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TO FR|SK
CITIZENS HIPS FOR
NEW YEAR FLASKS
Hylan Issues Drastic Order
to Enright to Make
Holiday Dry. .

If New York doesn't encounter the
driest New Years Eve 1t has ever
known. 1t will not be- the fault of
Mayor Hylan, the police and the Fed
eral Prohibition forces. Because all
these have combined, after various
and sundry conferences, to make the
freedom of violators of the liquor law
a perilous thing.
Mayor Hylan and Commissioner
Enright have prepared a plan for en-
forcement which has been given TO
Chief Inspector Lahey and by him
Transmitted to-day in a conference
with his subordinate Inspectors which
will permit the police to search citi-
zens for pocket TASKS.
Tho searching will be conduct
ed in tho guiSe Of "frisking" sus-
poets for concealed weapons.
And IL the hip flask comes to
light during the operation the
toter will be arrested immedi ately.
The orders for strict enforcement
came from Mayor Hylan after he had
left TO wander intoxicated about the
streets of Greenwich Village last New
Years Eve. That quarter is to be
watched this year with the faithful
ness of q cat at a mouse hole.
Not only is the uniformed force to
be out in all its available numbers.
but detectives in street clothes and
some in evening clothes will be dis
tributed about the neighborhoods in
which the police expect the most ac-
.tion on the part of the jewellers.
Broadway, particularly that part Of
IT in which the well-known restaur-
ants and hotels are situated, will come
in for extra surveillance. Detectives
will be everywhere. The Inspectors
have been notified by Chief Lahey
that they will be held personally re-
sponsible for any arrests in their dis
tricts which are made from Head
quarters or by Federal agents.
Prohibition Director Yeilowley has
made careful preparations for New
Years Eve. II is said that he has
imported large squad of agents from
Washington who are not known In
this city and are 10 be sent 10 the
restaurants and hotels as guests.
Hereafter all places in which vio-
lations Of the law have occurred and
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MILLER TO SUBMIT
STATE BUDGET
TO LEGISLATURE
F slim ateS Sl62, ,OO2, ,756
Available for Requirements
of Next Fiscal Year.

ALBANY, Dec. 3o.-A formal and
complete financial plan for the en-
suing fiscal year, proposing appro-
priations for State expenses and
means of financing them in the way
of a surplus and estimated revenues,
which is to be submitted to the
Legislature, was made public to- day
by Gov. Miller, as Chairman of the
Board of Estimate and Control. Sub
marked the close OF the Miller Ad-
ministration and was regarded as es-
tablishing a precedent In the States
financial history.
The budget estimates a surplus. as
Of July /, 1928, OF $35 ,647, ,OS0,S6; es-
'imated revenues $126. 1855, ,s76.43, or
total resources Of 1852 ,OO2. .756.79 for
the requirements of the next fiscal
year
Appropriations are confined to cur
rent operating expenses and fixed
charges, requests for construction and
capital outlay being left to the action
OF the Legislature. General salary
changes and creation of new positions
were recommended for postponement
until completion of the lob analysis
study now under way.
Operating expense appropriations
include personal service, operation
and maintenance, fixed charges. con-
tributions and State debt require
ments. and aggregate $4,000, 900.
An increase of $6,46O,OOO in group ap-
propriations, is balanced by decreases
in other groups.
Principal increases are: Health, La
Dor and Tax Departments, $1S5. 900;
educational. 1925. 900. including S7S.- =
900 for pensions; agriculture. S258, .
900; prisons and prison hospitals,
general, 1899, 900; for increased Lal-
aries and additional attendants, ST.
$50, 900; charity, 1864, 900; State aid
to town and country roads, $244, 900;
prison Industries, $4,000.
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DRY NAVY FLAGSHIP
TURNS RUM RUNNER
HERSELF DOWN BAY
Salvaged Scotch WhiSkey
Found Secreted in Floating
Citadel of Prohibition.

The revenue acutter Hansen. the
flagship and pride OF the Dry Navy.
turned freebooter on the high seas is
the startling sensation turned loose by
the investigation to-day Of the men of
the Collector OF the Port.
rhe Nemesis OF the rum runners OF
the port a rum runner herself!
She arrived back at her pier last
evening after swooping down TO SANDY
Hook and salvaging seventy cases Of
booze swept into the seea from the
little motor beat Llnnie Bell, stranded
on the Hook. Accompanying the Dry
Navy flagship were two customs men,
N!chs!es and McGlll who aided in the
booze search OF the seas.
Wind and weather prevented an ap-
proach TO the cockleshell craft brad
ually sinking IN the trough OF the
sea and spewing case after case OF
Scotch wiskey into the wild and un-
appreciAtivs waves. So the blue
jackets OF tho flagship with boathooks
and other hooks hooked the contents
OF the surginE barroom swashing In
the waters on Sandy Hook.
They hooked seventy cases and
looked in vain or tho crew OF the
Linnie Belle. They had escaped. but
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COWPERTHWA|T'S
PARK ROW ANNEX
SWEPT BY FLAMES
800 Women and Children in
Movie Next Door Pass
Out Safely.
FIREMAN NEAR DEATH.
Acting Chief Oliver Pulled
From Water-Filled Cellar
After 35-FOot Fall.

Christopher North. superintendent
Of Cowperthwait & Son. instalment
furniture house which has occupied
premises at Nos. 199-205 Park Row
since 1907, found a blaze lust before
noon to-day on the second floor of
the two-story annex used as cab
met shop and shipping room. Ho
had just time to warn two cabinet
makers working in the rear and catch
up two cats Under his arms and get
out. Feeding on excelsior, shavings.
varnish and resin the FIRE flashed all
through the annex in FIVE minutes.
The efforts of Deputy Chief Heffer-
nan and Acting Battalion Chief David
Oliver were directed to keeping tho
fire from the main building, filled
varnish and resin, the fire flashed all
of all descriptions and to save the
Venice moving picture theatre next
door, from which the proprietor
Michael Mario, had safely ushered
three hundred women and children
patrons before the firemen arrived.
The fire was a stubborn one and,
though reported under control, pillows
of smoke were pouring across the
tracks of the Second and Third Ave
nue. elevated trains at o'clock, to
n a Of
Making survey after the flames
had died down Acting Chief Oliver,
cropping his way about on the second
floor Of the annex with Lieut.. New
man of Truck No. 8, fell through a
hoist hatchway thirty-five feet into
five feet of water in the cellar. He
hung on to rack from the cellar
ceiling until Lieut.. Newman came
down with a pocket lamp and found
him Just losing consciousness. A fall
of debris blocked them from the stair
way by which Newman had gone
down and with great dificulty they
crawled through a rear window into
the yard of No. 10 Roosevelt Street.
Acting Chief Joseph B. Martin
visited the fire a little after o'clock
and in consideration fthe age of the
main building and the inhammability
Of the contents ordered a second alarm
as a precautionary measure. He told
Commissioner brennan that II the old
building, lacking the support Of the
annex, toppled into the hot embers
there would be a sudden bonfire that
would be dangerous TO the whole
Chatham Square neighborhood.
According to employees to-days fire
was the first the premises have known
in the 115 years Cowperthwaits' has
occupied them.
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$6,5OO, 900 TO IMPROVE
BATTLESHIPS WANTED

President Makes Request of Com
Eress 10 Keep Navy Up to Date.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3O.-A supple
mental appropriation OF S6,5OO,0 900 for
modernIzation OF bsttleships was re-
quested OF Congress to-day by President
Harding.
The request was transmitted In a let
ter from Secretary DENLY declaring that,
as a result of the Arms Conference de-
clsions, the nation must adopt a new
policy regarding Its capital ships, II they
are Ito be maintained at a standard OF
efficiency comparable to that of similar
vessels OF foreign powsrs."
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PRES|DENT.FREES
EIGHT WARTIME
|. ". ". CONV|CTS
Men Accused of Sedition
Must Leave u. S., Never
to Return.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-The SEN
tences OF eight members of the Indus
trial Workers Vf the World, convicted
In the Haywood case of conspiracy
and violation OF war time laws, were
commuted by President Harding to-
day to expire at once, on condition
that the eight prisoners leave the
United states within so days and
never return.
The men are all subject TO de-
portation and II was n condition OF
their communication that should they
return TO this country tho clemency
granted would be void. Should any
one Of them return, It is stipulated.
they will be apprehended and returned
to Leavenworth Penitentiary to serve
out the remainder OF his sentence.
The men whose sentences were
commuted arc: Aurrelio Vincent
Azuarr, sentenced to twenty years;
C. ]. Bourg. ten years; Peter Green,
ten years; Charles l.. Lambert, TWEEN
~ years; Harry Lloyd, five years;
Burt Lorton, ten years: Sam Scarlet.
twenty years; Archie Sinclair, ten
years.
The prisoners will be given sixty
days In which to arrange for their
dora rt,,ra and will no rauIlired to R1ye
bond on leaving prison that they will
appear at the stated time and sur
render themselves for deportation.
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TWO KILLED, TWO HURT
AS AUTO is HIT BY
PENNSYLVANIA TRAIN
bury, y. j., on Way 90
Dance when struck.

Dance when struck.
WOODBURY.. N. j.. Dec. SO.--Clar-
ence A. wray Jr.. Of 2ss South Twen-
ty-first Street, Philadelphia, and Louis
A. Bruner, OF No. 4O42 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, died In the Underwood
Hospital early to-day from injuries
received last night when their auto
mobile was struck by Pennsylvania
Railroad train at the Edith Avenue
crossing.
Miss Catherine JOhnstOnc. of Phila-
delphia and Miss Elizabeth Price Of
Washington, y. C., were slightly In
jured.
An erroneous report gained circfla-
ton that Wray was Rex Wray, ormer
famous quarterback * the University
OF Pennsylvania Football Team, and
that Bruner possibly was Bots" Bru-
ner. star halfback Of this years Lafs-
yette team.
The party was on its way 10 a dance
at the Woodbury. Country club In a
sedan car when II was struck by an
electric train from Atlantic City. Wray
and Drummer died In hospital four
hours later from fractured skulls.
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SUBWAY is JAMMED
AS BRAKES REFUSE TO
WORK AT I'D STREET
Crowds storm Trains and tor 20
Minutes TrHfic IL Held up
In Rush Hour.

Thousands OF passengers coming
downtown on the west side subway
were delayed just after o'clock this
morning when southbound express
was stalled at the 72d Street station
by the jammlng OF brakes.
It took twenty minutes work on
the part OF an emergency crew to get
the train started again. Meanwhile
express trains all along the line to the
north Of 72d Street we're stopped and
station platforms were packed with
passengers.
The local track remained clear and
its trains were overburdened as ex-
press passengers crowded In with the
regular local passengers.
Even after the nrst stalled train was
set in motion It took some time 10
relieve the accumulated congestion.
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PLAYER COLLAPSES
AFTER WINNING
TENNIS TITLE
Mrs. Whitbeck Also Under
Strain as Son Plays
Final Game.

John f. w. Whitbeck, the eighteeh
year-old son of DIR. Brainard II. Whit
beck, as he lay on the table OF the
dressing room at the 7th Regiment Ar
mory after playing the final match
of the national junior indoor lawn ten
mis- singles championship with Ernest
II. Kuhn of George Washington High
to-day, would never have been taken
for the winner. But he was, even
though he collapsed after the most
spectacular and gruelling tennis battle
of the tournament.
As young Whitbeck was half car
ried from court. Mrs. Whitbeck, his
mother, rushed up to him with tears
in her eyes to congratulate him. His
father and brothers were also among
these to grasp his hand and pat his
back.
"Tll never watch another match
like this!" exclaimed Mrs. Whitbeck
THE strain is too great for me. /
think | suffered more than my boys.
had to watch first one and then the
other win his match and I'm worn
out from syInpatheticaily trying to
help them"
In the junior finals which went 10
five sets and which Whitbeck won
by taking the first, fourth and Nth
sets, the latter in deuce set rs.
match was decided on endurance.
Both youths. aged eighteen. we're worn
out as the match drew on.
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BALKED BY FRANCE,
HARDING TURNS TO
OPEN DIPLOMACY
Hopes Situation Has Gone
Far Enough for Them to
See Error of Way.
HER POLICY MERCURIAL
But Will Be Hard for Her to
Refuse Consent to Clearing
Atmosphere.
HER POLICY MERCURIAL
By Da nd Lawrence.
Dy S0eAA Ao"LSASCs
Especial Correspondent Of Tho Eve.
ming Worldly

Especial Correspondent of The Eve.
ming Worldly
WASHINGTON. Dec. 80 Copy
right Having failed to convince
France by informal con rsations of
diplomacy, the United States Govern
ment has appealed to the public opln-
ior Of the world in support of its
plan for a settlement OF the repara-
ton problem.
Secretary Hughes's speech, at New
Haven. almost coincident with the
first expression from the White
House on foreign policy in three
weeks, has a significance apart from
the character of the proposal that a
commission OF flnanciers undertake
to fix what Germany can pay. 1t
means that the American Govern
ment has been quietly advancing this
proposal, but that France has not
agreed.
There Is no reason to believe
France has returned a dat negative,
but there Is every reason to suppose
that the American Government has
made little headway by secret di-
plomacy md Is trying open diplomacy
again.
II Is most unusual for the President
and Secretary of State to discuss
proposals made to foreign Govern
ments. For weeks there has been a
steadfast refusal to say anything,
though 1t was known j. p. Morgan
had conferred with Secretary Hughes
and that a revival Of the bankers
commission idea was under discussion.
1t was pointed out in these dispatches
at the time that the key to the situa-
tion was to be found in the report of
the International Bankers Committee,
made in June, That committee made
certain recommendations. but France
didn't accept them. The situation has
not changed since then. The Ameri-
can Government is merely reviving
the suggestion that a commission
really try again.
When the committee of bankers met
in Paris, in June, the French paid
no attention to its suggestions. Now
the American Government hopes the
situation has proceeded far enough
for France to see the error of her
way. The bankers are ready to ex-
anime Germany's assets and resources
again and to recommend a loan to
Germany wherewith her first repara-
ton payments can be made. but first
France must agree to give up her
apparently unrestricted right to pun
sh Germany whenever she pleases.
II the United States Government
had been able to convince France in
the last fortnight that such a plan
was worth trying, the appeal to public
opinion wouldn't have been necessary.
But the French Governments policy
has been more or less mercurial of
late, anyhow. First II seemed as If
France would invade the Ruhr, then
the policy was abandoned.
Realizing the tremendous moral in
nuence which the United States
wields In the world to-day. the de-
cision was made here to make public
the American plan. almost on the eve
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With Conspiracy TO
Defraud u. S. in War
Camp Construction.
TO FRIENDS
500 Contracts Involved, Of
Which $So,oOo,ooo Was
Awarded on ArmiStice Day.

WASHINGTON, Deg. 80 (Asso-
clated Press) Benedict Crowell. As
sistart Secretary OF War. under the
Wilson Administration, and six "dollar
a year men associated with the
Council Of National Defense, were in
dicted here to-day by the Special
Grand Jury investigating war frauds
on charges, Of conspiracy to defraud
the Government in construction OF
'wur time -anny- camps and capton-
ments.
The others indicted are william A.
Starrett. Morton G. Tuttle. Clemens
w. Lundoff. Clair Foster. John II.
McGibbons and James A. Mears.
The indictment charges a consplr-
acy to maladminlster existing laws
and regulations; to control the giving
of contracts to friends, associates and
clients under the "cost plus" system.
which II is charged resulted in a loss
to the Government of millions Of dol
lars and reduced the morale Of labor.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 Omitted
Press) The Indictment charges that
.Crowell gave army commissions t.
some OF those indicted and that later
they were in position to grant yalu-
able contracts to themselves Most of
the contracts were said to involve
construction work during the war.
Five hundred contracts calling for
sixty National Army cantonments.
sixty National Guard camps, ware
houses, port terminals, hospitals
aviation fields, ordnance plants and
Notifications are mentioned in the
seventy pages of the indictment.
Contracts amounting TO $50 OOO 900
were awarded on Armistice Day, 1918,
OF which 1000, 900 were said to have
gone to "lected contractors" in league
with the alleged conspirators.
CLEVELAND. o., Dec. 30.-Benc-
diet Crowell. former Assistant Secre-
tary OF War; when told of the Wash
ington indictments. said:
~ know nothing whatever about
the indictments and have no informa-
ton regarding them. l have recently
turned over all my records regardiug
the building OF army camps and eau
tonments TO Department OF Justice
agents and have co-operated with
them in every way in their investiga-
tons"
Clemens w. Lundoff, also of Cleve.
land. is said to be In Los Angeles,
Cal, attending a convention OF gen
eral contractors.
Newton ID. Baker, Former Secretary
OF War. when told of the Washington
indictments. said:
mot having seen the indictments.
cannot comment on them. l have al
ways believed, however, that the cost
plus plan was the only possible way
the camps and cantonments could
have been constructed under the cir
cumstances."
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WILL KEEP OPEN HOUSE
TO CATCH BOOTLEGGERS
COMING AND GOING
First the Warrant, Says U. =. Com
miSsiOner, and Then Bath, for
Dry Law ViOIatOrs.

CHICAGO. Dec. sO.-"open house"
win be kept at the Federal Building to-
night and New Years Eve by United
states Commissioner GLASS.
THE frst part OF both nights ! expect
to be kept busy Issuing warrants for az
rest OF liquor law vioators." Glass said
During tho later hours l win approx
bonds to free those for whom ] have
Issued warrants"
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From the complexion of the lobby
lists, however disguised. who are
early on the ground. It Is apparen'
that the traction interests are greatly
afeused over the reported intention
~ Gov.-eiect Smith to try and en-
force the laws which should evolve
from the Democratic platform planks
calling for municipal ownership Of
public utilities.
The hunch has gone out that the
Governor elect. in his message. which
he may read to the JOINT session of the
Senate and the Assembly next
Wednesday and thereby break all
precedents in this State, will advo
cate even more drastic legislation on
traction matters than the platform
scalls for.
MEASURES FOR NEW YORK
CITY TRANSIT FORMULATED.
Suggestions, or commands. from tn,
Governors message are subjects Il
rumoI IN the State capital There Is
Governor-elect's transit program for
New York City has aii eady been
drafted, and that the rec0mmenda
tions are calculated to make coli
chills traverse the spines OF the flnan
ciers interested in public servic.
stocks not only of New York City
but OF the State.
Strangely enough, the traction cor
poration lobbyists and the representa-
tives of other public service corpora
tions operating in municipalities are
not cast down. They are more opti-
mistic than the magnates who employ
them because they are closer to the
sources Of law and repeal
"Gov. Smith" said a gentleman
identified with a public service utility
TO the writer to-day. "may send to
the Legislature all the messages he
can write with the intent of bringing
on municipal ownership beyond the
limits to which It extends under ex-
listing laws. and he may force his
measures through. but each of them
will have to stand a court test There
isn't a measure he can present that
isn't so mixed up with constitutional
requirements that we can't appeal
from it,"
The difficulties OF the situation
have not daunted Al Smith and his
bill formulators. AS minority and
majority leader and Speaker OF the
Assembly he accumulated a lot of
knowledge about transit laws. He has
no fear of the ultimate outcome.
/ INAUGURATION OFFICIALS ARE
THREATENED.
So many requests for admissions to
the Capitol building for the Inaugu-
ration ceremonies have been turned
down that the officials in charge are
beginning to receive threats. The Al.
bany police force Is adequate and com
petent to preserve general order, but
the welfare Of the Governor Elect and
his family has been directly entrusted
to detectives Andy Mcdonald and Abe
6nydecker of the New York Police
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By Martin Green.
Especial Staff Corr

Especial Staff Correspondent Of The Evening Worldly
ALBANY Dec 3oAlbany full lobbyists They being
called lobbyists have organized verbal
intended publicity
the lobbyists middle
payros
likely eg
capital
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LOBBYISTS SWARM IN ALBANY TO FIGHT SIN
WARMER WEATHER
AND RAIN OR SNOW
DUE FOR NEW YEARS

ThermOm Already Soaring
Army OF 10000 Out TO Clear
City's streets.
Warmer weather is promised Tor
the New Year.
Thore will be a decided change to-
morrow, according to Forecaster Starr
Of tho local Weather Bureau. and in
all probability what snow remains in
the streets by tomorrow afternoon
will melt and make it wet under
foot. BY tomorrow night unsettled
conditions will prevail, and it is prob
al le that either rain or snow viii
result.
The lowest point reached by the
thermometer to-day was 13 at
o'clock. 1t rose slowly as the sun
rose, but will remain below 20 all day,
It was forecast. Tomorrow ii will go
above the freezing point.
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WIFE'S FAMILIAR SNORE
IN ROOM ACROSS HALL
WINS HIM A DIVORCE

uuhbHnu A"hhenS IN botei ~
Might and Follows sounds He
Knows Into AnOther's Room.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3O.-Ward b.
Simons knew his Wits snore.
One month after their mar
riage. Nov. l6. they took a room
at the fremont Hotel. In the
middle OF the night Simons
awoke. he says. and heard the
snore OF his wife in a room across
the hall. He arose and headed
for the noise. In the hall. he
alleges, he met one Johnny Fog
arty in his wife's kimona and in
Fogarty's room. he says. he
found his snoring wife.
This testimony won for simon
a divorce in the Circuit Court.
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First Aid
To Business

Strict censorship, careful classi-
fcation, superiority in numbers
and results because If the largest
metropolitan circulation make
World advertisements the most
useful and effective form of
publicity,
l44,429 %ssii %sa,i. '''''' last
en- OF more than the next
OU1OJ1 highest newspaper.
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press passenI
rHE WORLD TRAVEL BuREAU.

Arcade, Pulitzer lworidl building. o3-6S
Park How, city Telephons hosknAn
open day and night. Money orders and
trAVeilsFG' checks Tor BNls.-AdVt,
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ALBANY IS ALREADY FILLED
W|THLOBBNSTS TO FIGHT ALL.
PUBLIC UTILITIES MEASURES

Every Municipal Ownership Bill Smith Puts
Through Legislature to Be Opposed by Serv-
ice Corporations Disappointed Inaugural
ton Visitors Threaten Officials.
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CONTINUED on Second Page.)