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ten ?lio wer? guilty of no crime
w!... i .???-?ever. To this outrageous con?
duct I repeatedly remonstrated, and
did nl?o remonstrate against the con
doc*, cf ' tbi? official to the Police Com
?taaiouer.
"In alt of these raids the persons
fUflunari'.v arrested without a warrant
?.? law were ruthlessly thrown into a
patrol wagon, taken to the West Forty
??.eventh Street station, locked in cells
and there detained, awaiting the conven?
ience of the Czar of the Criminal Courts
Huilding. These persons were usually
locked up from 1 a. m. to 7 a. m? when
the scandalmonger would appear to
direct that they be -brought before
'11T3 majesty, and after being interro?
gate! woula be released without the
regular procedure of court or without
jadicia! authority.
"This conduct on the part of the
czar of the Criminal Courts Building
reached a climax on October 27, 1918,
when he ordered the arrest and de?
tention in the Forty-seventh Street
station of two United States Army lieu?
tenants who were guilty of the un?
pardonable crime of sitting in a res?
taurant eating a meal.
"Czar" and Inspector Clash
"It was on this occasion that the
czrsr and the commander of the 4th
Inspection District severed friendly re-,
lations, which apparently formerly
existed.
"The czar was accompanied by Fred?
erick Whitin, general secretary of the
Committee of Fourteen; his aid, Mal?
los, and two representatives of the
Parkhurst society. On this occasion
i* the Forty-seventh Street Station I
admonished the so-called czar for
moralizing through the Tenderloin
with an individual who in 1914
approached me and wanted me then,
when I was commander of the 17th
Inspection District, in Queens, to open
ai'disorderly house at Glendale, Long
Island, and who in the same year re?
monstrated with me for interfering with
the running of a black-anc-tan disor?
derly house in North Beach, Long
Island.
"In the raids in the early part of
1918 425 innocent persons were held."
Supplementing his statement, In?
spector Henry produced copies of af?
fidavits which he said he had submit?
ted to the Police Commissioner. These,
he said, would "speak for themselves."
Parts of some of them follow:
"State of New York, County of New
York, ss.:
"Inspector Dominick Henry of the
4th Inspection District, duly sworn,
says that at or about 5:30 p. m. March
11, 1919, I met by appointment a man
who was introduced to me and whom
I now know to be Dennis Quinn, a
brother-in-law of'Assistant District At?
torney James E. Smith, at the south?
east corner of Seventy-second Street
and Broadway.
"We walked to Central Park West,
thence to 825 Central Park West, dur?
ing which walk he said ho was sent
to talk to me by Jimmy (meaning the
above mentioned Assistant District At?
torney) about the advisability of open?
ing some gambling house.
"He said he was in a position to
guarantee that no raids would be made
by the District Attorney's office, over
my head; that both he and the said
Jimmy were in close touch with the
man representing the Rockefeller in?
terests in this c'ty; that he was not
adverse to shutting his eyes to a few
things providing a little change came
his way.
In Position for 'Favors*
"He further stated that the said
Jimmy was in a position to do many
favors, and, although Swann was flirt?
ing with the Rockefeller people, Jimmy
had him in his vest pocket and would
take care of him; that my district was
the best in the city; in fact, better
than all the districts put together;
that we only live once, und this ad?
ministration was now in its second
year; that in his opinion they stood
no .chance of ever being reflected, and
that now was the time if ever to make
a little change.
"He further stated that a few wheels
and a few stiff games of poker never
would be noticed in a district like this;
that he knew the newspapers were
against this administration, but that
they could only publish what they
knew; that the reporters were only
working for a salary and that they
could be seen by the right party; that
Jimmy knew them all and could take
care of that end of the game.
"I replied: 'Mr. Quinn, you have as
good a nerve as your brother-in-law,
but I am afraid you are in the wrong
house. The Mayor and the Police Com?
missioner have given me instructions
to close up everything as tigltt as a;
drum, and I don't think they will ever
give me an order to the contrary. The
district is as clean and tight as it is !
possible to make it and I am sure that
will be its condition until the advent
of another administration.'
"Mr. Quinn said: 'Well, I am sorry'
to have lost all this time and gained
nothing, for I have been working on
this matter for several months and had
all angles covered except you.'
"1 replied: 'You are not half as sorry
as I am, for my dinner is cold waiting
for me; so I will bid you good night.'
(Signed) "DOMINICK HENRY."
"Sworn to before rne this 11th day of
March, 1919.
"JOSEPH PEMBROKE.
"Commissioner of Deeds, New York
County No. 8*. ?VIy term expires
July 26, 1920."
Meets Mr. Smith
"State of New York, County of New
York, ss.:
"Inspector Dominick Henry, being
duly sworn, says that on or about
February 15, 1919, 1 met Assistant Dis?
trict Attorney James E. Smith in the
vicinity of .Forty-fifth Street a.id Broad?
way, where we stood talking for a
considerable length of time. During
said conversation the Assistant Dis?
trict Attorney said a friend of his
named . . . was running a little
restaurant at-West Forty-eighth
Street, and to be aa considerate
with her as possible; that she hada bad
reputation and had been convicted, but
was not a bad woman at heart; that the
?aid . . . had been very use?
ful to him in the past in giving him
valuable information. ... I replied
that I would not interfere with her in
running a legitimate business. Mr.
Smith replied: 'Well, do the best you
can for her. You will find out she is
ell right.'
"(Signed) DOMINICK HENRY.
"Sworn to before me this 24th day
of March, 1920.
"JOSEPH M. PEMBROKE.
Commissioner of Deeds, New York
County. No. 88. My term expires
i July 26, 1920.
I "Got Swann Muzzled"
"State of New York, County of New
\ork, ss.:
"Dominick Henry, duly sworn, says:
That at about 9 o'clock in the forenoon
Of February 12, 1918, he received a call
on the telephone at his residence from
a man known to him as 'J. E. S.,' to
meet him at the northwest corner of
Ninety-sixth Street and Amsterdam
Avenue, which appointment was kept
and, after shaking hands with said
'J. E. S.,' the latter said to deponent in
substance:
"Tbat story you read In the news?
papers is all hot air. Pay no attention
nt ail to it. I have now got Swann
nsuszled good and tight. He has got
-?tat Governorship beo in his bonnet.
Jfe called me into his office the other
day and said to me: "You made Whit?
man a Governor. Why don't you make
rae one?"'
"I said to him: T will if you keep
yon* mouth shut and not be giving so
??any newspaper Interviews. These
interviews are doing you more harm
?ken good.'
**Aa soon as the Mayor returns Swann
U going to get Oostfgan and his staff
trunsfe-ried to his ofncflL and they will
be und??.' our sole jurisdiction. Costly ?
gi.n will just do as ho Is told and nc j
??iops. I am the man to handle him.
V%a??t, vTsdhama called me to sisj
t*
chambers the other day and wanted
to subpoena Commissioner Enright be?
fore the grand jury to give an explana?
tion why he reduced Hickson and
transferred Costigan. I said to him:
'What right has Judge Wadhams or
a grand jury to question the Police
Commissioner on a matter of a trans?
fer or detail of the Police Depart?
ment?' He said, well, he was going to
do it, and I advised against it. I want
Costigan and at least seven of his staff
attached to that office and we are going
to get them yet.
"He further said that if there were
any Christians that I was interested in
and wanted to do a little business in
my district that it would be all right
as far as he was concerned; that he
would not interfere with them.
"(Signed) DOMINICK HENRY.
"Sworn to before me this 8th day of
March, 1918, Rose V. Thomma, Notary
Public No. 132, New York County,
Register's No., New York County, 8122."
"Stato of New York, County of New
York, ss.:
"Inspector Dominick Henry, com?
manding the 4th Inspection District,
being duly sworn, says:
" 'That at about 4:30 p. m. Thursday,
June 19, 1919, a man he had never
heard of or known before, who after?
ward identified himself as S. Klausnei?, ?
No. 145 Vermilyea Avenue, Bronx, tele- j
phone number St. Nicholas 2764, came !
to the office of the 4th Inspection Dis- I
trict and informed me that on or about !
Wednesday, June 18, 1919, while in the j
office of the District Attorney, City i
and County of New York, and while in
conversation with Assistant District
Attorney James E.. Smith, Inspector I
Henry's name having been mentioned, j
the said Assistant District Attorney
James E. Smith did say to the said Mr.
Klausner:
"'Do you know Inspector Henry?'
Mr. Klausner replied: 'Only through
a friend of mine, who I used to hear
speaking about Inspector Henry.'
" 'Mr. Smith, the Assistant District
Attorney, then said: "That- Henry,
I'll get the ?-yet and put him be?
hind prison bars. I am not through
with him.'
" 'Mr. Klausner further said that his
reason for coming to me was that he ;
had always heard people speak well of j
me; that he believed the said Mr. Smith ;
bore me no good will and was capable '<
of putting?, up a job to injure me.?
Therefore he wanted to put me on my ;
guard.
(.Signed) "DOMINICK HENRY.
Detective a Witness
"State of New York, County of New
York, ss.:
"Dominick Henry, being duly sworn,
says that, on March 9, 1918, he had a
conversation with a man known as
Jesada, at the corner of Sixty-eighth j
Street and Broadway, which tooK place j
in the hearing of Detective John W.
Dunn, of the Police Department, and
the substance o? which was as follows: |
" 'Mrs.-is a notorious black- j
mailer working in conjunction with a j
Mrs.-, of-. These women
inveigle men to their apartments for
the sole purpose of robbing them, and !
if they are inclined to gamble they are
taken to-, kept by a man named'
Reynolds, where it is alleged he keeps
a wheel.'
"When deponent mentioned to him ;
that his investigator discovered that j
there were a number of prostitutes ;
around Times Square, he said that j
Whitin had testified under oath in the ,
109th Streut case that he had done no
investigating in the upper West Side !
of the city in two years.
"Judge Tired of Probe"
"In connection with tne investigation
he said that Judge Wadhams was sick
and tired of the investigations; that
when he came into the investigation he i
did not realize what he was up against; ;
that the members of the Republican ;
Club were giving Wadhams the cold '
silence; that the only stuff being dug!
up was all against Republicans; that '
Judge Wadhams is going to beat it out
of tne city in order to got away from
the investigation and that he is having
a lot of trouble getting a judge to take
his place, but thought he could get
Judge Freschi to work with him.
"Stated that in connection with the
motorcycle investigation on one oc?
casion when it was arranged with Lieu- i
tenant Costigan and others to trap ;
Patrolman ?? taking the graft mi'-t.ey '
he had sent for-and tipped him ?
off, and that when the trap was ready
to be sprung - was prepared to
meet the situation. This money was
to have been taken from a man named I
-, and strange as it may seem, when j
we were talking about this matter ;
- walked up to us and spoke to me.
"Following this we went to the res- '>
idence of Mrs. -, from whose ]
place I had received a complaint from ?
Mr. Heath, of the Hotel Majestic, j
'J. E. S.' accompanied us and we "found
conditions there satisfactory, but
learned some interesting information
relative to one of our former A. D. A. S.
"He said further in conclusion that
the investigation was not started with
the view of hurting the present admin?
istration, because it could not hurt
the present administration, as they
had not been long enough in power,
and that if he had not started the
investigation at the time that he did
Governor Whitman would have done the
investigating.
(Signed) "DOMINICK HENRY.
13th day of March, 1913."
"State of New York, County of New
York, 83.:
"Dominick Henry, being duly sworn,
says that about 8 o'clock p. m., Feb?
ruary 9, 1918, he received a call on
the telephone at his residence that a
man known to him and for the pur- j
pose of this affidavit identified as 'J.
E. S. A. D. A.' wanted to meet him
at 103d Street and Amsterdam Ave?
nue, northeast corner, at about 9:30
p. m?; that said Dominick Henry agreed
to and did meet the above mentioned
'J. E. S.' at the above mentioned time
and location; that after shaking hands
with the said 'J. E. S.' he said:
" 'You must not mind what you read
in the newspapers. This man,Swanu
gets up in the air and shoots off his
mouth every time a reporter speaks to
him or tells him anything, and after?
ward he gets sorry for what he has
said, and he comes to me and I have
to stand for the interview. I want to
tell you that it was all hot air.'
" *I want to get Costigan?meaning
Inspector Daniel E. Costigan?because
I can buy him for $5, where I couldn't
buy another man for $50. He is the
cheapest thins in town, and I know
him and can handle him as no other
man can, and we'll get him yet, you see.
He and Hickson got evidence against
that house on Seventeenth Street
(meaning Rosenthal's), and as soon
as they did Hickson got reduced and
.transferred. We think that is a d?*
shame.'
"I said to him that that house has
been running wide open for the past
four years and that they have had
their agents soliciting trade in the
lobbies of many of our hotels. Why
did they not get it before nowT Why
did they wait until after Election Day
to perform this marvelous piece of
detective work?
"He replied: ?Well, you know, they
were not sent after it.' .
"I said: 'Well, who permitted it to
run all this time?'
"He replied: 'You know they bad an
injunction.'
"I said, 'That may be true, but that
should not have prevented such ener?
getic and faithful officers from pro?
curing evidence against it before this
time.'
"He said, 'Well, when they were sent
after it they got it. Now the fact of the
matter is this: We are g?ing after
these Jew gamblers. There is not a
Jew gambler in town who us-* a Chris?
tian name on his payroll. They want
to hog the whole busine?*:*. We are
going after them now and intend to
drive every d-n one of them out o?
business.
" 'I don't want you to fear anything
from mo. Your district is pretty
clean, but there are still a few run?
ning south of Forty-second Street
which we are going after. We are not
going to touch a hair on the head oi
any Christian who may be running o
piace, and a Christian has nothing tc
fear from the action of the District
Attorney's office.
" 'If 1 know of anything wrong in
your territory I will let you know. ]
want to asure you that you have noth?
ing to fear from me or the District At?
torney's office as long as I am here. ]
am your friend and 1 want you to under?
stand that.'
"After some conversation pro and cor
of a not important nature the interview
ended and we shook hands and parted
(Signed) "DOMINICK HENRY."
8th day of March, 1918.
Letter to Enright Filed
With the affidavits, Inspector Henr;
submitted a copy of a letter he sait
he had written to Commissioner En
right on May 27, 1914. Henry was thei
in command of the 17th Inspection Dis
trict in Queens.
The letter called the Commissioner':
attontion to the fact that on two oc
casions a man who said he was Mi
Whitin had interceded with him in bo
half of disorderly resorts which th?
inspect'jr had taken steps to curb. On?
was a cabaret at North Beach, fre
quented by whites and negroes, an?
the other was a hotel at Myrt.e an?
St. Nicholas avenues, which had beei
raided and closed by Inspector Henry'
men.
In the latter case, according to th
letter, Mr. Whitin wanted the inspecto
to withdraw his men from the hotc
premises in order that the proprietoi
Albert Blohn, could make some mone
while his trial was pending.
The letter stated that Whitin ha
told the inspector that the proprieto
of the North Beach cabaret had calle
on him and complained of the inter
ference of Henry's men with his bus
iness. Whitin said he believed th
man, whose name was given as Rohj
was running a decent place.
Whites and Negroes Mixed
"I informed Mr. Whitin," the lette
states, "that my detectives had nc
been at or in the premises mentione<
but that I had been there, and as th
result of a conversation with Mr. Roh
and patrons of the place a number c
persons had left. I also informed M
Whitin that I did not like the idea c
his attempting to interfere with m
or give me instructions as to the mar
ner in which I should perform m
sworn duty, particularly when such ii
terference was in the behalf of a ma
of the stamp of Rohr."
The inspector describes visitir
Rohr's Hotel and seeing a number i
colored and white people of both sex<
seated at tables. He said his attentic
was called to two white girls of eigl
teen or twenty seated with two colore
men. There were also in the place
man and a woman who had a boy i
???bout seven with them. He advise
the girls that they were not in prop?
company and advised them to leav
which they did.
"It is a well known fact in poli?
circles and to those familiar with tl
under world that any resort fr?quente
by colored persons of both sexes mu
be looked upon with at least a degn
of suspicion," the letter states. "Ther
fore, when a man of the experience
Mr. Whitin intercedes in behalf of
resort of this description, I am of tl
belief that such championship has b
hind it some ulterior motive, partie
larly when within a few hours aft
police investigation the proprietor
such a resort feels at liberty to vis
the office of the general secretary
the Committee of Fourteen for the pu
pose of complaining of the police
the performance of a duty, and to ha
such influence with such secretary
to secure his interest to the exte
that he would vouch to me for t
character of the proprietor of a 'bla
pnd tan hotel.' "
Porter Asks to Inspect
Minutes of Grand Jut
Former Police Official's Cou
sel Assails Tico Detective
Who Made Charges of ISegle
Frank Hendrick, counsel for Color
Augustus Drum Porter, former Thi
Deputy Police Commissioner, indicl
'Nicky Not Here,'
Sing Sing Admits
??Nicky" Arnstein is not in
Sing Sing.
This announcement is made in
"The Sing Sing Bulletin," the
prison newspaper, in its issue of
yesterday. "Bill the Burglar,"
who conducts the paper's humor?
ous column, makes the follow?
ing paragra^iical comment on
the Arnstein case:
"The rumor that 'Nicky* Arn?
stein is hiding in our coal pile
does not appear to be weU
founded. Anyhow, it is a bit
premature."
by the grand jury on charges of
neglect of duty, asked Judge Malone
in General Sessions yesterday for per?
mission to inspect the grand jury s
minutes. Colonel Porter was indicted
on the testimony of detectives who
said that in raiding an alleged disor?
derly house at 324 West Ninety-sixth
Street on the night of November 12,
1919, they found Colonel Porter in
company with a woman, and that the
deputy commissioner commanded them
not to arrest him or his companion.
In making his motion Mr. Hendrick
announced that it was only technical,
bearing solely on the sufficiency of
what was testified before the grand
JUT
"The fact is," he said, "that by this
motion no admission as to the facts is
made or could be made, and no declara?
tion as to the facts would be proper."
Not Given Chance for Defense
After reciting the charges against
Colonel Porter Mr. Hendrick told the
court that Colonel Porter was ?or.
given an opportunity to combat the
charges, either before the grand jury
or before a city magistrate, and be?
cause of that fact was entitled to know
what had occurred before the grand
jury.
"If the District Attorney was not
afraid that his charges would fail,"
s.i'id Mr. Hendrick, "he would have ar?
raigned the defendant in the Court of
Special Sessions and proceeded against
him by information, instead of by in?
dictment."
The lawyer then denounced plain
clothes men Hubert Wheelwright and
Frederick Sorger, the principal wit?
nesses against Porter, basing his
charge on their testimony in the trial
of Adele Goodcll, the woman they said
kept the apartment in which they say
they found Colonel Porter. Mr. Hen?
drick submitted to the court the min?
utes of the woman's trial, which re?
sulted in an acquittal, and said that
tho action of Assistant District Attor?
ney Smith, in charge of the prosecu?
tion against Porter, in introducing be?
fore the grand jury the allegations that
Porter had instructed the police not to
arrest the woman was to inflame the
minds of the jurors and to stir up a
falso sense of outraged public decency.
Mr. Hendrick pointed out that in fall?
ing to reveal at the trial of the woman
the full circumstances of the case as
they afterward told them to the grand
jury they have laid themselves open to
a charge of corruption and perjury,
Mr. Hendrick said that Mr. Smith
failed to inform the grand jury that.
Sorger and Wheelwright had been de?
nounced by Judge William H. Wad
hams last month, in reversing the con?
viction of a woman as unworthy of be?
lief, and that the judge had recom?
mended to the Police Commissioner
that he investigate their activities. ?
Judge Malone took the application
under advisement. He probably will
render a decision to-day.
Assistant District Attorney Smith
declared that two detectives had come
to him and had given him information
corroborating the stories of Sorger and
Wheelwright. Mr. Smith would not re?
veal the identity of the detectives. He
said they would be available as wit?
nesses at the trial.
Eighteen Patrolmen Face
Lahey on Various Charges
Eighteen patrolmen, accused of va?
rious derelictions of duty, were ud be?
fore Second Deputy Police Commis?
sioner William J. Lahey yesterday.
It was Commissioner Lahey's first
experience as a judge, but he was com?
pelled to take over the duties of Tihird
Deputy Commissioner August Drum
Porter, who was suspended last week
after having been indicted on charges
of neglect of duty.
Decision was reserved in each case.
Crowds. Witness
Rescue of 2 in Fire
Theatergoers, With Opera
Glasses, See Firemen
Save Mother and Child
While an after-theater throng, at?
tracted to the spot by the flames,
watched through opera glasses a spec?
tacular lire in a live-story apartment
house at 5C8 Lexington Avenue, firemen
early this morning rescued Mrs. Ellen
Hester and her daughter, Helon, who
were trapped by the blaze in their
rooms on the fourth floor.
The fire swept upward through an
airshaft to the top floor, where it
mushroomed and spread through the
apartment of Mr. and Mrs. William
Kromer, who succeeded in escaping
down the stairway.
Mrs. Hester and her daughter were
awakened by the smoke, but found their
exit blocked by flarae?. Firemen Joseph
Martin jr., Thomas Walsh, John Mc
Quade and Charles Cole, of Truck Com?
pany 2, accomplished the rescue. Mar?
tin is the son of Assistant Fire Chief
Joseph Martin, who arrived while the
rescue was in progress. Reserves were
called to form fire lines.
Belgium Seeks British Loan
BRUSSELS, March 25. ? The "Soir"
says it understands negotiations are
under way with England for a loan of
?5,000,000 sterling ($25,000,000), the
money to be used for the reconstruc?
tion of the devastated districts of
Belgium.
hWiKa>---ffifi>g-?PP^
OHIRTS for Spring?New pat
^ terns-?New styles?In fine
domestic and imported fabrics
?And the same perfect fit that
is typical of Wm. Morgan &
Sons' Smart Shirts.
Imported and Domestic Shirtings
in Exclusive Fabrics?$3.00 and up
Clothiers "Hatters ^H??erdasjters
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Great British
Miners' Strike
MayBeAverted
Lloyd George Makes New
Concessions and Negotia?
tions for a Settlement
Will Continue To-day
Plan, to Use Army Denied
Labor Organ. Says Govern?
ment Is Inviting Revolu?
tion and May Get It
From The Tfibune'e European Bureau
(Copyright, 1920, Now.York Tribune Inc.)
LONDON, March 25.?Premier Lloyd
George met with the executive com?
mittee of the miners' union to-day in
an effort to prevent the impending
strike. It was said after the confer?
ence that a possibility of compromise
etill existed, although the situation
was regarded as serious.
The Premier appeared In the House
of Commons to ridicule and deny the
report printed here that the military
was planning a blockade to prevent
the miners obtaining food supplies if
they declared a strike. Mr. Lloyd
George cautioned the members against
believing "wild and mischievous" re?
ports. He declined to make a state
Hylan Probes
Fire and Police
Wage Crusade
i Continuad fr?m pao? ?na
night that he will immediately begin
the investigation. Asked what,juris
' diction the city had over policemen's
i and firemen's organizations, Mr. Hirsh
iield said that since all members of
? these organizations are policemen or
firemen he has ample power to bring
| them before him and to question them
| concerning the activities of the organi
; zations.
Letter to Commissioner
The Mayor's letter to Commissioner
'' Hirshfield, in part, follows:
"For several days past 'The New
York World' has been printing many
misleading statements about pending
: police legislation, and it is alleged
? that one Joseph J. O'Reilly, said to
: be the paid secretary and legislative
agent of the joint committee of the
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association
and the foremen's organization, is re?
sponsible for these misstateraents.
"This is not the first time that the
same O'Reilly has attempted the
r?le of a troublemaker. On one oc?
casion last summer he worked out a
plan to get all the liremcn and po?
licemen in uniform on' duty to tho
City Hal! to hold a public demonstra?
tion and demand an increase in sal?
ary, when he and every one else who
reads newspapers knew that the
Board of Estimate and Apportion?
ment was about to liberally increase
the salaries of the police and firemen
as well as of other city employees.
"It has been reported that a fire?
man by the name of McGuinness and
a man by the name of Moran, in the
Police Department, with a few others,
through O'Reilly, are now actively
engaged at Albany in an attempt to
secure certain special legislation
and claim that they can and actually
threaten to swing the firemen's and
? policemen's organizations for or
against any candidate who opposes
legislation they either favor or op?
pose. If this is true it ia in direct
violation of Sections 30? and 739
of the charter.
Strike Plot Charged
"You will recall that, although
they denied it, it was charged that
the same men were endeavoring to
bring about a strike of the police
and firemen last summer.
"There is no one more interested
in our splendid po,ice and heroic
firemen than I am. * want them to
be accorded the best possible treat?
ment, and believe that they should
have an opportunity to be heard by
their superior officers and before the
city officials when they have an ac?
tual grievance, but I will not tolerate
interference from outsiders or agi?
tators.
"Statements have been given out
by these agitators and articles have
appeared in certain newspapers in
which it is sought to make the public
believe that I was either instru?
mental in the introduction of the va?
rious bills affecting the? several city
departments now pending before the
Legislature or that I was behind
such bills, while, as a matter of fact,
the only bills 1 had anything to do
with are those which have been ap?
proved by the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment.
"Make a thorough investi-ration
and report to me whether O'Reilly
is being paid by the firemen or
ment as to the government'? plans in
the event ttt a strike. J a^^^-^a
Workers on the London und?pgro?nd
railways have served notice Wat they
will quit at Easter unless their de?
mands are met.
LONDON, March 26.?There seems to
be a possibility to-night that the min?
ers' strike will bo averted. Negotia?
tions have been resumed with the gov?
ernment, which has submitted * slight?
ly modified. offer. While this is con?
sidered not likely to affect the miners
views, it indicates a spirit of concilia?
tion, and negotiations will continue to?
morrow. , , , , j
The War Office denied any plan had
been decided on, or considered, to
starve the miners into submission in
event of a strike by the use of the
army as a blockading force, as re?
ported by "The Dally Herald," th.
Labor organ this morning.
A statement Is being prepared by the
War Office, it was announced.
The possibility of a general railway
strike, originating in difficulties on the
Lancaster-Yorkshire Railway, has been
dispelled. It was announced this even?
ing that the strike of 2,000 men on
that line had been called off, the dis
pute having been settled.
General Secretary Thomas of the
National Union of Railwaymen an?
nounced yesterday that the men had
struck because the company had sus?
pended and refused to reinstate an en?
gine driver who had declined to relieve
another man after the former had
worked an hour overtime.
Prior to the announcement by
Premier Lloyd George that he again
would receive the delegates of the
miners, if they so desired, to take up
the disputed points in the wage con?
troversy, the morning newspapers to?
day took a grave view concerning the
coal situation. They declared that if
ehe last word had been said a strike
within three weeks, with a resultant
stoppage of the entire industry of the
country, was inevitable.
policemen directly or indirectly; also
whether O'Reilly, in connection with
his activities for or against any
legislation having a bearing on the
Fire or Police department, has any
connection with political organiza?
tions and has promised the support
of the Police and Fire departments
to thoBe public officials who, with?
out considering the city's welfare,
favor legislative increase of salary
or any other thing to further their
own selfish cause.
"Report to me result of such in?
vestigation as speedily as possible."
McGuinesa Is Another
The "McGuiness" referred to by the
Mayor in his letter is Albert E. Guinesa,
a fireman, president of the Uniformed
Firemen's Association, and the Moran
?referred to is Patrolman Joseph Moran,
! of the 1st Precinct, president of the
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
i "My first and last thought nas been
j and is for the welf.tre of firemen and
\ policemen, said O'Reilly last night.
"This is attested by the many testi
| mor.ials I have received and also by
the fact his honor consulted me, with?
out my invitation, on a Friday, at noon,
prior to his election, the date being
fixed by the fact that after he left my
o??U'c William Randolph Hearst an
170'.?need that he would refuse to be a
candidate for office.
1 "The object of Mr. Hylan's visit to
my office at 5%Beekman Street was to
get the support of the firemen and
poiicemen, given to him in the open.
ipon promises made at that time and
which were never kept.
"Mayor Hylan consulted me on
numerous occasion s. He has alienated
the support of the city employees by"
his hostility and insulting manner
whenever they have deigned to visit
him."
Mr. O'Reilly cited in support of his
defense of the patrolmen's and fire?
men's organizations an address made
by La Guardia four weeks ago when
he was Acting Mayor in the absence
of Mr. Hylan at Palm Beach and in
which he paid high tribute to the two
organizations.
Mr. La Guardia was asked to com?
ment on the Mayor's order. He said:
"I am sure the proposed investiga?
tion will show that the firemen and
policemen are not violating the law.
They naturally have an interest in
I matters which may affect them, and I
am sure the law does not contemplate
their refraining from taking measures
? in def?iise of such interests. The fire
! men and policemen have splendid or
! ganizations. I say thi3 from close
I acquaintance with both. I think the
best way to stop any activity on their
parts, which may be construed as illegal
j is to give firemen and policemen a liv
; ing wage. Let us put their wa,<e at
82,400 a year and put an end to all this
noise."
Borough President Curran yesterday
pointed out that no police bill had been
favorably acted upon by the Board' of
Estimate since January 1. The only
two bills which have come up for con?
sideration by the board are the so
called "inspectors' bill," championed
by Police Commissioner Enright, which
was sidetracked, and the bill giving to
the policemen and firemen the right of
petition to the Legislature. When Mr.
Curran requested the approval hf the
latter bill the board denied hia request.
Hoke Smith Launches Boom;
Opposes Making League Issue
ATLANTA, March 25.?Formally an?
nouncing his candidacy for the Demo?
cratic nomination for President in the
Georgia primary Anri. 20, Senator
Hoke Smith to-day declared he was
unalterably opposed" to the Demo?
cratic party committing itself to a na
i tional campaign on the proposition that
1 the league of nations should have been?
ratified by the Senate without any
change.
Ml ? t A ?
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Gty's Dishonest Police an
Exception, Says Justice
Integrity of Department Proved,
Asserts Fawcett in Sen?
tencing Patrolmen
Supreme Court Justice Fawcett took
-occasion yesterday to eulogize the Po?
lice Department when cases involving
three patrolmen in felonies came before
him in the Brooklyn Supreme Court.
These were the exceptions, he said,
which proved the integrity of the de?
partment.
The first case was that of Edward
Werle, who helped two oatrolmen and
several other men rob a fur factory at
715 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn. Werle
pleaded guilty of burglary in the third
degree and, as a fourth offender, was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
"The ?omplicitjk. of Officers Crouse
and Rueger," said Justice Fawcett,
"shows that this is the rare evcept
tion when members of the uniformed
force stood in with crooks. The impu?
tation that policemen are in cahoots
with the underworld is without any
foundation. If that were so our streets
and parks would be unsafe and our
lives and property would be unpro?
tected." i ?
Then came the case of Michael Rus?
sell, who, while he was. a patrolman
attached to the Fourth Avenue police
station, Brooklyn, robbed a sailor and
was convicted of highway robbery. In
sentencing him to serve from five to
ten years Justice Fawcett said:
"This is the first instance in the
annals of the Police Department, so
far as I can learn, of a member of
the force committing highway robbery.
Your conviction should not reflect upon
the members of the force. Your arrest
and conviction were brought about
mainly through the efficient work of
your fellow officers. The policemen of
! this city are as eager to arrest crooks
in uniform as to arrest any other
j crooks."
? *
When Is a Kiss a Bite?
All Depends on Spirit
When is a kiss a bit??
Tough question ? Not at all. Not for
Recorder William Young, of Paterson,
N. J. The recorder, sitting aa a mag?
istrate in Eateraon's busy police couri
yesterday, was callad upon to draw t
fine line between the prolonged oscula?
tion prompted by the purest motives
and the untamed gouge of the cav?
man.
The problem was easy for Judg?
Young. He said that a kiss, born o1
true love and delivored in the heat o?
holiday spirit, may leave an angry scai
and yet not be termed a bite.
Jere Trinkal, an Italian and a privati
detective, was arraigned before Judge
Young yesterday, charged with assaul
and battery. The co?nplainant, Mis?
Dorothy Kuhnle, nineteen years old, o
149 Van Houten Street, Paterspn, sai<
that on la3t Christmas Eve the de
tective called on her, and in the cours?
of the evening bit her on the lef
cheek. Trinkal told the court the al
leged bite was really only a vigorous
kiss.
Questioned by the court, Miss Kuhnl?
said that Trinkal boarded in her house
and that the two had exchanged Christ
mas gifts on the night she received th?
alleged bite.
"Don't you think this bite was reallj
only a kiss and a demonstration of ai
fection?" asked Judge Young.
"I know the difference between a bit?
and a kiss," replied the pretty com
plainant, "and this was a bite."
Judge Young dismissed the charge
and said that allowances should bi
made for Trinkal's excitable nature an?
'. for the fact that he was imbued witl
j the holiday spirit.
League Commissioners
To Enter Russia in April
Two Boards Will Conduct In
quiry Into Conditions; Newg.
paper Correspondents Barred
From The Tribune's European Buree?
< Copyright. 1D20. by T. W. B?rge..)
LONDON, March 25.?The two com?
missions to be sent to Russia by t_e
league of nation, to investigate con?
ditions there will .tart late in April
No newspaper correspondents will ...
company the commissioners, it was ??.
nounced to-day.
It is proposed that, the comnr?ggfojj
issue a full report, at the conclu??],
of their investigations.
It was said that the decision to ?.
elude correspondents was based on the
belief that it will be impossible tocos
duct its negotiations in public, desir?
able as it would be for *,he world to
know immediately everything wt'th
the commission does and rinds. The
commissions' chief duty will be to get
results, it was --aid.
-a?-_
Nebraska Women Nearer Vote
LINCOLN', ?Veb., March 25.?The pro
pos'.d constitutional amendment to
give Nebraska women full voting privi?
leges, if adopted by the voters at th.
September 21 election, could be madeef?
fective by the Governor in time to grant
I them complete surf rage at the Novem?
ber general election, ur.der a provision
made by the state'? constitutional con?
vention to-day.
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