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The New York herald., 1922-12-06
DIvIDENDs AND INTEREST.
st. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.

PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND.
New York, November %. 1922.
semi i-annual Dividend of $3.50 PER
SHARE on the Preferred Capital Stock of
this Company has been declared payable on
December 30th. 1922 to stockholders of rec
ord at the close of business on December
18th, 1922.
The Transfer Books WILL not close.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
PAUL j. IIONGUA, Secretary
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Knnds Of thu Dominican Republic

As required by Law and by virtue of the
provisions contained in Paragraph of Ex-
ecutive Order No. 1893. dated August 2, 1918,
notice Is hereby given that on this date
there was held the drawing required as Of
date November 1st. 1922. to determine the
numbers Of bonds of the Dominican Repuo.
lie. series I'M. Issue of 1913. to be redeemed
on January 1st. 1923. and ] hereby declare
that 10J bonds series M" 100000 each,
were designated, for redemption on January
1st. 1923.
The numbers of the said bonds so redeemed
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Nor,cE or suprmpriom.

70 ncsesrr ~ vctssY votes ans etbevs ssssw~ss
v, Call 70, partial ,sssms'i.u q Il r~ c..t.
otherwise known a. United States Of America Gold
Notes Q, isa7-Is2s, which bear the distinstshins IN
sensl numbers. having been dedrnsted for the
purpose by lot In the manner prescribed by the
Secretary Of the Treasury, called for redenp-
ticn on December 10. 1872. pursuant to the pro-
Vision for redemption eontsiped In the notes and
IN Trsasury Department Circular No. las. dsted
April Al. 1919 under which the notes were orig
inaily issued Interest on all the ~ per cent.
Victory notes thus called for redemption will cease
on said redemption date, December is. ls37.
Victory nS.s. Of the Per cent ''r.: ns.Iln.
the nsunswsnink etsr ". n. 4. - n ~
manner srceted by this call for redemption. and
will become due and payable a. to principal on
May 20. 1923. according to their terms
7--Detaiisd information a. TO the PRESENTATION
and surrender Of ~ per ccnt. Victory notes for
redemption under this call 10 rven In Treasury
Department Circular No. 7se. dated July 70. 1924.
copies Al which may BE- obtained from the Treasury
Department. Division Of Loans and Currency. wash
tngton. n. c.. or sny Federal Reservs Bank.
A. W. MELLON.
July &C. 1871. sccretsry Of the Treasury
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SERIES I'M" VALUE 100000

All interest upon the said bonus, series
"M,' denomination 100000 above numbered.
shall cease from and after January 1st,
1923 the date designated for their redernp-
tion.
Both the principal and interest OF said
bonds will be paid either In Santo Domingo
City. st the principal office OF tho Inter
national Banking Corporation OF New York,
Designated Depositary for the Dominican
Republic, or at any OF Its branch offices In
the Dominican Republic, or at It's office In
the City OF New York
santo Domingo. November g. 1922.
(Signed) AMADEO RODRIGUEZ. Treasurer.
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FINANCIAL NOTES.

The United States Mortgage and Trust
Company has published a booklet entitled
THE Custody and Care OF Your Securities.
The Maiden Lane Savings Bank will dis
tribute about $500 900 20 $500 members of
the Xmas Club about December ~.
The Columbia Trust Company has been
appointed coupon paying agent OF $500. 900
face value second mortgage bonds OF the
Superior Colliery Company.
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THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE co,
0E AMERICA
LEGAL NOTICES.
TO THE CREDITORS OF
NATIONAL SHIP SERVICE CORPORATION

TO THE CREDITORS OF
NATIONAL SHIP SERVICE CORPORATIONS
BY virtue Of decree Of tho United States
District Court for the District of New Jer-
soy. made on the oath day OF November. 1929.
In a cause therein depending between Will
lam A. Carew. complainant. and National
Ship Service Corporation. defendant. the
creditors of National Ship Service Corpora
tion are requested to present TO the UNDER
signed, the receiver appointed In said cause.
and prove before him under oath or affirma-
tion, as said receiver shall direct. 20 the sat-
isfaction OF said receiver. their several
claims and demands against said National
ship Service Corporation within two months
excluded from the benefit of such dividends
as may thereafter be made and declared ~
said court upon the proceeds OF the effects of
the said National Ship Service Corporation.
FREDERIC NJ. p. PEARsE, Receiver.
PRESENT CLAIMS TO
Coult Smith, Solicitors for Receiver,
763 Broad Street, Newark N. j.
SUPREME COURT, NEW YORK COUNTY.
In the Matter of THE NORTH AMERICAN
FIRE INSURANCE co.
Notice Is hereby given that on December
2sth, 1922, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon. at
a Special Term. Part /. Of the Supreme
Court to be held In and for the County OF
New York Mt the County Court House In
the Borough Of Manhattan, City of New
York, I viii present my report and final
account Receiver Of tho above named
corporation. aud viii apply 90 the Court
ing the distribution OF the moneys remain
ing IN my possession as such Receiver, tho
pa avment Of the expenses In connection there
with and the costs and expenses OF such
accounting.
Dated, December 4th 1922.
JULIUS MILLER, Receiver.
LEON KRONFELD, Attorney for Receivsrs
.gI Broadway, New York City.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

ny virtue % an execution will sell wednes-
day, Dec q, 1922. at 10 A. NJ. Mt 13s East
s7th st., Manhattan, 20 shares OF the pre-
forred stock 81 the Inland Steamship Com
pany and 600 shares Of the common stock
OF said company In the matter OF George
Kern, Inc. vs.. Walter l.. Williams:
JOHN ]. SHE'LL, Marshal.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON. Dec 6.-Trading was dull and
prices were easier on the Stock Exchange to-
day. Quotations we're as follows;
Bar silver, 3ci,d per ounce.
Bar gold Dos. f0d.
Money, III per cent.
Discount rates-Short and three months
bills 2Aa2k per cent.
Two and half per cent. consols. b6i4.
British per cent. loan. n9z.
British fis per cent. loan. 95.
Ia Beers. 10.
Rand Mines, ~.
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CUSTOM HOUSE HECEIPTs

Receipts for duties ~ the Custom House
Yesterday we're 81 1876 Osl 06. OF which si4T,-
400 n3 was for merchandise Withdrawn from
bonded warehouses and 81 i.0iT,j55.i3 for re-
cent lnportations.
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LONDON WOOL AUCTION.

LONpON. Dec. 5.-A fair selection amount
ing TO .siB bales was offered at the wool
auction sales to-day. There was good gem
eral buying at firm rates.
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NeW YorK, NOV. II, 1917.
quarterly dividend of TWO AND ONE
QUARTER t2A9e) PER CENT. on the cap
ital stock of this Company will be paid at
the office of the Company. 80 Nassau Street,
I'm this city. on and after Wednesday, Dec. 20.
1922, to Stockholders of record at close of
business to-day.
By order OF the Board OF Managers.
w. II. DAVIES. Treasurer.
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KELLY srRINcFrEID TIRE coMrANy

A quarterly dividend of one dollar and fifty
cents ($1.50) per share on the Six Per Cent.
Preferred Stock of this Company has been
declared. payable January ., 1923, to stock
holders Of record at the close of business De-
ce1nber Is, 1922.
G. p. STEWART RT-SUTHERLAND, Secretary.
New York, December 5, 1922.
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PROPOSALS.

INVITATION TO CONTRACTORS
Agreement 'CH"
Furnishing and Installing Two Electric Pas
senger Elevators in the New Entrance to
the 16Sth Street Station of the Manhattan
Bronx Rapid Transit Railroad, Borough of
Manhattan.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06

PARIS, Dec. 5.--Prices were steady on the
Bourse o-dey. Quotations were as follows:
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State of
South Dakota
4A% Bonds

u
Dated November Is I9aa Due November IS, rs4a
Principal and semiannua interest Nday Is and Noyem.
Der 80 payable in New York City. Coupon bonds IN
denomination OF $1,000.
Interest Exempt from
all Federal Income Taxes
Legal investment for savings banks and
trust funds In New York, Connecticut
and other States
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
(a officially reported)
Assessed Valuation. .$I,o77,I27,os6
Total Gross Bonded Debt. 57,47o,ooo
Population 1906 63s,S3o
esamssed sd at about % 4 s4soooooo @ 900 "ei " " '''''
These bonds in opinion of counsel, are direct
general oblgatonsof the StateofSouth Dakota,
issued for Rural Credit purposes, and unlimited
taxes may be levied on all taxable property in
the State for payment of principal and interest.
Price 1O3A, yielding over 450T
Legality o 6e sppyoued BY John C. Thomson, Esq,
Of Mem York City
Guaranty Company
of New York
40 Broadway
Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue and
44th Street Goth Street
do contained
bu they romso reliable.
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THE ROSARY FLOWER COMPANY.
office OF the Secretary,
40 Wall Street

~ wall street.
New York, November ~. 1922.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders OF
The Rosary Flower Company will be held at
the office OF the Secretary. Room 1901. No.
40 Wall Street. Borough of Manhattan, New
York City. on Tuesday. December IL. 1922.
at two o'clock in the afternoon. for the elec.
ton OF Directors and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly come
before said meeting.
HENRY G.. GRAY Secretary.
THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY OF AMERICA.
The annual election of Directors OF this
Company will be held at Its principal office.
No. so Union Square. In the City of New
York. on Wednesday, the 18th day OF Decem-
ber. 1922. from II A. NJ. to r. NJ.
Il. A. GOEckE. Secretary.
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COFFEE.

PENNSYLVANIA OIL MARKET.
OIL CITY. Pa. Dec. J.---Credit balances 50.
Runs 3s.447 barrels, average 81. 302. Ship
ments SO ,256; average 47.4f2.
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Results TabuInted.

Such statement follows for the year
ended June 80, 1922:
The evening world., 1922-03-16
BRONX DEMOCRATS
CHOOSE 3LEADERS
|NMURPHY'SP PLACE
Flynn to Head Lower, Mugent
Middle and O'Neill Upper
Parts offBorough.

A meeting Of the ten members Of
the Democratic Executive Committee
OF the Bronx was held this afternoon
ri headquarters in fremont Avenue
to ratify formally an agreement un.
officially reached by tho members in u
conference this morning by which
there will be three leaders Of the party
in the Bronx to succeed the late Ar
thur Murphy. This II a compromise
arrangement which takes care Of the
three leading aspirants to the leader.
ship and is to last one year.
The men selected are stephen A.
Nugent, leader OF the Fourth District
and former Deputy Commissioner Of
Charities: Thomas IT. O'Neill, leader
of the sixth District and Under
Sheriff. and Sheriff Edward J. Flynn,
who is not district leader.
The borough will be divided into
three sections. Flynn will look after
the lower end, Nugent the middle and
O'Neill the territory in the north ad !
joining the Westchester line.
The evening world., 1922-03-16
$500, 900 ROULETTE
FRAUD is CHARGED
Attorney Sues E Men in Provi-
dence to Recover His
Losses.

PROVIDENCE. March l6.-Recov-
cry of $500, 900 for losses at roulette
alleged to have been due to fraudulent
operation of wheels is sought to- day
by Edward 4. Bannon, a New Bedford
attorney.
Bannon has brought suit in Federal
District Court against six defendants,
seeking 500, 900 each from Frank l..
Murray Of East Greenwich and John
F. Hennessy of East Providence, and
$4,000 each from Jacob 1. Vogel and
August A. Schaller of East Green
wich, James E. Moran Of Providence,
and Charles L. Manchester jr. of
Auburn.
Bannon charges that the defendants,
their agents and their servants so
controlled the roulette wheels at var
lous Rhode Island resorts where he
played that all element of chance was
eliminated, thus enabling the defend
ants to win large sums of money from
him.
The evening world., 1922-03-16

FIXED AS THE COST
OF SOLDIER BONUS
Amount Named to Congress in
Report of Ways and Means
Committee.
FINAL REVISE OF BILL.
"Money Can Be Provided
a Without Financial DaranSe-
ment," Report Asserts
FINAL REVISE OF BILL.

WASHINGTON. March l6.--The
,lsolhiers' bonus will cost a total of ST.
IOss. $50 for its various options. ac-
leOFding to estimates made in the Ways
end Means Committee majority re-
bort to the House to-day.
n The compromise Soldiers Bonus
bill, as finally revised. was re-
Idntroduced to-day in the House by
Chairman Fordney, who submitted a
0najorty report from the Ways and
Geans Committee claiming these lad
1anta9es of the bill.
"First-No new taxation: no issu-
hnoe of new securities is at present
bequircd.
''Second--It provides for the vet
Jsran in need a method Of obtaining
aid.
"Third-The amounts required each
tyear after July |, 1928, are small
lcompared to those which have hereto
fore been met and can be provided
without any difficulties or derange-
Anent of our financial situation.
"Fourth-The plan tends to pro,
mote savings habits among the vet
Rrans.
TD"Fifth-It protects the veteran him
6elf and his family from misfortune
An the future.
''Sixth-It will create a class OF
home builders who will greatly IN
crease the mass of property in the
Country."
"while perfect unanimity could not
De expected as to all details OF the
biH," the report said. 1.-The majority
of the committee believe that the plan
IN general meets the approval of the
Vbldiers and of all of those who ale
IN favor of granting to them addi-
Aional compensation in any form
whatever"
ST. AUGUSTINE, March 16 CAS-
Sociated Press) Speaker Gillett, who
is here as a member of President
Harding's Florida vacation party, an
nounced to-day he would confer with
Chairman Fordney of the House
( Ways and Means Committee in Wash
s lngton Saturday on the parliamentary
situation brought about as a result of
I the expressed desire of certain Repub-
Aican leaders to bring the Soldier
I Bonus Bill up in the House Monday
\ pnder suspension of the rules. Chair
snan Fordney in Washington has said
(, he would seek a conference with the
llSpeaker.
N Speaker Gillett expects to arrive in
washington on the special train with
the President early Saturday morning
The evening world., 1922-03-16
THREE KILLED, 13
WOUNDED IN NEW
IRISH DISORDERS
Two Sergeants Slain, Bombs
Thrown and Train Robbed
of Mails.

GALWAY, ireland, March 16.-Four
men in disguise entered the st. Brides
Home last night and shot and killed
Sergts. Gibbons and Gilmartin and
seriously wounded constable. Just
previously three masked men entered
the Workhouse Hospital and killed
Patrick Cassidy of Mayo.
The two Sergeants killed were mem
bers of the Royal Irish Constaoulary.
They were patients in the st. Brides
Home, which the attackers entered
while the nurses were at supper and
rlddled the Sergeants with bullets
while they were in bed
Cassidy, an of1cial of a Congested
District Board, was undergoing treat
ment for a wound which he sustained
recently during an attack on his
home. The assassins appeared in the
ward where Cassidy lay, with the
other patients, and shot him in the
throat.
The Irish Republican Army imme-
diately sent out patrols, but they had
not discovered the attackers late this
afternoon.
BELFAST, March 16 (Associated
Press) Belfast had the unusual ex.
perience today of daylight bomb
throwing. which resulted in the injury
OF twelve persons, four of whom were
seriously injured. No deaths had been
recorded up to an early hour this
afternoon.
A grenade was thrown during the
noon hour into a churchyard in the
Ballymacarret district, where soldiers
arc stationed. There we're no casual.
ties. Two other grenades were thrown
in the Seaford Street area, and It was
here that all the casualties occurred,
A train proceeding from Belfast to
Dublin was held up at AltnaveiEh.
near Newry, this morning by an
armed band, which seized and car
ried off the mails. The men stopped
the train by waving a red lamp.
Some boarded tho locomotive and
guarded the enSineman and fireman
while the others held up the postal
staff.
4 similar hold-Up occurred yester-
day on the southern side Of the
border,
The evening world., 1922-03-16
Singer Charges He LaviShed
Her Money on "Old Lady
of About Fifty"

ST. LOUIS. March 16 ASSOCIATED
Press) Mime. Margaret Matzenauer.
grand opera singer, in statement to
the Associated Press to-day denied
statements of her chauffeur husband.
Floyd Glotzbach, that he had deserted
her and emphasized that she threw
him out of my New York apartment
Jan. %"
The diva asserted she has pending
in New York proceedings for absolute
divorce on the alleged grounds of in
fidelity, naming as respondent IAN
old lady of about nifty" of Carmel,
Cal, and that papers were served on
Glotzbach on Jan, 81.
The singer declared she had given
Glotzbach $3.50 a month, but in spite
of this, she had to pay for every
thread he wore" She stated that.
although she allowed him to "live
the life of a prince" he publicly
MED their marriage in a letter to n
newspaper in Carmel.
Nine. Matzenauer, touching on Il
report from San Francisco that she
expected to become mother, sari
she notified her husband to this ef-
feet Il month ago after consulting a
physician of Ann Arbor, Mich, but
that she had learned since htI belief
was unfounded.
ST. LOUIS, March l6 Omitted
Prcss) Mime. Matzenauer arrived
here on concert tour and was asked
regarding reports that her chauffeur
husband, whom she had characterized
on marriage as 100 per cent. man -
had deserted her and gone back 10
driving a "for rent" car IN Cali
tOrnia.
~ took him out OF the gutter be-
cause loved him." she stated
II believed then that the great love
which | felt for him would overcome
all other obstacles.
~ made a game fight to hold him,
but ! am also a game loser and I had
10 give n up.
~ have only one desirc--to rId my
self OF this man legally as quickly
as possible"
Tin. diva said Glotzbach had fallen
IN love with a certain Nomun "whu
sCont!nucd on Rixtb Po1pl
The evening world., 1922-03-16
It's as Narrow as a Dumb
Waiter-Fancy Shower
Bath at Base.

The mystery of how Mayor Hylan
has managed t o enter and leave
City Hall unknown to even the
sharpest lookouts. among them job
hunters, takers, beggars, nuts
with panaceas for the ills of civiliza-
ton. and last but not least reporters.
has at last been solved.
Shhh! Hizzoner has a secret
staircase with a fancy shower bath
at it's base. Poe's weird House OF
Usher" had nothing more uncanny.
Louis XIV. would have pronounced II
the cutest ever. Gov. Whitman,
whose secret stairway" at the Cap
itoi caused such a furore. will sym
pathize.
Suspicion of a private way out. an
unofficial getaway, was first aroused
in City Hall when the Mayor was
seen one minute demolishing a cheese
sandwich at a desk piled high with
reports from Dave Hirshfield and the
next instant was out in the Broadway
sunshine bowling right and left tc
1.-The people"
The patiently awaiting gatherings
in the anteroom did not see him de-
part. Neither did the policeman in
the hall who commands the two doors
with good pair of eyes. Even Lieut.
Quinn. keenest of them all. was non.
plussed.
This is what happened. Wheeling
n his swivel chair the centre of his
sanctum the Mapor opens closet
innocent enough looking to contain
only a few bottles. This closet IL
The evening world., 1922-03-16
OXYGEN BURNED,
DIE IN HOME.
Gas Stove Left Lighted When
Family Retired Last
Night.

Neighbors in the house at No. if5
heap Street, Brooklyn, calling upon
the family of Benjamin Bernoff to-day
were unable to get a response to their
knocks.
They informed the police, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernoff, thirty.hve years each,
and their son, William, eleven, We're
found dead in the bedroom. The door
was closed, as were the windows, and
gas stove was found burning.
DR.. Jacobs said death had resulted
from the burning up Of the oxygen in
the room. The case was reported Ia
the Medical Examiner az accidental
death.
The evening world., 1922-03-16
LME. MATZENAUER TO DIVORCE 100 PER CENT. HUSBAN
Secret Spiral Stairway Used
By Hylan TO Dodge Job Hunters

the upper landing OF a spiral stair
way-you know the Sapho kind. At
the bottom OF the stairway is another
closet. In fact the entire stairway
is as narrow as a dumb-waiter How
ever the generous waistband of
John +. Hylan-his point Of geatest
resistense, was taken in considera
ton when the stairs was built. And
from the bottom of the stairway
through the basement Railways to the
street
The first step in the erection of tie
secret stairway was the requirement
of the basement space Immediately
beneath the Mayors suite of offices.
This was formerly occupied 10y tine
Board of Child Welfare.
It was explained that the Mayor
needle the space below to ny to when
he wanted to get away from the
telephones and the crowds of Of
flee seekers. But no mention was
ever made of the spiral stairway.
An unsuccessful effort was made
to inspect the Mayors cellar shower
bath and secret stairs to-day. John
F. Sinnott, Secretary to the Mayor,
was asked to show the press through
Hizzoner's basement compartments.
The Mayor has the keys" he re-
piled. You can gain admission only
through him.
The Sinking Fund Commission ;
under the impression that it has
something to do with the allotment
of space in City Hall. But Mayor
Hylan evidently doesn't agree with
this viewpoint. for he had the spiral
stairway built and the basement
addition made to his office without
the formal action of that body.
Neither City Chamberlain Berolzhei-
mer, a close friend of the Mayors
or Comptroller Craig had ever heard
of the staircase.
The evening world., 1922-03-16
BILL THAT CURBS
THEATRE TICKET
"SPECS" PASSED
Can't Charge More Than Fifty
Cents on Any Ticket
They Handle.
TAM MEASURE WINS.
Protection to Fares in Case of
Accident Guaranteed-Eve-
ming World Victory,
By Sophie Irene Loeb.
(staff Correspondent Of The Evening
Worldly

(staff Correspondent Of The Evening
Worldly
ALBANY, March 16.-with the
able cooperation of Senator Ward v.
Tolbert and Assemblymen Maurice
Bloch and Victor Kaufman of New
York City and Senator Charles w.
Walton of Kingston two measures Of
vital Importance to everybody who
attends the theatre or uses public tax
icabs, which were originated and ad-
vocated by The Evening World have
passed the Legislature and await the
signature of Gov. Miller.
The Walton Bloch bill insures that
ticket spectators will not charge
more than an advance of so cents On
each ticket they handle. This measure
has beea framed to CONFORM with the
latest decisions of the courts and the
authors of the bill and legal advisers
are certain that it will stick
Protection to users of taxicabs in
case of accident is guaranteed by the
Tolbert Kaufman bill, which requires
that every person or corporation op-
Grating a motor passenger vehicle ex-
cept a street car shall be bonded for
$1,000 or be protected, for the benefit
of passengers, by a $500 insurance
policy.
81 am confident the Governor will
sign this BILL said Senator Walton
to-day, "as / know how anxious he
is TO see this abuse corrected. This
bill was passed unanimously by both
Houses and demonstrates clearly the
great need of such legislation.
"All politics has been laid aside in
this statute, since every visitor to
New York from Upstate, as we'll as
the people in New York, have been
long suffering and practically unable
to secure good seats in theatres un-
less they pay sometimes several hun
dred per cent. above the box office
price,
Assemblyman Maurice Bloch also
stated that the members of the House
were very anxious that such a bill he
passed as would correct the deplor-
able conditions obtaining not only in
New York City but in the entire
State. Everybody wanted to vote
for it," he said.
The various provisions OF this bill
are stated below.
The other bill that passed both
Houses yesterday was the Tolbert-
Eaufmann bill, which provides that all
taxicab owners or persons running
cars for hire shall be required to give
a bond of $500 as an indemnity
against injuring people by reckless
driving.
Senator Tolbert in defending the
measure stated the public had no pro-
lection from taxicab owners whS did
not of their own accord take out
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