two or more wnOlesa lers or middlemen
between the mine and the consumer.
Mr.. Lewis oot7incd the information
from memper q I prominent middle
man conce,u 10 this city. This con.
,ern, IL Is charged sold conslderab'o
coal 70 a I}r, oSlyn retail dealer who has
been cooperating with the District At
tnrncv.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16

THOUGH Amberg manufactures the
4 highest quality of Wood and Steel
Filing Cabinets and every filing accessory,
Amberg sells filing materials only as a
means of solving filing problems. AS
many Ambeg plans are installed in
other makes of cabinets as in Amberg
ca oinets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
Temporary Homes Termed
 Architectural OUeraUs,.'
ny SARA II OWENS

servants houses and garages as tenn porary homes have been termed "archi- tectural oVeralls' by the families who orlslnated this plan of rent jumping. In Edgewood alone for more than a year a dozen or more families have tried these oNerais and found them not wanting as a means Of fighting profiteering land lofas and the unprecedented cost of building.
 Now that the plan Is being discussed in the papers and advised on all hands il wlil be interesting and perhaps profit aola to note the opinions and impressions or some of these thrifty rent jumpers. yvho maintain that these overalls made O. stone and glass and wood are strik- ing at the root of the all important problem
 Many of these temporary homes are as picturesque as Adirondack camps. Others are cozy, vine covered cottages. All of them are snpggled way back in one corner of the lot so that they may be used as servants houses and garages later.
 Costing from $500 to s1.6O0 these houses pay for themselves in rent money in less than years time The S65 or s75 a month that has been supporting some landlord s ear is paying for the shack or startlng an old-fashioned family savings stocking for building permanent home
 But the sensational phenomena con neeled With this plan is the fact tha+ the men feel inclined to work They bpv a noe ani a rake mad a shovel and they get busy beautifying their grounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

1 because. they own them and instinctivly their interest Is aroused
 The architectural overall club had ite beginning in Edgewood about fourteen months ago when Kenneth Charlton buiIt a many-windowed living room thirtv-two feet long, with sleeping room and bath on one side and a kitchen and porch on the other. He nailed up a house for Bess, the bulldog. stained everything green to match the pines and moved in,
 We ciaiIn the distinction of being n;o- neers in this husiness, said Mrs. CharI- ton and We owe the idea to that over. worked mother of most good things ne- cessity. The house in which we were living was sold so we had just fou, weeks between us and the all too noe sible possibility of finding ourselves sleeping beneath the pines and eniovinx the spring deluges. '''9
 We wasted the first two weel,s scrambling from one end of Rirmine, ham to the other in a mad search for. a house. As a last resort, we naiIa5 up thls shanty on these lots we owned We had intended building on them sooner or later, so we just started in sooner and built this house in a fort night. It can he used later as a serv- ants house. In the meantime we have the satisfaction of realizing we ara started on a permanent home place"
 There are lot of good things abou. this simple life epidemic" said i, prominent Birminghm lawyer who bas ust built little brown shack up in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

"a pine grove. Perhaps the best one iE my case is the opportunitytto beau tify my lots at leisure so they will be a fitting setting for the home am going to build. If I weren't right fere where l can see my land every day and study it's possibilities, I should miss seeing my ideas work out as things grow. l spend my holidays and afternoons planning and planting things and incidentally developing the muscles in these flabby arms of mine. am going to plant all the fruit and grape vines just like we had them on the plantation when I was boy" It's easy for a man to be happy and satisfied with living when he can always find his collar button, his old shoes and his pipe somewhere within ten-mile radius of where he thinks he left them,'' said one of these ex- perimenters. T have three rooms to search now instead of eight Before we moved out here l thought I was oeing funny when I told our friends We expected to have all the inconveni- ences of a summer resort without ieaving home. I was mistaken. I pre- Ter this to a summer resort.
 our bath is the prize room in the house, as we have installed the fix lures we expect to use in the big house later"
 Nur drcnltectural oVerallS are of a different cut said Alfred Maurer Instead of separate house. we are building a section of our permanent home. The end where the kitchen Is seemed most important. so we shall add the front part of the house later"
 We've been so happy in our littls house." said Mrs. Bedding Wilkerson. Instead of three large rooms. we tried having five small ones in order to have mora wall cnara apd very much pleased with the result. Later we shall sell this place and build on an adjoining lot"
 Harry White. the architect wanted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

lt Is gratifying to know that the cost of things is falling All the news papers tell about the tumble. Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale explains the req sons. The subject is discussed joyfully at the best clubs and in the smoking compartments of Pullman cars. It has temporarily superseded the \ Chica go convention as a topic of conversation.
 There is, it is true, one tiny cloud on this golden sunrise. which, to leave off matephor, is the fact that the peo- Die who sell things haven't heard about the drop yet.
 We found that out the other day when carpenter and builder in whom we have implicit confidence told us that if we didn't get the house painted this spring it would fall to pieces be- lore another year had passed.
 We didn't understand how paint could hold a house together, but he explained. Paint, it seems to a house, is like the cuticle to a human being. It keeps out germs that would other wise enter and cause decay. Also it would act as protector of the nails from rust Permitted to rust, the heads