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COMPLAINED TO BENSON
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Coit of operating the American mer-1
ehant marine vn raised te unheard of I
figures by graft which was permitted
t6 run unchecked In affairs of the Unltce.
States shipping beard, according te an
assertion today by Congressman Geerge.
W. Edmonds, who. nn a member of
the merchant marine committee of the
Heuse, has conducted a personal Inves Inves
tlgatlen which, he says, has brought te
light enormous expense, graft nnd
watte.
In the course of the Interview he read
a letter sent te Admiral Hensen, chair
man of the beard, complaining of con
ditions In this pert, and advising that
ft saving of $.',000,000 annually could
b effected by a sane system of purchas
ing for vessels that put In here.
"The creeks are trying te push our
merchant marine off the face of the
ocean." said Kdmends. "Men of re
pute nave been transformed by the al
most universal desire te share in the
graft. The desire te make money en the
part of Americans Is doing mere te
iurt our merchant marine than any
competing foreign power or discrimina
tory sets of laws could ever hope."
1 Manj- Methods of draft
"The reports of the detectives reveal
an infinite number of methods for mak
Ih it se expensive te enerntc our shins
that a continuation of these methods
ia certain te ruin our merchant ma
rine," ald Mr. Edmonds. "There Is
the case of one man who eald he had
charged $118,000 te de a repairing Jeb
te ships that would ordinarily cost only
308,000 because there were" a number
of men who had te be 'taken care of.'
"In another case there were two ships
Jying in urydeck being repaired. One
of three was a contract Jeb for a pri
vate concern, while the ether waa a
government ship being repaired en the
cost-plus basis. A large number of
repair men would enter the government
hip. walk through It te the contract
Jeb lying at Its side and then their time
would be charged up against the gov
ernment Jeb.
"An enormous amount of money waa
made by the subsidiary repairing com
panies, that were favored by the ship
ping beard officials In charge of letting
the contracts. These favored companies
bad no competition. There were no at
tempts te get a number of competitive
bids. The concerns enjoying the favor
itism bid whatever they chose for a
ob and were awarded the contract with
out further ado.
Get. 515,000 Dividend
"In the case of one company, a
Stockholder was paid a $15,000 dividend
en an investment of $2000. That is
merely typical of the profits that were
exacted. The whole scheming was very
taw te say the least. It was visible at
Heg Island in the construction period.
Thousands of men steed around nn the
job doing absolutely nothing, while the
contractor was paid a 10 per cent bonus
en the salaries paid the workmen.
"In the course of our Investigations
we ran across a bill of $5200 that was
charged by a Philadelphia firm for fur
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Cheaper Houses?
Yeu Must First
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Clothing and
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Philadelphia
Real Estate Beard
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Probe of Shipping Beard
May Be Continued Here
Henrlng by the Walsh congres
sional cemmitter, which Is Investi
gating charges of graft and misman
agement against the United 'States
shipping beard, will probably be
continued In Philadelphia In two
weeks, Representative Walsh said
today In New Yerk. The Investi
gation In New Yerk will net be com
pleted for two weeks. Then hearings
will probably be held here and in
Washington.
nishing supplies te a snip here. Inves Inves
tlcatlen showed that at any of the
wholesale feed houses here that bill of
goods could have been purchased for
$1600.
"One of the antiquated methods that
has nlded In the inflation of the cost
of operating our ships Is the continua
tion of the system of buying through
ship chandlers. The modern method of
contracting In bulk Is apparently un
known te the shipping beard men. The
Institution of that tiystcni would enable
the government te save $0000.000 In
Philadelphia alone according te an esti
mate based en the discoveries made
here. The condition here, moreover, is
only typical of that te be found in
every prt In the country.
"The Philadelphia situation was
called te Admiral Hensen's attention In
a letter written by n local shipping man,
who waa conversant with the conditions
here. I de net knew of anything that
hns been done te, remedy the conditions'
complained of.
"Anether company here has allocated
te It by the Khlpplng beard, the duty of
operating certain ships. That company
has taken a stenographer and a. book
keeper In its employ and formed them
Inte n subsidiary supply company. By
means of that system, the bookkeeper
and stenographer ostensibly buy the
supplies and thrn furnish them te the
company at nn increased figure. That
Is Just one of the means that has bj-en
employed te Inflate the profits that the
company makeu from the uhlpplng
beard business.
Bryan Here Tonight
William Jennings Bryan will speak
tonight in the Fourth Presbyterian
Church, Forty-seventh street and
Klngsessing avenue, en "But Where
Are the Nine" 7
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Clement Finds Ne
Corrupt Ship Deal
Continued from rase One
operation te meet conditions created by
decreasing freight rates.
Commander Clement expressed n his
opinion that operating accounts had
never been returned In whnt he would
term n proper method of accounting.
Citing as example Indvidual voyages of
certain ships, lie Indicated that under
the old agreements operators were net
receiving adequate compensation.
Explaining the terms of operating
agreement Ne. 3, he said the operator
was paid $200 for ench ship, with nn
additional fee of seven te ten cent a
month for eftch deadweight ten, SUch
compensation, he declared, wns, gen
erally speaking, net sufficient under
present conditions te enable operators
te handle the ships nnd operate
efficiently.
Handling 1100 te 1200 Ships
Commander Clement testified that the
shipping beard new Is handling under
operating agreements with steamship
companies' 1100 te 1200 ships. These
out of commission nt present, he ex-,
plained, arc for the most part w'oeden
vessels which could net be operated In
competition with these of steel con
struction. Reverting te the subject of account
ing, the witness BUggestcd that receipts
from the operation 0f vessels should be
deposited In a bank designated by the
shipping beard subject te check by the
comptroller.
Under the present method of book
keeping, he anld, It Is Impossible for the
beard te defcrmlue what moneys are
Its own except by sending auditors te
check operators' accounts.
"One of the first things Admiral Ben Ben
eon erclr-red," he added, "was te estab
lish a better and mere efficient system
of accounting."
Plans being worked out by the comp
troller at present, he ttald. Include de
vising n system of standards for the
purchase of previsions and ether sup
plies for ships and the establishment
of a commissary department te relieve
captains and agents of the ueeesslt of
buying supplies from local sources In
foreign ports. About half et' the ves
sels new carry a shipping beard repre
sentative In the person of a supercargo.
Admiral Bensen probably will be
asked te testify before the committee
when It adjourns Its hcaringH te Wash
ington, it was Intimated by Representa
tive Jeseph Walsh, Massachusetts,
chairman.
This was taken in part ns the answer
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te Admiral Bensen's telegram yesterday
te Mr. Wahh, offering the records nnd
ncrsennel of the heard in furtherance
of the Committee's hearings.
.nr. uaisii indicated that the
committee would hear the testlmenv of
Jehn Barten Payne, Edward N. Hur"
ley, Charles M. rJchwnb nnd Charles E.
Flex. "
PlEZ CALLS GRAFT
CHARGES "ABSURD"
Chicago, Nev. II. Charging that the
Walsh committee investigating wartime
shipbuilding was "sensation hunting"
nnd playing politics. Chnrles E. Plez.
ferm.erlv director general of the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation, last night
branded the charges contained in a re
port te the committee released in Wash
ington untrue.
lie relerreil te the Walsh Investi
gators as a "bllgcwater committee," In
timated that thev arc Inspired by a
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"A imdemarJi Identify it by the Circle A
burlap hack trademark en the burlap back. (
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"malevolent, vindictive purpese'' and
named their conclusions "absurd nnd
puerile."
"Twice within eight months the so se
calted Walsh committee has caused the
publication, of statements reflecting en
the cempercney, honesty and integrity
of the members of the Unljfed Btates
shipping beard and the' Emergency Fleet
Corporation." the Piex statement reads.
"The 'billion dollar graft' story had
blown up, but the committee kept en.
The committee Ir again after a sensa
tion, and se it publishes the charges
which two former miner empleyes of
the shipping beard have laid before the
committee. It publishes these without
giving the officials of the shipping beard
and the Fleet Corporation an oppor
tunity te reply."
Te Lecture en Anlmalt' Motion
"The Production of Motion by Ani
mals" will be dircussed by Ulric Dahl
gren, professor of biology, Princeton
University, this evening at the Frank
lin Institute.
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Nine Are Hurt In Explosion en
Freighter In New Yerk
tfew Yerli, Nev. 11. (Hy A. P.)
Three bottles yere discovered this morn
ing in the held of the Morgan Hue
steamship El Munde, en which nine
mn were seriously injured yesterday
when one of the vessel's fuel tanks ex
ploded while she was tied up te her
Hudsen river pier,
Latest reports from the rescuers lat
night Indicated that there had been no
less of life.
Nene of the three bodies could be
Identified. Mergari lilnc officials said
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they probably were members of ' tl.c
shore Van working en the freighter
when the explosion occurred.
The bodies were discovered early to te
day In the burned areas below aM;
h. Munde today lies beached en the
Cemmunlpaw uatB. near hi Is Is ami.
FIrc-flghters last night towed the Mm
Ing ship out of the congested section
of the harbor.
Negro Robbed of $22.50
.Tame3 Adams, twenty' yenrs old, a
negre, of Third nnd Spruce streets,
Camden, reported te the. police, that he
was held up by two white men en
Hndden avenue last nlSht nnd relieved
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