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New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
Fifty-six Indicted
Supply Contractors
Will Plead To-day
]. A. Mccarthy, Friend of
Murphy, Long Sought by
Process Servers, One of Ac.
cused; Hetfrick Trial Next

The fifty-six members of the Asso.
citation of Dealers III Masons' Building
Materials indicted last week for al
legged violation of the Donnelly anti
trust law will appear TO plead this
morning before Justice McAvoy in the
criminal branch of the Supreme Court.
They had been released under $1,000
bail bonds.
Among the accused is John A. Nc
Carthy, formerly business associate and
personal friend of Charles r. Murphy,
Tammany leader. Process servers of
the Lockwood committee had for long
time been seeking Mr.. Mccarthy in an
effort to get his testimony in connec-
tion with various combinations in the
building industry. It was reported at
the time that he had gone to Philadel-
phia, beyond the jurisdiction of the
local authorities. Upon his indict-
ment he was represented in court by
counsel. 1t is expected, however, that
Mr.. Mccarthy will appear before JUS
tice McAvoy this morning in person.
myer, counsel for the Lockwood COM
mittee, will go to Albany with Senator
Lockwood, it's chairman, where they
will confer with the leaders of the
Senate and Assembly on the resolu-
tion now before the Legislature To
grant increased powers to the commit
tee. MIR. Untermyer expects to be back
some time tonight.
Tomorrow morning Martin W. Little
ton, counsel for Robert P. Brindell, the
convicted labor leader, will go before
Justice McAvoy in an effort to obtain
q new trial for his client. The move
will be vigorously opposed by Mr.. I'm
termyer, who was the states prosecutor
in the case.
At the same time the trial of John T
Hettrick, the alleged originator Of the
code of practice" scheme of collusive
bidding, will be begun in the same
court. Hettrick has been out on $780,
600 bail, having been charged with con.
spiracy to commit an act in restraint of
trade. He will be defended by Robert
Il, Elder, formerly an Assistant District
Attorney. The states prosecutor will
be Henry L. Stimson, formerly Secre.
tary of War in Roosevelt's Cabinet
who rose. to prominence through his
successful prosecution Of TIE famous
sugar frauds
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07

stea to rem,se the transit nroblem
from pclitics Ind provide its solution
with an adequate service nc an nae-
quite faro; and
"Wherena, IL la essential thfs the
transit problem be solved quickly and
with equal regard to the benefit OF
the public and the city; therefore,
be Il
Resolved, that the Board or
Governors OF Renl Est@te Investors of
New York, Inc, heartily indorses the
action Of Governor Miller in dealing
with the transit problem as public
instead Of political islne; and be II
further
Resolved, as no increase in fares
will be authorized unless thorough
investigation by the said commission
proves such step necessary for bet.
ter service, we condemn the unwar-
ranted and false propaganda that the
creation Of such commission will re.
suit in eight-cent fares; and be it fur.
ther
Resolved, that we telegraph te
Governor Miller our Endorsement of his
action and also telegraph 60 the Presi.
dent of the Senate and the Speaker Of
the. Assembly urging that legislatiot
embodying Governor Miller's recon.
mendations be enacted at the earliest
possible moment"
The Real Estate Investors Of New
York, Inc, has offices at 1876 West
Sevanty-second Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
Villagers Flee Blanket
Of Popocatepetl Ashes
Volcano Emissions Fall Sixty
Miles Away and New Fissures
Open, Belching Steam
Special Gable to The 1'riba,

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Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. s.--Mount Pope
catepetl has been emitting smoke and
ashes in quantities the last two days.
The inhabitants of the villages at the
foot of the volcano are fleeing in fear
OF a greater eruption.
slight earthquake Friday that CEN
tered at Chiapas is reported TO have
opened several fissures in the earth
near that city from which steam, ashes
and smoke are issuing.
The smoke from Popocatepetl is
plainly visible from Mexico City. ris-
ing in a steady column, with occasson-
ally large. heavy cloud. Ashes are
falling sixty miles from the crater.
The snow on the sides of surrounding
mountains is covered with layer Of
ashes.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
Real Estate Investors
iuelOrse Traction Plan

The Board OF Governors of Real
Estate Investors of New York, Inc,
yesterday adopted resolutions indors-
Inc Governor Miller's traction pro-
gram and denouncing as false and
unwarranted the assertion that erea-
tion Of transit commission means
an eight-cent fare.
The board also telegraphed to che
president of the Senate and the
Speaker OF the Assembly urging i'm
mediate enactment of legislation em-
bcdytng the Governors recommends
lions. Copies Of the resolution were
forwarded to all members of the
Legislature and TO numerous civic
organizations.
The telegram sent TO the leaders Of
the Senate and the Assembly reads:
The necessity of q solution of the
transit problem has long been APP
parent. Believing this solution Is
provided by the recommendations of
Governor Nathan l.. Miller, we urge
chat Legislation embodying such
recommendations be enacted at ths
earliest possible moment
The following message Of indorss-
incnt was wired Governor Miller:
Your action in dealing with the
trhction pT9piem acSe9ses cOHnpiste
approval and support by all. We have
this day adopted resolutions indorsing
your stand and urging the Senate and
the Assea--bly TO enact at the earliest
possible moment legislation embody-
tng your ecommendations.s
3 The resolution reads:
whereas, Governor Miller has
asked the appointment Of g commits
sion with planary powers to solve the
sransis problem Of New York City;
and
aWhsrsas. shis Ia a constructive
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
Chauffeur Held Without
Bail i'm Fur Coat Theft
Taxi Driver Who Failed to Over.
take Fleeing Thieves Also
Has License Suspended

James Fox, twenty-seven years old,
q taxicab driver, who was arrested
Wednesday night after two men had
stolen fur coat valued at $4,000 from
Mrs. Stella Talbot, motion picture
actress, who said she lived at the Hotel
Pennsylvania, had his license sus.
pended by Commissioner John F. Gil
christ of the Department. of Licenses.
He was held without bail yesterday in
Jefferson Market Court for the action
of the grand jury on charge of rob-
berry.
Commissioner Gilchrist suspended
Fox's license on hearing of his arrest.
FOX denied knowledge of the theft in
court and claimed two men entered the
!taxicab when the woman stepped out.
stole the coat and ran away. Detec-
tive Sergeant James Finn, of the West
Thirtieth Street station, said he orr
dered Fox to pursue the men, but he
was unable to catch them, and the de-.
tective then arrested Fox
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
Staten Island Midland Railway Com

Staten Island Midland Railway Com
pany. All lines.
Brooklyn, Queens County and Subur
ban Railroad Company. Metropolitan
Avenue Line Wyckoff Avenue Line.
Nassau Electric Railroad Company:
Ocean Avenue Line, Thirty-ninth
Street Ferry-Coney island Line,
Church Avenue Line, Park Avenue
Line, Rogers Avenue Line, Hicks
street Line, Seventh Avenue Line,
Ralph Avenue Shuttle.
The following lines by order Of the
courts have been separated from the
parent systems:
New York Railways System: Eighth
Avenue Line, Ninth Avenue Line and
Fourth and Madison Avenue Line.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit SYSTEM All
lines of Brooklyn City Railroad
Company,
"In addition TO the generally demoral-
lied traction lines and the consequent
lessening service to the publics litiga-
tton over construction work affords an
other chapter on the situation, leading
to the conclusion that reorganization
all along the line is imperative" con-
tinued Mr.. Barrett
"More than $9,0oo,00o In claims is
being sued for, with the prospect that
within the next six months suits for q
still larger sum in the aggregate will
be begun. Most of the actions are for
damages growing out of interpretations
of the provisions of the contracts, de-
lays alleged to be due TO various causes
and to claims incidental to war condi-
tions. In most instances suits were
preceded by claims fled by the contrac-
tors. Failure to have the claims paid
has been followed by actions in both the
state and Federal courts. Four of these
cases have been tried, and in three in
stances substantial awards were made
to the plaintiff companies. The city
has appealed from these verdicts."
Following is a list Of the actions
pending and the amounts sued for:
BRADLEY, contracting Company
contract). Section s, Route ss71,53S.o6
Bradley Contracting Company
agt the city construction
oontracD. Section TO- Route S62,e7B2S
William. G. Cooper, Inc agt
tract5. route Si..s......... so,Ooooo
Dock Contracting Company agt
tho city and Interborough
Rapid Transit Company
(construction), Route 20,
trlct Court ......,.s........ 71o.ss1oo
Guidone & Son, Inc, agt the
city (station wors) Route
Litchneid CONSTRUCTION Com
pany agt the city ICON
struction), Route 40, Sec
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
Tears Up $1,000 i'm Bills
speclal psapatch 70 The Trtnans

DENVER, Feb. GA man believed
to be minor from Herminie, Pa, was
arrested here last night just as he had
finished tearing up at least $1,000
worth of good currency and had tossed
the last torn fragment away on &
downtown street.
According to the three officers max.
ing the arrest, the pennsylvanian gave
then1 only an angry scowl when thew
demanded an explanation. Nest of the
torn bills We're 500 and $50 green
backs. the total exceeding $1,000.
An examination of his suitcase indi-
Gated that the prisoners name lie pster
Ada McAvich.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
Report Commends Program of
Brewster at Reformasory

NEW HAMPTON, Feb. GA report
giving much more optimistic view Of
conditions at the New York City Re
formatory here under Warden Sidney
W. Brewster than was expressed in the
recent report by Prison Commissioner
Leon 9. Weinstock was made pub
lic to-day by Clifford M. Young, an
inspector for the State Prison Commits
sion.
Warden Brewster, whose removal was
recommended by Commissioner Wein-
stock, was not in charge at the time
that Young inspected the reformatory.
but che Inspector found that excellent
educational and athletic facilities which
he installed were still in use.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
Marshall to- Visit Europe

WASHINGTON, Feb. e.--vice-Presi.
dent Marshall, accompanied by Mrs
Marshall, will visit Europe this comma
summer. sailing from New York ii
May, it was learned to-day. Thei,
party will include Mrs. Thomas F
Walsh, widow of the Western minine
magnate, and Mrs. J. Allan Daugherty
of Washington.
The Vice President on his retiremen,
March 4 will leave Washington on d
speaking tour through New England
later going to Texas and on to the
Pacific Coast. Before leaving for
Europe they will visit Mrs. Marshalps
parents in Phoenix, Arig,
Mr.. Marshall will speak IN Marion.
Ind.s February IL.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07

ton 4. Routes 4 and 2G..
Post n Mettord, Inc, agt the
city tconstructloD), Routo
10. Section f.,.4ssst.ss,s
Rodgers & Hagerty, Inc, ast
the city:
Routes 10 and 90, Sec
tion Ia .............
Route 8, Section f5....,.
David Serbcr Company agt the
city fcofnplett0nY, broadway
and Fourth Avenue road
H. ~. Smith Construction Com
ss | and n ........sse3..s
Smith, Hauser & MacTsaao
agt the pity. Section 2.
Route 40 .........,
Ward II Tully, Inc. aEt the
city {instaliation Of tracks, 4.
Route 80 ..9...............
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
Hoierook, Cabot & Rollins Cor.
poratlon agt the city, Routes

Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins ce..
poratton agt the city, Roatss
o. s,Issss
49, ''s'--..,....... 80 2.s's-.-~
In addition to the litigatio, -. ''4'
out of the Interpretation ~ ~ gro7i.
struction contracts, there Il NJ. as q
ing in the Supreme Court IL nov Now sse.
Kings, Bronx and Queens cossss sW fal
proximately 140 actions hrogesas'.s 1;
cover sums aggregating sf.75s noo . i
ages for alleged loss Of Its,YVo Iate,s,, 9 "a
or physical damage TO bn;iS;. sapFs,
loss Of easements Of light @ Az !.
cess, alleged to be due 10 rama shd 4
construction. Pa tssts
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07

The following companies are still in
the hands of receivers;
New York Railways Company; Job
Z. Hedges, receiver.
Second Avenue Railway COMPANY.
Charles Fl. Chalmers, receiver.
Manhattan and Queens Traction Cor
poration; w. r. Begg and A. C. Hume.
receivers.
Company; Lindley NJ, Garrison, re-
Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company;
Lindley M. Garrison, receiver.
Nassau Electric Railroad Company,
Lindley M. Garrison, receiver.
Ccney Island and Brooklyn Railroad
Company; Lindley M. Garrison, re-
ceiver.
Brooklyn, Queens County and Sub
urban Railroad Company; Lindley NJ.
Garrison, receiver.
Richmond Light and Railroad Com
panny; John j. Kuhn, receiver.
These companies operate about 700
miles out of a total of 1900 miles oper-
ated in the greater city.
Many Have Suspended
AT the time the report was made, the
close of the year 1920, the following
lines had ceased operation chiefly be-
cause they could not pay expenses:
New York Railways company: Ave
nue. line, Madison Street line and
Spring and Delaney Street line.
Belt Line Railway Corporation: East
Belt Line.
-Crosstown Railway Company,
Inc: Twenty-eighth and Twenty ninth
Streets Line.
Pelham Park and City island Rail-
way Company: Pelham Park-City
Island Line.
Third Avenue Bridge Company:
Greensboro Bridge Line.
New York and North Shore Traction
Company: Whitestone and Little Neck
Lines.
Brooklyn and North River Railroad
Company: Brooklyn and North River
Line.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
Sophistication

In advertisement of J. G. White & Com
pany, the great investment bankers and engineers
appears statement worth reconsideration at this
time.
"The unsophisticated investor buys
popular investments at the time of their
greatest popularity - and highest price
1t remains for the sophisticated to buy
unpopular investments at the time of their
greatest unpopularity.
AS in other investments, the unsophsticated
advertiser spends most when the market place is
crowded.
The sophisticated advertiser spends most
when competition for hearing is at it's lowest
and when, by the same token, the buyer is most
critically attentive.
The sophisticated advertiser has an attractive
opportunity for investment in national advertis
ing this year.
Ad0erfising space the Buherck Publications !,
for sale through accredited advertiyin1 aaerc:ef
Butteric k-PmbHshers
The Deiineator The Designer
$3.50 Year 1900 a Yeayl
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
Traction Lines
Becoming junk.
Barrett Finds
Unless City Gives Relief,
Deterioration of Many
Will BE Total i'm Few
Months, Engineers Say
Lack Replacement Funds
Systems, Even il They Gould
Borrow Money, Cannot
Add Ii TO Capital

The engineers of the Public Service
Commission believe that a few more
months of inaction on the part of the
City of New York with reference to
the rehabilitation Of the local surface
traction lines will send many of them
to the junk pile.
When Commissioner Alfred NJ Bar
rett WIS asked about the growing
prospect of abandonment of the weaker
lines he said that his last report to
the Legislature covered the reporters
inquiry.
"The dilapidated condition Of the To-
cal traction lines is such at the present
time, owing to lack of funds to main
tain them, th.t the cost to put the
equipment in first-class condition will
very soon approximate the cost of buy
ing entire new equipment" said Com
missioner Barrett.
"Such conditions virtually exist now
on all the lines operating in Queens
County, as we'll as certain lines in
Richmond and other boroughs. Re-
placements cannot be financed as new
capital because they are properly
chargeable to deferred maintenance,
even though the companies should be
in position to raise the money.
Deterioration Causes Alarm
"The aspect at the present time on
account of deterioration lis alarming.
Unless the companies soon procure the
money to have the necessary upkeep
work done, there will be an increase in
tho number of accidents and further
decrease in service.
"The electrical engineer of the COM
mission estimates that the amount Of
deferred maintenance on the lines of
the principal operating companies, in
cluding rapid transit and surface lines,
is $10,945,o91. This is an increase Of
$i,134091 over last year.
"As wear and tear goes on this de-
layed maintenance is constantly ac
cumulating and will continue to ac-
cumulate, although the companies are
trying to keep their equipment in a
safe operating condition. Property
tained will naturally deteriorate more
quickly than that which has been given
adequate maintenance. Not only does
this involve a high operating cost, but
the question arises as to how much
longer the companies can continue to
operate without adequate mainten-
ance."
Mr.. Barrett submitted the following
table, saying it shows the deferred
maintenance in the aggregate for the
companies named, as of January J.,
1920. That was more than year ago
and the condition of the respective
lines without exception is much worse
than ii was thirteen months ago, ne
said. The estimates must be regarded
as approximate only:
New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
l0 i'm 3 Autos
Held Up, l Shot
BY 8 Bandits

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-03-01
ALLIES MEETT0
..PLANPENAL7IES
Allies Refuse Today to Hear
Why Germany C. a n not
Pays" Make Other Plans
(By United Press)

London, March 1.-The allied
leaders will meet at o'clock this
afternoon to consider penalties to be
INFLICTED upon Germany for refusal
TO meet the reparation demands, it
was officially announced today fol-
lowing the first session with the Ger
man delegates. After Foreign Min
lister Won SimSns had outlined in
formally Germany's counter propos-
ais, the allies refused to hear the
experts who were ready to testify
that the terms offered were all that
Germany could pay.
1t was announced that Won ST.
mons had ignored the allied demand
that called for a toX to be imposed
on German exports for the benefit OF
the allies, and that he offered a
maximum of 100000 pounds.
The German offer was normally
$7,29O,O00,OOO. The allies demand
SIS billions. 1t was announced that
the allies will meet the German
delegation again tomorrow.
Won Simons declared the propos-
ais made at the Paris conference in
January were contradictory, de-
handing that production speed ur
and at the same time sitting inter
national competition with an export
tax. These terms were not accept
able, he said. He urged that total
amount be named, declaring that the
German people are ready to meet q
definite demand.
After hearing Won Simons, Lloyd
George stated, Germany appears to
completely misunderstood the re-
alities of the situation. The allies
already have agreed that such pro-
posal is unacceptable
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-03-01
WANDERER AGAIN FACES
TRIAL ON MURDER CHARGE
Serving Sentence for Murder of
Wife-Is Now to Be Tried
for killing stranger"
(By United PresS)

Chicago, March 1.-Carl Wanderer,
ex-army lieutenant, serving 25-year
sentence in Joliet penetentiary for the
murder Of his wife, went on trial for
murder of the ragged stranger" here
today.
Wanderer is alleged to have hired
the stranger whose body, was never
positively identified, to hold up his
wife and himself. Both the stranger
and the wife were shot during the
alleged holdup by Wanderer, the
authorities claimed.
The state will base its case on the
alleged confession made by Wanderer
following his arrest. Wanderer re-
pudiated this confession at the trial,
which resulted in conviction for muir
der of his wife.
The prosecution will demand the
death penalty. Wanderer expresses
the belief that he will get off even
more easily in the second trial than
he did in the first.
The finding of two revolvers in
Wanderers apartment, both identi-
fed as belonging to him, led to his
arrest by the police. Wandcrer told
the authorities the stranger attempted
to hold him up in the vestibule of
the flat building. Wanderer shot the
stranger after the alleged holdup man
had killed Mrs. Wanderer, the pris-
oner claimed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-03-01
ANNUAL HUDSON BAY DOG.
DERBY IS OPENED TODAY
(By United Press)

The Pas, Manitoba, March 1.-The
annual Hudson Bay Dog Derby
supertest of men and dog teams
was on here today.
With 200 miles to go, the racers are
headed for the Film Flon mine, from.
where they will return to The Pas.
Walter Goyne, winner Of last years
race is the only entrant from the
United States and it is the first time
the United States has been represent
ed in the famous mush.
Tremendous interest was manifest
in the race. Hundreds were here to
witness the start. Sportsmen and gam
blers from every section Of the North
were here.
Alaskan and Canadian mushers
were all anxious to defeat Goyne,
who won last years race in a spec
tacular squirt and who will take the
big Hudson Bay cup to the United
States should he win it three times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-03-01
FEDERAL FARM LOAN ACT
HELD CONSTITUTIONAL

Washington, March 1.-The Fed
eral farm loan act was held constitu-
tional Monday by the supreme court.
This is the act under which land
banks were established to extend
loans to farmers. =.
The court, in sustaining Federal
court DEGREES Diminishing injunction
proceedings, also held that congress
had the authority to exempt the bonds
of the bank from taxation. 30
Millions Of dollars in loans to farm
ers have been held up pending deci-
sion of the court in this case, which
was brought by Charles w. Smith, a
stakeholder in the Kansas City Title
& Trust company, who sought an in
junction to restrain that institution
from investing its funds in bonds is
sued by the farm loan banks.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-03-01
ATHLETIC COMMISSION
PLACES BAN ON BOXING
Whether or Not Local Legion
Will Have Show March IL
Depends on Reply

Secretary William F. Sailor of the
otate athletic commission gives out
the information that the ban has been
placed upon the boxing shows sched-
uled by the American Legion posts at
Bemidji, Little Falls, Hibbing and
Virginia.
The commission takes the stand
that there is bill pending before the
legislature to make boxing legal in
the state and until this bill becomes a
law, the present law will be enforced.
Ralph Lycan, chairman Of the pro-
gram for the local Legion, wired Rob-
ert Seiberlich, chairman of the COM
mission, that the local club had al
ready expended considerable money
for the show March II, and, asked
permission to put on this show, in
order to avoid losses to the local post.
An early reply is expected.