I AND WORKER FINED TEJ'ir'y '"''fi .v "' .-EBipNtf, ETIBnp-S3BIHJilMBlPHlA:,- BtJf6T,c flQVBlgBER -10, ,1920; ;m'. VWF-- '""7' - ust.Ray $2000 for Selling 'Whisky m.saioen at Tenth W aridKacb'Striets.. .. ;i- .Ii' OTHER'StNTferiCES DELAYED Mrs. C. Glllexplc. who own a saloon t'Tcnth owl' HacA ntreet, and Jehn Wihli, her bartender, were fined nn frratc'bf $2000 by .Tudce Dickinsen, if the United States District Court te- tS en CODYicinm ui imvjuu neiu MtJ.' Oinesple's fine wns $1500. Walsh' $500. The jury recommended mercy In both cases. .Tudje Dickinsen, in Imposing sen tta(c, told Mrs. Gillespie he had con cen ildtrrd her sex as well as the Jury's recommendation, and therefore hadelvcn ler no prison sentence. The Jury's plea, "cll ss Walsh's ill health, coupled 1th the fact that he was nn empleye, moved the Judge, as he told the defend at, te let him off with a $500 Dnc. Adslstnnt United Statca Attorney Belzcr told the court before sentence was imposed, that whisky had been sold in the saloon since the conviction of the two defendants. Judge Dickinsen said tils was e matter for n second prosecu tion and would net influence his P"s , laz of sentence. Three ether alleged liquor law vio lators were te have been sentenced to day, namely Geerge W. Schott. who keeps a saloon at Twelfth and Filbert streets; Jehn McDonald, a saloon keeper, i'f Ninth and Cherry streets, and McDonald's bartender, Patrick Mc Mc Mc Doneugli. Sentence was deferred until next Wednesday because thclf counsel could net be present today. WHAT'S THE USE OF LIVING?' SAYS RESCUED CRIPPLE 111 1 I 1 ! Legless Man Declares He Is Tired of Sympathy and Charity "What's the use of llvlne when nil you can get is sympathy and mencr and Je job?" said Harry White, of this eltr, a legless man, who arrived here till morning after be was saved by Milers ttbe witnessed his attempted sul dde in Ualtimere yesterday. White, uh6 was once a lumber jack ted lest his limbs through frost bite, went te Baltimere three weeks uge in ts effort te, obtain employment. He traveled In a rolling platform. Accord -icr te bis story be tried place after place, but was unsuccessful. The peo ple In Iloltiraere were very kind te him, be said, and they gave him money and fjmnath.T and helped him across streets. Tilt made him tired of living. Se be wheeled himself te the East Falls ave nue bulkhead of Jenes' Falls and dived overboard, taking with him his rolling platform. Several sailors from the U. S. S. Al Al Utreiig witnessed his attempted suicide and went after him. White, according te their statement, fought their efforts it rescuing him, and Anally they suc ceeded in tossing him ashore. He tSs taken te a Baltimore hospital, where physicians said he was none the worse for his dip, and then was given t hearing befere Magistrate Seltzer. "Why didn't they let me die?" he said at the hearing. "What's the use of llclng I'm a burden te humanity ud knew it. Wherever I go I attract attention and sympathy, which, al though wall meant, is tiresome. A collection was taken up for the cripple nfter he had premised the mag istrate that be would go home and pet take hli life. Mere than $7 was cot-' letted from the policemen, magistrate isd I courtroom witnesses. He hug rein Utm in this city whom he is new vis iting. HARDING, FAILING TO LAND TARPON, MAKES NEW TRIAL President-Elect Will , Make Armistice Day 8peeeh at Brownsville Point Isabel, Tex., Nev. 10. .(By A. P.) President-elect Harding deserted f( for tarpon fishing again today, can celing a tentative nppeintmeut at the Broansville Country Club in order te rtmsin en the water all day. Yester day's try at tarpon angling mads him a ittuQch devetee of the sport and hit friends predicted that during the -remainder of his acatlen here he would live viry little time te any ether form of recreation. A prUe catch get away from him yesterday. Tomorrow Mr. Harding is te speak at Brevrnsvllle nt an Armistice Day celebration, and he may go Inte the cltv early and try out the country club links before delivering his address. Se far he has net prepared any manuscript for the occasion, but expects te dictate at least a part of bis speech tonight. P. R, T. In Frelflht Dlapute The Public Service Commission to te cay heard arguments advanced by the jrtlgh Valley Transit Ce. against the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Ce., re garding a dispute ever freight rates. The company contended that the P. II. T. received tee large a percentage for ff'elit carried te a point in Chestnut -.... wm-iu ib uansirrrmi te tun com plainant's lines. Fred h. Bellard, rcp- ii .vue " cenicnaeu mat we commission did net have Jurisdiction a the case. The evidence, hmviwer. w h....i i .. .r - . .- :" IiT, 1 Bnu lU0 lliestten et jurisdiction WlM 06 KPttlnrl In 1.a f..ll .!. ,,.1.... Today Commlsalenem Renn nnrf fllemnnt heard testimony. Ship Beard Men's Kin Qet Vessels Cwneued fro,,, P,M 0na &?. 0ATi Jes'. ownership by lenipanics eperatlur revemmnf viu Pie". I! cemP?ie8 famishing sup Jnlii.'0. ih.0K cre't at prices rancluR whM.."i? lreP . Per cent above Pllfh IVa ,' wie8aia theft of suu- re cB!3,n' 0VMnrant veswls also om!IOnnln"fil8Untlena ,lcsed that In me cabes the (We. n,n.i t... i.i S contractors i'nd accep ed is 2 ?.? n,,ia " by companies in iffi W contractors "which H1" .Kur.tedLb,ert,Xlnfl,0I te ihi rfa.,n th,cr l,,unt end charged tt eyPthuseUnlLin K,per cut efr?he hi L l1nncre', th "t for sell- taies th. SiS" chnr'1 th"t in some wJwetera trp,erntl??. autherised PHated fllni'.Uke fr "U r appre- J benrtl "J!?t0 Purchase tlb i.!:. MDd and that subemini Y BSiiSS" "M bends we?e sod or used "for plant AttktM HAallaJ ;. '"vu UBTO rar P'ant pw ' They (the contractors) then put in n claim against the United States ship Ping beard Emergency Fleet Corpora Cerpora Corpera tlon, for the lesscB.Uhus Incurred' de clared the report. Laid te Maladministratien .i Pu ni?,nte he "in'Kr of salvage of shipbuilding plants, uncompleted hulls iMhK '"'tores.nbe report al- iv p"Hn,n te J"J0.W that th "ile of the "millions of dollars' .worth of mate I owned by the fleet corporation bad netted-noTnero than 13V5 cents en the dollar nt a time when the shipping beard at ether, points' was purchasing Uie se me jnaterials In the' open market at prices in advance of the original cost prices of,, the materials sold. "However," said the report, '"the qucstle seems te be one of maladminis maladminis trateon, rather than ene of fundamental conditions, se fnr as the limited returns from the sale et these materials is con cerned." The report said that "the Bardce Ce. was trying te purchase under a blanket contract nil supplies and stores of the fleet corporation nnd charged that one of the officials of this company was "also an adviser te the shipping beard's cancellation and claims beard." The shipping beard announced the sale et surplus material en the Pacific const valued nt about $15,000,000 te "Bardee Brethers, Inc.," of New Yerk. Large Sums Made by Hull Itemetats As te building contract cancellations and hull removals, the report asserted that the shipping beard entered into a contract with Geerge F. Rogers te re move hulls which were en the ways In an unfinished state at the time the con tract was signed or te obtain from the builders or the owners of the land upon which the hulls and ways rested a re lease from further liability. "Fer some reason," said the report, "the United States shipping benrd saw flt te make n contract with Rogers te pay him $5000 per hull for each hull thus handled by him. The result has been that in many cases the United States shlnplng beard has paid an addi tional $5000 per hull te have Rogers sell the hull or give it nwey, in many cases the cost of the hull representing several thousand dollars. Rogers has found no difficulty in selling these hulls nt a very fair prlce, which revenues re vert te Rogers, In addition te which he collected from the United States shipping beard Emergency Fleet Cor poration. $5000 per hull fee." Efronneus Profits by Lumber Rales Ce. The report snld the centrnct entered Inte with the American Lumber Sales Ce. "should be gene into by thi com mittee. bccauM! tt presents some fea tures th.at arc questionable, te say the least." The report then gees en te charge that the company was te geme extent "composed of persons previously engaged with the fleet corporation," that it purchased materials from the corporation at a stipulated price and sold thrsc materials "where is as is" at an advance sometimes of mere than J00 per cent ever the purchase price and that Jn many cases It appeared that the company used fleet corporation plants and equipment "te reap enormous profits from the sale of materials which It had purchased" from the fleet corporation-Scrap Material Contract Criticized The contract with the Southern Scrap Material Ce., which, it wns stated, had been abrogated, also was criticized. It was charged that the con tract was made by an agent of the beard at New Orleans "without the knowledge of his home office" and that materials in many cases net declared surplus were sold te the company at prices far below the market quetntUns at the time of the sales. The report further charged that the organization of uc beards supply safes department, particularly Its pert were made out te, order of Southern Scrap Material Ce. It was alleged In4 the report that re pair work en shipping beard vessels was done en a basis of rav for nnrimm - the Jeb at current wages plus 50 per cent for overhead nnd profit, plus 10 per cent of material cost te cover cost of purchase and profit te"Uie contractor. Overcharges Continue te lie Common "Overcharges Immediately became and continue te be common under thla form of agreement," said the report. "It Is te the advantage of the contrac tor te pad payrolls, slight work, put tee many men en the Jeb, encourage leafing en the Jeb, corrupt Inspectors and timekeepers, use helpers and charge for first-class workmen, use common labor and charge for skilled labor, drag the work te moke it last longer, find additional work te de and get it speci fied, etc. "Corruption of United States ship ping beard, Emergency Fleet Corpora tion, empleyes and officials became the tendency under this practice. Usually attempts are made by contractors, and in many cases unpnrcntly are successful, te ttecure the tin or of the pert con struction nnd repair representative, who has the assignment of work te (he va rious contractors, and the local United States shipping beard, Emergency Fleet Corporation, agency auditor, who has under bis charge checkers nod time keepers." It was charged that "geed men" were "heckled, insulted or even frightened susceptible te corruption." The report declared it was a comparatively easy matter te "accidentally" drop a bar or wrench into a ship's held when a "straight" timekeeper or Inspector was standing under. The report dealt nt length with the furnishing of fuel and supplies te ship ping beard vessels, declaring, that the "expenditures et millions et dollars was left in the hands of masters, chief engineers, and stewards." In many cases, it was asserted, the supplies are purchased from brokers, who add a .profit of from 25 te ,40 per cent, give gratuities te masters' and stewards in the form of "free launches, free auto mobiles, free liquor, free entertainment, etc.," nnd charge them m with the price of supplies. The report charged that ships' officers were cnnbled by the fuel allowances made for each voyage te finish with excess fuel, that they receipted for a full supply en rebunkcrlng and "then get n rebate from the bunkering com cem pnny" te the extent of the excess. It was charged that through political influence ships had been assigned te companies In wtilrh officials of tne ship ping beard "wer? or bad been asso ciated," and that companies which did net have "the, standing or the financial responsibility 'te insure safer and proper management and operation" get all ton ten nut applied Ifpc br that mean. While many of the government ehlps are making a profit, the report said, ethers are operating at a less, and it wn asserted that there were many who believed that a Anal accounting of the operations of the ships would show "a serious' less en the gross tonnage epcratcdJ" Seme Flants Net Properly Safeguarded nnvlnwlnir shlnbulldlne contracts and settlements, the report charged that "valuable and expensive shipbuilding fdants" erected en lands owned or cased by the contractor In "several cases" were net properly safeguarded as te title. "The result of these oversights," said the report, "was that the United HtnteK Hhinnlne heard. Emcrccmff Fleet Corporation, found itself in position et owning a plant located en privately owned sites and faced the necessity of giving nway or selling these plants for a small percentage of their original cost te the owner or lessees of the sites." The report nlse charged that in some cases attorneys who represented the fleet corporation in drawing the con tracts later engaged with the con tractors as counsel "te assist them in Interpreting or in breaking or In at tempting te break the contracts." GATEWOOD BLAMES COST PLUS SYSTEM "Since I assumed this office, July 1. I have been doing my best te get rid of this damnable cost-plus system," de clared Commander Catewoed today, Commenting en the revelations of waste and extravagance attributed te the United States shipping beard. Commander Gatcwoed Is acting di rector of the Bureau of ( Construction and Repairs of the shipping beard with offices In this city. The official said the Walsh committee report, Just made public, referred te conditions in the past, but did net re fleet the improvements that have been brought about recently. Had the ln ln vcstieatlen been continued, he said, it would have showed beyond doubt that conditions ,were improving instead of growing worse. Matthew 0. Brush, president of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation, said today that his com pany was in no way .involved in the charges of waste aud extravagance made in the Walsh committee report. Mr. Brush said no repair 'work Wfls dene at Heg Island. The company wau under contract te build 122 ships. All have been built and turned ever te the government except seven, which will be completed in the near future. The vessels built at Heg Island were net constructed op the cost-plus sys tem, Mr. Brush pointed out. The com pany whs gjven a set fee for each ship. The vessels were built with government funds. All surplus materials at Heg Island, be said, were turned ever te the ship ping beard's representative. Harding-Reet Views Will Be Harmonized Ontlnard from Fuse One Reet, if he takes part In these con ferences and becomes secretary of state. will probably have te yield somewhat et nts nositlen and accent mere amend ments te the league than he new thinks necessary. The program of n peace by resolution will probably be adhered te, according te a well-informed Republican. But be fore a program upon the league Itself is adopted, three things have te be done. First, an agreement among Republi cans will have te be effected which will obtain the support of the largest num ber of Republicans possible. Mr. Hard ing docs set want te start his admin istration with a split in his party. Will Ask Democratic Support Second, Democratic support te the Republican proposal will have te be ob tained. Mr. Harding has premised te consult the Senate en the League of Nations, publican senators senators', for no This means net only the He- nut tne Democratic treaty can be get thrmirh tvttlintlt DnmeAratlc SUDDert And third, the adhesion of foreign governments te the amendments te the league covenant, if that, as seems likely, Is the plan adopted, win novo 10 de oo eo oe telned, This is regarded -a -the. least difficult stage of the proceedings., For eign nations will hardly rcfuse te accept VUl IClUtp. The conferences which will lead te an agreement en Republican policy wilt take place before'the 4th of March. The conferertce with the Democratic sena tors will probably take place after that date, Uie Democratic party being under Wilsen's leadership till that date. Con ferences with, foreign powers will cer tainly wait till after March 4, dlplo dlple mntlc nrenrletr renulrlna this delay. Obviously the league or association of S iii " -MFili ii v ia Ll !- hatiens that originates thai wll one man's plan. It will net.be ITnrrllntf'i learuft or Mti Reet's. Reet can refuse te be secretary of t nnlv if he is unwlllinc te aid In any ternaUenal .arrangement which differ In any degree from his present Idea t what one should be. Mr. Harding CM be unwilling te make Mr. Roethls see retary of state only If he tee is obsti nately Insistent upon his idea et what the league, should be. anlzatien of the beard's supply nnd renresentatives. was used by the com psny te sell materials purchased from the shipping beard and that in many cases the pert representatives sold these supplies "for perhaps 100 te 125 per cent net profit ' te the company nnd that "certified checks for same With These Genuine English Brogues Men are wearing woolen socks from the. same land of sports and damp weather. 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