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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14
City Officials
Must Explain
Jobs for Ring
Lockwood Committee Is Dis
pleased at Orders TO
Code of Practice Firms
10 Work ON Schools
Feared Suits, Is Excuse
Contracts for Plumbing to
Cost $500, 724 Renewed,
De spite Cancellations

Members of the Board Of Education,
Mayor Hylan and other city officials
are to be summoned before the Lock-
wood committee at the City Hall next
week to explain why orders for $780,
i24 worth Of plumbing in new school
buildings were given to members of
the John T. Hettrick "code Of prac-
tlce" combinas ion in spite Of the can
ed to these plumbers.
Recently those responsible for
school construction instructed the
plumbers to go ahead with the work,
the explanation being that further
delay was interfering with the school
building program. The Board of Edu-
cation, however, did not act without
legal advice. 1t was informed by the
Corporation Counsel's office that if
the city called for new bids, it might
have to defend itself against suit in
the case of each cancelled job. The
| contractors accordingly were told to
resume the work on condition that
they deduct ] per cent from the origi-
nal price. The per cent represented
the amount paid by the contractors to
Hettrlck as his fees in managing the
combine.
1t was learned yesterday that the
, Lockwood committee is highly dis
pleased with the new arrangement.
The committee holds that it's disclos-
ures of building material combina-
lions and of price-fxing would be of
no avail if contractors were permitted
to continue work. The influence of
Hettrick, in spite of the fact that he
is serving an indeterminate sentence
at Blackwell's Island, would continue
to be felt in the building industry, the
committee asserts.
One purpose in calling the Mayor
will be to determine whether he gave
|. any instructions to the Corporation
Counsel in advising the Board of Edu-
cation to permit the old contractors to
do the work. The Lockwood committee,
it was learned yesterday, is of the
opinion that new bids should have been
asked for, because, it is contended, the
old bids not only were collusive but
were based on the peak of prices for
building materials. Since they were
made, it is said, prices have dropped
more than one-third.
The committee will resume its hear
ings next Wednesday. 1t had not been
decided yesterday on what day the in
vestigation of the school plumbing
would be taken up, but it was SAID that
this phase would be completed during
the week.
Board Of Education officials indicated
yesterday that they will place respon-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14
$50, 900 Fund Voted
For Swami to Go On
With City Inquiry
La Guardia Opposes Grant,
but Mayor Approves IL,
Saying He'd BE Thought
Afraid if He Fought 1T

The Board of Estimate yesterdsy
granted the application of District AT
torney Edward Swasnn Tor S2o,09o for
the Whitman special investigation. In
stead of authorizing, special lreyenue
bonds for the amount the board, on the
motion of Deputy Comptrolleg Henry
Smith, made a tran sfer from the
budget appropriations for New York
County to the contingent fund of the
District Attorneys Office. Major +. H
La Guardia, President of the, Board of
Aldermen, voted against the appropria-
! ton
The Aldermanic President declared
be objected to the District Attorney
receiving any money, no lmatter where
it CAME from.
"The office of the Dist1 sct Attorney
of New York County is the biggest
prosecutors Office in the world and
think they can find men in the Office
TO do the work." said la Guardia,
"This is going to become contagious,
and we will have the other offices in
the different counties applying for she
same thing"
Mayor Hylan explained to the Alder
manic President that at the meeting of
the Finance and Budget Committee
last Monday Judge Swami promised
not to request any more money for the
purpose.
"This money is for the purpose of
investigating my departments" said
the Mayor, land I think we ought to
help it OUT. ] understand they raided
the Commissioner of Accounts Office
yesterday and l suppose oil the depart
Nents will be raided in the future. /
don't want to vote against appropriate
ing money to continue the investiga-
tion of my departments or else I'd be
accused of being afraid"
The board conculued in the resolu-
ton of the Board of Aldermen author
izing the appropriation Of 100000 in
special revenue bonds to pay the neces-
sary expenses in connection with the
investigation by the Corporation Coun-
sci of telephone rates in the city. The
resolution was passed without discus
sion.
On the report of the Committee on
Finance and Budget the board passed
resolution making available $15,0O0,-
| 600 for the purchase of school sites
and the erection of school buildings
by the Board of Education The money
will be in serial bonds and is part of
the S52,000,00O school construction pro-
/ gram. .s l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

CATION Of Legislative power Ii consti,
tutionally valid. Manifestly that evil
VIII be magnified by the creation OF
extra-legal bodies to prescribe rules Of
conduct, for that substitutes personal
government. government by discretion
Tor government of law
Change in Drug Control Approved
The Governor also signed the Lord
bill, which abolishes the state com
mission for narcotic drug control Ind
transfers the functions of that depart
ment to the State Health Departm ant
The measure, which is part Of Cover
nor Miller's program for economy and
retrenchment, will result in saving
of more than S250,000 to the people of
the state.
At the same time the Governor
vetoed the three other bills dealing
with the drug control problem, which
were passed by the Legislature in or
der to give him an opportunity to de-
eide for himself the course to be
adopted in routing the drug evil.
The proposal approved by the Gov
ernor effects no changes in tho Whit
ney act, under which the drug control
department. was created, with the ex-
ception that the health department and
not the drug control commission, is
given jurisdiction over it's enforce
ment.
In his comment on the four measures
Governor Miller, said that because of
tho difference in opinion as to the
proper method of treatment, he deter
mined to sign the one he did because
IL conformed to the Federal statute.
The Governor also signed the Lusk
bill compelling the City of New York
to fulfill its promise to the subway con-
tractors who completed the work in
1917 ard 1918 on the word of the Hy-
Ian administration that additional costs
of construction, due to wage increases
would be met by the city if the con-
tractors finished the work
Another measure made law to-day
was the Buell. bill, giving disabled vet
Grams preference in appointment and
promotion in the civil service, and pref
erence over non-veterans equally quail
fled.
The Governor, who has until tom or
row midnight to act on the numerous
bills still before him, departed for New
York City tonight with batch of
measures on which he will take action
within the next twelve hours. Included
in the lot are the motion picture CEN
sorship bill, the fremen's two-platoon
measure and the measure creating q
new Boxing Commission.
The Governor will remain in New
York City only day, and then will go
to Atlantic City to play golf for two
WeekS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14
Miller Signs
Ban ON Union
Price Fixing.
Act Inspired by Agreement
of Photo-Engravers and
Employers Also Reaches
Building Trade Combines
Drug ControILaw Altered
Governor Must Pass ON Film
Censorship and Firemen's
Platoon Bills by Tonight
from a STAFF Correspondent

ALBANY, May 13.--Governor Miller
to-day signed the Meyer-Martin bill
amending the Donnelly ANTITRUST law
to provide for criminal prosecution OF
monopolistic combinations such as
that which exists between the Photo
Engravers Union and their employ
ers, under the terms of which the
prices for the product are dictated by
the workers.
The proponents of the bill charac-
teri2ed the agreement entered into
by the Photo Engravers Union and the
master photo-engravers as an attempt
to soyietize industry. The rev law
will also authorize the prosecution of
certain monopolies in the building
trades which escaped the Lockwood
committee because of the loophole in
the statutes.
In approving the bill Governor
Miller said:
s'The existing law prohibits mo-
nopoly in the manufacture, produc-
tion or sale in this state of any ar
ticle or commodity of common use.
This act extends the prohibition to
any article or product used in the
conduct of trade, commerce or manu-
facture.'
Governor Analyses Court Ruling
at was held by the Court of General
Sessions in New York that photo-engrav-
ings were not articles or commodities
Of common use within the meaning of
the existing law and that combination
between the photo-engravers and their
employers fixing the price at which
photo-engravings should be sold was
not unlawful.
at appears to me that that is pre-
c;c &c Ia
ought to be prohibited, unless we are
prepared to do away entirely with our
anti-mo nopoly laws.
at is claimed that photo-engravinT
is sui generis, and that ruinous cut
throat competition is the only alterna-
tive TO combination in that business,
but business men have learned gener-
ally that it pays to pursue a policy of
'live and let live without resorting to
unlawful combinations to create
monopolies, and I see no reason why
men engaged in the business of photo
engraving should not have feared that
lesson, particularly in view Of their ex-
periences as described to me.
at is suggested that l appoint a
voluntary commission to investigate.
and assurance is given that any abuses
disclosed by such an investigation will
be remedied. But, though it has ,e-
come trite to say that this is a gov
eminent of laws" the statement will
bear repeating.
Zone of the great evils of the pres
emit day, in my judgment, is the ten
dency TO create boards and commits
sions with the power to prescribe rules
having the force Of law either because
Of the moral compulsion back of such
rules, or because the standard is suf-
ficiently prescribed so that the dele
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14
Stefansson Plans Expedition
To Center of Ice-Bound Area

PASADENA, Calf, May 13.--An-
other expedition into the Arctic re-
gions in two or three years is planned
by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the ex-
plorer, he announced here to-day at
the residence of Ernest de Koven LET
fingwell, also an explorer, where he is
a guest.
Despite the discovery Of the North
Pole, Stefansson said, there remains
much room for exploration in the Arc
tic.
"The center Of the ice-bound regions
of the North never has been reached
by man." he said, "The North Pole
region is four hundred and fifty miles
from the edge Of the icy area, while
the center is eight hundred miles from
the edge. We are centering our i'm
terest on getting to the center and
finding out what is. there. / have no
theories. 1t may be land or ice"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14
B. S. Hert Heads Dentists
DIR. Arthur l.. Swift, of New
York, on Executive Council

The following officers were elected yes
terday at the annual meeting of the
Dental Society of the State of New
York at the Hotel Commodore: Presi-
dent, B. S. Hert, OF Rochester; vice
president, Albert w. Twigger, of Ossin-
ing; secretary, A. p. Burkhart, of Au-
burn; treasurer, G. H. Butler, of SYRIA
cuse.
These new members of the executive
council were chosen: list District, Ar
thur L. Swift, of New York; I'd Dis
trict, R. ottolengui, of Brooklyn; 9th
District, A. w. Trigger, of Ossining;
7th District, G. G. Burns, of Rochester.
All were elected for four years. DR..
George Evans, of New York, and DR..
A. M. Wright, of Troy, were elected
dental examiners for the 1st and Sd
districts, respectively.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

sibility for their action squarely on
the necessity for having the work done
quickly and on the advice of the Cor
poration Counsel that to do otherwise
would be inviting score of suits.
Dissolution OF a combine of pipe and
plumbing material iobbers was an
nounced yesterday as a result of the
Lockwood investigation. Frank s. Han
ley, secretary of the Greater New York
Association of Heating and Plumbing
Contractors, informed the committee,
through Samuel Untermyer, its coun-
sci, that the members, OFT a meeting
held at 26l Broadway, had decided to
dissolve. The announcement was in
keeping with promise made by Han
ley as witness before the committee
that he would recommend such action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

and refused to give them admission co
the files and records in this department..
'a,rhey took letters, reports and trans
crints OF testimony taken In investiga-
tons conducted BY me. They also
took personal letters and invitations |
received TO tiinners and various recep-
tons I regret that theae functions
are all passed and the tickets and in-
vitations will be of no use to them.
"The late unlamsnted and forgotten
Afmiral extraordinary grand jury has
raided this office before. Many Of the
records seized under subpoena ducas
teeum att that time have as yet not
been retu rncvl. These records evidently
must have stood the acid test, as that
extraordinary body did not find any
thing to take action upon. This latest
inquisitorials body will not meet with
betfer St1cce go.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14
Court Justifies Detectives
For Drug Raid Killing

Detectives Arthur locker and Patrick
Kirley, who killed one man and
wounded another in fight with alleged
drug smugglers at % Willow Place,
Brooklyn, were discharged yesterday
when arraigned n Adams Street police
court, Brooklyn. The District Attor-
ney's Office reported to the court that
the detectives shot in self-defense.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

ally he was unusually impressive. W.
have seen no better shyfoek. "sl
Only two faults seemed evidsr. ).
us. To blacken modern sweetness 70
OF Shylock was wholly adnirabls p poL
we could not understand whv i sus
also necessary to play him with va, mas
2 dirty face. 1t also appeared = oss &
that Mr.. Hampton overplayed I,.' = az. us
exit. The Portia of Mary Hail a #,'ss
and the rest of the east IL aS"nnss ss
with Hannah Clark again anness rsss
TO advantage as Gratiano. S'tihs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

q. .. Price, thestrical manager and w.,
motion expert for long line Of STARS fro,,'
John Mccullough TO George Arilss WIN
manage the tour OF THE Merry Wiacrs,,ss
for Colonel Henry w. Savage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

Gerald Bacon announces dev,w,.x
revision in prices from SO TO Sc 50 so, 80
best seats for Princess Yirtue' al -
Central Theater. tAe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

Another pilgrim to Paris is esorx.a
Plateau, who Will select plays for the ~
Mask Theater, which will be inaugura..s
next season with short plays OF the CrsoS
GuignoI type.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

Morris GeFC sails to-day on the oIyr,,o
for London. Paris and Berlin. IN Londa,.
he Will arrange for the appearances OF M
Fokines at Covert Garden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

James Gleason will appear IN TIE ,s.1
ing comedy role of John Hunter Rna,s.S
play, Like King" which Adolph Kfs,
Der will produce In the fall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

Mars Klaw leaves to-day en- The csa...
terests Of Marc Riaw, Inc. "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

Gil6a Grey has been engaged for g..
shots OF 1921" the revue which tho al
wynS will present at the Seiwyn The11ssais
May 30, with cast that includes 81
Bayes, De Wolf Hopper and Lew Field
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

Charles Dillingham; has accepted t. rss,
American comedy by William lie Barr,
entitled THE Scarlet Man" II will he
produced out Of town next month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14
v~,sur - -
The Stage Door

Leila Frost 10 to play the insenus r.,. -
Herndon is producing. 9,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

Mixed Marriage" will fsrrains,. 49,.
present engagement at the Fragee Thee
next Saturday night Auselsr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14
Declares Nothing Hidden

There is nothing in this Office that
any investigating body cannot see and
examine. ] have conducted this Office
Tor the best interests of the city with
out regard to persons or politics, and
while / knew that Senator Meyer and
Mr.. Wallstein had no right to come in
and act in hjgh-handed manner, as
they did, refrainmed from placing OBJ
stacIes in their way, and thus did not
give them an opportunity to go out and
say that / refused to be investigated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-14

90TM CT Theatre. mr. B'way Eygs. $50
% W S1s Mats. To-day and Wed. $780,
ARTHUR THE GHOST, A
B YR O NIBET w ZEN comedy comedy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15
Thinks Won't Miss
Wife Gone IS Years

she has abandoned him for %
years. so Frank A. MowreyE
wants a divorce.
after IS years." he says. Il
have finally ceased 20 love her"
The complaint was flied Fri.
day. Mowroy alleges that In
1855. two years after the mar.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15

rlage of himself and Minnie
Mowrcy. he went to North pa
kota and established homo.
lie wrote for Minnie. she re-
fused to come. In 1887 he came
towashington, and has not heard
from his wife since
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15
Girls Choose Jail
as Truancy Penalty

NEW YORK. July 1.-Two girls
and a boy, all 10. sentenced by Mag.
iatrate Cobb TO pay fines OF 50 each
or spend ono day In the Tombs for
truanoy, all chose 10 so 10 Jail. They
were Mary DaddAro, Susie Quinn
and Michael Gandeo. The court
told Freida Mcnchai TO wash her
face clean % paint and powder and
Improve her beauty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15
Smallest Park Is
Only 8 Feet Square

vtsALiA. Cal. July ih.-viaalia
boasts the smallest municipal park
In the state. II measures eight foe,
square and contains ono large oak
tree. symbolic OF the city OF oaks"
for which visalia was famed at one
time. Tho park stands In the center
OF tho city's main thoroughfare and
L. under the personal care OF the
mayors wife.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15
5000 Trample Grass
but 1t Doesn't Mind

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE great
memorial scrvice held IN Washington
square IN honor Of the dead of the
9Th Coast Defense Command. Was az.
tended by remarkable. phenom
enon. six thousand men and WON.
en- were maascd in the park. tramp.
Ing over the grass. Yet when the
park.keeper and his men arrived
next morning 10 restore the lawn
they found not blade uprootcd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15

Sun spots were first discovered In
1910.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15

GREEN BAY. wis. July 1.-THE
two fish catching geese In Matches.
Miss. have nothing on Green Bay
doy. according 10 those who have
seen an English bull pup belonging
to Jerome villcsse. bay shore fish.
erman. In action. The dog swirns
about In shallow water and grabs
the fish Ia his mouth. then -heeds
for shore an ddcposits the fish at the
feet OF his master.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15
Kansas Man Has the
Oldest Book in II. S.

JAMsaTowN. KIM, July 10. r.
John sweuuon, living north Of here,
claims the distinction Of having the
oldest book In the county The
book Ia religious work published
In the Danish language which his
father bought NJ rummage sale IN
Denmark more Than so years ago,
The book was published IN Copsn'
hagen aud bears the date OF septem'
Der 20. 1889. making II more than
ga years old.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15

FRANK =. BERRY. resident OF
Seattle from the time OF the big fire
until two years ago. died recently nj
North Arson. Me-, according TO word
received here
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15

BECAUSE. SHE ALLEGES, he
pulled the wrong tooth. Mrs. Flor.
enoe. y. Ayers flied suit Thursday
against pr. Aubrey L. Martin. Seat.
tie dentist for $500,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15
Poilu Soldier Saves
His German Ex-Foe

OPLADEN. Germany, July b.
While swimming. a former German
soldier was caught In the current
and was about 10 drown. Andre Del
clos soldier OF the French army Of
occupation. ioapcd into the river and
rescued his former enemy. The
mayor presented Decios with $40
purse. The soldier refused II. order.
ing that II be given 10 the poor.
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY BE-.
gins five-dsy convention Saturday.
Sun spots were first discovered In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15

Queen Mary of England person.
ally examines the household ac.
counts OF her royal RESIDENCES.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-15

Chinese porcelain was produced as
early as 200 A. u.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-08-27
NAPOLEON,

ID
The spellingSof the name of Napo-
leon, whose centenary has been cele-
brated so enthusiastically throughout
France has often been a subject of
discussion in that country. It appears
that the members of his family who
reached high positions did not mind
whether Buonaparte was spelled with
or without the u. His baptism, which
took place on July 81, It'll, two years
after his birth at Ajaccio, Corsica,
was registered by the priest in Italian
without the u, though the head of the
family wrote the name as Buonaparte.
In his marriage contract with Jose
phine Napoleon signed it Napolione
Buonaparte. On becoming First Con-
sui he suppressed the of the family
name and changed the of the preno-
men into and from that time for
ward wrote his name invariably as
Napoleon Bonaparte. He was one of
a family consisting of five boys and
three girls, all of whom were born
French citizens, for their birth. was
subsequent to the reunion of Corsica,
with France.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-08-27
SOUNDS PLAUSIBLE AT LEAST.

1t is true that men do not get fiat
terry at home," and that therefore
they, or some of them, seek it else
where, with consequences disastrous
to themselves and others. The state
ment is made by one who speaks, per
haps, with something less than high
est authority about homes, but still
with considerable experience of their
unsuccessful maintenance, and there
fore her dictum or apothegm cannot
be dismissed as unworthy of, examiha
ton.
And it is a matter of rather com.
mon knowledge that in good many
homes it is not fiattery that men get
but what, with reason, are called
"home truths" especially about them.
selves, their abilities, their habits and
their manners. Such truths ought to
be edifying and reformative, but they
are rarely enjoyable, and their
administration, if too frequent and
too emphatic, probably does account
for an occasional search elsewhere for
something different.
But, also to common knowledge.
some men, sometimes, are flattered at
home-hear assorted greatnesses and
virtues ascribed to them there and no.
where else.