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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07

light and water are three public
| services that are performed with
! hardly any contact between the Of
/ ficials and the people. You turn
n switch and get light, turn a faucet
and You get water. Your bill is
mailed to you. The service must be
good. or you won't be satisfied.
yet there is little IL any, cotact.
In the street railways we Will have n
direct contact with the people 400
million times n year. We must give
service and we must be courteous,
and we must be efficient, and eco
nomical. Every citizen is stock
holder. lie has something at stake.
Is 1t conceivable that such n con-
tact would permit political wasters
or plunderers to work?
II say 1t is not. Yet. even IL It
were, | am confident that there
wouldn't be half as much rottenness
in public political management as
there has been in the private.
why! Those fellows (the Detroit
United Railways) have buffaloed
not only the citizens, but their own
stockholders. DO you think we could
get away with that kind of Of a game
on our stoCkholdes? Not on your
life! Municipal ownership Is bound
to be n success. Anything that is
founded on public service will sue
ceed. our other utilities-light and
water-have been great Successes.
There is no reason to believe the
street railways should not succeed,
too"
The mayor quit talking municipal
ownership To pay his respects to po-
litical machines--"the gang" he
called them. lie Is a republican in
state and national politics.
when anyone runs "A mayor or
dictates to him. II Is dangerous" he
said "To be successful, a man in
office must cut all strings. / had to /.
do 1t, even with some of my best /
personal friends. l guess they got /.
pretty sore. but I couldn't help it. |
Once, I'm the car fight, / had street /
railway commission of my best |
friends. They wanted to do one thing !
and threatened to quit il | didn't do |
it.
II had either to sacrifice the
friends or the people. You know
what | did.
"No Room for Partisanship."
There is no room in a city for
Party lines should be
iN'SlbHSlillAlN Sibulu
be fixed on one man. Big boards
neither are responsive nor RESPONSE
bic. BY every measurement, you
Will find that nonpartisan govern
ment is right for cities"
In connection with his statements.
It is significant that he was aided
in his quest of the end of Detroits
rainbow by n new city charter and
n new state constitutional nom
partisan government. Mayors had
come and gone-just passed on
between Pingree and Couzens. In
all those years Detroit had the Old
boss system OF government, Never
until 1t changed its system, and got
couzens. was Detroit able to achieve
It's goal.
There was one other important
factor in the S0-year fight, besides
wha started II, and Couzens.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07
Habit Was Too Strong.

The revival of "Pinafore" IN Lon
don recalls a good old story. Once
Plnafore' became n favorite in
London, after its initial failure
cVerybory began saying, What.
never--Well, hardly ever"
one morning stern London
editor called his staff together and
delivered the following grafton:
NOW, listen; ] never want that
damned expression used in this pa
per again. In yesterdays issue IL
occurred by actual count 20 times
in as many articles" Thereupon
a staff voice from nowhere in par
lcular piped up: what, never?"
The editor surrendered. "Well.
hardly ever" he replied, and left
the room.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07
Floods May Wipe Out
Grain Gamblers Crop

NlSALlA, Cal. - According TO
United states weather bureau Off
cials the famous grain belt on the
BED of the Tulare lake, now practi-
cally dry Is threatened with inun-
dation this season from the snow
waters Of the Kern river, in which
event fortunes made last season by
these grain gamblers" who plant
on the very bed of the dry lake and
trust TO weather condition 100 per
cent perfect for their own needs will
be wiped out.
inc grain men have been
warned that the Kern river water
shed may be expected to furnish
more water this season than can be
used for irrigation purposes and.
the surplus will find its
way into Tulare lake for the first
time in a number of years.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07

who FINISHED It, That was the De-
troit News. a powerful newspaper in
Michigan. Even since Pingree ii
had hammered away for municipal
ownership, creating a public senti-
ment that only the old system had
been able to keep down.
The old system has passed on in
Detroit The old machine is a wreck.
In its place is rising n new one. Cou-
zens doesn's like to have It referred
to as machine"
Damn that word" he said. ITS
vicious"
So he calls 1t an Organization of
service"
81 never asked anyone employed
by the city to vote for me, and |
wouldn't let anyone else ask it," he
said. IF new organization Is to be
punt up. 1t is not going to be n vote
getting thing, at least while I'm here
It's going to give public service"
. And he sounds convincing.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07
For Thin Waists
and Sleeveless Gowns
(Toilet Tips)

NIVTTtI ITUsI
safe, certain method for Kidding
the skin of ugly, hairy growths is as
tollows: Mix a paste with some
powdered delatone and water, apply
TO hairy surface about 2 minutes.
then rub off, wash the skin and tho
hairs are gone. This is entirely
harmless and seldom requires re-
peating, but to avoid disappointment
1t is advisable TO see that you get
genuine delatone. Mix fresh as
wanted.-Advertise
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07

came back to the tootllghts."
Wallace's first prominent part
was in the Montgomery and Stone
production OF "The Wizard OF on"
Theatergoers in New York do not
realize that Wallace is legless when
he steps on the stage. BY means of
artificial limbs he is able to disguise
his disability. In some character
parts, however, he fits admirably
through lack OF his legs.
The most recent triumph of wal
lace was his part in "Bava," at the
Earl Corroll theatcr. For his char
actcrlzation of "Knoff" one Of the
most difficult roles in the play, wal
lace was highly praised by critics.
Il shall never leave the stage"
says the legless actor. only through
my determination 10 overcome my
handicap will | be able TO continue
successfully. but when one desires TO
be successful handicaps can be cas-
ily enough overcome"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07

Miss Hart charges that he gave
Miss BRADY the monkey on the trip
and that she was able TO trace tho
pair because the presence of the
monkey with them made them con-
spicuouH. She says they registered
at tho hotel az Hr and Mrs. *.
Brady.
III II hadn't been for the monkey
hc might have gotten away with his
monkey business" says Flo, "and
now ! intend 10 have Nlkko in court
80 that my witnesses can identify
him ana them"
Harlan denies the charges OF his
wife aud Nikko.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07

gy Brady Fullios beauty. was an
alder nnd abcttor OF the misconduct.
Now here's where Nikko takes his
cue.
'fca" says Nikko. through the
medium of his mistress, Il accom-.
panied Flo and. Harlan 10 Atlantic
city on their honeymoon.
Ihcn last Decoration Day, Flo al
log"s, Harlan told her he was going
to Atlantic city TO act.
lie acted all right charges Niles
Hart. but not for the movies. It
was n little love scene of his own
with Peggy Brady And It was In n
hOIol and rnl ON Tho shnto-n
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07
Charles W4oay Wallace. mix.

NEW YORK--There are but fow
handicaps in life that cannot be
overcome. Witness the case Of
Charles Wrny Wallace, America S
only legless actor.
Way back in 1885. before Broad
way became Illuminated with shining
stars Of the theatrical armament,
this remarkable man felt tho call of
the footlights. II was in pursuit Of
his profession that he lost his lover
limbs. The loss was sustained in a
wreck fifteen years ago.
"Dreary days in "A hospital fol-
lowed Wallace says. Il refused.
however, to give up the idea of sue
cceding In my chosen line. For
time the handicap was a severe
blow to me. with the money set
tied on me for the loss of my legs
l bought "A farm. Life among the
COWS and chickens failed to bring
contentment, however. And so /
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07

and circumcision, two Old Tcsia-
mcnt ordinances, and he substitutcd
baptism and the bord's supper, aud
that would he against God. the Jews
and the old Testament.
-. lie ignored the temple, ana
said You could worship God else
where. and that | thought was
hercsy
"6. Ills doctrines were so con-
genial, and he made the way to
heaven 80 easy, | thought ho was n
dangerous one. He had more fol-
lowers In three years than Abraham
had all his lifc I never saw such
a crowd aA attended his trial. |
think there were several hundred
thousand people there"
Then Cuiaphns describes tho life
and habits OF Jesus.
lie says Jesus taught that you
could not conquer Rome by force,
but must do 1t by levy.
Il thought | must condemn him to
save the nation.
"A few days after no was crucl-
fled, n report was circulated that no
had risen from the dead.
Il called the soldiers and guards
before me. ana they said all that
you have heard ~ true. lie really
has risen from the dead.
called John and Peter, ana they
told me tho same story.
shut myself up In my room to
study the bible.
Jesus appeared. My breath
stopped. My blood ran cold. My
face burned,
II then and there determined that
l could be tho high priest no longer
ana thot ! would request that ono
jonathan be appointed In my
place"
And history tells us that he dld
resign, and that Jonathan was ap-
po inted In his place.
In my next article | Will give YOU
tllate's report to Caesar. and other
intensely Interesting reports.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07

NEW YORK "ilonkcv buslncss'
and q monkey promise To- play an
important part IN tho divorce suit
OF Flo Hart former follloa dancer,
against her husband, Kenneth Har-
Ian, movie actor.
In fact, FLO is depending on her
slmitn pct Nlkko. 10 win her free
dom from Harlan. True, phc has
other witnesses. but most Of these
depend on Nikko for their tostl-
mony.
Flo charges that Harlan was
guilty OF conduct unbccomlng dut-
lful husband on n trip 10 Atlantic
city. she further alleges TINT pcg-
New-York tribune., 1922-04-17
Loft Space liz Demand
GD Town and Down Town

Carstein G. Linnekin, Inc. leased at
443 Fourth Avenue, floor to H. A.
Jones & Co., Inc; at II West Thirty
ninth Street, floor to Louis Meyers;
Thomas Hat Co., Inc. Mayer Chic Co.,
Arthur Landauer & Co.. Inc, and the
store and basement to B. Paul; at rs
Spring Street, a floor to Perfect Fin
ishing Co., Inc, and A. Ludwig e. Co.;
at 465 Broome Street, floor to United
Sporting Goods Co.: at 1873 East Six
teenth Street, the store and basement
space to Elmer G. Amend; at 229
Starkey, Inc; at 221 Fourth Avenue,
and space to W. H. Duval &, Co.; at
"a East Twenty-frst Street, space to
Chas. Rabinowitz; at BAT Fifth Ave-
nue., space to Powis, Brown & Co.; at
096 Broadway, space to Biaggi & Co.,
and Friedman, Blau Farber Co.; at
456 Fourth Avenue, space to Julius
Shevell; Steiner & Jacobs, Inc, and
Robert Kennedy; at 215 Fourth Ave-
nue., loft to Parker, Wilder g. Co.;
at 873 Broadway a loft to Schmickl-
Bryon, Inc, and at II West Houston
Street, the store, basement and sub
basement to Krauss G. Co.
Henry Shapiro &, Co., leased to Nor
ris d. S. Zekaria, and Michael Hahn
the store at East Twenty third
Street at an aggregate rental Of
100000.
j. B. English leased the store at
the northeast corner of Forty-ninth
Street and Seventh Avenue to Samuel
Rainess.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-17
Six Flats, Housing 121
Brooklyn Families, Sold
Tenements in Pearl and John.
son Streets Purchased
by Operators

Meister Builders, Inc. purchased
from Realty Associates the fve-story
apartment houses at 319 to 337 Pearl
Street. accommo odating 100 families;
also the tive-story brick building at
60-68 Johnson Street, accommo dating
twentyone families, with three stores.
The property occupies plot 260x105,
and was held at 1925 900. A. Strauss
was the broker.
Friday & Lehman sold 1873 Howard
Avenue, two-family dwelling, and
516 Grant Avenue. two-family dwell
ing, for Joseph Schemitz.
Clcrmont Avenue, a three-story dwell
ing, for John S. Crosson to Naomi
Charles.
Wheelock Company sold to william E. E.
Smith vacant plot 10Ox1OO fronting
on Mill Street, 200 feet east of Hicks
Street. The buyer will improve this
site with a bakery.
Ross 1& Agar sold the two family
house 1917 Rogers Avenue for Dr..
Gesell to a Mr. Neary. They also
sold nine lots on East Thirty third
Street near Avenue J for Dr. Reisch
to builder, who will improve the
site with oncfamily houses.
The Melville Realty Company sold
for Mrs. Bridget McCue a plot, 60x1OO,
on the north side of Seventy second
Street near Fourteenth Avenue to
Andrew c. Jepson for improvement.
j. Lacov sold for j. HASTE to
Eisenstat & Feinberg plot, 4ox1oo.
on the west side of East Twenty-third
Street, 2S0 feet south Of Avenue J.,
which will be improved with a one
family dwelling
New-York tribune., 1922-04-17
Gov. Miller 10 Address
Fifth Avenue Association
Will Speak Or Transit Situa-
ton at Luncheon To Be
Held on Wednesday,

The Fifth Avenue Association an
nounces that Governor Nathan /. Mil
Ter will speak at It's luncheon to be
held at the Waldorf Astoria on
Wednesday next Mt t2:15 D. m. Gov
ernor Miller will talk on "The Transit
Situation in New York City" besides
other topics Of interest to the city
Robert Gricr Cooke, recently re
elected president of the association for
the fifteenth time, will preside
John II. Townc, secretary Of the
Yale & Townc Manufacturing Com
pany, chairman of The board Of di-
rectors of the association, who was re-
Gently elected TO the Office for the
fourth term, viii speak on the work
OF the association, its relative i'm
portancc to the city, state and nation.
Among those who have accepted in
Vitations to be present arc William A.
Prcndergast, Public Service Commits
sioner; Leroy T. Harkness. Transit
Commissioner; W. Ward Smith. secre-
;ary 30 the Governor; Major William
6. Coogan, military secretary to the
Governor; Cornelius \. Bliss jr, VII
liam Leary, secretary Port Of New
York Authority; Adolph Lewisohn,
Bishop William I. Manning, S. Stan
wood Menken, Henry Morgenthau,
Frank A. Munsey, William c. RedGcld,
Henry r. Towne. Mgr. Joseph p.
Dineen, j. Fl. Williams, president
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce; J.
Clifford r. Foster, managing director
Broadway Association; Major George
II. Putnam, Charles T. Reid secretary
Bronx Board of Trade; Robert Moses,
secretary New YORK State Association;
George D. Darlington, John T. Oakley
and Harry Gilligan.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-17
Board to Guard
Against Fraud i'm
Veterans Relief
Plans for Distribution of
ST., 100000 by State To
Be Completed at Meeting
of Commission TODAY
From @ stan Cotrespondent

ALBANY, April 16.-Adjutant Cen
eral j. Leslie Kincaid has called q
meeting OF the Soldier Relief Commits
sion, of which he is chairman, for to-
morrow to prepare for the distribution
Of $1,000,000 for the relief of sick and
unemployed veterans Of the state.
Inasmuch as the state has decided
upon a decentrslized plan of distribu-
ton, with special deputies empowered
to give direct relief. to-morrow's meet
ing mainly will be to adopt safeguards
against fraudulent claims.
Deputies will be bonded. They will
serve without pay, but will be COM
pensated for expenses incurred in their
work. Each one will be empowered to
appoint one or more physicians to as.
sist IN examining claimants for relief
There will be q deputy commissioner
for each Assembly district.
Special safeguards will be set up to
prevent "quack doctors" attesting TO
false claims, and only the certificates
of physicians appointed by the deputy
commissioners will be accepted.
In distributing the fund, Adjutant
General Kincaid explained, the COM
mission will seek to eliminate red tape
so applicants can be given relief with
the least delay.
The decentralized distribution sys-
tenn was decided upon for this purpose,
but in adopting it tho commission
realized, he said, that it might open
the way for unscrupulous preying on
the state to the disadvantage of gem
uine claimants.
''If we find anybody getting money
fraudulently we will prosecute him to
the limit" said Adjutant General Kin
caid.
An advisory council to assist the
commission has been appointed by Ad-
jutant General Kincaid. The members
are Colonel William Hayward, M or
Charles G. Blakeslee, Colonel William
J. Donovan, Major Joseph T. Bondy,
the Rev. Francis P. Duffy, Bishop Her
bert Shipman, General George G. Win
gate, William F. Deegan, state COM
mander of the American Legion; James
F. Herman, commander of the state
Veterans Of Foreign
Wars; Colonel Cornelius w. Wicker
sham, Major Richard Derby, Captain
Francis w. Gilbert, Captain Edward
N. Scheiberling and Captain Richard
J. Ryan.
Physicians appointed by the deputy
commissioners will be paid fee for
each examination.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-17
Bids for Hoboken Lots
10 Be Opened Next Month

Bids on the vacant property owned
by the government in the meadow sec
tion of Hoboken will be received by
Captain c. d. O'Neal, vice president Of
the Hoboken Shore Railroad, War
Department subsidiary, at his Office in
Hoboken up to May 8, when sealed
proposals will be opened and the prop
crty disposed of to the highest bidder
The government acquired $40 city lots
when it purchased the stock Of the Ho-
ooken manufacturers Railroad to op-
crate that road for war purposes in
1917. The War Department still re
talns control Of the railroad, which will
probably be disposed of to the Port Of
New York Authority. The property is
located on the western boundary Of the
city, adjoining the tracks of the West
Shore and Erie railroads.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-17
Buyer of Pelham Tract
To Erect Three DweIlinn ns

Prince e. Ripley sold for the Farm
ers' Loan and Trust Company parcel
Of land on Siwanoy Place, together
with the adjoining property facing on
Pelhamdale Avenue, Pelham, to Rex D.
Read. MIR. Read expects to erect three
houses on the property, one of which
ne Will retain for his own occupancy
The property was held at $4,000.
The Mccain Agency, Inc, sold the
Laidlaw property in Beechmont Park,
New Rochelle, consisting of one and
three-quarter acres, with a fifteen
room Colonial residence, with four
baths and garage, to Thomas B. Hill,
president of j. H. & C. X. Eagle, Inc,
of this city.
Thomas s. Burke sold for John Nell
son the two and one-half story stucco
dwelling at 26 Lincoln Terrace, Yon-
kers, to John Elmendorf.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-17
Record Year
In History of
Construction
Activity Indicates 1922 Will
Surpas S All Previous
Marks in Building; Big
Common Brick Demand

observations of the immediate fu-
ture OF the building construction in
dustry as reviewed in the current "Dow
Service Daily Building Reports" in.
dicate the dcsrablity of course OF
general preparedness by building ma.
tcrial purchasers and distributors in
New York and vicinity in particular
and along the Atlantic seaboard in gen
eral.
There is getting under way 4 volume
o. hullding construction that already
seems certain to pass that OF any year
IN building construction annals. In
building construction contracts March
OF this year is almost 100000 900 ahead
of any similar month since 1912. The
exhibit for industrial construction
shows March, 1922, $16,OO0,OOO, against
March, 1921, S15,000000; street and
road obstruction in March, 1922 $40,
100000, against March, 1921, $25,OOO,-
600, and miscellaneous contracts March
1922, $4,000 900, as against $4,000 00C
for March, 1921, according to authcnic
computations.
The reflection of this stupendous
volume or building and general CON
structon work is shown in the i'm
mediate movement of basic building
materials.
There continues to be vigorous
drain upon the common brick supply
throughout all sections OF the East
In Connecticut there are many plants
that have been completely sold out
of brick. One Long Island brick
plant has its recently enlarged plant
sold up to July and is contemplating
charging it to still greater proper
tions. Hackensack plants, in New
i rnnnrtnG m ho oolI
in the Raritan districts brick is NOV
ing out to this and New Jersey mar
kets as fast as it is produced
Brick coming in from the upper
Hudson districts are being taken UP
rs fast as it comes in. BY Wednesday
morning forty-two barges had arrived
and by Thursday morning thirty-nne
barges had been sold, with the re-
mainder under option. The Hudson
River district still has fair quantity
of brick in reserve for ordinary de-
mand.
Ordinarily it would be possible to
start manufacturing early, but the coal
strike is putting fuel and coal dust at
a price higher than brick manufacture
ers ever have had to pay for it, and it
is becoming harder to get. 1t is quite
unlikely that new brick will come into
this market much earlier than usual on
this account, and for that reason there
is evidence of increasing uneasiness
regarding the interim supply for big
Jobs. Incidentally it is causing a great
demand for secondhand brick.
Lumber production, which touched
normal for the first time In years a
week ago, has passed it by 100000
feet. Normal is indicated at 100000
600 board feet cut per week. The ship
ments are listed at 90,00O,000 feet and
production is trailing along at about
80 600 ono fnat
New-York tribune., 1922-04-17
Real Estate News
Building Congress Will
Elect Officers This Week
Reports of Activities Will BE
Read; Want Apprentices
in Trade

me annual meeting of the New York
building Congress will be held in the
United Engineering Societies. Building,
% West Thirty-ninth Street, Tuesday
afternoon, at 3:45 O'Clock. At the
meeting the officers for the coming
year will be elected and reports from
the various standing committees will be
submitted for the approval of the mem
bers. These reports will show in de-
tail exactly what has been done toward
the coordination Of the construction
industry and the establishment Of an
industry conscience in place of the
craft conscience which heretofore had
existed.
Theoambitious program for the deve-
opment OF real apprenticeship sys-
tenn IN the various skilled trades afil-
ated With the building industry is un-
doubtedly the most significant and i'm
portant of the efforts of the congress
during its first wear.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-17

sion and use of the property during
Federal control were: Operating
revenues, S25,474,213; operating ex-
penses, SIT 7,56S,694; operating income,
prior to taxes, $7,905,51o.
These comparisons" said T.. F.
horee, president of the company, "show
that the Increase in gross revenues has
been more than absorbed by increases
IN operating expenses, due to advances
IN the price of materials, changes in
working conditions and increases in
wages, so that while considerably more
money has passed through the accounts
OF your railway, in the net result it's
actual earnings have been less than
upon the lower gross receipts of the
prc-war period
Freight receipts of the company in
WI exceeded those of the previous
year by S422 ,304, or los per cent. al
tnough the total freight movement de
cllned 24,90 per cent from 4.265, ,STA
ton-mlles in the earlier TO 3,203,75 .3O5
IN the later year Compared with the
revenues of the test period, freight re-
ceipts increased STAT per cent and
freight movement declined somewhat
less than | per cent. The decrease in
freight movement was wholly attrbut-
able to the prevailing industrial de-
presslon, and was most marked in re-
spect Of bituminous coal, iron ore and
Its products, clay, gravel, sandstone,
pul p-wood, lumber and general manu-
lacturos and merchandise.
The balance sheet disclosed that the
company closed the year with current
assets of $31 ,736,317, a decrease of So
433,o29 compared with December 81
1920. The largest decrease was IN
traffic and car service balances receiva-
Bile, the reduction in this item amount
ing to $1,l42,321. There was an in
crease in current liabilities Of S372,-
2S3 to $34.355,372