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New-York tribune., 1921-06-08
43 Fire Risk
Firms Pledge
Quick Reform,
Continued from pauo one,

sociations in their refusal to recognize
fire prevention devices, and the credits
or allowances to be given therefor
when the devices have been approved
by the Bureau of Standards nj Wash.
ington.
(This. will remove from the cx-
change, Mr.. Untermycr said, the power
to deal unjustly with any new devices
for which credit allowance is claimed. J
C.-The right shall be accorded to
any mutual fire insurance company IL
censed to do business in the state to
become member of any rating associ-
alton operating in the state. The stock
companies shall have the same priyi-
lege of rating associations in mutual
companies.
D.-Thc rating associations will
amend their regulations permitting
their members to reinsure in any com.
pany licensed to do business in the
state irrespective of their association
affiliations.
Cunb on Excessive Rates
E--All licensed fire insurance brok-
ers are to be~allowed to do business
with any licensed fire insurance com
pany in the state, irrespective OF
their association affiliations, whether q
mutual or stock rating association
and that the state superintendent be
empowered to supervise the work Of
brokers with view to prohibiting any
excessive rates,
Three other rules which Mr.. Inter
mycr said the insurance men would not
agree to, and which they would oppose
when they came before the Legislature
are:
Investment of ire insurance com
panies shall be limited in the same
manner as are those of life insurance
companies, provided that the fire in
surance companies shall have i've years
in which to dispose of stocks and Sc
curities. that come within the opposed
restrictions.
Mr.. Untermyer here added that 1t
was the purpose of the committee to
put into the record the present invest
ments of some of these companies as
soon as the figures can be analyzed.
2. The companies shall be required
to invest g certain percentage of their
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08

total assets, about 40 per cent, on
bonds secured by mortgages on uIien-
numbered real property having an
equity over the appraised value equal
to ut least one-half the amount Of such
mortgage.
3. Companies to be prohibited from
appropriating any part of the income
derived from investments Of uneaTned
premiums for the benefit Of their
stockholders rather than applying it to
reduce the size of premiums. This
would work to bring down fire ipsur-
ance rates..
Among the committee of fire inslir-
arce men who have been negotiating
with Mr.. Untermyer on the proposed
reforms we're Henry Evans, chairman
of the directorate of the Continental,
Fidelity Phoenix and other firms: Fred
G. Buswell, of the Home; Edward Mil
ligan, of the Phoenix of Hartford
Sheldon Catiin, of the Insurance Com
pany of North America; c. f. Shall
cross, of the North British and Mer-
camille; c. E. Shaefcr, Of the West
chester; Charles G. Smith, of the
Great American, and ). j. Hoey, vice
president of the Continental.
1t was understood that these men
were not official spokesman of the New
York Fire Insurance Exchange, but that
all of the companies they represented
belonged to that organization.
Mr. Dryden began his testimony with
the details of"how the Prudential, of
which he is the president and of which
his father was founder, grew from q
$4,000 company in 1875 to mutual
+, lied company'i in 1916, with capital of
S2,000,000. At that time $fS,0o0,0oo of
undivided profits, he said, was distrib-
uted among the stockholders. The COM
pany, at the last statement, had assets
of more than S680,000,00O, with about
100000 policyholders.
Mr.. Unite rmyer disclosed in the
course of the examination that, despite
the reorganization of the company
from stock to a mutual company,
there had been only one change in the
directorate except through death.
Turning to the five loans in aues-
tion made by the company, and the
conditions said to have been exacted
from borrowers, Mr. Untermyer went
over each loan, 1t having been testified
that the borrowers were required to
take parcels of property q s part of the
loans. Mr. Dryden denied that the
conditions were imposed by the COM
pany, but said that the transaction was
proposed by the borrowers A little
by-play was staged by Edward d. Duff
field, vice president and associate coun-
sci for the company.
Mr.. Untermyer concluded the exam
ination of Mr.. Dryden with the oues-
tion:
"Do I correctly understand you. Mr..
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08

for Governor for tho 1892 campaign
Will be launched at meeting of $50
upstate Democratic leaders here
Thursday,
So far no other candidate has been
mentioned for the Governorship. Some
Of the leaders have not come out fatty
for Smith, but neither are they oppos-
ing him. They merely point to the
vote in the last election and ask
whether he could wipe out the 10000
plurality given Governor Miller. These
the nominee, will be with him.
His friends, in answer TO this. say
that although the Republican Legisla-
trre passed several laws, such as the
daylight saving repeal. to please the
upstate rural districts and probably
succeeded, yet in so doing they alicnated
many votes from city dwellers by this
same legislation and other measures.
Among the other measures they class
the public utilities measure, which
nullitied existing rate agreements and
brought about higher car fares in some
of the cities; repeal of the direct
primary law, enforcement of prohibit
ton, water power bill, motion picture
censorship and several more.
This legislation, Smiths hackers say,
will wipe out Miller's advantage in the
strictly rural communities by piling up
for the former Governor hundreds of
former Miller votes in such. cities as
Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Bingham
ton, Wetcrtown, Utica and other places
They also suggest that Smith was
beaten by only about 10000 in the
state. while the head of the Republi-
can ticket carried the state by more
than million.
Candidates for the United States
Senatorship also are to be discussed
as Senator William M. Calder's term
will expire in 1923. SO far three can
didates have been thrust into Che field
They are William Church Osborn,
James w. Gerard and Franklin d.
Roosevelt. All will have representa-
tives at the conference, and Mr. Roose-
velt may come himself at the urgent
request of the committee calling the
meeting.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08
of
School System
Laid to Hylan
Continued from page sue)

(Contiaued from page sne)
absorbed into the normal schedule
every year until the problem was
solved, has been thrown into the scrap
heap.
No adequate building program as a
substitute for the Mitchell plan has
been instituted, although the conges-
ton IS being augmented by an addition
oil 10000 pupils to the roster each wear.
The number of part-time pupils has
increased from 212,0o0 in 1919, a year
after Hylan took Office, to 259,247 to-
Gay, with the prospect that the num-
ger VIII be 100000 By next fall. In ad-
sditlon the lack of room has made it
necessary to provide what is known as
the double session, or two classes in
one room. for 175,o0o pupils.
Over sized classes have seriously
handicapped the pupils progress.
Normally thirty or thirty-five pupil,
constitute class which teacher can
handle properly, but at present at least
100000 pupils attend classes consisting
OF forty-five members, and more than
100000 attend classes in which fifty
or more pupils are taught. About 10000
children, crowded into rooms where
four pupils occupy one seat, attend
classes of fifty-fve or more members.
and III rooms where the congestion and
bad air is such as to make efforts at
teaching Intellectual.
Finally, the Board of Education build
ing program by which the Mayor sew
eral years ago promised to solve the
whole school problem has been per-
mitted to fall into neglect. Practical
ly none of the 100000 which was
to have provided forty-eight permanent
buildings or additions, twenty-four
portable buildings for summer use,
seven new high schools or additions
one teachers training school, one voca-
tional school, parental school at
Flushing, improvement of sixteen play
grounds and altogether room for $4,000
more seats in classes, has been made
available for school purposes.
Attention will be called to the fact
that the Mayor made specific promises
that school congestion, particularly in
the East Side, in Harlem and on Wash.
ington Heights, would be relieved
whereas the condition Of the schools
in these overerowded sections is worse
than ever.
1t is in these districts that the com.
mittees which have been at wo.k or
the survey have found buildings de-
clared to be unfit for habitation Some
of the structures, because of their un-
healthful surroundings and insanitary
Railways and Easements, are described
as "the worst school houses in the
United StateSo
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08
Uneasy Before
kaber Killing.
Girl Admits
tcontInucd from page one)
and she was calmer when arraigned il

and she was calmer when arraigned in
court.
Kaber repeated over and over again
Miss McArdle said. that a man In ~
car. had come into the room and
stabbed him, and he thought it was
Mrs. Kaber's brother, Charles Brickel.
Brothers Alibi Accepted
Her uncle, Miss McArdle said. was
notified at once and hurried to the
house. He proved to have been elae-
where at the time of the stabbinp. and
before he died Kaber said he was mis-
taken. Brckels alibi was accented bv
the coroner.
Miss McArdle said that her mother
was not well treated by Kaber, but
that she believed it was the fault Of
kaber's relatives. She mentioned
Moses kaber, the dead mans father.
and Louis Reuben, brother-in-l in
thls connection. The girl has strong
an ahfection for her mother and for
Thomas McArdle, her father, who sent
her to Smith College.
AT one point in her examination ves-
terday Miss McArdle broke down COM
pleteiy and begged the police not to
ask any more questions about her
mother. In the Tombs, after the court
proceedings. she said that she had no
lawyer in New York and that she did
not want to talk any more about the
case. Miss McArdle Is below medium
height and attractive in appearance
and manner.
:, Miss McArdle did not 60 back to
Smith College after the murder. She
TOOK up the study Of dramatic express
sion and in February of this year
joined at Louisville, KY, James Hodges's
musical comedy company, playing
repertoire through Michigan.
Yesterday Mrs. Kaber. the central
figure, refused to make any comment
on the charge of murder or on the
court proceedings. When she made a
statement, she said, it would be made
in Cleveland and would be extraordi-
nary and complete vindication of
herself. She was formerly Catholic.
The Kabers are Jews.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08
City Concert Season Opens;
I8 Entertainments Scheduled

The city summer concert season was
opened at noon yesterday by the Gold
man concert band at the City Hall
Corporation Counsel John P. O'Brien
delivered an address. Eighteen addi-
ticnal free concerts will be given by
the band in various parks on Tuesday
and Thursday evenings under the au-
srices of Columbia University.
Mayor Hylan was the guest of honor
at luncheon given by City Chamber
lain Philip Berolzheimer, chairman of
the Mayors peoples concert commit
tee, at the Waldorf-Astoria after the
City Hall concert. The cover of the
menu card was an engraved description
OF the Mayors activities on behalf OF
the poor of the city.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08
Jersey Tunnel
Breach Healed;
Start Job July l
Commissions Reach Agree
n,ent ON Details of Plaza
and Street Widening: Will
Offer Bonds ON Tuesday
Erie RR. 10 Share Expense
West Entrance Plaza To Be
3 Widened From 100 1T. to
100 Fit. : Outlet 20 100 TT.

The New York and New Jersey yehic-
ulsr tunnel commissions yesterday in
;oint meeting at the Hall of Records
reached an agreement on plaza plans
and street widening in Jersey City for
.be twin tubes now under construction,
md the advertising for the sale of So
ooo.0oo of bonds by the New Jersey
commission will begin next Tuesday,
II is planned TO break ground for the
tubes on the Jersey City side on July /.
There had been 4 deadlock over the
spportionment of cost Of proposed
street widening in Jersey City to pro-
vide necessary plazas for the entrance
and exit of the tubes there. The New
York Commission took the stand that
under the law it was not authorized to
sanction an additional expenditure of
81 900 900 for widening. The New Jer-
sev Commission inslsted that adequate
ntazas be provided before bids were
advertised for and that New York
share in the cost,
Sanctioned by Erie Railroad
Inc GIIG hdiitOdQ IidSSo anu PAOP-
critics arc directly adjacent TO the new
tunnel plazas Any compromise effected
between the two commissions had also
10 be sanctioned by the Erie wherever
the company's interests we're con-
cerned At the meeting yesterday E. W.
Blooningdale and State Engineer
Frank NJ. Williams, representing the
Erie committee of the New York Com
. 9,ission, and Theodore Boettger and
lohn r. Boyle, the Erie committee for
the New Jersey Commission, turned in
Joint report which was Immediately
approved by the two commissions.
For the entrance plaza on the Jersey
CITY side Twelfth Street is to be wild
cned to a width of 100 feet from Pro
,ost Street to Grove Street at the ex-
pense of the commissions, and the
same street from Grove Street to Jer-
sey Avenue to g width of 100 feet al
the expense of the Erie.
The outlet plaza, Fourteenth Street
IS 10 be widened to 100 feet between
Provost and Henderson, and Henderso or
Street is to be made 100 feet wide be-
tween Fourteenth and Twelfth streets
cae cost TO be borne by the commits
5ions. BY using Henderson Street as
part of the plaza the westbound traffic
street, with ample space to accommo-
cate it,
Cost Limited to 30,000,OOO
State Engineer Williams said thai
the New York commission had adhered
70 its policy OF avoiding extra expense
- the State of New York for the ere.
4tion of pla2as. This was in accord
snce with the original plans of Chic
Engineer Clifford NJ. Holland, who ha:
ct a mark (S3o,00o.0O0) for the tota
cost OF The tunnels, which he says viii
not be exceeded. Mr.. Williams sale
mt the extra cost of street widening
uader the compromise plan would be
borne by the Erie company.
7. Albeus Adams, chairman of tht
New Jersey commission, said that tn,
jerseymen had won their main conten
Ion. which was that adequate plaz;
SPACE for the handling of traffic hat
been provided for in the compromis
plan.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08
Jersey Threatens War
On New York Autoists

TRENTON, N. j., June T. Every
New Yorker motoring in New Jersey
will be arrested and compelled to OBJ.
tain a license in this state unless
New York state authorities disavow the
action of Magistrate Hotoling, of Tux
edo Park, N. Y, in fining New Jersey
motorist for not having New York
automobile license. This announce
ment was made to-day by State Motor
Vehicle Commissioned Dill.
Friction between the two states de-
yeloped over the fining of Eugene
Bogert, of Paterson, by Magistrate
Hotoling. Bogert, who is seventeen.
possesses a license issued by Commits
sioner Dill.
Dill complained to the New York au-
thorities, but they upheld the magis-
tratc
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08
Cooperative Building
Called City's Remedy
Community Councils Commit
tee Says Something Besides
Investigation Is Needed

Cooperative buying of building mate
rials. and construction Of homes by
communities were urged at the month
ly meeting of the City Parliament OF
Community Councils held last night in
the chamber of the Board Of Aldermen
The parliament's committee on hous-
ing, Of which c.. G. Bauer is chairman
pointed out that if the city's housing
shortage is to be relieved something
more must be done than investiga-
tions.' The committee recommended ID
that all the local community councils
be asked to join in cooperative build
ing movement. -
The recommendations were sup.
ported in addresses by Agnes D. War
basse, director of the Cooperative
League of America; Frederick Lee
Alderman, an architect; Charles Har.
ris Whitaker, editor of The Journal OF
the American Institute of Architects
Arthur u. Pope and Robert A. Pope
president of the Cooperative Housing
and Garden City Association.
The committee in its recommenda
tions said:
eve have examined all the measures
which, through legislative enactment
have been intended to cause the pro
duction of more housing facilities, bu
have come to the conclusion that some
thing of more permanent nature mus
be done if the shortage of houses, st
menacing to the moral and physica
health of the community, is to be re
lieved. We believe that the solution o.
the housing problem lies not in the di
rection of seeking help from withou
but rather from within, through self
help collectively applied.n
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08
Packers Move to Cut Wages

CHICAGO. June IA petition ask
ing reduction of wages of nearly
100000 employees in the meat packing
industries was filed to-day with Judge
Alschuler, of the United States Dis.
trict Court, by the allied packing in
terests. Judge Alschuler is the official
arbitrator agreed upon by employers
and employees under a continuation OF
wartime agreement.
The petition asked that the wages
OF hour workers be reduced s cents
an hour and that the same proportion
ate reduction also be applied to piece
workers rates.
The petition cited as reasons the
changed working conditions, the unem-
ployment situation and the fact that
the packers are not earning profit. II
was expected tnat hearing would be
held the latter part of the week.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08
Chicago Unions " eed
Out accused Leaders
Special Dispatch TO The Trsbnae

SPECIAL Dispatch TO The Tr,bnme
CHICAGO, June 7.---William
Brims, president of the Carpen-
ters' District Council, who is un-
der Indictment for graft in the
building investigation, has been
repudiated by his union and
Harry Jensen, long an opponent
of Brins and his methods, was
elected in his place. This is the
first of the unions to take the adj
vice of the Daley Commission
and "clean house"
The effect upon all other unions
was startling and there are indi-
cations that number of grating
labor czars WIN lose their crowns.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08
Sidney Hillman to Testify
From The Tribume's Washinotom Buroda

From TIE Tr1bune's Washington Burodu
WASHINGTON, June president
Hillman, of the Amalgamated Clothing
Association, and other officials of that
body, with headquarters in New York,
will be here Thursday to testify before
the Senate Committee on Education and
Labor with reference to the proposed
investigation of the clothing industry
and the garment workers strike.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08

Dryden, that these New York builders
and owners were so anxious 70 get
Newark and Hoboken property that
they took the loans in order 10 be able
to buy the property
81 canDot draw any more conclu-
sious that you can replied Mr.. Dry
den.
The hearing will be continued this
morning.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08

The cost of our
Safekceping Service
averages 2b of the
income collected or
disbursed. Thus,
the fee for safekcep-
ing $4,000 worth
of securities, assum-
ing the income to
average $50, would
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08

be but $50 a year
approximately the
cost of your tele-
phone service. /
Send today forouf
booklet e Tie Sats-
keeping Aeeount,' % or
stop in at our near-
est Office and talk
with a trust officer,
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08

We will take your securities,
deposit them in our vaults, collect
the income, crediting it to your
bank account or renting to you;
advise you when bonds are called
for redemption and collect the
principal.
We will prepare your owner
ship certificates and help you make
up your income tax returns.
We will notify you of anything
that may affect your interests-as
plans for rcorganizations, stock
subscription rights and advanta-
geous bond conversion privileges.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-08

When you go away
this summer
You can relieve yourself of all
the details of property man
agement and devote your va
cation to complete rest and
recreation through Summer
Safekeeping account with The
Equitable. And the cost is
triiing.
, 1921-12-31
Publication.

1t is hereby mace known that the Horse,
HCarriage aad Boat Tax for the first
: half year 1929 will be received by the
Director OF Police in Christiansted and
Frederiksted from the 10th January 1922
to the 10Th February 1922. both DAYS
included, after Inch the list of arrears
will be t ansmitted to the same authority
for further measures.
each debtor Of tax will be subject to a
fine of Frcs. LOO if the tax be under
Frcs. PSI and 7rcs. 200 if the tax be
Frcs. 25.00 OF above, beside the ordinary
levy expenses. :
Government 0 the Virgin Islands of
the United State Of America, St. Croix,
December %, 1921,
C. E. RAPPOLEE,
De8putchjng Secretary
, 1921-12-31

FROM H POLICE. .

LII owners Of dogs are enioined with
y in tie ending Of January month to
procure from the Police Office (for
Kingshill District from Kingshill Police
Station) he signs for dogs prescribed by
the Police Regulations, which according
to same must always be worm by the
dog, and for which Francs 1000 must be
paid for The DOGS in town and Francs 200
for those in the country.
After said time dogs met not wearing
the sign FOR 1922 will be caught and
brought to the Police Office Kingshill
Police Station) and detained for 3 times
"a hours, when it viii he killed, unless
tbe owner appears to claim the dog. paws
a fine of Francs 1900, and eventually
procure the required sign.
Christiansted's Police Office, St, Croix.
the 29th Dec. 1921.
F. COULTER,
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-11-19

Dental scientists have at last
evolved a guage by which dentists
can measure you for set of false
teeth. We have the above picture
of the guage in use, by special ar
ranperent with Popular Science
Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-11-19
Many Farmers Wives Prefer to
Dress Geese Before Marketing
Them to Obtain the Feathers.


wings reach the tail, they are ready
for market, If they have been heavily
fed, and should weigh between eight
and ten pounds. Most young geese
from general farms are sold when they
are from five to eight months old.
When young goslings are to be
dressed for market, they are first
stuck in the roof Of the mouth with a
long-bladed knife and then stunned
by hitting them a sharp, quick blow
on the head. For dry picking the
picker uses box in front Of him
about the height Of the knees, holding
the bird with the left hand and clasp
ing the feet and wings together; he
places the head Of the bird against the
box and holds it In place with the
knee. Pick the feathers from the body
Of the bird, then dampen the right
hand and brush the body to remove
the down. Leave about two inches
OF feathers on the neck, and also leave
feathers on the wings at the first
Joint. Lay the wings against the body
Of the birds and tie string around
to hold in position. Place the birds.
when picked, in cold water for an
hour or so to plump them; If they are
in the water too long they are liable
to bleach and become water-soaked.
They are then iced up in barrels ready
to ship to market.