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The evening world., 1921-01-19
SWEEPING INQUIRY
ON CITY OFFICIALS

ALBANY, Jan. 19.-Creation OF a
New York Charter Commission to in
vesuigate all departments and Off
GERS Of the New York City Govern
ment Is the purpose Of a bill intro
duced in the Legislature to-day by
Assemblylnan Edward j. Neary.
Republican, of Queens. The measure
carries an appropriation Of $50. 900.
The Commission TO be appointed
under provisions OF the bill would
include eighteen members. seven 10
be named by the Governor, five bv
the Speaker Of the Assembly and
three each by the presiding officer
Of the Senate and the Mayor OF New
York. Counsel required to conduct
the Assembly would be furnished by
the Attorney General,
The evening world., 1921-01-19
'layWright'S Widow Wed to
Rich Broker and Sports
man Monday, Is Report.

Mrs. Margaret sely Blossom,
widow OF Henry Blossom. musical
comedy playwright and librettist. IL
be or has been married so r.. Clar-
'ence Jones millionaire broker and
sportsman.
Mrs. Blossom confined the news TO
an Evening World reporter to-day.
but she would not say when the event
IS TO take place or whether it had taken
place.
The story became current this after
noon that the couple were married on
Monday afternoon by the Rev. o. NJ.
West Of Jersey Gty. over the tcle-
phone this afternoon Mr.. West re-
fused either to confirm or deny the
report.
you win have to get your iniorma-
tion elsewhere" he said.
THE news has been a great sur
prise to your friends." said the re-
porter.
IT'S tust as great a surprise to me
as to any one" Mrs. Blossom replied,
and then added. hastily: Don't ask
me anything about the romance.
You're trying to get me to tell you
what l don't want to tell"
Mrs. blossom. who is diHtinglriAhed
for her statuesque, Greek-like beauty,
was Miss Margaret Seely, the daugh-
ter of samuel Seely OF this city. Her
marriage to Henry Blossom, one of
the best known and most successful
playwrlghts and nbrettists OF recent
years. occurred ON July I. 1908, but IL
did not become known until late in
September being kept secret from
even their most intimate friends.
When Blossom was reproached by
his friends for his secrecy hs said
while there was no particular rea,
son for silence, still, there was a rea-
son. All my friends would have sent
me Ice pitchers and silver forks and
things, and as / was busy at the time
| wouldn't have been able 10 send
out the letters Of acknowledges NJ
and thanks"
The wedding was celebrated at the
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ILLEGAL FEE ACCEPTANCE
CHARGED AGAINST .DU BOIS
BY WHITMAN GRAND Jury
Former Commander of West
10th Street Station Indicted
i'll Graft Inquiry.
OUT ON $500 BAIL.
Accusations Against Captain
Dates Back to Printing Strike
$4,000 Reported Paid.

Police Captain Percy Du Bois Of
the Atlantic Avenue Station, Brook
lyn, formerly commander Of the
West goth Street Station, Manhat-
tan, was to-day indicted by the
Grand Jury investigating graft in
the Police Department, on a charge
of receiving Illegal fees. This is the
same charge preferred against Police
Captain William A Bailey OF the
West 3Oth Street Station. who was
indicte9 last week and is the second
police official to be caught in the
net Former. Gov. Whitman as Assis-
tnat District Attorney. has flung
about the department
The specific charge against Du
Bois is the acceptance Of an unlawful
fee OF 800 from the auditor Of the
publishers Printing Company dur
ing the strike OF the printers from
Sept &c to Nov. IS, 1919.
Du Bois surrendered at the District
Attorneys Office and was arraigned
before Judge Grain in General Ses-
sons He pleaded not guilty and
was released in $500 bail.
The indictment was returned after
Mr.. Whitman went before the Grand
Jury with three witnesses and pre-
scented ledgcIs, checks and other docu-
pIents in connection with protection
money said to have been paid by
employing printers during the strike
Information reached Mr.. Whitman
and his assistants a few days ago
that during the strike certain print
ing contractors spent more than
$4,000 for the protection Of their
plants and employees and That this
money was distributed among the
police in those parts Of the city in
which the printing plants were To-
Gated.
Mr.. Whitman got into cOmmunica-
zion with the counsel of the Publish
ers' Printing Company OF No. POI
West 25th Street, which prints the
Literary Digest and number of other
publications. The attorney later
brought to Mr. Whitman's office Aaron
Gantz secretary and VeasIrer OF the
company; Charles Eliscu. its auditor
and Ralph !. Bartholomew, head OF it,
sales department, together with a
large collection Of the records Of the
firms money payments, checks, &c
These three witnesses and he docu.
ments were taken before the Grand
Jury, and upon their testimony the
Indictment against Capt Du Bois was
found
Mr. Whitman had received in
formation that the money of the
printing firms had been distributed
through a private detective agency
in this city In Mr.. Whitman's Of
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No Chance for the right in Toronto.

TORONTO, Jan. l9.-"Theres not a
chance in the world Of permit being
granted for the Dempsey arpentlCr
battle here" said J. p. Fitzgerald Sec
retary Of the Boxing Commission, TO-
day. I'VE are not running champion
ship bouts here" II held here. the big
fight would be limited to ten rounds.
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WORCESTER FIGHTS
THIRTY FIRES WITH
S2,OOO,OOO LOSS
Fifty Business Places Destroyed
Families Driven Out
in Zero Weather.

WORCESTER Mass, Jan. 10. -
Fire which threatened for a time to
destroy the whole business section
Of this city caused a loss estimated
at more than 100000 and sent
hundreds OF shIvorng families to
the streets in zero weather early
day.
The fire started In the seven story
Knowles Building on Main Street, in
the heart Of the city, and this build
ing was quickly laid waste. The fire
then spread across Main Street to a
group Of three-story buildings, and
in a short time fully thirty fires
were raging flying embers having
set fire TO the roofs OF many tene-
ment buildings
Fifty business places, including
six retail stores, six manufacturing
plants and a large number Of offices
of doctors, dentists and other profess
sional people were wiped out Guests
OF the Park and Bancroft Hotels
stood ready TO leave, but these build
ings were saved.
state and uty police are investi-
eating stories that some OF the fires
we're incendary A dress suit case
was found in flames twenty feet back
Of a burning structure al North Fos-
ter and Union Streets, and barrel OF
blazing oil close TO the rear wall. Fire
Department officials took the suit
case COR further examination,
The evening world., 1921-01-19
BOXING BOUT GAVE
ANNE MORGAN HER
GREATEST THRILL
Late Financier'S Daughter
Describes Leonard's Knock
down by Mitchell.

CINCINNATI o.. Jan lg.-iBoxlng
has firm friend In Miss Anne Nor
gan, daughter Of the late J p. Nor
gan. who as Chairman OF the Ameri-
can Committee on Devastated France
promoted the Leonard Mitchell bou,
in Madison Square Garden Miss
Morgan, who Is in Cincinnati. in tn,
interest OF the committee Of which
she Is the head. had this to say about
the tight;
splendid. Splendid beyond de-
scrlption. Never in my hfe has any.
thing given me such q thrill as Richie
Mitchell gave in that ring. Thos,
boys were hardly face 70 face when
ebere was a spring, a blow and a
crash. Mitchell was on the moor. up
again and down in a heap. Up once
more and down he went, everybody
saying ITS all Over-it's all finished.
and 6en that boy was up. was mrch-
ing forward'-a swing-a driving arm,
and there lay the great champion, a
huddled mass while the crowd roared
like men gone mad
1T does not matter to me that
Richie Mitchell could not win; that
the great champion arose and shook
himself together and at last beat
Mitchell down. TO me the whole glory
and ecstasy Of that fight came ln that
one splendid moment when Mitchell
arose superior to everything. did the
impossible and dropped the champion
with that wonderful rally"
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THRILLING EFFORT TO SAVE
MAN WHO DIED.

1t appeared that both would go
over, but johnson held on 10 the rail
with one hand and circled Robinson S
waist with the other. The two were
brought back 70 safety, but Robinson
had been 50 battered that he died
half an hour later. At IL o'clock that
night, in the presence OF a few pas
sengers who braved the storm and
came on deck, he was buried at sea
A woman and her two year old
child were saved from death by Ar
thur Mccarthy, the chief steward, on
the same day that Robinson was
killed A wave over the bow swept
Mccarthy the length Of the deck. and
the woman, a steerage passenger
cinging to her child, was about to go
overheard when Mccarthy seized her
There was a real panic among the
passengers,
Just before the wireless was swept
away a message was roc5Ved from
u Norwegian ship bound from New
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The underlying excuse for the
Fordney Emergency Tariff Bull
which is to be in force for ten months
after It's adoption--is that it will pro-
vide increased revenue for the United
states Government in the shape OF
receipts OF duties. AS a matter OF
fact only 90 por cent. OF the sugar
used in the United States is imported.
Only half OF the increase put upon
the consumer would go into the
United States Treasury. The other
half would go into the pockets OF the
speculators who erred and now want
the public to pay their losses.
TRICK BILL THAT WILL STAG
GER THE PEOPLE.
The Fordney bill, in the ludu-
ment Of men in the sugar busi-
ness who are. best qualified to
speak on the matter, will, IL tits
adopted, automatically raise the
retail price Of sugar 4 cents q
pound. In other words, throuah
legislation, on the day after the
Fordney bill becomes iaw-iF Il
Passes-the consumer will find
his sugar costing him eents q
pound more than Il does to- day
and the United States con-
sumes approximately s,s6o,OOO.-
900 pounds Of sugar a year. The
consumption is rapidly lnereas-
ing.
The Fordney bill Is a trick bin,
framed for tie purpose OF decelvinE
the people into thinking that they are
10 be taxed for the benefit Of the
United States Treasury. This applies
generally TO the whole blu, but es-
peclally 10 the amendment affecting
sugar, for these reasons:
The original bill. introduced by Mr..
Fordney. who represents In the
House the State OF Michigan, which
is the second largest beet sugar pro
ducing state In the Union, didn't in
Clude a word about sugar. The bill
went to the Senate, where Senator
Gay OF Louisiana, supposedly repre-
senting only the sugar cane growers
ana refiners Of that state. introduced
an amendment putting a tax on
sugar-all kinds OF sugar. As a
matter Of fact the Louisiana sugar
growers and refiners are compara-
lively Insignificant in the sugar situ-
alton In this country. while the beet
The evening world., 1921-01-19
TWO GREAT LINERS,
HAD STORMY TRIPS
IN TERRIFIC SEAS
New Rochelle and Frederik
VIII. Arrive in Port All
GliStening With Ice.
ONE BADLY BATTERED.
Passenger on the Frederik
Brings Part of 100000 in
Art-CreW on Riot.

The New Rochelle Of the Baltic
Line, after battling with hurricanes
for sixteen days, arrived from Dan
ng and Havre this morning shccted
with ice, her forward ports smashed,
her beams and timbers warped, her
wireless-which had been swept
dway-restored in makeshift fashion
and her passengers grateful for relief
from the worst experience many OF
them ever had undergone
In addition to the trouble caused by
the storms, there had been difficulty
with some members OF the crew. who,
it was said, bought pistols and liquor
in Dantzig and amused themselves en-
voyage by shooting things up in the
forecastle. Several shots were fired
from portfolios and one man got on
deck with a gun, which was taken
from him. The police boat John F.
Hylan met the ship II was said that
two members OF the crew would be
arrested for theft OF food which they
sold in Dantzig and that a search
would be made for the pistols. It
was also rumored that several mem
bers of'the crew had smugg1ed pOO,-
900 worth Of jewelry.
One man was pounded TO death by
the waves, He was Joseph Robinson,
master at arms Of New York,
twenty-eight years old, who served so
well in the army during the war that
he was decorated by the French and
British as well as the United States.
Five days ago, in the worst OF the
hurricane, Robinson was on deck
when he was swept to the rail and
was about to be washed over when
BOatswain Axel Johnson, at the risk
Of his life, worked to the rail and
caught him.
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CONFESSES KILLING
u. S. NAVAL NURSE
Negro Was Arrested in Baltimore
Few Hours After the
Staying.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, Jan. l9.-Henry
A. Brown, a negro, to-day confessed he
killed Harriet Kavanaugh, a nurse az
the naval hospital here, according 90
the police.
Detectives Bradley and HammerslNe e
of Baltimore were said to have elicited
the confession after a long grllling Of
Brown, who was arrested in Bsltimor g
a few hours after Miss Kavanaugh was
found Saturday.
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Nothing to Report Flight Ia off
says Carpenter.

LONDON, Jan 19.-Georges Car.
pentier declared to-day there was
nothing in the report from New York
that his match with Dempsey had
been abandoned because OF the non
deposit of fOrfeits the Exchange
Telegraph announces. Carpenter
made this statement at Leeds where
he is TO take part in a charity boxing
tourney. He said his own forfeit
money had been deposited last No
vember and that as far as he was
concerned the match was not off
e. b. Cochran said he heard moth
ing about the reported abandonment
Of the fight. DesCaInps, Carpenters
manager, he said, made every effort
to send his $4,000 to the United
States, but the French Government
objected. Cochran added that If the
bout was abandoned he was prepared
to give a purse Of 100000 for the
men to box in England in June
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TnE WORLD TRAvEL nrnRAr.

AToads, tuhusT ~ NOridj Bulldiug. 6j-65 PGra
hOu, n. \, CITY. 1ylsyhOne Berknan GUOO.
Cloak room toS baggage AID paaC,ta upen dAg And
hight Modeg og5sEd aRd tEarelou' 6heahs ka
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Driver killed When Team Runi
Away.

Morris Glaser, twenty-eight, Of No. 20
Clark Street. the Bronx, was killed this
afternoon when a team Of horses draw
ing his truck became unmanageahla at
l77th Street and Washington Avenue,
the Bronx, and ran into a tree. A large
crowd OF women shoppers witnessed the
aOGidents and SeVepl became hyStsrIcal.
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QUAKE AT LAKE GEORGE.

GI.ENS FALLS y Y. Jan. 10. -
What are believed by residents to have
been earthquake shocks were felt to-day
for three minutes Al Corinth and Lake
George.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-22
PROBE Of PRICE
!. FIXING PLANNED
Attorney General Daugherty
Says Government Suit To
Be. Instituted Soon

WASHINGTON, June Iii Nation
wide investigation into activities of
open price associations, Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty announced today. had
resulted iii establishing a case
against oae organization New York
Suit will be filed by the government
against the association within few
days, he added.
Daugherty withheld the name of
the concern, but declared the case
was involved in the Investigation of
the Lockwood Committee into the
New York building situation. The
government, he said, would ask a re-
straining order to require the organ
ization to desist from its alleged un'
lawful practices.
In the case of the Southern Pine
Association, now pending in st. Louis
Daugherty said. the department had
decided to await the decision of the
supreme court in the hardwood case
before pressing for restraining or
der
Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-22
HEARING
ON WAGE SLASH

CHICAGO. June 21.-Hearings on
the petition of the larger packers for
a wage reduction of 5 cents an hour
approximately $4,000 EN-
ployes were begun today before Fed
eral Judge Samuel Alschuler, arbiter.
]. II. Bliss, chief accountant for
Swift & Company. the only witness
heard, testified to the figures men,
toned in the petition to show that
the business of the companies made
a wage reimbursement necessary.
Judge Alschuler refused the pack
ers' request to put into effect immedi-
ately the cent reduction. The pack
ers said they would agree that If such
a reduction should later be modified
by the arbiter, he could order repay
ments in conformity with any award
he might make. Judge Alschuler said
he could not, in fairness. permit any
reduction until he had heard all the
evidence.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-22
IRISH RE- EADY To
PROTECT BRITAIN

LONDON, June 21.-(By the Asso-
ciated Christopher O'Sullivan,
an Australian correspondent, in an m
terview with Eamonn de Valera, Irish
republican leader, for an Australian
news agency, asked him whether Ire
land would accept a status similar to
that OF the British overseas dominions
to which De Valera replied:
mo such status has been offered
Ireland"
Asked what solution he proposed,
he replied:
"A neutral Irish state whose inviola-
bility would be guaranteed by. say,
the United States and states of the
British empire and any others that
could be secured as signatories. Free
Ireland would never allow its terri
tories or harbors to be made the basis
of an attack on England by an out
side power. A native Irish defense
force would be many times as effec-
tive in keeping out an invader as any
force England could put here, while
in the case of danger England's own
forces would still be available.
ANY pledge Ireland gives, Ireland
will keep. With an independent Ire
land beside her. Great Britain would
be more safe than she is now from
foreign attack"
Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-22
PROBE ILLEGAL
ENTRY OF ALIENS

WASHINGTON. June 21.-Immigra-
tion officials are renewing efforts to
stamp out smuggling of aliens into
this country across the Mexican bor
der by persons, who, officials believe,
are members of a gang, it was stated
today at the department of albor.
Several members of the alleged gang
have been arrested and it has been
established, it was added, that they
have received as high as $500 each
for enabling aliens to enter this coun-
try illegally.
The underground railroad became
active. il was stated, when it appear
ed immigration would be restricted
by law Belief was expressed that
the gang had representatives abroad
who directed the aliens to Vera Cruz
and other Mexican ports, where they
established communication with the
smugglers in Mexico and were brought
into this country on payment of the
fees.
A big percentage of these aliens
are from Russia, it was stated
The Hebrew Shetering and Immi-
grant Aid Society has Offered to,co.
operate with the department of labor
it was learned, in preventing Jewish
immigrants from entering this\ coun
try illegally through Mexico.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-22
BITTER DEBATE
ON IRISH ISSUE
At A.F.L. MEET.
Convention Is Adjourned By
President Gompers When
Fight Is At Height
RESOLUTION ATTACKED
Boycott Of British Products
and Companies is Urged by
Chicago Labor Delegate

DENVER, June 21.-The forecast
ed bitter fight over the Irish question
was precipitated upon the floor of
the convention of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor late today and was
at its height when President Samuel
Gompers adjourned the convention
until tomorrow
The debate started when the reso-
luEons committee reported substi-
tute for the four resolutions intro
duced by Irish sympathizers. The
substitute ignored the effort to ini-
tiate a boycott against British manu-
-factures and imports.
The committees report disposed of
the Irish question by asking the con-
vention TO reaffirm it's sympathy for
the Irish cause, by urging recogni-
tion of the Irish republic and by urg-
ing trial and punishment for British
army men guilty of atrocities in Ire
land
No sooner had the committees re-
port been read when Cornelius Foley,
delegate from the BARRIERS Union,
took the floor, reading a telegram
from Harry BDland, secretary TO
Eamonn de Valera, provisional pres
ident of the Irish. republic" which
said:
THE organization (American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor is looked on to do
something for Ireland. We want the
boycott or nothing"
Foley declared that there is only
one place where we can hurt Eng
land, and that is in her pocketbook." !"
Christian NJ. Madsen, of the Chica-
go Federation of Labor. then moved
TO amend the committees report by
adding a clause calling fer a boycott
by American labor against British
goods and British companies as long
as the British government maintains
Its barbarous and destructive policy
in Ireland"
A point of order was raised that
this would not be introduced because
L was Fart of resolutions already re
/ iected by the committee. President
Gompers sustained the point of or
der and adjourned the convention
while several delegates We're strug-
Cling for recognition of the chair.
The resolution reported by the
committee was virtually identical
with one submitted by a committee
! OF Irish sympathizers. headed by Pete
Brady. OF New York. except thai
some of the more drastic phrases
were omitted The committee also
struck out a paragraph demanding
! that President. Harding, his cabinet
and congress take necessary steps 70
| demand from Great Eritain the de
faulted interest and loan due the
United States and now used in part
TO promote the brutal campaign IN
Ireland"
Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-22
Promotion To Permanent Grade
OF Rear Admiral Recommended
For z Navy Officers By DENLY
Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson To Be Next Superintendent
Of Naval Academy at Annapolis; Mcdonald to Assume
Command Of Battleships Of Atlantic Fleet

of staff of the Pacific fleet, will be
naval attache at London.
Rear Admiral Casey Morgan will re-
.lieve Rear Admiral H. F. Bryan, COM
manding the special service squadron,
and Admiral Bryan will relieve Rear
Admiral G. F. Cooper as cOmmandant
of the Sth Naval District.
Other assignments announced to-
day were:
Rear Admira W. H. G. Bullard, di-
rector of naval communication, to
command Yangste patrol.
Rear Admiral G. H. Burrage, COM
mandant of the Norfolk yard, TO re-
lieve w. V. Pratt, commanding the
Pacific destroyers; Captain Pratt to
duty on the general board.
Rear Admiral T. P Magruder, naval
attache in Paris, to command reserve
destroyers of the Pacific fleet.
Rear Admiral Thomas Snowoen, un-
til recently governor of the Dom1ni-
can republic, and Rear Admiral NJ.
Johnston, to duty on the general
board.
Admiral Hugh Rodman, now COM
mander in chief of the Pacific fleet,
to command the 5th Naval District.
Captain Cart T. Yogelgesang. now
chief of staff. Atlantic fleet, to be
commandant of the New York navy
yard.
Rear Admiral Philip Andrews to
command Norfolk navy yard, reliev-
ing Rear Admiral Burrage.
Rear Admiral j. w Onion to be SUI
perintendent of the naval observatory.
Rear Admiral T. l.. Long, now direc-
tor of naval intelligence, will be chief
of staff of the Atlantic fleet, reliev-
ing Captain Vogelgesang.