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ElMwbere
Britain Calls
Geddes Back
To Confer on
$avy Holiday
?mbassador Sails Home
to Give Lloyd George
Latest Information on
probable U. S. Policies
Japan and League
To Be Discussed
Condon Seeks Light on
Reaction of, Harding tc
Hints Previously Sug
gested as to Program
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. ? Deepes
r.gnificance with regard to several o
the most important problems confront
jnj the United States government i
attached here to the summoning t?
London of Sir Auckland Geddes, th
British Ambassador, by Premier Lloy?
Qtorge. Sir Auckland left tfor home to
??y from New York.
One of the big problems on which i
is believed here by well informed pei
ions the British Foreign Office wishe
to consult Sir Auckland is the questio
of the naval holiday. On January
The Tribune's Washington dispatche
revealed that the BriilsTi governmer
bid reached a position where it we
willing to surrender its proud positio
of mistress of the seas and was willin
to permit the American navy to equ?
it precisely in sea power, but not i
lurpitss it.
This information was conveyed by
person known to be cognizant of tl
inner thoughts of the men now at tl
helm of the British ship of state, n
to the State Department?so far as
known?but to men high in the con
dence of Pr?sident-eleet Harding, i
the theory that all arrangements loo
ing to the future must be made wi
the Harding und not with the Wils?
Administration.
American Viewpoint Sought
Associated Press cables from Lo
don confirming; the idea that Sir Au<
Jind is being summoned home to cc
fer on the future naval policy of tl
government and Great Britain creat
?o surprise ??oro, ?or this reason.
? thought that Sir Auckland will
i|uestioned closely by Lloyd Geor
the Foreign Office and the Admira
on how this idea has been received
Bien who are expected to be connec
with the Harding Administration ?
by Senators and members of the Hoi
to whom it has been conveyed.
It also is believed here, as the
suit of many dispatches from Lon(
indicating the state of mind of
British government about the ope
manifested sympathy of several imp
tant British dominions with the sti
0? California on the Japanese immig
tion and land situation, that the ?
bassador to Washington will give
rather complete report as to the st
of the American mind on that qt
i'.on and the *?cssibilities the fut
may hold, based not on.'/ on Sir At;
land's information as to the Ameri
temper but on his intimate insight i
Japanese diplomacy.
Another point of extreme importa
to the British government, on wl
S?Auckland undoubtedly will be as
for as complete a forecast as possi
?s the policy of the Harding Adml
tration with respect to the prei
?ague or an association of nation
Britain Ready for Concessions
It is known that when Sir Auckl
was sent to this country the polic*
the British Foreign Office was tha
\would make any conceivable con
?onii to the United States with rej
j. " league of Nations. It was
??g to rewrite the covenant embo
? ii n-i?n treaty from the
m? to the final period. One promi:
Wish statesman (ieclared about
?mte that he knew he could rewrite
?venant so that it would be satis
wry even to Hiram Johnson.
. oinic Sir Auckland has been her
ws discovered that ootimism was
Justified by the frame' of mind of
Close to the President-elect. Brit
?"re, of course, was to save the
*m?mder of the treaty. The L
?ttrge government and, for that
?w. the French government, did
??re to go before their peoples wit
?flmiMion that they had agreed to s
tw?i , SPCtions of the Vers*
"?y. While for some reason t
?etions did not appeal very stro
'? American labor, they were hi
?atisfactory to British and Fr
'??"?or. This was only one detai
X^-ai'd was mentioned b" the
?n ?plomats merely as showing
??W-* S? snvc the Vers?'!'-"? tr
en if the league covenant shoul
?rapped.
Harding Position Solidified
tWUt "fl* Carding has been gro
at in* lf t"cro has bpen '*??> c,!
th.i '*ia?a"nst an>' participate
;h* U.ted States in the present t
??the present League of Nations
im,T, r,nts or reservations what
gently, will satisfy him or hi
A,U?-,yTthis fact ha'" h*? '
?ot bv ,% "n,slish For?^*- Offic
ba8!,vyi,0?ric:al reports from the
of Z?T' Bt least fay the diapa
?S' e/teemed American <
b, int8.of English newspapers
London""'01**1 new3PaPer8 rea
?4Vth^-l0*Vourse of p?,icy
Whfch Sir ?he, ,trCa,ty a,,d the !*
k?fo.. r Allcl*lan,l was instruct
* enti^vm,nt5 t0 the Un-tcd State
K has fallen *o the ground,
?? to uTv!',ary some serious consul
view -fft C1urse Bhi*n b& Porat
Th. ?hanr-ed conditions.
-?iht n,Ue8?"?n now ?? what po
'? vin?fte.Br*ti8h government tc
?renth, ? * v6 fact that there
SSuttt"?Th?Pe of Mr. Hardit
?i?eWn?,,; 8 .m8istence that a
?* formB/S!?0,clation of nations i
Ht!, if n?t entirely decided, I
r*?l-_/_ urver" here rea'J b?
I IK*??, what it should do wl
| tCtitlnued <>? .?, WM)
Berlin Police Shoot
Four Parading Reds
BERLIN, Jan. 15.?Four per?
sons were wounded, one of them
seriously, in ? clash this after?
noon between the security police
and communists in Unter den
Linden, where Reds attempted to
form a parade in connection with
the second anniversary of the
killing of Dr. Karl Liebknecht
and Rosa Luxemburg, radical So?
cialist leaders.
Police .reinforcements quickly
broke up the demonstration and
forced the crowds to disperse.
Definite Move
To Disarm Is
Made in House
Resolution Calling on Wil?
son to Summon Inter?
national Conference Is
Reported by Committee
Democrats Oppose Idea
Insist Question Should Be
Left to Harding; Action
at This Session Doubted
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. ? Definite
steps looking toward disarmament were
taken to-day by the House Foreign Af?
fairs Committee, which reported a reso?
lution authorizing President Wilson to
invite the nations of the world to send
delegates to an international conven?
tion to consider ways and means of
bringing it about.
Although all members of the commit?
tee voted for the proposal Democrats
objected to its adoption at this time
on the ground that it might embarrass
the President. They contended it was a
question which more properly should
be considered by President-eleot Har?
ding. Chairman Porter, a warm advo?
cate of the movement, insisted, how?
ever, that it was the desire to have
the resolution ready for Mr. Harding in
event Mr. Wilson did not act on it.
Representative Brooks, Republican,
of Illinois, author of the resolution,
announced that efforts would be made
to expedite its consideration by the
House. There was no indication of
any movement to get together with the
Senate, wllich has pending a resolution
by Senator Borah, Republican, ofldaho,
providing for armament reduction by
the United States, Great Britainsand
Japan, and a resolution by Senator
Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, authoriz?
ing the President to appoint a member
of the disarmament commission of the
League of Nations.
Members of the committee frankly
expressed doubt whether the Brooks
resolution could ?be voted on at this
session owing to the heavy run of ap?
propriation legislation. Representa?
tive Flood, of Virginia, ranking Demo?
crat, said he saw no reason for the
the assumption that President Wilson
might ignore the direction and pass
the question on to Mr. Harding. He
questioned the propriety of asking Mr.
Wilson to act on the eve of leaving
office and after the League of Nations
Covenant providing for joint disarma?
ment had been rejected by the United
States.
Without much discussion the com?
mittee defeated an amendment by
Representative Mason, Republican, of
Illinois, stipulating that countries now
seeking their independence should be
invited to the conference, which would
be held in this country. Mr. Mason
said this would enable Ireland and the
Philippines to participate.
Mrs. Charles Edward Russell, of the
Woman's Peace Society, ?expressed the
view that the Borah resolution in the
Senate was too limited and might breed
'?.uspicion in other nations. Chairman
Porter contended, also, that all nations
should participate in the conference
and endeavor to disarm.
If "HelHgram" Is Right
Styx Will Need Subways
ZION, 111., Jan. 15.---Residents of Zion
were given new light on the terrors of
the infernal regions to-day when Over?
seer Wilbur Glenn Vol iva issued ad?
vance sheets on a "handbook and guide
to hell," based on what he termed helli
grams he said he had received.
"Every sinner is going to be punished
with an overdose of hi3 own sin," Vol
iva declared. "A tobacco smoker will
be locked up in a den full of tobacco
smoke. A chewer of the filthy weed |
will be immersed to his neck in a vat;
of tobacco juice. A drinker will pass ;
his term of purification in a natatorium !
filled with beer, wine and whisky." I
Millerand '
Risks Post to
Insure Peace
Briand Is Called to Form
Cabinet After Peret
Fails; Poincar? Insists
on His Policy of Force
Former President
Dominates Senate
Would Break With Allies
and Send Military Ul?
timatum to Germany
By Ralph Courtney
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1921, Now York Tribune Inf.
PARIS, Jan. 15.?The French politi?
cal crisiii reached such an acute stage
to-day with the failure of Raoul Peret
to form a ministry that the position of
President Millerand himself is endan?
gered. It is possible that the French
President will consider it his duty to
appeal direct to the public against the
political movement headed by Raymond
Poincar? which threatens to plunge the
world into new wars.
Millerand could no longer remain
President of the republic if the Cham?
ber of Deputies repudiated him after
such a move. There is not only strong
sentiment in favor of Poincar? in the'
Chamber, but the Senate also Ss lean?
ing to the side of the former Presi?
dent.
Peret, while trying to form his Cab?
inet, consulted the heads of the four
leading groups in the Senate, and it is
said that they all advised him that
Poincar? should direct France's for?
eign policy.
Millerand Realizes Danger
Despite this opposition Millerand
asked Aristide Briand to endeavor to
constitute a ministry. In doing so he
was fully aware that he was running
in the teeth of all those elements which
regard Poincar? as the only, man who
can save France. Yet such are the
grave consequences that may arise for
Europe and the world if Poincar? comes
into power that Millerand, it is re?
ported, IS prepared to risk hi:*, presi?
dency in publicly denouncing Poin?
car?'s policy of force if that step should
become necessary.
When Peret returned to Millerand
this morning to inform him that he
was unable to obtain Poincar?'s co?
operation unless the latter should be
permitted to direct the country's for?
eign policy, the President asked Peret
what his verdict on the situation was.
Peret told Millerand he personally was
convinced that the President's policy
was the.right one and suggested that
the opportunity of forming a ministry
should* be offered to Briand.
In contrast to the Poincar? policy,
a Millerand-Briand program'would be
to regulate affairs in Europe in agree?
ment with the Allies. They would ap?
ply to the question of reparations the
same system that was followed at Spa
in dealing with Germany's coal de?
liveries and disarmament. Although
this arrangement was bad in many
ways from the French point of view,
it did produce a definite amount
of coal and made Germany disarm to
a certain extent. This also is the
only policy which is approved by Eng?
land.
Spa Program Approved
It is reported that Great Britain
has sent formal assurances to the
French government that it supports
her entirely in the policy inaugurated
at Spa. Millerand purposes to apply
the same procedure to reparations,
presuming that he can carry British
support here too, and as soon as pos?
sible fix a reasonable figure for annual
reparation payments, which it is cer?
tain that Germany can meet.
Poincar?'s program, on the other
hand, consists of the use of force. If
he were Premier, France presumably
would send an ultimatum to Germany
that she must within a given time pay
such and such a sum of money and
deliver such and stich an amount of
goods under a threat of occupation of
her territory by French troops.
France has sufficient strength to
carry out Poincar?'s program. She
possesses an army of nearly 900,000
men, and public opinion probably
would support military action.
It is not to? much to say that the
fate pf France hangs on the present
political crisis. It is possible that if
Poincaf? should be actually called to
power his actions would be consider?
ably milder than the plans he has out?
lined in his speeches and writings, but
they inevitably would end in armed
(Continued on page four)
Leaps Astride Runaway Horse
From Racing Taxi in Broadway
Patrolman Henry Koch drove mules
during the war. As a member of a
field artillery regiment of the 26th
Division he was called upon to pacify
many unmanageable beasts. At the
rush hour last night when he saw a
horse charging along Eighteenth Street
and saw pedestrians scurrying to the
sidewalk*? to give the animal a clear
path, the instincts of the true artillery?
man were aroused, He ceased being
a cop for the moment.
Koch was at the northeast corner
of Broadway and Eighteenth Street,
when a cry caused him to turn his
head. The horse, with a light delivery
wagon zig-zagging behind, was tearing
through Eighteenth Street toward
Broadway. Several persons narrowly
escaped being struck.
Artilleryman Koch saw that quick
action was necessary. He drew his
night stick, flourished it over his head,
and sprang out into the street. The
horse, with a contemptuous snort,
shot past him, the delivery wagon
clattering behind. Koch grabbed a
taxicab, bellowed directions in the
driver's ear, and set out down Broad?
way in pursuit of the runaway. Broad?
way crowds fringed the sidewalks to
watch the chase. The hooting of the
taxi's horn and the cries of pedes
I trians seemed to inspire the horse
j with a desire to run faster.
Just before Sixteenth Street was
J reached Artilleryman Koch displayed
i unsuspected acrobatic gifts. The speed?
ing car drew alongside the speeding
horse and the patrolman took a flying
leap from the running board and land?
ed squarely on the animal's back. Once
installed atop the horse, he shouted
''Whoa!" with th<3 additional admoni?
tions of the mule skinner of muddy
France. The horse didn't stop and
seemed to be headed for the B. R, T.
subway kiosk at Broadway and Six?
teenth Street.
Koch began whaling the animal over
the head with his nightstick and a
hard blow over the inght eye brought
the animal to a stopVjust in time to
prevent him from clattering down the
kiosk steps and boarding an uptown
train. With his mount subdued, the
patrolman drew the animal off the
sidewalk and looked about for the
driver.
When the driver, Lawrence Kerwin,
of 416 W?st Twenty-fifth -Street, ar?
rived some minutes Inter he found a
somewhat disheveled policeman in the
center of a group of admiring peoplo.
He also found a docile horse and a de?
livery wagon somewhat warped and out
of shape. Lawrence said ho had gone
into a store for sonic smokes and that
when he came out he found the horse
and wagon missing.
Police Block
Irish Plot to
Fire London
- j
Fierce Fight Follows Dis-i
covery of Men Putting1
Torch to Oil Plant; One
Seized as Arson Leader ?.
Military Ambushed; |
Four Shot in Cork|
Simultaneous Attacks on
Barracks in 3 Counties ;
Dublin FearstjArmy Rule
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Inn.
LONDON, Jan. 15.?-What the police
believe may have, been a Sinn F?in
plot and* part of a general campaign of
Irish terrorism was frustrated at 1
o'clock this morning, after a revolver
bnttle between police and gunmen in
the suburb of Wandsworth, London.
Twenty men are said to have com?
prised the gang, which was surprised
by the police when some of the men
were getting ready to set fire to a nine
acre depot of the Vacuum Oil Company.
Sixty thousand barrels, containing 2,
500,000 gallons of oil, are stored on the
premises, and the police say that
if those had been ignited the fire might
have swept through a large area in the
suburbs before it could have been
checked.
The police saw an automobile drive
up to the depot shortly nfter midnight, j
Three men got out of the macnine and j
climbed the wall that surrounds tue j
works. When challenged, the men or?
dered "Hands up!" and proceeded to
open fire. The police returned the shots
and the men lied, without any one being
injured.
Incendiary Materials Found
Entering the plant the police found
great quantities of incendiary ma?
terials inside the. walls, including six
quart bottles of paraffin, a rope ladder,
wax tapers, cotton wool, five braces
and bits, a coil of half-inch rope, a
revolver holster and belt, as well as a
walking stfek and a woolen glove. Holes
had been bored in a dozen oil barrels
preparatory to firing them.
Wilfred Kenny, twenty years old, a
clerk, was arrested nearby a few hours
after the discovery of the plot. When
arraigned to-day and charged with an
attempt to fire the depot and an at?
tempt to murder a policeman Kenny
refused to make any statement and was
remanded for trial.
A big fite to-day destroyed an ex-,
tensive range of huts at Camberweil
Green, a suburban labor exchange. The
cause of the fire was reported as
"doubtful."
Many Police Barracks Attacked
DUBLIN, Jan 15 (By The Associated
Press). ? Simultaneous attacks were
made on a number of police barracks
in the counties of Tipperary and Lim?
erick in the early hours this morning,
but without success. In consequence,
the police and military were reported
to be extremely active in those counties
to-day.
An attempt also was made to blow up
the Kilbritain barracks near Bandon,
County Cork, but the police appeared
on the scene and drove away the at?
tacking party before the fuse to the
bomb was lighted.
Other parts of the country report
similar incidents, including the am
busbing oT police and military, but
thus far there have been no known
casualties.
Soldiers and police made an exten^
sive search to-day *#f the Camlcuch
and Belleek districts, County of Ar?
magh, making many arrests.
Dublin Fearful of Outbreak
The period of comparative quiet
which began in Dublin ;it the Christ
mastide proved short-lived. During
the past week there was a con?
tinuous succession of tragedies, in
which crown forces and persons iden?
tified with the Sinn F?in movement ap?
peared to have suffered more or less
equally.
The atmosphere in Dublin is now!
similar to that in Cork before martial
lav/ was declared? The people are be?
coming afraid to venture into the
streets, owing to the fatalities recent-'
ly inflicted on innocent civilians. The |
city is alive with rumors of impending !
trouble.
According to one report, ambuscades j
against the crown forces, which pre?
viously have been staged chiefly after I
the curfew? hour, will take place at
daylight in the heart of the city, re- I
gardlcss of the risk of such attacks !
to pedestrians, for the purpose of fore- !
ing an extension of the martial law to !
the metropolis.
That martial law will be instituted!
generally is credited. The belief pre?
vailing in some quarters is that it will |
he put into effect in the next few days i
and be accompanied by the changing of
the curfew hour from 10 o'clock at i
night to 8 o'clock.
Four Wounded in Cork
CORK, Jan. 15.?Two detectives in |
plain clothes were wounded here to- ?
day. The police later drove through
the streets, firing shots, two civilians
were wounded.
?
'Closed' Sign Put on Door
As Robbers Get $1,225
Police Attempt to Suppress Re?
port of Daylight Hold-Up
of Brooklyn Laundry
Robbers with a placard inscribed
"Closed" which they pasted on the door
as soon as they had entered, stole
$1,225 from Benjamin Nevifeld in his
laundry, at 2194 Fulton Street, Brook?
lyn, Friday. The report of the hold?
up became public yesterday in spite of
efforts of the police to keep it secret.
There were two hold-up men, each
armed with n revolver. f?iowfeld was
alone in the Ocean Hill Laundry, of
which he is proprietor, when they
entered, about 1:16 p. m. When h?? had
complied with the order to put up his
hands one of the robbers took his key',
pasted the "Closed" siirn on the i!?wr
and iocKed it.
Then they made a leisurely search
of the premises and of Natvfold, Thov
took $400 from the cash loglster. $200
from their victim's pocket, a watch and
chain valued ut $125, a $?'00 diamond
ring and a $200 ?carfnin.
Complete Htorlen (old In a r?*w worth.
?{??in! tlii'Hi' Rioi-lf-i in the Want mj. col
iimnM ?'f lo-Unj 'a Ti Ibum , AUvl
Grand Jury Summons Hy?an,
Enright and Police Records;
Will Start Auto Theft Inquiry
Charges of Commissioner
Against Dan Costigan
Refuted by Records of
the District Attorney
Whitman Defends
Vice Investigator
Smith Tells of 18 Houses
Closed Through Own and
Accused Man's Efforts
Police Commissioner Enright'a at?
tack on Friday night on the record
of Captain "Honest Dan" Costigan as
head of the vice squad was proved
yesterday by the record's of the local
District Attorney's office to be with?
out foundation.
Ex-Governor Charles S. Whitman, In
charge of the grand jury investigation
into the Hylan administration, who was
for years associated with Costigan,
characterized the man who was sent
into exile by Enright as "one of the
best policemen New York had ever
had." *s
Commissioner Enright made his at?
tack on Costigan during a speech be?
fore the Kings County Grand Jurors',
Association in Brooklyn. He said Cos?
tigan was disloyal to Mayor Hylan and,
besides failing to close up a number
of gambling houses and stop street
soliciting, Costigan, while head of the
vice squad, had failed to close eigh?
teen disorderly houses which Enright
had put out of business, by using other
officers.
Assistant District Attorney Smith
had his attention called to Mr. En
right's statement. He swung about in
his chair, pulled from his personal
file a large batch of papers and re?
marked:
"There's the answer to Enright'a
charge." ,
Records Refute Charges
An examination of the papers proved
that between .lune 1, 1919, and up until
the time of Costigan's removal a** head
of the vice squad, he had closed
eighteen disorderly houses and con?
victed their owners, as well as some of
the inmates.
"Dan Costigan was assigned to this
office for this specific work," Mr.
Smith said. "The closing of the houses
referred to by the Police Commissioner
was the direct result of the work ac?
complished by Costigan and me. We
worked together on the cifses, and de?
spite the obstacles thrown in our way
by Police Headquarters we succeeded
in closing the places and sending their
owners and some of their inmates to
jail.
"Keep in mind that this was accom?
plished by Costigan, despite the fact
that he had but thirty men for the work
and repeated requests by him and by
me, as representative of the District
Attorney of this county, for additional
men, were ignored by Headquarters.
"Costigan is the best vice investigator
this town has produced, and he is in
bad merely because- he doesn't under?
stand the language now ypoken at Po?
lice Headquarters," Mr. Smith con?
cluded.
Mr. Whitman issued a formal state?
ment regarding Commissioner Enright's
attack on Costigan as soon as he
reached his office in the Criminal
Courts Building yesterday:
"I was a magistrate, judge of Gen?
eral Sessions and District Attorney for
a period covering many years in New
York," the statement read'. "During
this time I was brought into close con?
tact with Dan Costigan, of the Police
Department, and had every opportu?
nity of observing his work. He is
transparently honest and, in my opin?
ion, one of the best police officers New
York has ever had."
Costigan Not Allowed Defense
'Way over in Brownsville "Honest
Dan" just smiled. But the smile did
not wholly hide the desire to defend
himself. Dan stands over six feet and
is in perfect physical condition. Dur?
ing the three years he has been used
as the football of the Enright admin?
istration he has aged a little. His hair
is graying on'the temples and his face
shows the strain of being continually
on the watch for what his friends call
a double-cross from Headquarters.
He would not talk yesterday?he
couldn't. Under Rule 137 of the new
Knright police regulations he is gagged.
That is the reason his friends feel
that Costigan was made the victim of :
a cowardly attack. The Commissioner
knew that the ex-vice crusader could ?
not resent the attack without the per- j
mission of the Commissioner?the man
who made it.
Rule 137 of the Poii?*e Department
says,:
"A member of the department. . .
will not talk for publication, nor be
interviewed nor make public speeches i
on police business except by permis-j
sion of the Police Commissioner. . ." !
Missouri Girl, 16, Is
Bride for Third Time
Obtains Divorce and la Married
Again on Same Day; Was
Wife When She Was 13
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
BOpNEVILLE, Mo., Jan. 16.?MA.
Mury Frances CiVnpbell, sixteen years I
old, small and girlish, was married j
here to-day for the third time. She]
was [-ranted a divorce from Carl Dick?
inson in Fayette this morning and later
boarded . train for Booneville.
She was met by James Dewey Hall, to
whom she was married here this after?
noon after Circuit Clerk Fred Smith
had telephoned to her father in How?
ard County for ins-consent to tho wed?
ding, The bride and and bridegroom
are residents of Franklin, where he is
a railroad shopman.
The bride's lir.st matrimonial ven?
ture was when she was thirteen years
old. She was married to Alton Camp?
bell, of Howard County, Campbell died
'lining the firs', year of their married
Enriglit Denies He Resigned;
Calls Story an 'Exaggeration'
-
Commissioner Says Originator of Rumor That
Found Credence in Afternoon Must Have Been
Overlooked by Narcotic Squad ,
Police Commissioner Enright re?
signed again yesterday, Recording to
rumor. This particular rumor was not
so feeble as some of Its predecessors,
and by noon it had flashed its way
across the front pages of a number of
newspapers in "ribbon" heads.
By 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
city throbbed with the tidings, and
even the uniformed members of the
department began to think it had some
foundation in fact.
In the octagonal and mirrored recep?
tion room a reporter was received with
cold politeness by Lieutenant Buckley,
in command of* Mr. Enright's first line
of defense.
Did Lieutenant Buckley know whether
the Commissioner had resigned his
highly important position in the Hylan
administration?
Lieutenant Buckley, with the stoic
features of Sitting Bull, did not, though
he would be glad to place the matter in
an official way before the Commis?
sioner.
The reporter requested Lieutenant
Buckley to place the entire matter be?
fore the Commissioner.
The lieutenant fluttered through the
winding passage leading to Mr. En- J
right's office and in a few minutes re- I
turned. ^ '
He said: I
Army Man Kills!
Friend, Says He
HypnotiaedHim
Major Robert W. Griffiths
Shoota Montreal Broker,
Surrenders to Police
and Then Goes to Sleep
-
Had Been in Sanatorium
Murder Preceded by Queer
Effort to Break Health
of Victim by Insomnia
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
MONTREAL, Jan. 15.?Major Robert
W. Griffiths, well known in military
and financial circles here, is in jail to?
night charged with the murder of Wil?
liam Holland, manager of McDougall
Bros., stock brokers, who was shot yes?
terday at his office shortly after the
closing of the Stock Exchange.
According to friends of the prison?
er, Griffiths had come to believe that
Holland had a superior mind and was
dominating his by hypnotism. Seeking
to break Holland's supposed mental
mastery, Griffiths is said to have tried
first to undermine his friend's health,
and when he failed in this decided to
use force.
Griffiths has been under treatment at
different times in sanatoriums and it
was testified at the inquest that he had
bee*n drinking heavily for several i
weeks. Apparently subject to delus?
ions, Griffiths began to tell his friends
some weeks ago that he and Holland
had been conducting some hypnotic ex- j
periments together and that the broker |
had obtained power over him. Griffiths j
insisted that under this dominating in
fluence he found himself in a sort of j
trance, which made him do strange j
things.
Insomnia Experiment Failed
Griffiths told his friends he believed
that his mind and Holland's were so
closely attuned that if he stayed awake
at night Holland could not go to
sleep either. Armed with this plan
Griffiths decided to break Holland's
grip by staying up all night and sleep?
ing during the day. As Holland had
to work during the day Griffiths felt
that he could soon ruin Holland's
health by preventing him from getting
enough sleep, and Griffiths hoped that
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Housewives' Club Puts
Time Clock on Servants
Other Rules for Regulation of
Domestic Help Are Adopted
in Pittsburgh
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 15.?It's the
time clock now for Maggie, and she'll
have to punch it on the dot or "hit the!
pavement" for another job. So say
those who compose the Housekeepers'!
Club of Pittsburgh. The housekeepers,!
at a meeting in the Hotel Chatham, de-1
cided unanimously that hired help must
be on the job at 8 o'clock sharp in the
morning and remain until 5 o'clock in
the afternoon.
And take $3 a day, instead of $3.50.
And pay their carfare to and from
work.
And clean up the laundry after the
washing is done.
These are,just a few of the rulos
the housekeepers have framed.
After club member? had registered
a protest against furnishing their
laundresses with fur coats, they an?
nounced their intention of soliciting!
cooperation among friends who have
been wrestling with the help problem.)
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AM. K?ST COAST TOINTH. "Florida Spe- '
i/ial," quickest time, no extra tn>-?, h:ao p. M
U!antt<r Coast Line, IS.- ?roadway.--Adv.
"The Commissioner says that this '
rumor- is very much exaggerated." j
"Does that mean that it is not so?"?
asked the anxious reporter.
"Well," said Lieutenant Buckley, '
without cracking the semblance of a
smile, "I think the same reply was
made by Mark Twain when he was in?
formed that he was dead."
At City Hall the reporter was in?
formed by Mayor Hylan that there was
absolutely "nothing to the report."
A reporter for an evening newspaper
is alleged to have discovered Commis
sioner Enright late in the afternoon i
working out with an omelette au gratin
in a restaurant not far from Police
Headquarters.
To this reporter the Commissioner is
quoted as saying:
"I have been Commissioner of Police
since 11" 18. In that time my resigna- \
tion has been announced just ninety
times and my summary removal from ,
office at least sixty times. The truth j
is that I may resign from office on some .
wet Tuesday after a full moon or on
some, Sunday during the week."
The Commissioner was then asked i
whether he knew where tie rumor of
his resignation originated.
"To the best of my knowledge and
belief," he ir. quoted as replying, "it
came from some person who has been
overlooked by Dr. Carlton Simon."
Dr. Simon is a Deputy Police Com?
missioner in charge of the narcotic
squad.
Cashier Shot,
Guard Slugged,
$6,000 Stolen
A?t? Bandits Attack Pair
vCarrying Pay Roll From
Bank; Custodian,Drawing
Revolver, Hit.Over Heart
Several Witness Crime
Car Number Taken in Affray
at 10 A. M. Near Brass
Works in East 28th Street I
Carl G?nther, cashier of the Manhat?
tan Bras* Works at 332 East Twenty
eighth Street, was shot over the heart
yesterday morning a few doors away
from the* company's plant, by bandits
who escaped with the pay roll of $6,000 |
he was carrying from a downtown j
bank. He is in a critical condition in I
Bellevue Hospital.
Two hold-up men approached G?n?
ther and Richard Schmimke, his body?
guard, from behind.
The guard was knocked unconscious
by a blow from behind with a heavy
monkey wrench. The cashier turned
around, to face the robbers and was\
shot as he attempted to draw his own
revolver.
G?nther was taken to Bellevue Hos?
pital, where his condition was re?
ported as critical. The bandits jumped
into an automobile in which two or
three other men were seated and sped
east to Second Avenue, where the ma?
chine turned south ami vanished.
The hold-up occurred at 10 o'clock
in the morning. Witnesses furnished
a description of the bandits and two
different license number.*. When
Schmimke recovered consciousness he
was taken to* the East Thirty-fifth
Street station, where he was able to
give the police only an incoherent^ ac?
count of the robbery as a result of
his injury.
Guard Struck From Behind
"I was hit from behind and that was
all I knew until just now," said
Schmimke at the police station. He
said he and the casnier had gone to
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144 Hours
Last Monday morning The
Tribune revealed the existence of
Rule 184 of the Police Depart?
ment, by which Police Commis?
sioner Enr'ght and Mayor Hylan
can virtually tap the wires of a
grand jury investigation. Rule
184 reads:
"Any member of the depart?
ment summoned to the District
Attorney's office of any county, in
cennection with a case in which
he or any other member of the
department is apt to be made or
become a defendant, will repot t
the facts in detail at once to the
Police Commissioner."
Six days have passed ?144
hours ? and thus far neither
Mayor Hylan nor Commissioner
Enright has*announced that Rule
184 has been rescinded despite ex
Governor Whitman's repeated re?
quest that it be abrogated.
Victim? Reported to Ha\e
Been Forced to Pay Re?
wards to policemen Be?
fore CarsWere Returned
List of All Cases
Asked by Whitman
Mayor and Commissioner
Must Explain Refusal to
Furnish Men for Inquiry
Mayor John F. Hylan, Police Com?
missioner Richard E. Enright and
the chief clerk of the Police Depart?
ment, with certain records, have
been subpoenaed to appear to-mor?
row morning before the January
extraordinary grand jury conduct?
ing the investigation into the city
administration.
Mayor Hylan and Commissioner
Enright have been called to explain
their refusal to cooperate with ex
Governor Charles S. -Whitman,
designated by District Attorney
Swarm as counsel to the grand jury.
The records demanded from the chief
clerk deal with another phase of al?
leged grafting by the police.
The Tribune is in a position to say
positively that should the Mayor and
the Police Commissioner in their ex?
amination on Monday show a disposi?
tion to further embarraos the Whitman
investigation the matter will be carried
to Albany. This means that'a demand
for Enright's removal will be filed and
formal charges will be made against
Mayor Hylan.
Legislators With Whitman
Indications about the Criminal
Courts Building yesterday tended to
show that the attitude o? certain legis?
lators opposed to a city administration
investigation had undergone a change
and that Mr. Whitman would have little
or no trouble in getting real action
on the local situation not only from
Governor Miller, but from the Legis?
lature.
Mr. Whitman's decision to call the
Mayor and the Police Commissioner be?
fore the grand jury followed a long
conference held yesterday with As?
sistant District Attorney James E.
Smith, credited with knowing more
about the Police Department and its
connections with the underworld than
any prosecutor on Swann's staff.
Mr. Smith devoted himself last week
to the examination of witnesses and of
records seized in various raids and by
subpoena. He made his report to Mr.
Whitman yesterday morning. It was
then that ex-Magistrate Frederick J.
Groehl, William Chilvers and Arthur
M. King, Mr. Whitman's other assist?
ants, were called in.
City Charter and Code Examined
An examination of the penal cod?
and the city charter was followed b>
the issuance of the subpoenas for th?
Mayor and Enright. This, however, die
not become known antil County Detec
t've Em il Kling, now assigned to Mr
Whitman, returned to the Crimina
Courts Building and announced that hi
had completed service of the subpoena:
on both officials.
The Tribune is informed that Mi
Enright's examination will be brief
That of Mayor Hylan's will not con
sume much time, either, it is sair
Both will be asked to waive immunit>
The examination will simply be on th
refusal of the officials to cooperate wit
the grand jury and Mr. Whitman, it
counsel, and to determine if there i
collusion between the two officials. O
their testimony will depend the futur
action of Mr. Whitman.
Certain Police Records Sought
The subpoena served on the Poll"
Department chief clerk calls for a
reports and complaints reported an
filed with the department showing t?
list of stolen automobiles, and a
books, papers, etc:, showing names ?
complainants, the disposition of sue
cases, and of investigating officers
all cases from January 1. 1919, to dat
This action by Mr. Whitman len?
color to the report that Assis
ant District Attorney Smith finally h.
uncovered evidence of grafting by tl
police assigned to automobile trief
It has been persistently reported th
the p*blice have insisted upon a rewa
based on a percentage of the value
the car before the1* would turn ov
the machine, evp . .ter its recovery!
them.
County Detective Kling went throui
the usual experience of a newspap
reporte* assigned to see either t
Mayor or the Commissioner when
started out to serve the subpoenas
Hylan, En right and the Police Depa:
ment's chief clerk.
Subpu-na Service on Enright's A'd
His first stop was at Police H?w
quarters, a few blocks from the Cri
ina! Courts Building. There Lieut?
ant Buckley, in charge of the Comm
sioner's outer office, went inside, a
through an assistant sent out wc
that the Commissioner was not
Kling served the subpoena on Buck
as the Commissioner's representative
Kling then sought out the chief cle
Roger K. Walsh. He was referred
Walsh, after that official learned tl
certain documentary evidence i
called for, to Chief Inspector Lab
He walked down the two flights
stairs and asked to see the chief
spector.
"He is not in," said Acting Detec)
Sergeant McDonald, in charge
L^hey's outer office. Kling whispe
his mission. McDonald disappea
with the subpoena, and in a few i
onds reappeared with the annoui
ment:
"The chief says it's all right?he
cepts."
The couuty detective thep wen
his way south to City Hall and !
the Mayor's office. There the po
guard said the Mayor was not
Again Kling whimpered his missioi
the guard, lie disappeared, and 1