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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01
CALL ROSSBOTTOM
TO MANAGE FLEET
Offer From United States
Lines Follows Breaking Up
of Mail Company.
TO HAVE TWELVE SHIPS
Committee Urges Release OF
Panama Steamship Official
to Take New Task.

Thomas H. Rossbottom. vice-president
and general manager of the Panama
Steamship Company and the Panama
Railroad Company. has been offered the
position OF general manager of the United
States Lines, IL was announced yester-
day at the office of the United states
Shipping Board. Mr.. Rossbottom will
accept IL the Secretary of War, under
whom the Government owned Panama
companies are operated, will agree 10
releasing him.
The decision to offer Mr.. Rossbottom
the position of manager of the new lines
which the Shipping Board hopes VIII
take the place of the virtually defunct
United States Mail Steamship Company.
was made at meeting OF the managing
operators committee yesterday morning.
This committee consists of w. Averill
Hartman, Kermit Roosevelt and A. v.
Moore of Moore g. Mccormick j. Bar
stow Smull, vice-president OF the Emerg-
ency Fleet Corporation. sat in at the
meeting as the representative of the
Shipping Board. The committee wired
to Albert u. Ilasker, chairman or the
Shipping Board, to exert his influence
with Secretary Weeks to secure the SER
vices Of Mr.. Rossbottom.
Mr. Rossbottom will start work as
the head OF a. fleet or eight SHIPS, the
George Washington. America. Princess
Matoika, Potomac, Centennial state
Hudson and Old North State, formerly
OF the United States Mail, and the COM
mittee authorized the completion of plans
for reconditioning four more, the Sus-
quehanna, Agamemnon, Mount Vernon
and President Grant.
A cable was sent to J. G. Spanler. rep
resentative of the Shipping Board az
Naples, to proceed to free the Poca.
hontas from libel proceedings instituted
by the Italian Government. Work ha:
already begun at as Broadway on quar-
tiers for the United States Lines.
The former officers of the United
States Mail Steamship Company yesIer
day issued a statement defending thu
management OF the company and criti
cising the action of the former ard pres
ent shipping boards.
| 1T cannot be too strongly stressed
| that had the United States Mail Steam
| ship Company received from the Ship
| ping Board the support 1t had ever,
! right to expect, it would have been abl
+! to meet in full! every obligation 1t hat
incurred and would be to-day q goin:
concern and a dominant force upon thu
I Atlantic" it was stated.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01

in New Jersey. In
Maine. in dozens Of
ID It unconstitutional
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01

Massachusetts,. In
other States. why
In New York"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01
Repairs ana Requirements.

A further important point determined
by the court was whether repairs that
might be called requirements should be
considered as expenses in the year in
which they were made. In the case
under review, new sections had been
added to the boiler and new flooring.
electric wiring. plumbing and awnings
had been installed. I'VE think all OF
these items were properly allowed by
the court below said the Appellate
Term. "as current repairs"
There are. Of course. Instances where
buildings are largely remodelled and
rebuilt where the Improvement should
BE- charged TO increase of capital, but
the items here for review are not Of
that character. nor is the court i'm
pressed with the argument that repairs
should be spread over period of years
and charged against future income.
THE evidence shows that at the pre-
sent time one can buy with reasonable
safety first mortgage coupon bonds that
are producing income at 5 to So per
cent The investor In real estate. IL
building is to be encouraged. should at
least get as much income from real
property. with all its attendant trouble.
as the investor in mortgages and fran
chiEeg
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01
STATE WAR BONUS
DECLARED INVALID
Confused from First Page.

not reason or a ground for it's enact
ment, He who occupied perfectly safe
although highly useful desk in a depart
ment stands on level. under this acts
provisions, with that other who comes
back TO us shattered in mind or body
because OF q more perilous service.
What we may say has no bearing upon
and rs no definition OF the power of the
State to provide for tho disabled, for
whose prompt and adequate care there
is an insistent and righteous demand.
1t is also that the number OF the
beneficiaries and the amount they will
receive is indefinite. 1t Is now assumed
that S45.000,000 will suffice 1t may be
SO. 1t may be equally true that far
larger sum viii be required to make the
payments designated. Nor is there any
assurance that other and greater debts
may not be Incurred IL second bonus
Is proposed. 1t may be said and ga i'd
truly. that $40 month will not COM
pensate our soldiers for their sacrifices.
Elsewhere the sum of SIS or more has
been allowed under somewhat similar
acts. Should New York, 1t has already
been asked. do less than others? We
see no limit 10 the indebtedness with
which the state may be burdened."
Test Action over PeekskiII MA.
The question over the validity Of
the Soldiers Bonus Bond issue was
raised by big banking interests when
Comptroller Wendell attempted to sell
the first installment of the bonus bonds.
To test the law friendly suit was
decided on and the State started action
against the Westchester National Bank
of Peekskill to force it to pay $4,000
for its share of the bonds for which 1t
bid. The lower courts upheld the con-
stitutionality of the law.
1T is to be regretted" said Comp
troller Wendell, that a law approved
by popular majority OF more than
100000 votes and enacted for such a
really meritorious purpose should have
to be declared unconstitutional by the
Court of Appeals.
Continued hostility by powerful in
fluences to my efforts to negotiate a
bond issue of s10,oo0oo0 to make early
bonus payments to veterans of the world
war reached climax when attempts
were made to have me withdraw the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01

stitution.
MY message to the boys is not to be
discouraged I will do all in my power
to prepare a constitutional amendment,
and do all in my power to have this
amendment approved by the Assembly
and the Senate. and submit it to the
people for their decision. Let me ask
the boys who were In servioe TO reserve
their criticism for what we all must
realized that we are governed by care
fully made laws, and the only American
way to succeed In this case is by consti-
tutional amendment and the approval
Of all the people"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01

cent upon market value. as you say
has been decided. will be fruitful OF
much litigation which otherwise could
be amioably adjusted"
Hitherto the method followed by the
Mayors committee Is substantially that
used in nine out Of ten Of the municipal
courts in landlord and tenant adiudica-
tons. Yesterdays Appellate Term rul-
ing, however, says:
I'VE think the sensible way to de-
termine these questions is:
'Fsrst-Determine the present fair
market value OF the premises This
may be done by Offering opinion evil
dence as 10 both fee and rental value,
or by introducing other competent: evil
dence.
"Second-Determine the gross rentals
demanded by the landlord.
'Third-Determn the allowable OPP
Grating expenses for the last year.
"Fourth-Deduct from the gross rem
tails the operating expenses and this will
give the net rental.
''Iflfth--If this net rental Goes not ex-
coed 10 per cent. of the present value
Of the property. then the rent demanded
is not unreasonable"
The reasonableness Of a rent charge"
the court wrote may vary under chang
ing financial conditions. Upon the
proof IN this record (the case at BARI.
showing the return upon other well rec
ognized and generally accepted forms OF
investment, we think that 10 per cent.
as q net return to an owner of real
property is not unreasonable, but such
a percentage might be excessive IL the
evidence showed a different situation
regarding other investments"
The decision was rendered in the case
of Morris Weiner. who. with thirty-four
fellow tenants in apartments at 2104-
211i Cation avenue, Flatbush, refused to
pay increases in rent on the ground
that the rent was unreasonable and
that the amount demanded by the land
lord. Esther Hirsch, was oppressive. The
opinion was written by Justice Kelby
and concurred in by his associates.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01
Justices Decisions Differ.

Questions OF law arise under the new
(rent) statutes said the court. which
many of the trial justices decide in
different ways. Some trial judges allow
income on actual money invested only,
some on the landlords equity, some say
that they never make allowances for
depreciation others that they never
allow legal expenses. Ordinary repairs
are spread by some over a period OF
years, while others add repairs to capt.
tai account.
1T is the appellants (the tenants)
contention that landlords are entitled to
a fair return only on the amount of
cash actually paid as part consideration
for the premises. This contention is
clearly unsound. The amount of cash
paid by an owner when purchasing can
not help to determine the amount he
should have as his net rental
IF this were so. an owner whose
property came to him by will or gift
would not be entitled to any return and
could charge as rent only enough 70 pay
the expenses. We think 1T matters not
in determining the reasonableness Of a
rent charge whether the property is
mortgaged. It's rental value IS in io
way affected thereby. Change of owner
ship should not affect the rental value.
Rental value is not a matter of individu-
ality.
The great weight of evidence is that
an annual charge OF per cent. per year
for depreciation on the value of the
brilding is fair The Federal and State
Governments allow such depreciation in
the calculation of income tax.
allowances should also be made for
vacancies and failure of rem. by reason
thereof when tina. is proven"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01

347 FIghth Avenue.
4 ESQ West 125th street.
BROOKLYN
1884 Fifth Avenue.
n 7O8 Broadway, near Thornton 81.
tf367 Broadway, cor. Gates Ave.
4 ais Fifth Ave-, cor. f1th -.
A 500 Manhattan Ave. t6feenpcnD
h q 4 carry complete lines oy w. l.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-01
ADJUSTMENTS.

AMERICAS FOREMOST THEATRES Al
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07

The Herald prints butter wraps.
INSURE WITH McCLAsKEY
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07
SIMPLE REMEDY FOR
AILING CARBURETOR
Troubles Are Many and Varied,
Some Common.
Little Water In Gasoline Will Cause
Disturbance Because 1t Is Heavy
and Settles at Bottom-Keep
Gas Strainers Clean.

"Carburetor troubles are many and
varied, but there are some which are
common, and, as a rule, the remedy is
simple in these cases" says William II.
Stewart jr., president Of the Stewart
Automobile school. "A little water in
the gasoline will cause lot of trouble
Water Is heavier than gasoline and
settles at the bottom. Therefore, when
the fuel is low in the tank, any water
is likely to be drawn into the car
buretor.
THE carburetor sometimes acts like
a man when imbibing too much liquid
refreshment. 1t has a tendency to be-
come i'll. This indicates that the float
valve mechanism is out of order. A
leaky float will cause the same trouble.
If the valve is to blame this may be
determined by looking at it's seat. If
the seat is rough ii should be carefully
ground in with oil and emery by ro-
tating the spindle on its seat. A bent
valve spindle will also cause flooding.
In this case remove the float, place the
NIllll'iC vi ~ BipAh VI "OOh f'hN
straghten the bent part with a few
light taps from a lead hammer.
SHOULD the engine balk suddenly
ans the ignition system be found to
be in good shape, the feed pipe is
probably choked. Open the drain valve
Of the carburetor and If the fuel does
not continue to emerge In a steady
stream after the float chamber is
emptied the trouble is in the pipe.
Unscrew the unions at each end of the
pipe line and run a wire through its
length. Also make sure that all the
gas strainers are clean, both at the
vacuum tank and carburetor.
"The set-screw on the butterfly valve
sometimes becomes loose. This trouble
is easily found, inasmuch as the engine
will fail to respond to the movement
of the throttle. The supply valve in
the feed pipe at the tank end should
fit snugly in its seat, otherwise 1t may
jar partly shut and cut off the flow OF
gasoline. leak in the intake pipe
will admit too much air In the cylin-
ders and result In a poor mixture,
which cannot be set by changing the
adjustments"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07
AUTOMOBILE
R5MF1INTSMCA

Women are engaged as garage keep
ers in England.
Ontario is the center Of the auto
mobile industry In Canada.
Spain, with a population Of 26,OOOr-
600, has only 10000 automobiles.
State governments throughout the
union operate 10000 motor vehicles.
Holland has 10000 automobiles, or
only one car to every 700 inhabitants
Practically all motor trucks in use
in England are equipped with solid
tires.
The total automobile production in
Holland does not exceed 200 cars
a year.
In Kansas and West Virginia, an OPP
orator Of a motor vehicle may be four
teen years old.
The legal speed limit for motor We
hlcles In Denmark Is 80 kilometers
(37 mlles) an hour.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07
STETH0SCOPE TO
LOCATE TROUBLE:
Simple and Convenient Contriv-
ance Can Be Put Together to
Find Knock of Engine.
OPERATION OF DEVICE EASY
Use of instrument Will Warn Car
Owner of Approaching Disturb
ances and Will Save Much
Money in Making Repairs.

A powerful steth0scope for locating
knocks in machinery can be made at
small expense. 1t consists of a cylin-
drical chamber about four inches in
diameter and four inches long, to one
end of which is attached a long rod
to touch the machine being tested.
Der tubes, one to each ear. The
cylindrical chamber may be made of
any convenient material. The rod
end of the chamber is made Of shin
steel .007 inch thick, and the end Of
the rod is attached to it with riyets.
Near the other end of the chamber is
a copper diaphragm-16-gauge mate
rial
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07
DON'T TRY TO BEAT
TRAIN AT CROSSING

Do you know that train traV-
cling at the rate Of fifty miles
an hour goes $50 feet in ten
seconds?
That It requires about 700 feet
to stop a train going at hfty
miles an hour after the brakes
are first applied?
That many trains, especially
electric trains, travel at the rate
of fifty miles an hour most OF
the time in unobstructed terri
tory and on open tracks?
That it doesn't pay to try TO
beat the trains at their own
game?
That 100 feet away from the
crossing is the best place from
which to watch a train pass
crossing?
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07

noise seems to come. The vibrations
pass from the motor through the rod
to the steel diaphragm, setting it IL
motion, and the vibrations are trans
ferred to the ear.
Saves Repair Bills.
With this device in your tool-kit you
can always be on the lookout for en-
CINE trouble. The stethoscope will
warn you that trouble is approaching,
and, If you heed, 1t will save you many
dollars that would otherwise be spent
In repairs.-Ernest Schwartz in Popu'
lar Science Monthly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07
EVENING CLASSES

Men and women of Pullman and
surrounding country, here is your
real opportunity Join our Civil
Service classes or business courses.
such as Bookkeeping, Typewriting.
Shorthand, 60 start here in Pullman
soon. Cheaper now than later.
Write for information to head
quarters, U. s. Civil Service School.
opohdhe, WASH, sp30oc2 /
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07

A love Story, strange any daring fiction, in which
men and women with human loves and passions, hui
man hopes and fears human impulses and emotions,
move amid scenes of regal pomp and royal spIendor
that eclpses In magnifcence and massive grandeur,
anything ever before given to the screen.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07

Come to Pullman and give your
chlidren a college education. can
sell YOU some well located houses if
you get here soon enough. ]. NJ.
Reid Pullman, Wash. aue5tf
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07
Operation Is Simple.

The operation of the device Is sim
pie. The tubes are placed in the ears,
and the point of the rod is rested on
that part of the engine from which the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-10-07

Go to Duthie's for Red, White &
blue hour jly1tf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-05
MINGO WITNESS SWEARS
SLEUTHS HAD SHORT GUNS
Woman Testtes TO Threat Made by
Fets TO "Get" Hatfield
Williamson. W. Va, Mureh J.--By

w HldH>Cn, w, va, MurFN J.--l liN
A. r. That Baldwin. F"lts detectives
carried short guns" at their sides
when they l"ft the hotel preparatory TO
leaving MdIrwun last May 10. nftrr
having "yict"d striking miners families
from stone Mountain Coal Go. houses,
was testified in Circuit Court here to-.
day.
Miss Elizabeth Burgraf, sister Of
one Of the seventeen defendants being
tried in connection With tn" death Of
Albert {. F"Il>. leader Of the cvirting
party. void III" iur! She saw tn" private
d"trrliVrS come into II hotel where sh"
Was cmplcyrd Inre in III" afternoon o(
lhr "yirrious. She testified they wrr"
carrying rifles. While taking down
their gum. Witness said. Nh" heard
Fc.l" ~uN 1" several uf his men that hr
Wa going To- get Chief 0f l'Olic" Sid
lla1n"ld. Mayor T"rt"rmnm and Blank
cuShip" before he LEFT town, "Hud
others if they interi"rrd.
When tn" drtrrtivcs left the hotel.
Miss lurgrHff said. they carried their
rifle, i4 packages, but had "Short guns
AT their sides
tIn cross examination, witness tCSti-
hod ,h" did NOT tell Hatfield, Tcstcrman
and Blamkrm>hip about what she told
n" jury Sh" had overheard hccaus" she
''rlid not have time, and "bccuuSr she
"didu'r think F"ltS would do it, -
Nlunkcuship was sheriff Of Mngo
county when the street fight occurred
during which FeIts. six members Of
his party, Mayor Tcstcrman and two
other residents Of Matcwan met death.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-05
Wrigley, in Cell,
Sleeps "Like q LOg''

Continued from Pare One
by bedtipc was sufficiently composed to
go to sleep readily and sleep well.
The magistrate will get no ''favors"
at Moyamcnsing, and will have to learn
to endure many minor hardships. One
of the hardest things he will have 10
give up is smoking. lie has INDUCED II
tondneSs for tobacco for years. and
on" Of his last acts as free man
was to throw away the big cigar which
he had smoked on his way to the prison
with his guards.
The men in Moyamensing have no
useful occupations to divert their minds
and make tn" time pass more rapidly.
Tho cells are poorer than in the East
ern FenitentiHry, and the couvcniencrs
and small comforts which make life more
bCarabIc for the prisoners are fewer.
The county prison has none of the
'cozy cells which make conditions al
most homclike for some Of the "Star
boardcrs' at the Eastern pententiSry.
! h" Magistrates daily breakfast wiz
DC bread and coffee, with some stewed
fruit added at this or another meal
For dinner each day he will have
stun, or stew composed of meat
and vegetables. AS great treat. on
Sundays he will enjoy slice of roast
beef. Supper is sketchy meal, with
tea the main portion. For the rest he
has a cot and bankers. The prison is
kept warm so he is not likely TO suffer
from the cold.
The magistrate. in common with
other prisoners. will be permitted to
receive visitors every day of the week
except Saturday, Sunday and holidays.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-05
NEW CABINET HEADS
SWORN IN At CAPITAL

Washington. March 5.-Whilc mcg-
bcrs of the new cabinet were being
sworn in today. President Harding was
giving consideration to the selection Of
the assistant secretaries and other of
ticialS to serve in those departments.
Several nominations were expected later
in the day.
Charles Evans Hughes. " New York
became secretary OF state at H:53 n. IN.
lie was sworn in al TN" state Depart
mcnt by Associate Justice Day, of the
Supreme Court.
The brief ceremony was performed
in the presence Of Buinbridgc Colby.
the retiring secretary l'nd"r- Secretary
Davis, Henry +. Fletcher. who proba
bly, will be named under secretary ;
other officials Of the department and n
few specially invited guests, including
Mrs. Hughes and her son, Charles +.
Jr
Mr.. Colhy's last official act was to
cOuntcrsign the warrant Of office of MIR.
Hughes. and the new ScrrCtary's first
official act was to count"rSign the com
missions of the other cabinet officers q
Secretary Hughes rcrcvod the con &.
gratulntiOnS Of Mr.. Colby and expressed
the hope that hc could call upon the
retiring secretary for his advice and
counsel. After tn" administration Of
the oath the incoming and retiring seq
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-05
HOSPITALS HERE BENEFIT
BY MARY E. ENGLISH WILL
Estate Worth 100000, with St.
Luke's and Hahnemann SharIno

Several Philadelphia IIosnitals are
b"nciicaricS under III" will of Mary f.
English, who lived nt tho Coronado.
Twenty second and Chestnut streets.
Sh" left an estate valued at 5000 900.
The will was among others filed for
probate with the register Of wills today
After d"vising stated amount to
brother and several niCccs, the English
will gives SlO,O0O outright To HalInc.
mann Medical College, and $4,000 TO ST
luke's Hospital. The sum Of 800 600
Is placed III trust, for use Of the medi-
cal college "whCn new buildings are
constructed and for cquipping the
physics and chemistry laboratories. :"
One hnf of the residuo is to be devoted
to maintenance Of the physics and
chemistry laboratories. and the remain
ing one half is devised to establish
scholarships at IIahn"naun and the
University of PENNSYLVANIA.
y number of organizations will benefit
under the will Of George W. Spcisc. Jr..
1862 Green street. He left an estate
worth $50 900.
After making requests to several rel
ntiv"s, the will ~ Mr.. Spiesr gives
S6OOU to the First Reformed Church,
Fifteenth and Locust streets. The resi-
due is placed in trust for the benefit of
w hlldUl II. W ll'N, AIlpr me death OF
this beneficiary. tho accumulated resi-. &.
due goes to Bethany Orphans Home
at W omclSd0rf, Pa, ; St. Christopher' =
Hospital. Masonic Home. Homo for
lncurah,"s; Rush Hospital; Mercantile
Relief Assorintion and tic First Re
formed Church.
An estate Of $3.50 600 is Divided no
tween the widow and five children Of
IL" latc NJ. i, Hewlett who lived at
23OS North BroHd street Other wills
filed are: Catherine II. Sunlding JoI
West Chcltcn avcnnr, ST. 600; Francis
W. Rouse, .Ir,, 5lOO Chestnut street,
SG550; Christine Pfciffcr. 43l4 North
Broad street Sl7,OO0; William NJ.
Morrison, Ill3 Ridge avenue, Sl3. 900,
and J., Humphreys, Haze avenue near
Forty ninth street, 5000
Inventories were also filed in those
estates: bernard Woods. &7G22 .03
George W. Preston. Sl1 .lIO. -: Eliza
beth T. Wright. Sal ,2.nI.3S: Amanda
+. Dirhr S9Iii%3; S"trug u Setigiun.
$7liS7G, and Anna u. Kochnrspcrgcr
STl .3OT 81. Letters Of administration
were granted in the estate Of Anna D.
=, Doris, The estate is valued at
about S@7 900
II. LOprr Baird, former APPRAISER Of
| tn" port, left an estate valued ut $40. =
2Sl. His wife. Elizabeth Baird, whose
death occurred ten hours after that of
her husband, left personal property
worth SIS, S,G4l,