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THE WEATHER
Unsettled, with rain to-day; to-morrow
probably rain, followed by clearing;
fresh east and southeast winds.
Foil B?pont on Last fis.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1920
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TWO CENT!*
In Tirenter Sew York
THREE CENTS I FOIR CENTf?
Within _>00 MilM I Fl?..rli>r?
?t?te Plans
Inquiry Into
HvlanRegime
legislative Investigation
\r;'' Be Projected Soon
\fter New Governor Is
Seated, in January
Hearings To Be
Of "Wide Scope
yjeged Corruption in the
County Offices Will
Come Under Scrutiny
Shortly after Nathan L. Miller takes
?flee is Govei -or a legislative inquiry
?ill be started into the Hylan admin?
istration. It Will follow somewhat
ilong the lines of the Lockwood com?
mittee's housing investigation.
. Kesolutic-ns calling for an investiga?
tion of the Hylan administration will
I, introduced by more than one mem
fa at the next session of the Legis?
lature, which meets in Albany. Janii
nry 5.
The resolutions will be broad enough
t? investigate some of the county of
tees in the five boroughs, along
with some of the city departments
headed by Mayor Hylan's commission
,rii against which serious charges have
been made on the floor of the Board
?f Aldermen in this city and in the
(few York State Legislature.
Democrats as well as Republicans
have been the sponsors for these
:':arges before the local and state leg?
islative bodies. And more than one
resolution has been introduced in the j
Board of Aldermen and in the state '
Legislature to sift the charges of cor?
ruption in far city and county offices
?hieb have bean made by private citi?
zens and by elective and appointive
jflcials?Democratic and Republican.
Cuvillier's Resolution
The mosl severe attack on the Hylan
administration and on one of the coun
ty offices?the District Attorney's office
i.:' New York County?was made by a
Tammany member of the Assembly at
the last session of the Legislature. This
member, Assemblyman Louis A. Cuvil
?ifl', had grown 3^0 disgusted with the
ms existing in this city, and the
charge? and countercharges .of corrup?
tion made ag:j'nst. the Police Depart
"'>.'. and District Attorney fiwann's
thai he introduced a resolution
fdi'mg for a joint 'legislative investiga
ty's affair?, especially the
elficc of District Attorney Swann and
"? Police Commissioner Knright.
The introduction of this resolution
caused Cuvillier to be temporarily read
out of the Democratic ranks in Albany
and fear that he. might repeat the at?
tempt at the coming, session is given
m one of the reasons why he was de?
feated for reelection in a strong Tam?
many district.
Legislative leaders are of the opin?
ion that conditions have not improved
cither in the Police Department or in
the office of the prosecutor since Mr.
Cuvillier's resolution was introduced
end point to criminal charges still
Handing against members of the staffs j
of both officials, in substantiation of j
'?feeir belief. Grand juries are investi
?ating charges against other city offi- i
c'a!s, it is said.
But grand juries are handicapped by
nrtue of the fact that they cannot in?
vestigate crime committed outside of
3be county they Bit in. New York City
il composed of five counties. Only a
?egislative investigating committee
could po into all five boroughs and
(?mpel tho attendance of witnesses
?nd the production of books and papers
>cd other documents.
Joint Legislative Committee
n V,'at'vo leaders have informed
loe Tribune that before the session
'tarts a resolution will be drawn up
creating a joint legislative committee
?0 investigate the entire Hylan ad?
ministration and some of the countv
'Bee*;
f This resolution probably will call
'Man appropriation of $50,000 and!
provide for an investigation bv live I
gators and seven Assemblymen, or]
^"Senators and live Assemblymen. I
Lexow Committee, which investi
syruption in this city in 1893,;
^ ./posed <if nine legislators.
>ui,i an inquiry is entirely beyond,
?"'.?ope of the Lockwood Committee.;
"?en was appointed with the idea of!
'?'."? me building deadlock, and;
tn it its powers were extended to*
tu w \ts alm a general inquiry into
nylan administration, it might re-;
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Wmont College Boxer
Oies After Knockout
. -
*?Jck on Jaw in Annual "Proc"
>!ght Contests, He Never Re?
gains Consciousness
Special Dispatch to Ihr Tribune
JWRUNGTON, Vt., Nov. 21.- Donald
?/,. idr,ck. twenty-three, years old,
J,77?n at the University of Ver
,, nt. died in the hospital in this city
S?tiU0*1"?1?* of hemorrhage as a
Pb., 11 be':11S k"?cked out bv Thomas
V "V? &tr'king h'.s head on the
Hi the annual t'reshman-sopho
? proc" contests in the gymnasi
%
?j,Saturday night.
L ?l'r?c't wa? representing his class
i-JJ* heavyweight division and op
?rjw 'Chick" Purcell, a football
la? ft and Maternity brother in Alpha
**!1 *gii' The freshman had boxed
Bu ,U?t^ his opponent struck him on
?ri?w- He fell to the floor striking
* "tad and became unconsieinus.
'l)?rt|WaS ta*<en u' the hospital, where
?? A a a^t?,! 3 o'clock this morning
Mu1 u w','1'out' regaining conscious
^.*- His ??ther arrived in this city
tu.*y.Rnc' declared Purcell ??as en
-W? blameless.
??Of* C?rQ>, dUtlnotlT?. m ?treat T?rl?ty ;
P?? by the world? be?t painter?. Cor
i*3*?tT * '"**?'7 *"?itt)x ?t?",",9 JohB ?**
1,000 Arrested in ?ChicagoV
Greatest Criminal Ronnd-Up
Scores of Gambling Houses Raided by 2,500 Detec?
tives and Police, Who Find $1,000,000
Being Wagered in Games of Chance
CHICAGO, Nov. 21. ? Nearly 1,000
persons were under arrest to-night as
a result of the biggest round-up of
criminals in Chicago in many years.
The drive was started at midnight las*
night by Charles Fitzmorris, new Chief
of Police, as the second step in his
announced campaign to rid Chicago of
criminals and followed a recent whole?
sale shake-up of the police force, in
which nearly every member was trans?
ferred to a new position.
Dozens of squads of detectives and
policemen spread over the city early
to-day and all day long patrol wagons
rolled up to police stations with loads
of alleged criminals. Nearly every
saloon was visited by the officers, and
scores of pool rooms and alleged dis?
orderly fiats were raided.
One thousand detectives and 1,500
uniformed policemen conducted the
raids, which were under the persona!
direction of Chief Fitzmorris.
Gambling Houses Raided
Scores of gambling houses, many in
the sections populated by Chicago's so?
ciety, were raided, and Chief of De
tective Hughes to-night said more thou
Hi,000,000 wan hHng wagered in the
places visited.
To-night an extra force 3if police was
identifying the prisonors. One person
taken was "Nick the Greek'1 Dandos, an
alleged notorious gambler, He had
nearly $350,ft)0 inside his shirt, the po?
lice said. Dandos is known as the mo?'
reckless gambler in Chicago, the pi
declared. He was mentioned ir
nection with the investigation h '
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Col. Gof f Will
Prosecute 411
In Ship Graft
Counsel and New Member of
U. S. Board Declares He
Will Run to Cover Every
Guilty Clerk or Official
Not Aimed at Boiling Case
Attorney Says His Warning
Is General and Applies to
All Who Are Involved
From The Tribune's Washington. Bureau
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.?The prom?
ise that he-will "run to cover every!
person employed in the Shipping Board
or the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
man or woman, clerk or official, who
is guilty of corruption,'' is contained
in a statement by Colonel Guy D. Goff,
general counsel of the Shipping Board,
who recently was nominated by the
President as a member of the board
from the Great Lakes section, issued
to the press to-day.
Colonel Goff said his statement; had
tio bearing whatever op the charges
made by Tucker S. Sands against A.
Wilmer Boiling, the President's brother
in-law, but was merely a statement of
policy he will follow as a member of
the board. The statement made by
Goff, in part, follows:
"It is and will be my one and single
purpose io run to cover every person
employed in the Shipping Board or the
Emergency Fleet Corporate -., r.an or
woman, clerk or official, who :a ?-..*.y of
corruption, and to.prosecute ne.-?, to
the fullest extent of the law, as well
as every private citizen, whether he be
tradesman, ship operator, claimant, at?
torney, lobbyist or solicitor, who offers
the glittering bribe or sweetens his
petition witli gold. My appointment
as a commissioner to represent the
Great Lake?> will not in the least in?
terfere, I shall continue as long as I
am connected with this board to give
such matters my individual and undi?
vided attention, even to the extent of
personally conducting the prosecution
whenever and wherever the Depart?
ment of Justice may deem it expedient
or advieablo." .
No Connection With Boiling Case
When pressed by newspaper men to
explain the real significance of his
statement, coming as it does on the
heels of the charges made before the
Congressional committee investigating
the Shipping Board, Colonel Goff dis?
claimed any connection between his
utterance and the charge against the
President's brother-in-law.
"It is a general statement of policy,"
Colonel Goff replied. "It is a general j
statement relative to the investigation .
which is' being made and the charges j
which are being made that there have
been graft, dishonesty, etc., in the
Shipping Board. In it I indicate clearly
what my attitude is now and what it
will be ?ts long us 1 am connected with
the Shipping Board."
Colonel (ioff remarked that previous
to coming to the Shipping Board as
general counsel he had wide experience,
in the prosecution of public officials.
Prosecuted Many Public Officials
"For four years," ho said. "I was the
State District Attorney in the city and
county of Milwaukee at the time of the
graft crusade in the United States, and
T was engaged in the prosecution of
public officials. I have had varied ex
tContltuimi on paga ?lx>
Warren Chosen to Rebuild
University of Louvain
?New York Architect Who De?
signed Grand Outrai Terminal
Designated by France
Whitney Warren, the New York
architect who designed the Grand Cen
tral Terminal and the group of build
ings in the Pershing Square district,
has been selected to restore the an?
cient University of Louvain, according
to a cablegram received by him yester?
day from M. Widor, vice-president of i
the Belgian-French committee for tjie
restoration of the university.
Commenting on the cablegram, Mr.'
'Warren said: "It is an unusual honor,
and if I can possibly arrange it I shall
be only too happy to take up the work.
Much of the money for this work, I
believe, is y> come from this country.
An American committee, formed during
the visit here of Cardinal Mercier, has
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler as its head
and has as its object the raising of
fundii for the restoration of the library
of Louvain. This committee, I under?
stand, has raised $150,000 and aims at
a total fund of $500,000."
Mr. Warren is the American repre?
sentativa of the free state of Fiume.
He was honored by the French govern?
ment with the order of the Legion of
Honor. I
Harding Ujlrrs
Public Prayer
For Guidance
Troubles of My Heart En?
larged, O Bring Me Out
of My Ois;rei?s, He Says in
Leading Ship's Services
Party Nearing Cristobal
Senator Treads Deck Like an
Old Sea Dog, but Wife
Finds So'aee in Hand Rail
ABOARD STEAMSHIP PARISMINA,
Nov. 21 (By Wireless to The Associ
ated Press).?"The troubles of my
heart are enlarged: 0 bring thou me
out of my distress.''
So read President-elect Harding this '
evening from the twenty-fifth Psalra
as he lead the religiou?, services in the
women's saloon of the ship, which is
taking him to the Panama Canal Zone.
To Mr. Harding';; companions gath?
ered about him as ho solemnly intoned
the words of David there seemed a
peculiar and dramatic significance to
the simple lines he had deliberately
selected from the appeal of the Psalm?
ist, and the lines seeemed to become
the personal prayey of Senator Har?
ding himself as he faces tremendous
problems.
"Look upon mine affliction .and my
pain; and forgive all my sins. Con?
sider mine enemies; for they are many;
and they hate ine with cruel hatred.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve
me; for I wait on thee."
Reflect His Attitude
Senator Harding made it clear that
the verses revealed and reflected his
attitude toward the assumption of the
Presidency, arid his further prayer,
quoting from the same Psalm, was:
"Remember not the sins of my youth
nor my transgressions: according to
thy mercy remember thou me for thy
goodness' sake, O Lord."
The service was held at ? p. m. Sen?
ator Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey,
acted as deacon, announcing the. hymn.
After the President-elect had read the
twenty-fifth Psalm there was another
hymn, and responsive reading followed.
Senator Harding leading. The singing
of "America" closed the service.
Quiet Sunday Aboard Ship
From a Sloif Correspondent
ABOARD THE S. S. PARISM1NA,
BOUND FOR CRISTOBAL, C. Z.,
Nov. ~1 (By Radio).--Sunday at sea is
only a trifle more enlivening than Sun?
day in Marion. Senator Harding played
a few games of shuffleboard this morn?
ing. With Senator Freylinghuysen as
his partner lie defeated Senator Fred
Hale and Rene Creager, of Texas.
Mrs. Harding appeared on deck for the
first time since Thursday evening. Her
luncheon was served at a table spread
in the shade, on the promenade deck.
In a gracious effort to offer a chicken
sandwich to a seasick stenographer
moaning in a deck chair Mrs. Harding
staggered along' the gently heaving
deck, exclaiming: "I wonder what's the
?11 atter with me? 1 i.eem to have for?
gotten how to waltc." Senator Harding
has had his sea less from the start of
the voyage.
There was a moving ?picture show on
the promenade deck again to-night,
something that would not be allowed
within the precincts ,<>f Marion on
Sunday.
The day's run was oOl miles, vedu?:
(Contlnued on paga three)
Two Tableknives Found
In Woman's Abdomen
Miss Sha vue. Formerly an Ac?
tress, Dies After Operation;
3 Spoons Also Removed
fr'roni, c? Special Corresponden'
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. V., l?ov. 21.?
After diagnosing a local ailment of
Miss Margaret Shayne, formerly p.n
actress, as peritonitis, surgeons at the
Hudson River State Hospital last week
operated upon the woman and found in
the abdomen two table knives and
three spoons. Miss Shayne died after
the operation. Announcement of the
death was made yesterday.
Miss Shayne, who was with "The
Lion and the Mouse'' company severa!
years ago. had been a patient in the
state hospital for the past three years.
The knives and spoons bore the stamp
of the hospital.
It is said that Huee years ?.go, when
a knife disappeared from Miss Shayne's
table, a nurse suggested that the
actress might have swallowed it, but
the suggestion was not taken seriously
by hospital authorities.
Miss Shayne was a sister of Nells
Bergen, formerly wife of De Wolf
Hopper. ;
RevoltWithin
LeagueBegun
'By Neutrals
i ?/ ?
j Nations Not in War Object
to Being Called Upon to
Assist in Enforcing the I
Versailles Treaty Terms I
Armenian Mandate
Plan Gains Favor!
?,-_..
Question of Admission of ;
Germany and Its Allies!
Forges Steadily to Front
By Arthur S. Draper
i'-'iV;/ Cable to The Tribun*
Rbt, 13*20, Now York Tribune Inc.
fA'A, Nov. 21.?The. nations that
tral during the war and are
" nbers of the League of Na
-'.'; dissatisfied with the pr?sent
s between the league council
I ? league assembly and are. tak
"g bleps looking toward a change. As
j pointed out by Giuseppi Motta, Presi
| df'nt of the Swiss Confederation, the
, neutrals are called upon, by reason of
j membership in the league, to enforce
certain terms of the Treaty of Ver
! sailles to which they are not a party.
President Motta is in favor of hav
jing all nations members of the league,
j and has even made the suggestion that
! the league ought to undertake the
? mandate for Armenia, but he feels that
! there are. phases of reconstruction
? work called for in the treaty which
the neutrals cannot join in putting into
! effect. This suggestion for a league
mandate in Armenia is gaining in
j favor among the delegates, especially
since the establishing of a precedent
for the u::o of troops by the league to
snaintain order, as in the ca^e of the
? Vilna plebiscite.
Question of Central Powers Up
| The question of the admission of the
j former Central Power states to the
league has come steadily to the front.
| The address by George Nicoll Barnes
! on Friday, appealing for the lowering
I of the bars because the governments
I that committed crimes in 1914 have
gone and the old alliances have been
! broken up served to direct new atten?
tion to the subject.
" To-day the commission of the league
assembly, which is charged officially
with deciding questions of admitting new
states, including the former Central
Powers, held an organization meeting.
i This was its first gathering, and little
! was done aside from appointing sub
j committees, to study problems on hand.
Antonio JIuneus, of Chile, is chairman
of the commission and Dr. Juan Carlos
| Blanco, of Uruguay, is vice-chairman.
At the commission session Lord Rob?
ert Cecil, representing South Africa,
was made president of a sub-committee
I charged with the examination of the
i eligibility for admission to the league
I of Austria, Bulgaria, Albania and Lich
I tenstein. On the committee with him
he will have Hjalmar Bran ting, of Swe?
den; Sir George E. Foster, oE Canada;
03-3Usky, .of Japan; Pagliano, of Italy;
Rene Viviani, of France, and Winierski,
of Poland. It is expected that despite
? the ruling made by the assembly in
I favor of privacy for the deliberations
Lord Robert will rnn.ke an effort to let
the public know something of what de
i vejops at. the sittings of bis sub-com
I mittee* ,
The report of the sub-committee will
1 be handed to the commission within a
i week, and then the question of the ad
; mission of former enemy states should
j soon be ready for a full dress discussion
I before the assembly.
j May Wait on Germany's Application
The latest report of the attitude
i likely to be taken by the commission
j toward the admission of the former
' Central Powers is that none of them
i should be admitted until an applica
i tion has been received from Germany.
I Although no single state, with perhaps
! the exception of Greece in the case of
! Bulgaria, is opposed to receiving Aus
! tria and Bulgaria into the league, the
! opinion prevails that, their admission
j would weaken the case for keeping
! Germany at arm's length until the
! Allies have some guaranty that the
tContlnued on page three)
Body of Father Griffin,
Kidnapped Several Days
Ago, Found Buried With
Bullet Hole in Temple
Is First Priest
To Forfeit Life
Mysterious Midnight Vis?
itors Believed Assassins;
Colleague Is Threatened
GALWAY, Ireland, Nov. 21.?The
body of Father Griffin, curate of Bushy
Park, v ho disappeared several days
ago, was found yesterday in a shallow
grave about four miles from Galway.
There was a bullet wound in his tem?
ple. The body was brought to Galway
this morning. Intense excitement pre?
vails.
The body was found in a bog by the
roadside near Darna, four miles from
Galway Volunteerj had been search?
ing for the missing curate since he
was kidnapped by three unknown per?
sons last Sunday. A party of country
lads made the discovery.
They observed in the bog what ap?
peared to have been a recent upheaval.
They bergan probing into the mound
with sticks and finally uncovered the
skirts and the overcoat of the priest.
Without proceeding further, they sent
for priests in Galway and when they
arrived, working under their direction
by moonlight, unearthed the body of
the nitsing curate. The bullet wound
in the head of the priest was evidence
of the cause of his death.
Tell of Mysterious Trip
Cottagers in this bleak and sparsely
inhabited part of the countryside tell
of the mysterious arriva! at midnight
?ast Sunday, after the kidnapping of
Father Griffin, of a lorry-!oad of men.
The lcrry halted near the spot where
the body was found and the lights were
extinguished. In about twenty minutes
the lamps were relighted and the party
drove away.
When the body of Father Griffin was
brought into Galway to-day it was
placed uncoffined on the high altar of
the parish church. Huge crowds passed
before the bier, while three priests
knelt near by reciting the Rosary. The
first intimation the townsfolk had of
the tragedy was an announcement made
?by the priests at the morning masses.
At St. Joseph's Church, where Father
Griffin presided, pathetic scenes were
witnessed. The priests omitted the
usual sermon and confined themselves
to relating incidents of the life of
Father Griffin and paying tribute to
him. They declared the priest had
earned a martyr's crown and begged
the congregation to pray for the repose
of his soul, but not to forget also to
pray for his murderers.
First Priest to Forfeit Life
Although a number of priests lately
have been ill treated or threatened,
Father Gvifliii is the first to forfeit his
life. In fact, no priest has been done
to death in Ireland in many years.
Father O'Meehan, Father Griffin's
colleague and senior curate, with whom
Father Griffin lived, said in his church
to-day that lie had received live writ?
ten threats of death since last May,
and that he did not dare sleep in his
own home. He added that Father Grif?
fin had never received any threats.
The Rev. Father Griffin, of Galway
whose body was found yesterday, wat
kidnapped November 19 as he was pre?
paring to start for the United States,
where he was to testify in Washington
before the American committee inves?
tigating atrocities in Ireland. Ho was
to have testified on a reprisal raid
made on Galway by the Black and
Tans.
Harding Is Pledged by Lodge
r Asiatics from
sa
Special Dispatch to The Tribuns I
BOSTON, Nov. 21.?Senator Henry
| Cabot Lodge, in a speech at a dinner!
' at the Roose\elt Club in his honor last j
;'night, promised that the Harding Ad- ]
'ministration would see to it. that im?
migration laws which would properly!
protect the United Stales from Asiat!'.'!
| invasions would he enacted.
Terming the tendencies of the yellow
: races to settle in the United States aj
j menace, Senator Lodge declared the
United States. Australia, Canada and
New Zealand should be banded to?
gether to r?p*l this incoming of Asi-i
atics.
"No nation has a right," declared
? Senator Lodge, "to send its people ' 3. ;
1 another nation where they are not we!- ?
come. If immigration can be forced;
j on Us, we are no longer a sovereign
' nation.
"Who shall come into 'he United
States and become citizens is for ua
j and us alone to settle.
"We don't mean war when we saj it,
: but it. cannot be disputed with us. I
have no racial prejudice." declared
: Senator Lodge, ami added that he took !
his position for the protection of j
; American standards of living. He also
?poke of a need for restricting the!
present tide of immigration from
I Europe ?.-. well as from Japan. Much1
of the 'Juropean influx he termed unde?
sirable. Russia, he declared, was send?
ing to America agents instructed to
stir up ill-feeling toward the United
States government.
Senator Lodge accused the Wilson
Administration of "spending money in
a way that bafiles the imagination."
Ther? must be economy for the next
three or four years, he said, with no
reduction in the total' amount raised
by taxation.
"But we can revise the tax- laws," he
added, "in such a way that they can be
understood without the aid of a law?
yer"
The whole revenue tax list would be
revised, the most difficult task of the
Harding r?gime, he explained. A more
just distribution of taxation and a
larger share of the. burden levied on
imports were two points he empha- j
sized.
Referring to the peace treaty, Sena?
tor Lodge pronounced it dead and as?
sured the audience that it would not
be heard from in the regular session of
Consrress beginning r.e7?t month.
"We sent the treaty to the White
House."' he said, "and there it remains
and will reinain."
Senator Lodge promised for Presi?
dent, Harding a thorough reorganiza
tion of the government with appoint- '
ment of counsellors from the foremost
men of the country.
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27 Die in Dublin Day of Terror;
Sinn Fein Murders 12 Officers;'
Ball Crowd Fired on in Reprisai
Shooting Renewed in Dublin
Streets; Many Fires Kindled
British Troops in Ireland To Be Heavily Rein?
forced; Fear of Assassination
Spreads to England
DUBLIN, Nov. Cl CBy The Associ-1
ated Press?.?Shooting began again in
the streets just before midnight and a
! number of people are' reported killed.
There is much military activity.
j LONDON, Nov. 21.?Fire broke out
! in Dublin ?this evening in various places,
says the Dublin correspondent, of The
Daily Mail. Twelve nurses were among
those a??rested to-day.
The Mail says that arrangements are
j under way to send ?arge reinforcements
i of troops to Ireland and that the opin
| ion is held in official quarters that the
danger of assassination is spreading
to England.
A number of women participated in
the morning attacks on the military in
Dublin, according: to the DubMn cor?
respondent of The London Times. In
one case, forty raiders arrived at a
Louse on bicycles.
A Cork dispatch to the Exchange Tel?
egraph say3 that auxiliary police in
lorries, who were in search of a de?
tective who had been kidnapped, are
reported to have tired indiscriminately
; dnd thrown bombs. Notices also were
circulated threatening the people of
Cork if the missing detective was not
returned.
'Joe' Cassidy,!
Former Queens !
oss, Falls- Dead;
Dies of Apoplexy While
Seated at Table in Home:
Was Convicted of Election,
Bribery in Willett Case
Broken by Prison Term
Won Greatest Battle by
Defeating County Leader
"Battle - Ax" Gleason
Joseph Cassidy, formerly . President
of Queens and a widely known and
picturesque politician of the old
school, died unexpectedly in his home
in Hollywood Avenue, Far Roekaway,
yesterday afternoon.
D?ath came without warning. Cas?
sidy was seated ??t a table, reading a
newspaper, when he fell over. His wife
summoned a physician, but Cassidy died
within a few minutes. Apoplexy was
given as the cause of death. The one?
time Borough President was sixty
years old.
"Curly Joe" was the soubriquet by
which he was known to the politicians'
and the followers of the bosses in the
ola days, and for many years he was a
power in the politics of Queens.
Coming up with the younijer crowd
in party councils, he quickly gained a
leadership in the ranks of politics and
he w-on his greatest victory when he
put his new forces against the battle
line of the one-time and supposedly in?
vincible boss of Queens politics?Pat?
rick J. Gleason, known as "Battle-Ax"
Gleason, and defeated that eminent
warrior at his own game.
Wins Greatest Battle
Gleason had long been the predomi?
nant figure in Queens. He ruled with
unrelenting hand and defied those who
would uncrown him. Cassidy accepted
the challenge and won. He was elected
President of the Borough to the great
astonishment of the old and confident
guard, and immediately became a dic?
tator, admired for his skill and feared
for the influence which he gathered
about him.
Then cajne. the tragic climax. In the
fall of ? 011 Cassidy, foliowing the
nomination of a judicial ticket, ?.vas ac?
cused of being a principal in a con?
spiracy whereby William Willett jr., a
one-time Congressman, was alleged to
have paid a large amount of money to
Cassidy in return for a nomination to
the Supreme Court bench of the 'Jd
District.
It was changed that in the creation
of three new judgships Cassidy, as the
leader of .Queens, was permitted to
name one of the judges. The charges
growing out, of the Willett nomination
brought to the surface a story that
Willett had paid cash for the honor
which had been awarded him. It was
charged that the money went to Cas- j
sidy and the amount vas said to have
been $25,000.
After a long and hard fought court
contest Cassidy and Willett were con- j
victed, and "Curly Joe"' did a bit in ,
Sing Sing thac :asted for one year and
twelve days. He was paroled and re- '
turned to Roekaway, where he since
had engaged in a quiet way in the real '?
estate business.
He never attempted to regain his
lost prestige in politics. After his re- ;
turn from pri-son loyal friends gave !
him a dinner, and he was tendered ;
every assurance that the old guard
was 'firm in its devotion. But Cassidy
preferred a life free from austerities i
The long and sensational trial had
changed the character of the man. The
repeated defeats which he had met in ;
(Continued on najo eleven)
Europe's Plight
rT,HE first of a series of
? interpretative cables
from London by Hartley
Withers, ?ditor of The Econo?
mist, appears on Page 15 .
(second financia! page) of to?
day's Tribune.
Read an expert's description
of Europe's efforts toward
economic recovery-to-day
and ?every Monday morning.
Reds Break Off
Parley; Charge
Polish Trickery
Refuse to Go On With Riga
Conference Until Warsaw
Keeps Promise to Remove
its Forces Back to Border
Colonel Ribak Is Blamed
Bolskeviki Allege Plan to
Unite Ba'akoviteh Army
With Ukrainian Forces
RIGA, Nov. 21.?Peace negotiations
between Soviet Russia and Poland were
interrupted yesterday Adolf Joffe,
head of the Bolshevik delegation, told
M. Dombski, chief of the Polish repre?
sentatives, that the work of arranging
for a permanent peace could not pro?
ceed until Poland loyally fuelled her
promise to withdraw troops to her bor
cers. He added that this declaration
I was a result of the action of Colonel
I Ribak, head of the Polish section of
! the joint military commission at Minsk.
Ribak proposed that a scheme be
worked out for the withdrawal of the
Polish troops by the establishment of
a thirty-mile zone between Polish and
Ukrainian troops, and finally asked for
the dissolution of the commission
itself.
M. Joffe emphasized his claim that
the proceedings signed here on Novem?
ber 14 concerning the withdrawal of the
Poles excluded these questions. He
asserted Colonel Ribak is planning for
the union of the armies commanded by
Simon Petlura, Ukrainian leader, and
General Balakovitch, commander of the
irregular Polish forces, which have
been operating in the rear of the Bol?
shevik lines southeast of Minsk for the
last three or four weeks.
Break Not Considered Serious
WARSAW, Nov. 21 (By The Associ?
ated Press).?Newspaper dispatches re?
ceived here assert that the negotiations
! between the Poles and the Russian
Soviet delegation at Riga have been
broken off. The dispatches allege that
| the Poles have not kept their armistice
agreement. The Poles are described as
expecting soon to adjust the differ
I enees with the Soviet delegates and as
I not considering the break serious.
The Soviet delegates, according to
the disjatches, charge that there re
1 main in parts of the Ukraine several
i detachments of Polish troops east of
; the armistice line, contrary to the Riga
agreement, which provided for the
withdrawal of all the Poles to the
armistice lino by November 19
Reds and Poles Pace to Face
Russian Bolshevik and Polish sol?
diers are face to face at various points
?.Continuad on n?xt pas?)
Greek Worshipers IS ear
Riot in Election Debalp
Followers of Venizelos Resent
Pastor's Alleged Appeal for
Thqjifis ; Police Quiet Storm
Hellenic politics crept into the im
pressive service of th? high mass in
the Greek Orthodox Church of Evan
gelismos, at 303 West Fifty-fourth
Street, yesterday morning, and as 2,500
worshipers leaving the church mani?
fested their Constantine and anti-Con
stantine sentiment'; spectators feared
that a real riot was imminent.
Services in the Greek church were
announced as a Thanksgiving observ?
ance, preliminary to the scheduled
Thanksgiving services in a!! America"
churches' Thursday. But during his
sermon, it is said, the Rev. Nicholas
Lazaruj, pastor of the church, referred
to the recent election in Greece in
whjich Premier Venizelos was defeated
and the people voiced their wish for
the return of King Constantine. The
pastor is alleged to have said that this
result was a cause for thanksgiving.
Some are said to have demanded
three cheers for Venizelos, whereupon
a King Constantine partisan is said" to
have hurled an apple in the direction
of the Venizelos faction. This started
real confusion, and, fearing bloodshed,
the police of the West Forty-seventh
Street station were appealed to. Patrol?
man George Hurst, displaying a night?
stick, responded, and the policeman
cleared the atmosphere within five min?
utes.
People Hide in Homes in
Fear of ?New Outbreak
of Vengeance; All As?
sassins Evade Capture
Martial Law To Be
Proclaimed To-day
Cork Also Terrorized by
Bfack and Tans; BI<r?v
to Irish Cause is Seen
By Frank Getty
Frt Tribune's Ky.rcpean 3-j-ra-t
Copyright 1920, New York Tribune In<
LONDON, Nov. 21.?Twenty-sev?
en persons are dead and nearly
seventy wounded to-day as the result
of a terrible outbreak of assassina
j tion and reprisal in Dublin to-day.
?Sinn F?in struck first. Twelve
I British officers and secret service
! men wore shot dead and at Ic-ast ten
| others wounded in a prearranged
; murder plot, when they were at
; tacked in a concerted movement that
i extended to all parts of the city.
! Two soldiers and three civilians also
i
j were killed, bringing the total known
j death;-: in the early morning dis
I orders to seventeen. The assassin;;
| escape?! without the loss of a single
! man.
This afternoon the auxiliar'/
! police exacted terrible revenge.
j Breaking through the barriers at the
Croke football grounds, where 15,
I 000 people were wedged helplessly
; together, the cadets of the Royal
i Irish Constabulary opened fire on
I the crowds indiscriminately, killing
j ten and wounding more than fifty \
i fearful panic ensued.
j
?Cork Also Terrorized
The Black and Tans and the mili
. tary also terrorized Cork, tiring
: right and left as they rushed
through the streets. Three persons
i were taken to the hospital.
A statement given out to-nigh?*.
| from Dublin Castle said that the
cadets at the Croks football ^imc
I had been fired upon from the crowd.
Dublin outbreak resulted in th<*
? greatest number of casualties in a sin
? g!e day since the 1916 rebellion.
Captain McCormick and Mr. Wild?
I were shot in death at the G re sham
| Hotel, where they were staying. Ir
I Morehampton Road Captain .McLean
i -
: John Caldown, who formerly was an
! officer, and the landlord of the bouse
where they were, named Thomas Smith
were attacked. McLean and Smitl
were killed and Caldown was left in *
dying condit
At a house at 28 Pembroke Roar
six oftice;-s were shot, two of them mor
tally. Two other officers, Captai
' Fitzgerald and Captain Newberry, wer?
] killed ni their home.-?. Six other offi
leers, thus far unidentified, were
dered m other part?? of the city.
In a tight during a raid on a hous?
: in lower Mounl Street this i-iorr.im
! two soldiers and one civilian wer
? killed and another
! wounded
Other Deaths Concealed
Wherever it is possible the author
? . are withholding the name-:, of th
| slain officers, and it is believed ths
the number of victims of the assas?
nation plot was even greater that tl
i official list given out to-night admit
The concerted attack by the Sir
F?in assassins came a-? a complete su
oitc the fact that many doci
ments, said to be important, in coi
nection with the organization of tl
Irish Republican army, have recent
! fallen into the hands of the i
; author: ?
Huh!"? waa immediately plan
under ? a Bemblance of martie
which is expected to be declar
; formally to-morrow. A!l motor v
j hides entering or passing through tl
' city were held up and sear? '
j cordon of Troop.-; v.as thrown aroui
I r!ie city, blocking a!! the roa<
1 Numerous raids were conducted a
al! public gatherings were disperi
ivy rifle ::re over the heads of t
crowds that tried to gather. Armor
cars and lorries fill? ? - the Bla
and Tans and the military p&tro] *
( street.-.
The people 37e ?truck with terr
; showing their fear in their faces a
'n their action?. Fear of reprisals *?'
on every one's lips. The -military
| known to be capable of wreaking t
nb!e vengeance unless the troops ;
I strongly he'd in ie3?h. and ?'.hen da
ness fell to-night the street^of Dut
were almost deserted, the ?
j lurking indoors gripped by t?.
Murders Carefully Planned
The details of th? ?-arious murd
show how uniformly the ?mn F?
plot of assassination vas earned <
! About 9 o'clock this morning an
' and disguised men entered the vari
| lodging houses and hotels where tl
| officer victims marked out for mux
: iay asleep. Without giving their
| tiros the slightest chance i* escape.
j Sinn F?m assassins shot them do
i wasting few sho*-?* and grivjng evid?
| that picked rifle^n bad baen cht