AIX MEKCHANDISE ADVERTISED IN THE TRIB?NE IS GUARANTEED Vol. LXXIX No. 26,794 ? ICopyr?cht, 1980, ^*w ?ofU Tribune Inc.] Fi**r^ FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1920 THE WEATHER Increasing cloudiness to-day; showers and colder to-night and to-morrow; winds south and southwest. Foil Report on Vont Fag. * * ** . ?r?*Y> r-inc-ra *,n C'eut?"1 New York ?nd I TIIRKK CENTS 1WU i?i?, vtithln coraraulini distance I Elsewhere Ebert's Truce Offer Reported Rejectedby 'Red' Army Leaders Dispatches From Berlin to paris, However, State ?Government and Work? ers Reach Agreement Russian Officers Direct Communists Dispatch to Rotterdam Says Trotzky Planned to Reach Berlin July 1 LONDON. March 25.?Essen dis? patches, forwarded by the Ber? lin correspondent of "The London Times," say that "Red" army lead? ers have rejected the armistice with the Reichswehr. The "Reds" are now completely under the communist leadership of the "Rote Soldaten? hund," which played an important part in the Berlin riots in 1919. PARIS, March 25.?The German jrovernment has reached a definite atrreement with the workmen in the Ruhr Valley, where the general strike has been paralyzing industry and where hostilities between sol? diers and workers have been in progress for several days past, ac? cording to news reaching French semi-official circles to-day from Ber? lin. The bases of the agreement, the advices state, are as follows: The formation of a workmen's army charged with maintaining order. The remodeling of the Cabinet with labor union participation. Thr disarmament of the troops which took part in the recent coup d'?tat. The passage of laws for social re? form and the carrying out of admin? istrative reforms. The socialization of the mines, particularly the coal mines and the ?>ota.?5h workings. The dissolution of "counter revo? lutionary'' formations. Improvement of the food supply system. ROTTERDAM, March 25.?The Spar tacist movement in the Rhir.e provinces has long been organi_*ed with the co? operation of Russian aid and the of? fensive against Poland, with the joint object that Trotzky, tHe Russian Bol? shevik Minister of War, would be at the gateF of Berlin atthe beginning of July, according to a Muenster dispatch io "The Courant." Russian "Red" army officers, says the correspondent, are al? ready directing the German Spartacists, v'nose army is being rapidly organized and armed on the exact model of Trotzky':?. The revolution was originally plan? ned for ?Ma.v 1, but the leaders believed that the Kapp movement gave them an opportunity to hasten their plans, which included the capture of Muenster and Wesel. According to the "Telegraaf," the Dutch government is taking Steps to prevent "Red" activity. LONDON, March 26.?The Muenster "Anzeiger" gives further details of the plans for a ?Spartacist movement in th?-* Rhine provinces May l,1 according to a Rotterdam dispatch to the London "Times." It says that a conference attended by three Russian officers de? cided on JVIarch 13 that the time had arrived to start a "Red" mobilization in Germany, which had been prepared UP to the smallest details. The workers were to be armed, the Rovernment troops disarmed. An army v;a? to be organized on the Russian Jj;an, 100 Russian officers having been distributed in the industrial provinces for the purpose. The workers, who had already been selected as eligible ior enlistment, were instructed to Plunder the munitions stores and, di 'ectly they were armed, to march on 'Muenster. Wesel also was to be taken ?nd a strong "Red" army was to guard 9* Rhine. A list of high political Personages was drawn up to ?lerve as hostages. Will Arm Labor Force COPENHAGEN, March 25.?A tele? gram from Bielefeld, Westphalia, to? day, referring to the agreement be? tween the workers and the authorities in the industrial district of Rhenish Westphalia (Ruhr Valley and vicinity), '?y? particular emphasis on the de? mand that the troops of General von wiettwitz and the otKer reactionary ?"PS must be disbanded and a work? men's force created. The stipulation as regards this labor wee, the telegram states, is that three g? shall be chosen from out of every wousand inhabitants from the ranks of JW organized workers to be responsi E"e tor the distribution of arms. "e.aP?n8. munitions and requisitioned ?-captured army material are, ac it n? t0 the term-, to be delivered "?mediately to the Communal authori thi Jt is further stipulated, according to nis message, that intensified martial '?* ?hall be abolished and that neither the workmen who took part in the fighting nor the police, the citizens or j?e members of the Reichswehr shall ?;.aa? to suffer in any way as a re SUH of their actions. BaUer Head? New Cabinet __? ?W* March 25.?The new Ger ?"> Cabinet, reconstructed as the re __ k j yesterday's negotiations, will P?~ ed fay Gustav Bauer, the present r?miw. according to the "Morgen Ccntinu.- on ?sas tlx ~ sa *Sn. ave worth-while positions to nil ?Ulrku. _n. The N?^ York Tribune will ?'re wi,!?r'nir you u-e employees you do !rt.'_i *out nece"?lttitinK your lntervlew : ?tttln? . of "Prof-Mlonal job-hunters," (*od"?A >"UJ" time and patience. Call the h-j^VS?"1* Olrl, BeeUman 3000, and let I-__-_rg" r0*?" adverttMment is to-mor u Belgians Warn German Workers BEDERICH, Rhenish Prussia, March 25 (By The Associated ? Press). ? Colonel Preoux, com? manding the Belgian forces, to? day sent officers to the work? men's headquarters at Wesel formally to notify the workers that the Belgians would open fire immediately if any more shhts fell in Belgian occupied territory. Reports show that in addition to three shells early in the day six more fell on the island in the Rhine where the Belgian outpost is stationed, and a number of others in the river nearby. There have been no casualties among the Belgians. Socialists in Germany Deny Soviet Aims Government's Concession to Workmen Results in Conciliatory Feeling Among Various Parties By William C. Dreher Special (.'able to The Tribune (Copyright, 1920. New York Tribune Inc.) BERLIN, March 25.?The situation in Berlin is approaching normal again. There is a rush of cabs and drays, but streetcars are not yet running. News? papers are expected to resume publica ? tion to-morrow. Restaurants have be | gun opening in larger numbers, but j the streets are almost pitch dark at night, as the supply of electricity is insufficient. The banks report that ? business is more regular, although the j Boerse has not resumed. The water supply failed in the northern parts of the city and water sold there for five marks (normally $1.28) a bucket. The guests at the hotels again rejoice at having electric lights after a week of candlelight. The streets are how almost free of troops, except in the vicinity of govern? mental offices, the government having j agreed to a withdrawal of troops to ! appease the workmen's organizations. The Tribune correspondent talked with several Independent Socialist lead i ers and found a more reasonable state? ment of facts than has been currently reported. They utterly denied that anywhere in Germany an effort has been made to declare a Soviet republic. These leaders evince a conciliatory feeling because the government acceded to their demands that workmen be ad? mitted io the safety troops, that Noske and Heine resign, and that troops be withdrawn from Berlin, with the excep? tions mentioned. It is evident that the Independent and Majority Socialists are playing a hard game for position. Demanded New Government After the general strike had been de? clared ended without the sanction of the Independents, they decided they must do something to squeeze a politi? cal advantage from the situation. The Independents demanded that a new gov? ernment be formed consisting exclu? sively of men approved by labor .or-? ganizations. The Majority Socialists, also fencing for position, agreed to this, but on .the condition that the other two coalition parties, viz., the Democrats and the Catholics, accept the proposal, knowing that acceptance by them was absolutely out of the question. j The "Frankfurter Zeitung" does i not hesitate to say that, Ludendorff was the soul of the Kapp movement. It appears now that a conspiracy was conducted jointly with the so-called j society to combat Bolshevism, the bulk of whose members did not suspect the real object of their contributions. Many bankers and great manufacturers were regular contributors, who had no thought of giving money to reestablish junkerdom. Former army officers, however, got the upper hand in the or? ganization and made it the instrument for camouflaging a farreaching con? spiracy. Much satisfaction is expressed in -r Continuad on page ?Ix Milk Cut of 2 Cents a Qt. Apr. 1 Likely Dairymen'sLeague Comes to Agreement With Dis? tributors Which Is Ex? pected to Aid Consumer Companies to Take Entire Production Farmers to Sell Product at 1.7 Cents Under Price Received for March A reduction of two cents a quart in the retail price of milk beginning April 1 is forecast in an agreement entered into last, night between the producers and the distributors. The farmers agree to sell milk to the distributors at an average reduction of 1.7 cents a quart. Under a general rule to extend the reduction to the consumer it i? ex? pected that the handlers to-day will reduce by two cents the present 16 and 17 cent rate for Grade B milk. Proportionate cuts in other grades also are expected. The agreement was announced by the Milk Conference Board, which has been in session at the office of the Dairy? men's League, 303 Fifth Avenue, for more than a week. The failure of the board to act last week led to reports that it was deadlocked. Health Com? missioner Copeland predicted that the board would cut off the city's milk supply. Farmers Do Better This Year The reduction in the amount to be paid to the farmers is said to be much less than was made at the same time last year. Evidence of a warm contest between the farmers and the distributors over prices was given in a statement issued by R. D. Cooper, president of the Dairymen's League, after the agree? ment had been reached. The statement said: "The producers' price for April milk will be $2.55 per 100 pounds for milk testing 3 per cent butter fat, a decrease of 81 cents from the March or present price. ? "Buyers of milk will pay farmers at the rate of 5.4 cents per* quart for 3 per cent milk and 5.9 cents per quart of milk containing 3.6 per cent butter fat. ^ "Four cents per 100 pounds of milk a"re added for each one-tenth of 1 per cent increase of butter fat over 3 per cent. "Producers now are getting 7.1 cents per quart for 3 per cent milk and 7.05 cents for 8.6 per cent milk. "The farmer will receive in April 1.7 cents per quart less than he is re? ceiving this month. He will get half a cent per quart less than h? received * in Apr?, 1919. Buyers to Take Whole Outpnt "Buyers will take all the milk of producers with whom contracts are made. , "The buyers insisted upon a radical revision of the price plan in use dur? ing the last year. In this plan prices are based in the main upon the whole? sale prices of butter and cheese. Under the proposed revision the dealers offered the farmers $2.48 for 3.6 per i cent milk, or at the rate of $2.24 for ! 3 per cent milk. "The executive committee of the league declined to agree to the revi? sion, as proposed, as it brought the price far below the cost of production, with all the advantages in favor of the j dealers. "Without any revision in the present sale plan, the producers' price would have been about $2.97 per 100 pounds. The league's representatives agreed to certain revisions which resulted in a price of $2.67 and offered to sell league milk at this price. This concession was made in view of conditions in the milk manufacturing market due to the stop? ping of exports of milk products. Farmers Oppose Production Cut "It was suggested to the league by th? dealers that farmers should use less feeds and reduce the amount of milk produced, thus decreasing the natural surplus in times of an abun? dant flow of milk. The league officers declared their unalterable opposition to such a proposition, arguing that, first, it would work to the disadvantage of the public, and, secondly, that if a cow's flow of milk is once reduced the full flow can naiur be brought back. "Farmers in tffe country insisted that they must have a higher price than the ?dealers offered, and the executive com? mittee constantly put forth its best en? deavors to prevent a situation that might result in a rupture of business relations. At no time during the nego? tiations were the officers of the league in favor of a SO' called milk strike. "The league- officers regret attempts on the part of Dr. Copeland to inflame consumers against farmers by' declar? ing that the public was threatened with a milk strike.' Polish Forces Hold 'Reds' In Check on 400-Mile Front WARSAW, March,25?Bolshevik at? tacks have been launched against the Polish line at scattered points along a front of approximately 400 miles, and the long-planned spring attack by the Russian Soviet armies apparently has been commenced. While the Bolsheviki have made small advances at some places, despite the desperate resistance of the Poles, the latter have been holding the enemy in check in most sections, say official statements. The "Reds" have been compelled to retrtat from several new? ly acquired positions along the front, but fighting still continues, the Soviet troops using heavy artillery, tanks, armored cars and other apparatus cap? tured from General Denikine on the south Russian front. Most severe fighting took place Tues? day on the Polesian-Podolian front, near the Galician fronuer. the Bol? sheviki concentrating their attacks on .this sector in an effort to capture Rovno, an important railroad center, and Kamenetz-Podolsk, a city highly prized because of its strategic import? ance. Further north, in the region 'of Rzecyczo and Kalenkowitz northeast of Mozir, the enemy took several small villages, which were recovered by the Poles after a day's fighting. Heavy engagements also are report? ed in the vicinity of Zaslava, southeast of Rovno? and Starp - Konatajntiaex, where the "Keds" attempted to cross I the Clutch River. East of Kamenetz- ! Podolsk the battle is still going on, both sides using artillery and bringing up reinforcements. Some criick Bol? shevik divisions are in line along this *sector, and cavalry is being used. Rovno is particularly valuable to the Poles, as through it runs the only rail? road by which supplies can be shipped to the army along the southeastern front. In their drive against this city Tuesday the Bolshevik hurled two di? visions ?rito the battle in an attempt to outflank the Poles. Hand-to-hand fighting ensued in villages just to the east of the Slutch River, and the en? emy was finally compelled to retire. He resumed the onslaught, however, and the struggle is still going on in the vicinity of Bubar and Ostropol, where, in spite of their use of heavy artillery in preparation for their as ' sault, the "Reds" have not succeeded in crossing the Slutch. In sectors where the Poles have re? pelled the Soviet hordes they have found great heaps of bridge materials which were brought up in preparation for crossing Beveral streams that flow along the front. Northeast and east of Kamenetz Podolsk, near the Dniester R^ver, the Bolsheviki have been using their heav? iest guns and apparently have made slight gains, having captured the vil? lage of Mohilev (not the important city of the same name) several days General Strike ,. Called in Naples NAPLES, March 26. ? The Chamber of Labor to-day decided to call a twenty-Jour-hour general -strike as a protest against the measures adopted by the police and military to put down the strike in the iron works. Two thousand iron workers had gone out, demanding a.50 per cent increase in wages. Upon a refusal the strikers took pos? session of the factory. Troops surrounded the factory and shots were exchanged with the workmen, the workmen using revolvers and the troops machine guns. A dozen workmen wei'e wounded and about 100 arrested. X Wilson Disavow A Third Term House Democrats Lead in Applauding Humphrey's Criticism of President for Remaining Silent From The Tribune's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, March 25. ?Demo? cratic members of the House of Repre? sentantes, including Democratic Lead? er Champ Clark and Claude 'Kitchin, former leader, cheered a demand made in the House to-day by Representative Humphreys, Democrat, of Mississippi, that President Wilson announce wheth? er he is a candidate for a third term. Mr. Humphreys declared President Wilson should not be considered for a third term, and he criticized the Pres: dent for remaining silent on the ques? tion while his personal friends were actively booming him for another term. When Mr. Humphreys concluded the Democrats in the House were more vo? ciferous in their applause than were the Republicans. Champ Clark and Representative Kitchin rushed to him and patted him on the back, while other Democrats crowded around and shook hands with him. Regrets Silence of President "I regret that the President has re? mained silent as to his intentions in the matter of a third term," said Mr. Humphreys, "and that he has permitted so many of his friends, including mem? bers of the Cabinet, to advocate pub? licly his reelection to a third term, and by remaining silent has allowed the country to believe he was willing to break the ancient precedent." After quoting the views of other American Presidents on the third term, including those of Jefferson and Jack? son, Mr. Humphreys referred to Presi? dent Wilson's declarations on the sub? ject and quoted the single term plank of the Democratic platform on which President Wilson was elected the first time. "I do not believe," said Mr. Hum? phreys, "that Lincoln's heart could ever have entertained for a moment the sug? gestion that he should offer him? self for a third term. It is unthink? able." Third Term Condemned Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Kan? sas, Mr. Humphreys told the House, adopted resolutions condemning an? other term when a third term was sug? gested for General Grant. "The Republicans of Pennsylvania," said Mr. Humphreys, "resolved 'that we declare a firm and unqualified adher? ence to the unwritten law of the Re? public, which wisely and under the sanction of the most venerable of ex? amples limits the Presidential service of any citizen to two terms, and we, the Republicans of Pennsylvania, in recognition of this law, are unalterably opposed to the election to the Presi? dency of any person for a third term.' "These are the precedents which have come down to us from those who have carried the torch of liberty through a century of effort to negative and discredit the theory of the divine right of kings," Mr. Humphreys con? tinued. "It was because we sensed danger in the air and reckoned accu? rately that this old tradition was about to be challenged that we adopted a single term plank in the Democratic platform in 1912." -? . Employers Urging Vole on Beer Bill Sweet Told That Unrest Is Being Caused Among Workers by Prohibition From a Staff Correspondent ALBANW, March 25.?Upstate Re? publican Assemblymen and representa? tives of large employers of labor, it was learned to-day, have been bring? ing pressure to bear on Speaker Sweet to get him to withdraw his opposition to the passage of a 3.50 per cent beer bill. Such a bill can be passed easily in the Senate and it is declared it has svi'.icient votes in the Assembly if the Speaker will let it out of committee. Speaker Sweet is not asked to sup? port the bill, but is urged to permit the Assembly to vote on it on its merits. It was said to-night that Speaker Sweet has been impressed by the dec? laration of Republican Assemblymen and the employers that there is grow? ing unrest among their workers be? cause they cannot get a glass of beer. The argument also has been made to the Speaker that by permitting beer the Legislature would enact a state prohibition enforcement law that would go a long way toward stopping the wholesale bootlegging in whisky now going on. The Walker-Gillett beer bul con? tains provisions for state-prohibition enforcement. No other prohibition en? forcement bill can pass either House, and without state aid it is pointed out that the small Federal force in the state can have little weight in stopping violations of the prohibition amend? ment* , u .. .. So strong is the sentiment for a beer bill among members of the Legis? lature that some of them are predict? ing that even a motion to discharge the committee could be carried. This would have to be done over Speaker Sweet's head. you ean ?till buy ^ranberri*?. They ewt leas tban last ymr.?Aavt. Henry Makes Attack on Smith In Police Vice Hunt Scandal; Swann Aid Hits Back in Denial - < Smith Says High Police Official Gave Order That Inspired Inspector to Make Attack on Him Asserts Inspector Got Gimson Bail Declares Greater Sensa? tion Than City Has Seen Is Forthcoming Soon James E. Smith. Assistant District Attorney, replying lato last night to charges made against him in affidavits made public by Inspector Dominick Hen? ry, in command of the 4th Inspection District, declared that the reason for the "vicious and unfounded attacks" was that, according to information which he, Smith, had received last night, a high police official now under investiga? tion had sent the word to "high police officers throughout the city that if they did not come to his assistance at once he was going to 'squeal' and tell every? thing he knew about the Police Depart? ment, from bottom to ton." "In the words v.f the high police official in question, Mr. Smith said he is going to 'blow up the works' if his friends of the Police Department didn't come to his assistance post haste. That is the reason for these attacks upon me." "Henry upholds Gunson, the detec? tive, whom I have indicted," he added. "They are all working together, high and low, and before we get through with them we are going to show them that the people of this city have a right to know what rottenness is going on in their Police Department. "Graft and Vice Flourish" "Graft and vice have flourished un? der their noses for months. I raided gambling houses and other 'joints' in the Tenderloin district over Henry's head a good many months ago, and he never has got over it. When I got Gunson, one of his collectors, he swore h6*d attend to" me. Gunson, whom Henry has told he will help through all his trouble, is at the present time indicted and will be convicted. "I wonder if the public knows, as in? formation of the best kind has told me, that after the indictment of Gun? son Inspector Henry arranged for bail for the notorious John Gunson and also for his lawyer? "No power in God's country can save this higher police official or Gunson. In a short time I expect to make public the name of the high police official who will be indicted." Mr. Smith declared that "never in the history of New York has the Police Department been more inefficient, more desperate, more vicious or more cor? rupt than at the present time, and they know we're going to get them. These foul and vicious affidavits by Henry will -not hurt us." Never Spoke to Henry He? said some of the affidavits were two or three years old, and added: "I never spoke to Henry in my life, on any subject, at any time. His attack is in line with the letter written by the Mayor on March 12, 1919. It is a com? bined effort to make me stop our cru? sade against grafting in this city. "Henry knows he is under investiga? tion. Every statement he makes is ab? solutely false," Mr. Smith continued. "But the police system compels him to make them to hold his job. He is like a rat in a corner crying for help. "Such vicious attacks as these will cause the people of this city and county to demand that every last grafter is brought to the bar of justice. We're going to break the system. Just tell them that." Inspector Henry, when told late last night that Mr. Smith had said he was a "madman and had become desperat?," replied: ?'I wasn't desperate when I made those affidavits, two years ago. The .' aa- it.?, wore made when Smith was trying to open up the Tenderloin dis? trict. That was about the timo .??*??*?, gambling house that Smith ran at 256 West 105th Street, known as the Civitas Club, was closed. That club was run by him and his brother-in-law and was a notorious gambling house." "Inspector Henry lies!" shouted Mr. Smith when this remark was repeated to him. "The Civitas Club," he said, "never was a gambling club. It was a political club, pure and simple. I was simply a member of the Civitas Club until 1916. : The club was known as the Civitas Democratic Club and there never was any gambling in it. There never was ? a i.i-?y' there. The members may have ! played a little poker or pinochle, but | that was all." Root Will Sit On League Board I Agrees to Aid in Fram? ing Constitution for World Arbitration Court By Arthur S. Draper From The Tribune's European Bureau (Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.) LONDON. March 25.?Elihu Root has accepted the invitation tendered by the league of nations to become a member of the commission which will meet at The Hague in June to draw up a constitution for a permanent world court of arbitration, it was an? nounced to-day. Mr. Root's position on the commis? sion is unique in that he is the only representative whose country is not a member of the league of nations. His acceptance gives the greatest en? couragement to those interested in the league project, ?S* they.believe his de? cision to accept membership on the commission will have great influence in the United States. The old and new "Florodora ?sextette. See them both in the rotogravure eec tion of next Sunday's Tribune. This ?reat e.*U of all musical comedies will be revived at the Century Theatre Apr. 5t__?Advt. ' ? - ?' Bill Stripping Enright of Control of Detective Bureau Offered in Senate From a Staff Correspondent ALBANY, March 25.?Members of the department, disgusted with the manner in which Police Commissioner Enright and Mayor Hylan have been placing favorites in good berths, especially in the Detective Bureau, had Senator Charles C. Lockwood, of Brooklyn, introduce a bill to-day taking control of the Detective Bureau away from Enright and Hylan. The bill, which has the support of civic organizations in New York City, as well as the important police organizations, creates a division of detectives, headed by a superintendent appointed by the Civil Service Commission after competitive examination. The bill provides that Candidates for Superintendent of Detectives shall be at least of the rank of lieutenant and shall have served at least six months in the twelve months prior to their taking the examinations as members of the present Detective Bureau. Doctor Is Lured To His Death in Double Murder Brooklyn Physician Called on Mysterious Errand ; Found Slain in Room j With an Italian Lodger A man who seemed to be in a great I, hurry ran up the steps of Dr. Vincent ! Campisi's home at 46 Stagg Street, 1 Brooklyn, late yesterday afternoon. Dr. ! Campisi's brother, Samuel, heard him ! ask the physician to accompany him to i Lorimer Street at once. He said a I man there needed medical attention | right away. Dr. Campisi got his medi > cine case and went. It was about half an hour later that ; Frank Ambrose, who lives at 498 Lori ! mer Street, heard a crash of glass and j the tinkle of fragmens falling in the yard bf 496 Lorimer Street, a furnished ; room house next door. It seemed to ; him also that he heard the confused sounds, of a struggle in an upper room of the house. He went out to look for a policeman. Neighbor Gives Alarm He was not more than fifteen min ,utes, he thinks, finding Patrolman Lander, of the Herbert Street police station. It was just a quarter of 7, the patrolman remembers, when they climbed the stairs of 496 Lorimer Street with Mrs. Dorothy Parker, the landlady, toiling along behind then*, explaining at every step that there could not have been any trouble in her house, which, everybody knew, was above reproach. They stopped at the first landing at the door of a small rear room from which the crash of glass had come. The door was unlocked and the patrol? man turned the knob. After moving four or five inches the door jammed. Lander looked through the aperture, ejaculated something under his breath | and turned sharply to the still ex? postulating Mrs. Parker. ! "You'd better go downstairs, ma'am," i he said. " 'Tis no sight for a woman in there." ; Then he opened the door, shoving back into the room with its motion the body of Dr. Campisi, which had lodged against it, face up on the floor. The physician was dead, stabbed twice and blackjacked. Another dead man lay across the bed as though he had been thrown there in a struggle. He had been choked to death. Evidences of Struggle Otherwise the room was untenanted. There were some evidences of a struggle. A chair had been overturned near the bed and the whole lower pane was missing from one of the two win : dows. A rug near the bed was rumpled. The entire detective force of the in? spection district was summoned, and Continued on page nineteen Hylan Probes Fire and Police Wage Crusade Two Organizations Accused by Mayor of Improper Political Activity and Also Misrepresenting Him Mayor Hylan yesterday ordered Commissioner of Accounts Hirs?ifield to begin an investigation of the activi? ties of the Patrolmen's Benevolent As? sociation and the Uniformed Firemen's Association, both active in the fight for increased wages for firemen and policemen and the improvement of working conditions. In a letter addressed to Commission ' er Hirshfield the Mayor accuses the I two organizations of Illegal and im I proper political activity and of mis | representing him in statements to the j press. The Mayor's arrow? were di I rected particularly against "one Joseph I J. O'Reilly," social secretary of both ! the patrolmen's and firemen's organiza? tions. He accuses O'Reilly of trying ? to foment a strike ol policemen and firemen last summer. In reply to the Mayor's charges Mr. ! O'Reilly said last night that both as? sociations will be glad to submit to any investigation. He denied any il? legal activities on the part of either. He said it was curious the Mayor should refer to him as "one Joseph J. O'Reilly," when Mr. Hylan came to his office at 5 Beekman Street on the eve of the last mayoralty election and pleaded with him to swing the firemen's and policemen's votes in his behalf. ?Mayor Peeved, Says O'Reilly Mr. O'Reilly attributed the Mayor's order for an investigation to the fact that "the Mayor is still sore about the defeat suffered by his crowd at the last election, which, he realizes, has been accomplished through the votes of city employees, who are disgusted with his conduct and his unscrupulous failure to fulfill his promises to them." Mr. O'Reilly branded the Mayor's accusation against him and officers of the firemen's and patrolmen's organiza? tions as fomenters of a- strike move? ment as "a piece of dastardly calumny." "If there was any person who was opposed to the idea of a strike by city employees that person was I." said Mr. O'Reilly. Mayor Hylan in ordering Commis? sioner Hirshfield to make the investi? gation directed the commissioner to report to him as speedily as possible whether O'Reilly is being paid by the firemen and policemen or has any con? nection with political organizations or has promised the support of police? men and firemen to legislators favor- , ing increases of salary or any other i thing to further what he styled their own selfish ends. Commissioner Hirshfield said last Continu?- on next pago j4Dastardly Plot,9 Says Lawson, Held as Stock Law Violator Special Dispatch to The Tribuns I BOSTON, March 25,?Thomas W. i Lawson, who smilingly described Wm i self as "farmer and author," was ar-' i rested here to-day, charged with vio ! lating th? law regarding the listing and advertising of mining stocks. L. C. Van Riper, formerly secretary to Lawson, was one of four brokers and operators arrested yesterday. He and Lawson had been promoting silver stocks, the prices of which had shown heavy fluctuations within the last few weeks. ' Within a few hours after his arraign ; ment and release on $2,500 bail for : hearing on April 6 Lawson turned his ; heavy artillery on J. Wesley Allen, At ! torney General, on whose initiative ? Lawson was arrested. The financier ; charged the Attorney General with | "playing politics" and termed him an j "agile vote chaser, who has his eye on : [Governor] Cal Coolidge's job." Calls It "Dastardly Plot" In newspaper advertisements Lawson ? charged that his arrest was a "dastard I ly plot" to prevent him from going to the Republican National Convention as a delegate-at-large. He hinted that the arrest was held over his head as a i threat to make him change his mind , about running for delegate. The At? torney General's only comment on the charges was that he didn't know Law son was a candidate. In a letter to William Jarvis, chair? man of the Governing Committee of the Boston Curb Exchange, Lawson ad? vised telling "the State, Federal and Pushmush Center sheriis to go to??" and to let the Attorney General "lump it" if he didn't like the way Jarvis ran the curb. Lawson also advised Jarvis to tell the Attorney General te "mind his own business if he inter? fered with the activities of the curb." Lawson's attack on the Attorney General was in connection with con? ferences which have been held at the State House between the Attorney General and curb exchange officials, as a result of which important changes in the regulations of the curb market are expected. Drew Big Crowd It was a big day in court for Law son, and he drew a bigger crowd than a circus parade. He surrendered him? self shortly after 10 this morning and appeared at Police Headquarters in Pemberton Square accompanied by his counsel, Homer Albers. "Tom," beaming merrily, wore a neat fitting morning coat, striped trousers and a white carnation in his lapel. He took his trouble lightly. He waved friendly greeting to persons in the crowd in the Court House Square in response to the chorus of "Hello, Tom." During questioning by Inspecotr Gleavey, he joked with those in the room. "This is better than a wedding," smiled Lawson. "Wait until I come out of court and I will have handcuffs on," he said to the newspaper photog? raphers. There was a big laugh and when it died down the financiei shouted: "Have you any silvers, boys?' Theie was a chorus of answers, every^ body roaring. The arraignment had plenty of in? terest. "Thomas W. Lawson," shouted th< clerk, and Tom took the stand. . "Good morning, Judge," was Tom'1 cheery greeting. Judge Murray grinnei from ear to ear and returned "Goo? morning, Mr. Lawson." Attorney Al bers asked to have Lawson released 01 his own recognizance. The court sail that "though he had no doubt of Mi Lawson's appearance, he would fix bai so that there would be no discrimina I tion." * Inspector Says Assistant Prosecutor Sent Broth er-in-Law to Him in Be? half of Gaming Houses Judges and High Officials Named -? Declares uCzar of Courts Building" Caused Ar? rests of Many Innocent Inspector Dominick Henry, com? manding the 4th Inspection District, commonly known as the Tenderloin, called reporters to his office in the West Sixty-eighth Street police sta? tion yesterday afternoon and laid be? fore them copies of affidavits charg? ing Assistant District Attorney James E. Smith with conniving at the very conditions of vice and un? derworld graft Mr. Smith has laid at the door of the Police Department in the present grand jury investigation, Smith Makes Denials All of the affidavits were made b*> Inspector Henry. They are on file he says, with Police Commission er Enright. They purport to shov that" Mr. Smith not only propose< that Henry wink at vice condi tions in the district under his com mand, but that he (Smith) sen his own brother-in-law to Henr.* with the proposal that Smith be per mitted to open a few gamblini houses that might bring him mone; when his term as Assistant Distric Attorney came to an end. These charges brought vehemen denials last night from Mr. Smitr who branded Henry an unspeakabl I falsifier. In the first of his affidavits Inspect* Henry tells of an alleged meeting wit Dennis Quinn, the brother-in-law ? Mr. Smith, who represented himself i the prosecutor's emissary in arrangir for the opening of gambling houses ; the Broadway district. According to the inspector. Quir promised on behalf of his brother-ii iaw that there would be no raids t the District Attorney and said thi "Jimmy" had the District Attorney "i his vest pocket," could slip the repr sentative of the Rockefeller interests piece of change and knew all the new paper men and could "fix" them. Tl alleged meeting took place March 1 1919. The "next affidavit purports to te of a meeting with Assistant Distri Attorney Smith February 15, 1919, i which Mr. Smith is quoted as interce? ing for a "friend" who ran a "litt restaurant" in Forty-eighth jStreet. Tells of Meeting "J. E. S." A meeting with "J. E. S." Februa: 12. 1918, is described in the inspector third affidavit, in which he quot? "J. E. S." as saying that he had Di trict Attorney Swann muzzled, cou "handle" Costigan (Honest Dan, Rosenthal fame), and if Inspect? Henry wanted to "do a little busines with Christians in his district it wou be all right. The next affidavit tells of an inte view Inspector Henry says he had Jui 19, 1919, with S. Klafsner, of 145 Ve milyea Avenue, the Bronx, in which A! Klausner is said to have repeated threat he said Mr. ?Smith made to p Henry ''behind the bars." The initials "J. S. S." and "J. E. i A. D. A.," appearing frequently in t! affidavits, stand in every instance f James E. Smith and James E. Smil Assistant District Attorney, Inspect Kenry told a reporter for T Tribune. The initials referred to a alleged to have begun in the r?gime Arthur Woods as Police Commission! though the majority of them are und dates since Enright took office. Henry's Statement In a statement prefacing the ai davits Henry said: "Having read in th? New York pre in numerous publications insinuatioi inferences and innuendoes relative to 1 police management of the 4th Inspi tion. District, which I have been co manding since January 23, 1918, b*1 public scandalmonger whose tong and hands are steeped in the slime human corruption 365 days in the ye and having on March 10, 1920, mi application to the District Attorney be permitted to appear before grand jury for the purpose of giv an explanation relative to my mana ment of the district of two and o half years and of my thirty years police service, in said applicat I volunteered to waive all in-imun and to answer all questions appert ing to my public and private life. "Not having been accorded that pi Hege to date, I deem it my duty a public official to lay before th through the courtesy of the pul press, a little inside information, sht ing as it will the almost insurmou able obstacles which confront a ? trict commander who is giving his I efforts to clean up and keep tbe dist: in a clean condition. "When I assumed command of i district I found prostitutes and th who are living from their degra lives in great numbers, and a consii able number of gambling houses operation. Free of Gambling House? "Through persistent and energ work twenty-four hours a day this trict is free and dear of all gamb houses, there is not one disord house operating to my knowledge, has there been for the last i months. The appearance of a pr< tute on the streets or public place this district is a rarity and not rule, as it was when I took comm In that I challenge contradiction. "In the early part ot 1818 an Asi ant District Attorney took it upon 1 self to periodically invade the dist making wholesale arresta of ?en