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New-York tribune., 1920-06-16
Swami Asks
Inquiry Into
Means Charges
Appears Before Grand jury.
Which Agrees to Take Up
Allegation That Trust
Company Gave Him F Funds
Explains Furniture Status
District Attorney Says He
Has Proof That Accuser's
Wife Ordered Removal

District Attorney Edward Swami ap
peared voluntarily yesterday afternoo,
before the extraordinary grand inr,
and requested an immediate investiya
ton of the allegations of CASTOR B
Means that the Northern Trust Com
rany, of Chicago, had financed tn,
prosecution of Means conducted by Mr.
Swami and John T. Dooling, Assistan
District Attorney.
Means, in statements accompanvint
tne announcement on Monday of hi
Sl,O00,O0O suit against the District At
torney, declared that the Northern
Trust Company had contributed to tn,
expenses of the investigation relative
to his conduct of the private affairs
OF Mrs. Maud A. King, for whose death
ne was tried and acquitted.
Mr.. Swami asked the grand jury te
order Means to produce proof in sub
sanitation of these statements. The
grand jury assured Mr.. Swami it would
take up the matter as soon as it hac
completed its present investigation OF
1urther charges against James E
smith, Assistant District Attorney.
More Light on One Charge
Before entering the grand Jury
chamber Mr.. Swami said:
"lt !: had not been for Means an
pearlng before the extraordinary grand
jury IN December and making charges
against Assistant District Attornev
Dool!ng, who was in charge of the in.
vestgation of Meanss business rcla-
tions with Mrs. King, we would have
presented before the grand jurv ev;-
dence on which we would have aske
INDICTMENT for forgery and perjury
~ fortuitous circumstance to.
day there has come to nv Office indis-
putaDle proof of the falsity of one of
the charges contained in Means's com
plant against Mr.. Dooling and mvself
ms charge was that Mr. Dooline had
raided the Means apartment at 1l55
Park Avenue right after the death of
Mrs. King in Concord, N. c., and
seized his furniture, valued at SIS. 600
which he claims he has never been
able to recover from the Chelsea
Storage and Warehouse Company. on
West Twentysixth Street.
Contract Is Produced
When these statements appeared in
the morning papers. attorneys repre-
sentlng the storage warehouse volun-
New-York tribune., 1920-06-16
Henry Given
= to ; Years.:
Granted Stay
Continued from page one)

ton Of the enormity of his offense:
1t was not committed for personal gain
but rather in mistaken loyalty to his
SuperiOrS.
when the four af1idavYes were made
there was no intention to use their
contents in any judicial proceedings
Evil as the purpose was it was not to
commit the crime of perjury. 1t was
not until at the direction of the Com
missioner of Police and the Commits
sioner of Accounts he gave public cir
culation to the affidavits that they COM
PEELED the attention of the grand Jury
and forced the defendant to q position
that left him no choice except to con-
fess their true purpose of reserve am
munition or to swear them true"
He chose the latter course, it is
true, but it should in my judgment be
remembered that as a matter of fact.
if not of law, the Commissioner of Po
lice, the Commiss oner of Accounts and
the Mayor of New York are in no small
measure responsible for the occasion
which now calls for the judgment of
the court"
When Henry was led in from the
Tombs by Sheriff David H. Knott. the
courtroom was crowded with his friends
and relatives, among whom was his
wife. With her was Father John j.
Coogan, one of the Police Department
chaplains. AS Justice Weeks imposed
sentence, Henry raised his hand to
his forehead and saluted the judge in
military style. His wife took the SEN
tence quietly.
Before imposing sentence, Justice
Weeks said that he did not wish to add
to Henry's misery, because he realized
how hard the blow must be to him
alter thirty years service IN the Police
Department without complaint be-
ing lodged against him. He hinted that
if Henry should repudiate the truth of
ms charges against Smith, he would
TAKE 1T into consideration in deter
mining the length of service.
Henry, however, stood erect and made
no move to retract. AS he was being
led across the Bridge of Sighs,o
Henry turned to his guards and said:
The statements l made are as true
as the gospel Christ preached If they
can send a man to prison for telling
the truth. then must 90
New-York tribune., 1920-06-16
Dempsey Acquitted
of Draft Evasion:
jury Out 10 Minis.
I'm Happiest Boy in the
World," Jack Exclairns
OH Hearing the Verdict:
Planning to Come East
Special DfsDutch m The T,;bu,.


SAN FRANCISCO. June William
Harrison ("Jack") Dempsey to-day
was found not guilty of seeking to
evade the draft by jury in Judge
Maurice T. Doolings court. The trial
began last Monday.
I'm the happiest boy in the world, y
said Dempsey a moment after the
verdict had been announced "It feels
good to be out from under a charge
like that. Now can start square and
not feel that people are thinking that
l tried to get out of doing my duty
Ten minutes after the jury left the
court room it returned with the YER
dict. Only one ballot had been taken.
The end Of the case came suddenly,
when rcbuttal and argument were
waived ans; the case given to the jury
solely or the direct evidence.
In giving his instructions to the
jury Judge Dooling reviewed the pro-
visions of the selective service act
particularly applicable to the Dempsey
case, and said:
The question is, in its basic aspect,
whether Jack Dempsey sought to evade
military service by falsely answering
certain points in the questionnaire and
whether, if false statements were made,
these were made wilfully and know
lngly Other points are merely aux
iliary to this principal issue"
Judge Dooling emphasized the neces-
sity for a careful Interpretation of
the words "mainly dependent" in con-
sidering the support afforded by Demp-
sey to his family.
Gavin McNab, of counsel for the de-
fense, announced after the verdict that
he would appear in court tomorrow
morning and ask for the dismissal of
the conspiracy Indictment against Jack
pugilist, who had been indicted jointly
on charge of conspiring to bring
about draft evasion. He will also ask
for the exoneration of the 81 900 bond.
Colonel Charles Thomas jr., of coun-
sci for the prosecution, said that the
government would be ready to an
nounce tomorrow what its desires
were with regard to the conspiracy
charges.
Dempsey's parents, who have sat
with him all through the long days of
the trial, were quietly happy at the
result.
II knew it would come out that way.'
said Mrs. Cecilia Dempsey, whose testi.
mony was one of the strong points OF
the defense. "My boy couldn't do q
thing like that. Everybody was very
kind, but Pm glad it is all over"
Dempsey and his parents are staying
in Oakland for few days The pugi
list will take a brief vacation and viii
then leave for the East with Kearns
to begin his training for the Carpentie
fight. His motion picture, Dare Devi
Jack" which has just been completed
at Los Angeles studios, has been re.
leased for the state.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-16


tarily presented documentary evidence
OF their falsity. These documents
show that the contract for the storage
OF Means's furniture was made pv Ju-
he +. Means, wife of CASTOR Means. her
name having been signed to the receipf
as a follows: Julie P Means. per P
neutsch. Deutsch was secretary to
we nsans M and married a daughter of Ash
ton IN Means. brother of CASTOR Means.
The records also show that Mrs.
Means made an inquiry by letter from
Concord on April s, 1918, asking the
storage company what it would charge
lor packing and delivering her furni-
tyr 1Ire tor shipment at freight station.
mere Is among the papers memo
ranoum OF one of the employees of the
warehouse company in which he de-
ciares that his suspicious were aroused
at me haste with which the removal
OF the Means furniture was requested. :"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-16

eNefE usage and convention underlying
Ohe structure of international law"
me federatlon at to-days session
called upon President Wilson and At
torhey General Palmer to secure "am-
heS'y tor all political prisoners"
IN resolution the convention de-
clared that the further prosecution
ana imprisonment in the United States
OF political offenders is contrary to the
democratic idealism and the traditions
OF freedom to which our country is
committed"
Lucy Robbins, of the Central Labor
oody OF New York, in an address de-
clared that ZOO persons were beino
held IN prisons in the United States for
alleged wartime offenses and because
of their political Beliefs"
The federation pledged its support to
Senator Frances joint resolution for
amnesty for political prisoners" and
repeal of the espionage law.
The convention instructed the execu-
tive council to continue its efforts to
full pardon for Thomas J. Mooney
and William 7. Billings,
The convention instructed the execu-
ave council to continue it's oppositjon
to the bill now in Congress providing
tor the zoning system of rates on sec
ond, class mail matter, and requiring all
trade union publications to be printed
in the English language.
In opposing the zone system Samuel
Gompers, president of the Federation,
said it was q pet scheme of some one.
to make profit out of the Postoffice
Department, regardless of the "public
good"
1T is not necessary for the Postoffice
Department to be self-sustaining," he
added. The army, navy aud many
other departments are not. The sooner
we get away from the idea that the
postai department must be self-sus-
tanning the better it will be for all :"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-16
+" Parole Officers Dine
200 Attend Annual Meeting in
Hotel Commodore

The Parole Officers Association
held its annual dinner last night in
the Hotel Commodore About 2OC
members attended and James J.
Doherty, president, presided.
Speakers included Borough Presi-
dent Henry D. Cuyan, Justice John
j. Freschi, Magistrate w. Bruce Cobb
Judge Louis D. Gibbs, of the Bronx;
Judge Burt j. Humphrey, of Queens Z;
Judge Harry j. Tiernan, of Richmond
ana bertram Cruger, chairman of the
Parole Commission
Mr.. Cruger in his address urged
higher pay for parole officers. He also
said that 70 per cent of the released
prisoners that come under the iuris-
diction of his commission are making
good.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-16
A.F.L. Groups to Fight
Canada's s One BigUnion

MONTREAL, June 15-The
building trades organizations of
the American Federation of La
Dor to-day declared war on the
one big union of Canada. Thew
decided to send representatives
from each of the twenty interna-
tlonal unions of the BUILDING
trades department to Winnipeg
to open the campaign.
The one big union movement in
Vancouver, B. c., Montreal and
other cities also will be fought bv
similar methods. 1t has been de-
cided to revoke charters of all
local unions that fail to GUST one
big union members.
AS the one big union has not
made much progress in the United
States, little attention will be
given the situation there.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-16

the opinion that it was done by men
with the aid of servants inside the
house. They said a gang was being
watched in New York. The private de-
tectlves suspect two men in the house
1t developed to-day that Mrs. Caruso
had objected to the practice of ques-
tioning the servants during the night.
and had asked that all questions nee
essary to the investigation be asked
during the day.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Wide Variety in His Selection

Question. - contemplate purchasing
two 81 900 Orange County SIS. utility bonds
at $3.50; Are they speculative? Are they
better investments than the new French
appreciation in value? Would American
Sumatra ut about 80 be a good specula -
ton' Possess $500 in Liberties What
about Mexican National Railroad gold
bonds at s225, par $1,000? Is It worth
considering ?-F. w c.
Answer-The Orange County Public
Utility first per cent bonds are fair
ly we'll secured, in. our opinion. Net
earnings for 1919 were more than twice
interest charges and it is our belief
that most public utility companies will
show increases in earnings They are
not as market table as the new French
bonds, which fact should always be
considered. We are inclined to favor
the latter. American Sumatra Tobacco
is a speculative issue. 1t should not
be purchased for investment purposes.
The Mexican National Railroad is in re-
ceivership. The bonds pay no interest.
What Mexico will manage to DO under
the new regime is a matter of specula-
ton. Therefore, the bonds are purely
speculative
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
ID. 4 r. G.. Possibilities

ho,So s'ieon-Flease inform me who Will
pantntt pr"vct from the payment To the Western
49, s,''V Nallroad of the Judgment Of soma
y "a ia. % over $50. 600, 900 which the Denver &.
thr e,.nr, haiiread Will have to pay In
hnos,NN,h','that s,NNh' mat cash Will be paid. win the
ref trn V'rs '' or the common stock holders
~ , Nnr most benefit from the Increase Of
proner,t "y9N Vaiue OF Western Pacific RAILROAD
t.ha|'S,,'I II tho Western Pacific abA,rbs
atToct NTnVor fnvo Rio Grande. how win it
go, S, laNofaNly the Western Pacinc prn-
'V''eo stock or the bonds? "A. G +.
Answer Much depends upon what
interests purchase the Denver & Rio
Niahde property. The court usually
le1s an upset price If Denver
bondholders committee purchase the
property for the amount of the
mortgages the old Western Pa
cifc bondholders viii obtain nothing.
1t may be that the Western Pacific peo-
pie wlll purchase the road. In that
event the stockholders of Western Pa
enc will benefit, for consolidation
may be formed of the two systems. The
Denver has shown very rood earning
power, and it is doubtful if the prop
orty could be reproduced to-day for the
amount Of the mortgage debt The
road probably will be reorganizcd. but.
IN our opinion. the bonds will not be
adversely affected.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

Henry /. Doherty ! Company and
associated dealers are Offering $1,000
ooo principal amount Gas Securities
company two-year 8 per cent secured
gold notes at 9S and interest, at which
price these notes yield over per cent.
lhe notes, dated October /, and ma
turing October /, 1922, are direct obi
cations of the Gas Securities Company,
" corporation which has assets of ap-
proximately $4,000 600, and are further
secured by the deposit with the
trustee of six and two-third shares Of
Sities Service Company common stock
lof each $1,000 face value of the notes
10 be issued.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Buying SUGAR Machinery


During the las, four or I'VE months
several sugar mill owners Of Guade-
loupe have visited S.. Croix. Virgin
Islands. FOR the purpose of purchasing
machinery whicn is said to nave beer
available tnorc owing 70 the policy o.
Capitalization being pursued at presen-
at ST. Cro.x which calls for replace
mont Of machinery. One Of them
chartered amai schooner Of aboug
ffty tons to make several trips TO
bring down sGch material as might b.
purchased.
In the meantime il is stated thai
another SUGAR mill has purchased fron
Be gian manufacturers sugar ma
caiuery 10 the value Of 0O0 900 francs.
A representative of an American sugar
machinery house Informs the consu-
late that the 8elgians were oFerina.
delivery ia Two or three months whll.
American manufacturers require oee
year.
Il is expected that greatly increased
prices VIII b. obtained for Guadcloupe
sugar during tne next season. follow
.nC the announcement that the cror
wg-la not be reql sitioned by the
srench 23rc1nmeft. L Is reported thar
cne miil has closed contract Wit
parties . France to sell its entire out
pnt at Cranes ki.o. which Is prac-
t!caAy I've times the amour. ~ which
re crop just ground was requisitioned
The prohibition OF eNnor, alton 10 coun-
tries other than France IS still /.
force
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
New Haven European Loan

Qucetion--What do you think OF New
YORK, New Haven & Hartford Railroa d q
per cent European loan Of 1907. inatur-
ing In 1922? Which bonds (English or
French) OF this issue is the best TO buy !?
Are thcy safe7C. II. II.
Answer-The New Haven per cent.
1922, are not secured by mortgage. No
bonds may be placed on certain un-
mortgaged parts of the road without
equally securing this issue 1t is very
likely that the New Haven road will
do some financing along these lines
before long. AS this is the first matur
ing obligation of the road which car
ries the provision above mentioned. we
regard it as very good speculative
investment. The franc bonds are still
more speculative. because they are
payable in francs or in sterling in
London. Much then depends upon the
course of foreign exchange. The bonds
are not issued in pounds. The holder
has the option Of cashing them in
Paris, London or Berlin.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
New Haven Debentures

Question Please advise mo what YOU
ford per cent debentures Also would
You advise the purchase OF General Motors
per cent preferred and Of du Pont pre-
ierred? n 7. G.
Answer New Haven debentures are
not secured by mortgage With in
creased rates the road will show bet
ter earnings. The bonds are not of
good grade, yet in our opinion they
offer speculative investment oppor-
'uAItles. General Motors 6 per cent
preferred stock is a very fair invest
ment. Present earnings are ample to
care for dividends many times. The
same may be said of du Pont preferred.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Lake Erie & Western
Earnings Show Decline
Surplus for 1910 Equivalent to
Gent 4 Share Compared
Will u Gents in I9lH

Surplus of the Lake Erie < Western
Railroad for the year ended Decembe,
81. after ordinary charges and taxes.
vas &7ll95i equivalent, after per
cent fer preferred stockholders. 20
cent share on tho sll,slo.ooo common
stock, against S735,sla. or p cents 8
share in 1918 according TO the corpor
ate inc me account given out yesterday
The Federal operating account shows
net income for 1919 or S}70.5tI com
pared with a guaranteed RENAL Of 81,
9.541, or loss fer the government Of
S1.3T739A Without the benefit Of Fed
eral compensation. the showing for the
year would have been "A deficit after
charges and tases Of S665, ,9s3. against 8
deficit of Sl75.7ll on the same basis Il
1912.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Bonds Of Annual Per Cent Yield

Question--We wish to buy a railroad
bon BOND netting over per cent, due in
cannot be Of the best grade but want
good security. Plcase grade the follow
ans an1 ,hs ana give the security security behind each
e Rio Grande first As 1896; Rio C;rande
4 Western first As, 1899; Chesa pea ko
< Ohio first consolidated 5s 1899. Lake
Erie & Western first 5s, 1897 How
would the Denver & Rio Grande issue be
afected ad, by the impending forecosure
which would affect the other 5[8s'1 - n 3
named? Have a Goodrich 7 per cent not a
bought at 9S*, due 1926. which is now
switch to a better and longer term note
or railroad bond? Have Texas com
pany note, due 1929. bought at % would
you advise switching to an equally good
but longer term note and il so to what
one2 What Is the size of the issue and
security behind the New York Dock nrst 4s
M. M NJ. IS ''u''''' steer OF nigh grade ?
Answer-All bond yields are figured
as if the bond is to be held until ma
turity. Therefore. a per cent bond
to net 6 per cent for sixteen years
would sell at 1861. If you desired a
yearly return of 6 per cent irrespective
of amortization, that bond would have
to sell at 66%, but it would then yield
over 7.60 per cent to maturity. We
know of no bonds which have greater
security and which offer this latter
combination of yields than the Denver
Rio Grande first per cent and 4 Il
per cent, 1886, and the Rio Grande
Western first 4 per cent, 1889. We
grade your list as follows: Chesapeake
& Ohio consolidated per cent. 1899:
Rio Grande & Western first per cent.
1886, and Lake Erie & Western first 5
per cent. 1887. We do not believe the
two Denver issues will be affected as to
security by the litigation. There is no
impending litigation against the other
two roads. We see no present reason
for selling the Goodrich note. The price
is low and there appears to be no rea-
son for taking such loss. Perhaps
the Texas company note could be eX-
changed for one Of the new New York
Central per cent, 1880. That would
give you ten-year investment instead
of three-year one. The New York
Dock first per cent. 1851. are secured
by first lien on the entire property Of the
company, consisting of a number of
piers, manufacturing buildings and
storage warehouses on the East River
front extending from the Brooklyn
Bridge to Erie Basin, two and one
quarter miles. The issue is $l2,233,-
000 We regard Crucible Steel pre-
ferred stock as now being entitled to
very good investment rating.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Pennsylvania
"A Leader in the Railroad World"
THE Pennsylvania Railroad

THE Pennsylvania Railroad
n system has won its rank of
leadership in the transporta-
ton world because Of its high
standard of operation, pro-
gressiveness and financial
efficiency. Since the return of
the railroads to private man
agement, improvements in
maintenance and operating
conditions on the Pennsyl-
vania have progressed rapid
ly, SO that the road is reas-
surning that precminence for
which it was long noted.
The increased freight ard
passenger rates are expected
to result in substantially
higher earnings. and recent
reports indicating marked i'm
provement bear out this be-
lief. Typical Pennsylvania
economies are also antici-
pated as a step toward in
creasing the earning capacity
Of the company.
Another important feature Of
this great railroad system is
the fact that it has been
continuous disburser Of divi-
dends for more than sixty
years, and in view Of the fact
that the same efficient private
management is again at the
helm, no interruption of this
splendid record is anticipated.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Iron Products Capitalization

Question-Please give me what inforlna-
ton YOU can in regard to the Iron Products
Corpora toni. H. a.
Answcr-The Iron Products Corpora
tion was incorporated in 1919 as hold
ing company to own stocks of other
companies mining iron ore and manu-
featuring iron products. There are
outstanding ,949 shares of common
stock of no par value and S926,300 8
per cent cumulative convertible pre-
ferred. par S100, authorized issues be-
ing 10000 shares and $4,000 re-
spectively. There are bonds and mort
cages totalling 1853 500. Preferred is
convertible into common, one share to
one and two-thirds being the ratio.
Dividends are paid on the preferred,
but not on the common, The company
reported for the first six months of
1920 net after taxes and preferred divi-
dends equivalent to more than $3.50
a share for the common stock
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
PennsNlvania As Gilt Edge

Question-Wiu you please advise me as
10 tho Fennsylvania consoidated goia I
per cent due 1919 Although the Penn
sylvania issues are. for the most part.
given high rating, the poor earnings Of
the road during Federal control make NE
cautious &C. 7. w
Answer Pennsylvania Railroad con
soldated per cent, 194S, are, together
with other consolidated issues, secured
by direct mortgage on l.464 miles, 262
miles Of leaseholds and real estaN
securities, etc. Ii is 3 gilt edge bond
Most roads reported poor earnings
during government control The new
rates Will show great change for the
better, we think.