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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04
Assembly Committees Have
Only Until Tuesday Night
to Complete Work.
AT MERCY OF "RULES".
Powerful influences Seek to
Prevent Passage Of the
Measures.
By Joseph S. Jordan.
lstaff Correspondent of The Evening
Worldly


ALBANY, March 4.-All the
Lockwood housing bills with the
possible exception of the amend
Ments to the emergency rent laws
are in danger of not being passed
at this session.
The reason for this is that the re-
port of the committee, which em-
bodies all the recommendations re-
sulting from the three years work
g, of the committee, admitted to be
the best work ever done in the his
tory of the Legislature, has been so
long delayed.
So far as the main body, OF the
committee is concerned, there can be
no doubt of their earucstness in get
ting the report with it's recommenda-
tions and the bills to carry them out
before the Legislature.
But the fact remains the bills were
I'D back to the last possible moment.
sand even now all OF them have not
been introduced. One thing TIE com
ruittee has accomplished, and that is
Ehe extension of its life for another
\ year. This will serve to mako the
profteering landlords sit up and take
notice, for they are aware that there
10 in existence a body which can COM
pei them 10 observe the rent laws,
Oh power 10 punish them if they at
l4kempt TO do otherwise.
4 1t is also notice TO the profiteerinS
contractors and building trades that
they dare not continue in their ille-
gal combinations to keep up the high
cost of building. The Lockwood Hous-
another year to make them observe
khe laws.
But the fact remains that violations
tan be punished only by fines, and
that the bill which would send the
violatorS to prison for their con-
temptuous disregard of the law is only
IN a nebulous condition. The bills
\ which would compel the savings banks
and the insurance companies to de-
vote at least 40 per cent. of their as
sets to investment in flrst-class mort
Titges. to give the desired impetus tc
~ building, are locked up in various
. committees. The pet bill of Mr.. I'm
ktermyer, which would permit the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ito put up tenements which would rent
Tor 50 a room, is also held in com.
mittee,
The life of the standing committees
(Coutinued on Second Page.)
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04

BOY, IS, SHOOTS
FATHER 4 TIMES
Says Wounded Parent Denied
Him Money Held in Trust
Struggles With Brother,

Carl Wenz. eighteen. OF White
Plains, early today shot his father
Charles, four times while the latter
was in bed at his home at No. 131
Sherman Avenue, Jersey City.
According to the elder Wenz, who IL
at City Hospital. he and his fourteen.
year.old son Alfred were awakened by
Carl who asked that his father deliver
;3, 600 he was holding in trust for him.
When refused, the father stated, Carl
drew a revolver and fired, the bullets
striking him in the mouth, the shoul-
der and in the side. Alfred grappled
with his brother. who tried to fire
again, but the revolver failed.
After the father had been taken to
the hospital, Alfred led the police to
tho home OF his sister, Mrs Mary
Kline, at No. 4s7 Palisade Avenue,
where Carl was arrested on a charge
Of fclonious assault Tho father is
expected to recover.
Carl admitted the shooting. it -
stated, in a written statement 10 De.
tcctIvc Cusack He said that when
n, WAS sin years old his left arm was
cut Oft m "a trolley car accident in
Jersey CITY and that his father col.
lcctcd a judgment of So, 900. He left
home three years ago, he continued,
but returned last month and demanded
the money II was refused and he
returned again last night.
81 fired five shots" he said in hs
alleged statement Just to lay him up
fol Il while. ! asked him about the
money. He said he would not give it
to me. Then | drew the gun. He
said, Go ahead and shoot and / fired
hNc times
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04

Copyright tNcw York Evening World) BY
Press Publishing Company, 1921
LONDON, March 4.-Prominence
is given in all the morning papers
to the announcement that Lady
Patricia Ramsay is leaving London
this morning to rejoin Commander the
honorable A. Ramsay, whose official
duties prevented him from attending
Princess Mary's wedding. The Com.
rnandcr and Lady Ramsay will spend
the next few months at their residence
in Paris.
Comment had been excited by Lady
Patricia's increasingly long separa-
tions from her husband in the last
two years. She had practically re-
turned to the parental roof, living
with her father. the Duke of Con
nausht, either in England or on the
Riviera. 1t is said the King and
Queen have insisted that the Rumsays
put an end to gossip by setting up
house together again. Rumor attrib-
utes their differences to the husband
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04
On Way Home Driver Does
Not Hear Warning of Watch
man and Only One Is Saved
From Death or Serious Injury
Seven of the Dead Are Women
and Three Bodies Are Found
Impaled on Locomotive
Pilot at PaineSville, O.

CLEVELAND. March 4.-The
death OF George E. McGhee to-day
brought the toll from the collision be-
tween a New York Central express
train and an automobile bus at
Painesville late last night up to four.
teen. Five persons are seriously in
jured. three of whom are expected to
die. Only one person, the driver, es-
capped serious injury or death. He
jumped from his seat before the
crash.
A Coroner's inquest will be held al
Painesville this afternoon. City off,
cials of Painesville and officials OF the
New York Central Railroad started
Investigations this morning.
OF the fourteen dead, seven were
women. Two bodies had not been
identified at an early hour. One Of
these was believed by Gus Radike of
Eairport to be that of his son Stanley.
Three of the dead were found on
the locomotive pilot when the train
in charge OF Engineer +. S. Fer
nandez of Buffalo and Conductor q.
Ernst was brought from its sixty
mile hour pace to a halt about
three blocks from the scene OF the
collision.
Most OF those killed we're residents
OF Fairport. Many Of them had left
n dance hall in Painesville less than
half an hour before the smash. while
several others had attended a lodge
meeting. Two had just boarded the
bus and had just settled in their seats
when the accident occurred.
An explosion of the gasoline tank
Of the machine set fire to the dCDris
and several of the bodies were badly
burned.
The bus was making its last trip
for the night. A. w. Barnes. the
crossing watchman. declared ha
tagged the driver. A declaration by
Chester Parrish, manager OF the bus
line, that a large oil tank obstructed
Driver Adams's view Of the watch.
mans lantern and the approaching
train was discounted by Carl Sulli-.
van, one of the injured.
Il saw the train before we reached
the tracks," Sullivan said. I'VE mad
stopped to take on two passengers
Just south OF the railroad or we would
have been across.
People near me screamed as the
engine came on. saw the driver
reach down and pull something.
don't know whether it speeded us up
or slowed us down. It was dark in
the machine. thought we had
cleared the track Then II hit US"
The train, No. 500. was composed
OF twenty express coaches. 1t was
made up here 10 go to Buffalo.
Il blew the whistle just as We
reached the limits OF the town."
Engineer Fernandez declared. IAN
instant later saw the automobile on
the track Immediately ahead OF ma
The space before We struck it was
so brief could not even know whether
the automobile was standing o. in
motion,
AS threw on the brakes felt
the collision and fragments OF the
wreckage flew past the engine cab.
am sure we stopped as quickly as
possible"
The story OF Fireman Milo cOrA1S
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04
DANCE PARTY IN AUTO BUS
SMASHED BY n. Y. c. FLYER;
"A KILLED, 3 MORE DYING
HIGH POWER WIRE,
50 OPERATIONS,
CAN'T KILL GIRL, 6
Dorothy Cannon Recovers After
Nine Months on Back-Shows
Few Signs of Ordeal.
DALLAS. Tex, March 4.

Dorothy Cannon, six year old,
who has undergone fourteen Sc
rious operations and forty-five
skin grating applications. will be
discharged from hospital hero
within another month, a well
child. doctors declared to-day.
Dorothy was given up as dead
when found lying on II live wire
in n puddle of water last June,
and then looked upon as hope
less case for two months afte"
she was brought to the hospital,
When her mother found her.
her clothing had been burned
away and her body was black.
Dorothy has been able to walk d
little moro than u week. but in
that time has gained in weight.
There are few visible signs of the
agonizing condition which kept
her flat on her back for nine
months.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04

63,341 OLD MAIDS
IN N. Y. CITY; 6,775
DIVORCED WOMEN
Census Bureau Gives These
Figures in a Population of
5,62o,o48.
WASHINGTON. March 4


New York City's population of
5,62O,O4s, on Jan. /, 1920, accord
ing to the Bureau of Census,
comprised 2,OO1,O25 males fifteen
years Of age and over, of whom
1,143,643. or 57.2 per cent, were
married, and 2,O26,797 females
fifteen years old and over, of
whom 1,115.67O, or 80 per cent,
were married.
In the earlier years of adult life
the proportion married is mich
larger for females than for males,
but after the age of forty five the
proportion of married men ex-
ceeds that of married women
76.4 per cent, as against 54.36 per
cent. There were n New York
City 1899 Iidowers, 232,991 wild
ows, 4,303 divorced men and 6,775
divorced women. The population
forty five years of age and over
included 62,9O2 single men and
63,341 single women.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04
USE RADIO TELEPHONE
TO RUN DOWN ROBBERS
Broadcast Description of KentuckS
Thugs Who Get $4,000 Gems.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. March t-Tue
radio telephone was used early today
to broadcast descriptions OF four rol
bcrs who, last night, bourd and gage
James T. Clark, his wife and two Neg,
servants and escaped with damon.
valued at $4,000 and $3.50 IN cash H.
robbers bound their victims with cor,
taken from expensive pictures wu...
hey tore from The walls.
M'sa JOsoHIu, GHHlh",. Df n
..aEhao. Ao. whp was n..'v- g..
'.arEs, -.,I U,r Nn.'..... r. nIt.
iu c.o.-. aite tine rob rers rans.c.-
the place.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04
REDS IN TIPPERARY
SEIZE GAS WORKS
Transport Workers Union Replaces
Manager With Employee Who
Was Dismissed.

TIPpERARY. Ireland, March :
Associatcd Prcss) The local brancl
of the Irish Transport Workers In ion
hoisted the red flag.
The manager Of the works was r".
placed with an employee who had
been dismissed,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04
'. !. CNN CnNnI3MN LAND FOR
NIlIOOI.S.

TRENTON March A.-Goy Edwards
last night signed bin by senator Ste
vou- OF Monmouth permitting the State
Board OF Education to condemn land for
school sites. The measure is particu-
ur.y applicable to condemn land in
Hudson County for a new North Jersey
Normal SCHOOL,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04
FINALLY CONFIRM
PECK'S PROMOTION
Now Lieutenant Colonel After Long
Fight in Senate to Block
Promotion.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Promo.
ton of Major Robert G. Peck to be a
Lieutenant Colonel, bitterly opposed
because of statements he was report.
ed to have made disparaging the Kan
sas and Missouri National Guard con
tingents of the A. f. f, finally wa,
confirmed to-day by thc Senate.
Pleas were made by Senators that
he had been punished sufficiently by
War Department rcbuEcs and by re-.
lection of his first promotion last
year.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04
PRESIDENT DENIES
RUMORS ABOUT HARVEY
Has Not Asked for ResIEnation of
the Ambassador,

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Presldert
Harding to-day authorized an ofic.al
denial Of reports published in T.ond"n
TIM. ho had decided to ask GEORGE
Ht.yoy, Ambassador To- Great BrItu ,
I. nsIgn Or that tho envoy wa pnn-
ming TO do so.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04
is FATHER OF Sc,
AND THE STORK is
FLAPPING AGAIN
Charlie Sobb Lives With Only -
ol Them, But Nay Soon Have
Vet Another.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March l.
The champion father OF Ala
bama and perhaps of the ma
tion-has been found here. He is
the father of 80 children, at sixty
one years Of age and the stork is
again Tapping it's wings around
his little home.
Charlie Subb is his name, and
he and part Of his enormous
family live in little combination
house and store-small, dingy
and dark. There he and his third
wife, with their IL children, live
in noisy, happy contentmcnt. The
other "a children, by wo former
wives, are not with them.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-04
Or Those Interested
ia Poultry and
The Garden and Farm

The Sunday World tomorrow will
print more advertising devoted to
Poultry and Poultry Supplies, the
Garden and the Farm, than has ever
appeared in any single issue of a
New York newspaper. No one in
terested in poultry raising, seeds,
plants, trees, etc, can afford to
miss reading these timely and i'm
poFtant announcements.
The World! reat Annual
Poultry, Garden and Farm Edition
SUNDAY. MARCH 5TH
W DO NOT MISS III
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-07-17
EUGENE DEBS Sc HALLA
MUY ENFERMO

CHICAGO, I'LL, julio a. Euge
nc Debs, xana de las fguras mas SO
bresalientes en- el p4rtido socialista d
Estados Unidos, quien fu6 por cuatrc
veces candidate la presidencia da
este pals, Sc halla sufriendo de una
dolencia en- ell coraz6n, viendose obi
gado recluirse en- el Sanatorio.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-07-17

UNA CARTAi DEL JSECRETA
RIO DE ESTADO

WASHINGTON, Julio 14-E Sc
cretario de Estado Mr. Hughes ha pu
blicado una carta en- Ia cual desnlentc
Ia afrmaci6n de que Estados Unidos
ignora la existencia de Ia Sociedad de
Nacicnes que habian intentado un
acuerdo peparado con Alenania. Ell Sc
cretario dc Estado en- en6rgicos t5rmi
nos expone la politica desarroIlada por
el gobierno dc Norte America en- 10
que Sc refcre con ell mencion2do orga
nismo &c naeiones.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-07

ing liquor from foreign ports to our
shores. have swarmed along our sea
boards. smuggling liquors into the
United States In violation OF our laws.
Eighteen vessels OF foreign registry
and II OF American registry with their
cargocs OF liquors have been seized.
No American owned vessel can trans
port beverage liquors. Foreign regis
tered vessels can not transport bcver-
age liquors within American territorial
waters. or the IS foreign vessels
seized. 10 were found transporting and
smuggling liquors within tho 3-mhe
limit Of our shores. The remaining
foreign vessels seized were lowering
of our shores beyond the 3-mile limit,
but within the 4-leaguc zone of our
shore line and unlading their cargoee
to other boats 10 be brought ashore
In violation OF cur statutes known as
the lowering acts.
Foreign governments protest Tciz-
ures OF their ves~cls thus violating
our revenue laws and smuggling liq-
| uors to cur shores. because interna-
tional law does not recognize our how
| erlng acts as valid outside the Smile
limit. except as they moy be appllcabl,
| 10 our own nationals"
Mr.. Daugherty said work was bcinl
pushed on the war contract investi
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-07
Let the Birds
DoYOurHaulin6

inSures IT against any ordinary in
jury. No smashing or banging al
loved in our transfer service.
Every employe is instructed to
handle every piece with the same
care as # II were his OWN. Phone
us II YOU are gong away or have
just come back and want your
baggage quickly.
Z q. m. 10 5 p. m. u. & A. 442-155
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-07
COlDEY COLLEGE
PACKS PLAYHOUSE
TO ITS CAPACITY
Continued from page 1.

MIR. Douglas congratulated the grad
uates. gave them good advice ana re-
auested favorable consideration by the
business public.
Robert j. Fuller briefly described the
rehabilitation work of the Veterans
Bureau OF the United States govern
ment. One hundred and fifty thousand
disabled ex-service men were put In
vocational training institutions by tho
bureau and $1,000 are still there, ne
said. More than $4,000 have been re-
habiltased. and 10000 have voluntar-
ily discontinued. Gcldey College Is do
ing it's part for disabled men.
In an address replete with poetry
and wit Edward &. Stokes, former
governor of New Jersey, held con-
slant attention almost an hour. Re
ferring TO two previous visits 10 VIII
mington. he cited the political cam
paigns of 1916 and 1922. in which he
spoke for the Republicans. whose
candidates for United States Senator
were defeated. Those visits do not
recommend me as a political mascot.
he remarked. Mr.. Stokes praised Del
aware, the first state TO ratify the Fed
eral Constitution. Telling the grad
yates their prospects were limited
only by their energy, he pointed q
Theodore Roosevelt. a man OF ordinary
ability. but energetic. and stated wha'
Roosevelt did after training they could
do. lie also mentioned Abraham
Lincoln. a man OF average ability, who
trained until he wrote the GettysburG
Al hp
citizen of the United States. FuE.he,
impresslng the value of human en-
ergy. he declared it is part of Gods
great eternal drama.
Mr.. Stokes said the graduates are
looking out with new vision ana hope
leto become men or women of wealth
lie cited the parable Of the. talents
and stated Christ taught we cannot
separate a man from the money n,
owns without destroying the man. ii,
pictured wealth not as a material as
set. but as n mental asset. and sal,
when We teach boys nd girls we Great,
| IDEAS.
Asserting the great source OF Ameri
can prosperity is the individual an,
/ not the government. Mr.. Stokes told g.
/ Thomas Jefferson buying Lou:sian.
: for less than two cents an acre an,
stated il now has a large population
and blossoms ~ a rose. lie though
jefferson had been revived. as in tn
recent elections everything went Dem
ocratic. Saying education is the grca
American idea. he declared educatio
made the government what IL Is an
. emphasized the necessity OF keepin
up the standard OF tho country Wit
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-07
RETURN PROPERTY
OF ALIENS URGED IN
DAUCHERTY REPORT
Continued from page I.

the owners come within the enabling
section CParagSarh -" OF the Act.
"The question In, almost all OF these
cases." Mr.. Daugherty reported, IN
either of title or OF citizenship. For
instance, the Alien Property Custo-
dian has seized and now holds the prop
erty OF estates, which are quite compli-
Gated by reason OF the rights CT Cni,ed
States citizens. alleged 10 have been
acquired subsequent to tho war
Oftcntimes the question becomes one
OF the validity OF an assignment or
the acquisition Cf title prior to the war.
and In this connection IL is exceeding
ly difficult at times to distinguish be-
tween the pre-war ownership OF n
claimant and n simple claim Of lndebt-
edness, and IL is then necessary TO
have the question submitted TO the
courts.
The report made no comment on the
railroad injunction case and merely
noted the legal situation arieing out
of enforcement OF the prohibition stat
utes outside the continental limits of
tho United States.
"Slnce the 18th amendment OF the
! Constitution and Title Two OF the
National Prohibition Act became effec-
| tive. Il said. "rum-runnlng vessels of
American and foreign registry, carry
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-07

the standard OF education. God made
common people and loves them. he
remarked. Because the world pro-
crosses by construction and not by
criticism he advised not to criticisc. but
trying to improve. lie said critics are
forgotten. but men who do things
count. He advocated sacrifice and
stated the grandeet thing Is not what
we can do fer ourselves. but for 9TH
ers. In conclusion he commended the
service Lincoln rendered his fellow
men.
Rev. Aqulla Webb pronounced the
benediction.
Many graduates received floral gifte.
composed of carnations. chrysanthe-
NUNS and roses.
Alumni Banquet Tonight.
President o. Il. Gusts of the Goldey
College Alumni~ Association will pre-
side and act as POSTMASTER at the
annual banquet to be held in the du
Barry room of the Hotel du Pont this
evening. Between the addresses by
Bishop Philip Cook and Calvin q.
Althouse of Philadelphia. William l..
White will lead community singing,
and r.. l.. Mettler will lead the students
in class wells. Among the prominent
persons who have accepted invitations
TO attend are Mayor Leroy Harvey
and Mrs. Harvey, DIR. 7. X. Brown,
President of the State Board of Edu-
cation. and Mps. Brown; DIR. III. V. Hol-
loway. State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction and Mrs. Holloway
Dean Edwin Laurence Smith. Univer-
sity Of Delaware, and Mrs. Smith
| Dean Winifred j. Robinson. Women''
| College, University of Delaware;
| bishop Philip Cook. Prof. David a
| Ward. Superintendent City Schools
| and Mrs. Ward; Prof. Charles \
| Coke. principal of the High School
| and Mrs. Coke; Ellwood Souder. Presi.
dent of the Wilmington Board Of Edu
| cation. and Mrs. Soudor; DIR. Calvin
q. Althouse, director of Commercial
| Studies. Central High School. philadel-
| phia. Pa. and others.
The Original Six Orchestra will fur
nish music FOR the dancing. which vii
| follow the dinner in the ball room oi
the Hotel. Harry J. Hlrkins. manager
of the hotel, will sing.
The oiiicers OF the Alumni Associa.
ton are; Mr.. q. h. Custis. president
Miss Rietta Emerson, vice-presiden
FOR Wilmington; Miss Sarah Truax
| recording secretary; Ralph Short
| treasurer; Miss Julia u. Almond, cor
responding secretary; Harry l.. Cur
10y. chairman of the bdnquct commit
! tee.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-07
WINTER ACTIVITIES At
PEOPLES SETTLEMENT

A very ENJOYABLE party was held at
the Peoples Settlement; last Tuesday
evening when the Princess Club OF
gfrs entertained the Mohawk Club.
4 return party - scheduled for the
nAar rot,S-
On Saturday afternoon the Princess
Cub vii hike 20 Indian Rock.
Basket bail teams are being or
ENntzed and the first outside game
VII Re played in the Community Ser
vice League next Tuesday evening az
th.s house. The Mohawk, Moose and
Young Citizens Club all have their
basket ball teams and Will be in line
for games with nelghborhood teams
q, their own age. after next week.
The Christmas program is in the
hands OF the printer, and children from
one % the younger clubs are prepar.
ing little Christmas play 20 De S!ver
around the tree a. holiday time.