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Curran at Top,
Bennett 2d, on
Voters' Ballot
Haskell Draws the Third
Position and La Guardi.
Trails; Loekwood Come.?
Second as Corup trollei
Gilroy Heads Aldermei]
Kaufmann Withdraws it
Favor of Kane in Rac?
for Sheriff in Broil.
Borough President Henry H. Curran
Republican-coalition candidate fo
Mayor, drew the top place on th?
ticket at the official drawing for po3i
tions yesterday at the ornees of th.
Board of Elections. William M. Ben
nett is No. 2, Judge Reuben L. Haskel
No. S and F. H. La Guardia No. 4.
Senator Charles C. Loekwood, Repub
Ucan-coalition candidate for Cor.ip
?roller, drew second place, but as Fran
eis Colety, who drew fust place, som
days ago announced that he had re
signed in favor of Mr. Loekwood, th
Brooklyn Senator may head tho list fo
Comptroller just the same. W. h
-chrbehorn i'Haskell) drew third plac<
Vincent Gilroy, Republic .n-coiwitio
candidate for President of the Boar
of Aldermen, drew first pl_ce, wit
John J. Halligan (Haskell) in secon
placo and L. Barton Case (Bennett
No. ?".
Stenographer Made Drawings
Commissioner John H. Voorhis, chai;
man of the board, presided. Th
drawings were nade by a st?nographe
in the office, so that, recording to Jud?
Voorhis, there might not be any sut
picion of "crooked work"' in the drav.
ing. The entire procedure occupied
iittie les.s than three hours. The mot
important remaining Republican dra.
ings were as follows
Borough President, Manhattan: N.
1, Henry H. Curran; No. 2, Ernest 3
Eilert, William M. Bennett name
Henry H. Curran for Borough Pr?s
dent on his ticket. Curran declined 1
run, but his name was kept in tl
drawing.
City Court, Manhattan: No. 1, Wil
iam Chorosh; No. 2, William ,T. Mi
lard; No. 3, Edgar V. Frothingharr
No. 4, Alexander Brough.
Court of General Sessions, Manha
tan?No. 1, Joseph F. Mulqueen; N
2, Frank Hendrick; No. 3, Norman
Marsh; No. 4. Morris Koenig; No.
John H. Iselin; No. 6, Joseph Biehil
Register, Manhattan?No. 1. Mi
Helen Varick Bos well; No. 2, John
Hopper.
Sheriff, Manhattan?No. 1, John
3hea; No. 2, Samuel Feingold.
y strict Attorney?No. 1, Theodo
T. Baylor; No. 2.-John K. Clark.
Borough President, the Bronx?N
'. Joseph S. Levine; No. ?., Edward
Raldiris.
Sheriff in Bronx
eriff, the Pro. x?No. 1, Edward
Van Arden; No. 2, Ephraim Kaufmai
Kaufmann has resigned).
County r'?ri;, the Bronx?No.
Daniel )'. Sullivan; No. 2, Joseph
Murphy.
Register, the Bronx?No. 1, Thorn
i owan; No. '.', Louis Castagnetta.
District Attorney, the Bronx?No.
Harold C. Knoep.el; No. 2, Chann
Press,
County Clerk, Manhattan?^No.
Charlea Novelle; No. 2, Frederick
Higgias. It ia understood Mr. Higgi
has filed his declination.
Borough President, Brooklyn?No.
H'tmiitoTi McT'.iness; No. 2, George
Haker.
Register, Brooklyn?No. 1, Jared
Chambers; No. 2, Walter E. Corw:
No. 3, Fdward H. Maddox.
County Court, Brooklyn?No. 1, .\
liara P.. Bayes; No. 2, Almcth W. He
No. 3, John J. McGuinness; No. 4,
L"ighton Frooks, No. ., John R. Fan
Borough President, Queens-No.
..dear F. Hazelton; No. 2, Peter
Campbell.
County Clerk. Queens ? No. 1, 1
ward J. Neary; No. 2. George P
perger.
Democratic Drawings
? ity Court, Manhattan?No. h ',
ward B. La Fetra; No. 2, Louis
Valent..
Court of General Sessions, Manh
tail No. 1, Francis X Mancuso; No
? irnelius F. Coiiins; No. 3, Joseph
Mulqueen.
Register, Manhattan ? No. 1, An
Mathews; No. 2, John J. Hopper.
President, Borough Manhattan ?
N Julius Miller; No. 2, James J. Hii
Sheriff, Bronx ? No. 1, Edward
1 lynn; >^o. 2, Patrick J. Kane.
Sheriff, Brooklyn ? No. 1, M 1er
' oa; No. 2, Michael F. Buckley.
Register, Brooklyn?No. 1, J.
" nith; No. 2, James A. McQuado.
County Court, Brooklyn?No.
! rankiln Taylor; No. 2, George
Martin: No. 3, Alonzo G. McLougb
Although it has never been cust
ry to make drawings for offices
? hich there is no opposition, Mr. 1
'. r, one of the d?sign?es for the 'a.
?a insisted ;hat this formality
.? ne through. L. drew No. 1.
Borough President, Queens?No
Dennis O'Leary; No. 2, Maurice E. (
mty Clerk, Queen??No. 1, Ed.
V Cox; No. 2. Leonard P.uoff.
Joseph Murphy, heading the ir.
:-?' * Republican group in the Br
bested Richard W. Lawrence, the cot
'? r, in obtainir. the preferred p
oi ? for candidatos for the co\
committee. Mr. Murphy's folio*
were awarded first place in four oi
!'?-??? contested districts. These are
1st, 2d, 6th and 8th. Mr. Lawrtsr
followers in the 7th succeeded in
' ' position No. 1.
Kaufmann Withdraw?
The big surprise in the Bronx
terday was the eleventh-hour **
.rawal of Ephraim Kaufmann in f
ot Patrick J. Kan?- the Indepen
Democratic candidate for sneriff in
county. The Tammany nomine?
Assemblyman Edward J. Flynn.
Kep-bliean? and coalitionists ar.
ftdent that with the aid of Kane's 1
persona] following they can pot
Wer. The Bronx Coalition Comra
??__t nif?ht issued this statement:
"7 ho m'nt important dev?lop*
in the political situation to date in
declination of Ephraim Kaufmann,
P?1:. oblfcan - Coalition candidat?
sheriff ?n Bronx County, and the run
M that ticket of Patrick J. Kane,
Independent Democratic candidate
?h?riff ir, the county.
"Mr. Kaufmann gives as hi? r<i
for withdrawal the fact that his '
m??? affairs have entirely change?
?l*..?.
"Mr. Kane i? an oldtime fight'
Dem . ...tic politic? In tht Bronx.
ing twice defeated the local lead?
hi*. A<??-mbIy district, and is a
I * ow_ eontraetor of considerable i_
ar.'i demands a. change in Democ
Siethodf in the Bronx as a matt<
?rfoeiel?, jf,. hold? the office of St
ii-.t-ndent of Public Building?,
f*"-igrja.tion of which he tendered t
oorouffa pre?lderit, who refused it.
??"-ilir.g of the ctre.'igth of Iikbim
Vh. arm fighting In their own primi
in beHa'f 0f th* coalition raoveme
?, rity ifi v/h-?y justified when
tHttideriiejA that \i.*.nt men ar? figi
?fXi?.t the narrow and sel_*h met
*dth!_ tfc? Democratic party in
f*r!.. _? 6?unti?R? ?nd .tnl.nt ?the
pArytSrm of Hy!anl?m.?
Heads U. S. Disarmament Delegation
Charles E. Hughes
Latest photograph of the Secretary of State, who will direct the policies
of the American conferees at the forthcoming international parley.
Senate Ready
To Complete
Berlin Peace
?'Continued from paw vn.)
will find fault because the League of
Nations was not accepted. But' they
cannot very well take the position that
Mr. Hughes and Berlin have built a
treaty on the Versailles Treaty for
which they have said so much, and then
refuso to vote to ratify it
The Republican? leaders will take the
position that the treaty prepared under
the supervision of Mr. Hughes pre?
serves what was good in the Versailles
understanding and holds aloof from
what was objectionable.
! The Republican view was summed up
, in a few words by Senator Curtis, Re?
publican whip of the Senate. He said:
I "It is a wonderful treaty and covers
the situation fully, like a blanket."
i Senator Mediil McCormick, Repub?
lican, of the Foreign Relations Com
| mittee, said:
"The treaty epitomizes the return
to sensible American diplomacy and
normal, national, realizable ideals.
! Under it America, true to her tradition,
assumes no political ooligation in Eu?
rope. Her economic rights are every?
where safeguarded.
Helps Amis Parley
"The way is now open for the li?
quidation of our outstanding differ?
ences with other nations by confer- !
enee and conciliation, and for the limi-I
tation of armament by agreement. We |
must seek a truo concern of purpose j
among the great powers through the |
meeting to be held in Wushington. The i
President and the Secretary of State !
have shown very great skill and equal ?
good fensc?qualities which statesmen j
will need in November."
Senator Lenroot, of Wisconsin, said:
"The treaty ought to be ratified by
the Senate unanimously. We get all
tho benefits of the Versailles treaty
and assume none of the obligations
that in any way would involve ns in
foreign complications. Practically, it
amounts to the ratification of the j
treaty of Vcrsaille.' with wholesale |
reservations of the features which we ;
do not accept." ;
Senator McCumber, of South Dakota, j
who is on the Foreign Relations Com- ?
mittee, said:
"I am very favorably impressed with
the treaty, especially with those pro?
visions whicr. preserve our rights
under the Versailles treaty, which Ger?
many has ratified without our having
to ratify it ourselves or without our i
having to bo bound by it."
Borah I? Studying It
Senator Capper, of Kansas, said:
'"Vhilp I have not ha-1 time to study '
the treaty, it jcema to be acceptable."
Considerable curiosity is felt as to
what view Senator Reel, of Missouri,
will take of i iie treaty in view of the
aggressive light he made on the League
of Nations and the Versailles Treaty.
Senator Reedakft here to-day, however,
saying he. had not read the treaty and
was not ready to comment.
Senator liorah is studying the treaty,
but is reserving judgment for tho pres?
ent until he has made an analysis of ii.
*London Times9 Hopes for
V. S. Aid in Europe Now
Hold? Allies Should Not Do All
tho Peace. Drudgery Since
the Fierlin Treaty Is Signed
LONDON, Aug. 27.?-"The London
Time?" says editorially to-day that it
pjrofers to fak?, on the whoie, an op?
timistic view of the German-Ameri?
can peace treaty, but it docs not bo- j
?ieve "the Allies will be contented to j
continue to do th? drudgery of execu?
tion of peace while tho United States j
st.-tndn at a convenient dintanc; to reap t
the, share of benefits that may ?
emerge." |
The newspaper welcomes the treaty, i
however, as tho ftrct definite indication
of ron?wal o? American active inter- I
est in European affair? and assumes i
from acceptance \,y the United States j
of tho provisions on guaranties that
?he will continue to participut* in
th?* OwCupation of the Rhin?i. j
Failure by tho United States to j
ratify the defensive convention he
twvn tb<? United 8tat*>?, Great Britain
and Franc? is considered by "The
Times" to have been one of the chief)
cause'? of friction, which It saya im- |
peded development? of the Entente and
the malnUnanc? of peace in Europe :
ever nine? the war.
Noting the unsnttled condition? In |
Germany, ?* |pstnn???d hy the ?seesei
?I?-'?I
; Borah to Take Stump
? For Open Arms Meeting
Prom Th? Tribune's Washington Burean
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. ?
Senator Borah, of Idaho, will
soon enter on a campaign of edu
: cation on disarmament. The Sen
i ator to-day announced thai, he
would speak at Asbury Park on
; this subject on Monday night, and
; probably voould follow this up
! with other speeches intended to
i support the disarmament cause.
The purpose of Senator Borah
; ia to do what ho can to rally pnb
' lie opinion to hi. proposition
that the disarmament conference
should be held in the open.
?:-,-1
nation of Mathias Erzberger, "The
j Times'* foncludes:
i "It is particularly opportune at such
. a moment as this that America once
more has appeared on the field in _
still unfinished battle-."
Details of U. S.-Hungary
Peace Treaty Kept Secret
BUDAPEST. Hungary, Aug. 20 (By
The Associated Pre_s).--Tho greatest
secrecy ia being maintained regarding
the terms of the treaty of pen.ee be?
tween Hungary and the United State;!
now in the course of negotiation b*
Foreign Minister Banffy and Grant
Smith, United ?States Commissionci
here, because of instructions from
Wa.-hington that nothing shall be mad?
public before peace is signed. It' has
been understood here, however, that its
terms will be substantially tho sanu
as thoee of the treaty between Hun?
gary a*..d the Allied Powers, with the
exception that the territorial provi?
sions will be omitted.
Commissioner Smith ? declared lasi
night that he believed the treaty woulc!
not bo signed before tho end of Sep?
tember, as a number of teehniealitie;
needed to be straightened out.
Paris Regrets il. S. Failed
To Ratify Defensive Pad
PARIS, Aug. 20.?Regret that Amer
ica failed to ratify the defensive pne
between the United States, Great Brit
ain and France, which was arrange!
here in 1919 by President Wilson am
Premiers Cl?mence .u and Lloyd George
tinged Parisian editorial comment oi
tho signing of the Gcrmari-Amcrieai
peace treaty at Berlin yesterday.
"We understand that American i?o
terests are no remote from ours," sai?
the "Echo de Paris," "that tho attitud?
of the United States government i;
making a separate peace is justifiable
We count moro on tho friendship be
tween the two republics than on tren.
ties and protocols for the assuranc
of harmony between them. This friend
ship grows stronger daily and we m un
understand that the treaty with Ger
many does not mar the close relation
between France and tho United States.
Two Dry Agents Killed in
Battle With Moonshiners
Kentucky Deputy I. Shot an*
One of Band In Criti
cnllv Wounded
PAINTS VILLE, Ky., Aug. 26.?Job
H. Reynolds, veteran prohibition agen'
and James Melvin, town marshal o
Paintsville, were shot und killed in
stantly, and Deputy ?Sheriff Maim*
Fitzpntrlck, of Johnson County, an
Hugh McKenzie were seriously wounc
ed in a battle between a party of pro
hibitlon agents and moonshiners r.es
here to-day.
Five men, charged with being mem
bers of the band of moonshiners whic
fired on the raiding vturty, were arres'
ed late to-day on murder charges. Tho
are Jesso McKenzie Kay McKenzii
Otto Young, Tollie King nnd Benni
Blerins.
Hagh McKenzie, alan ?aid to hav
been one of the attackers, is in a h??
pital here with two bullet wounds :
the abdomen. Physicians sny his cor
dition is ?crious.
I'.puty Sheriff Fitzpatrick. while i
a serious condition, probably will n
cover. He was shot through ?h? bod
and arm.
Late to-night a posse was snarchln
the mountains airrounding Painti
Tilla tnr other m.inb... ? of t.hn band.
German Papers
Call Treatv One
?Between Equals
i Gratified at the Evident
Lack of Dictation; One
Says IT. S. Obligations
to Allies Are Repealed
Wilson Work Rejected
Implied Refusal of Terri?
torial Deals Including
Alsace-Lorraine Is Seen
_____________
Bit Wireless to Th? Trib-.inti
C pyright, 1921, New i'ork Tribune Inc.
BERLIN', Aug. 20.?German news
j papers and official? see aa the mos
j striking differences between the treat;
\ with the United States, signed yester
day, and the document drawn tip a
Versailles, the absence of dictation i
the Germnii-Anierican document an
the evidence that it is an ngreemer
between two equals.
All tho newspapers acre point 01
that, the treaty marks a turning poii
in relations not only between tl:
United States and Germany, but b?
twocn Germany and other nations f
well.
! Sees Wilson's Work Repudiated
The "Berliner Tageblatt." says:
i "The treaty differs essentially fro
. i he pact of \ ersailles in that it wasn
! forced on Germany. It implies all
' the repeal ol th?; obligations assum?
! by tho United States toward its alii
upon its entrance into the war. Tl
American people have refused to gi'
1 approval to Woodrow Wilson's wor
They have settled their account wl
; Versailles and the transaction
; balance is nt hand."
The. paper adds that tho treaty ii
plies the refusal of the United Stat
to recognir? those parts of the " reaty
of Versailles covering geographical
boundaries, affecting such areas as
Alsace-Lorraine, Poland, East Pruss-'a
and Austria, and also those aectior.i
dealing with the trial of war criminals
the "Tageblatt" goes on:
"In general the new treaty breathe;
the spirit of sober, practical business
This is the best basis for the earlj
restoration of peace."
Referring to the clause of the treat;
in which reference is made to the res
tonition of friendly relations betwee:
the two countries, "Germania," th.
Chnncellor's mouthpiece, says:
"This promises well for the future
It is a symbol of tho new relation
between Germany and the Unitei
States, which, like those before th
war, will be of the be3t."
This paper is particularly gratifie
that there is nothing in-the documen
about a trial for war criminals. Tbi:
it says, is of the utmost significanc
as far as the self-respect and honor o
the German people are concerned. Th
paper expresses hope that the ratifi?s
tion of the treaty by the Senate an
the Reichstag will follow quickly s
that both governments can proceed in
mediately to the regulation of normt
relations.
Happy Augury Noted
"We hope that this will develop .u
cessfully and that the interests of bot
countries will be taken into conside
ation in the adjustment. The spir
of understanding and loyalty whii
formed the basis of the present agre
ment seems to us a happy augury f
the, successful culmination of tl
forthcoming negotiations."
The "Vossi.che Zeitung'' asserts th
thfi treaty gives the United Stat
much the advantage for helping or hi
dering Germany and expresses ho
that America will utilize the instr
ment in tho just interests of bo
countries.
"The gain accruing to Germany u
der this treaty is not in what it stip
lates but in what it makes possib'u
the newspaper says. "Through th
treaty the United States can be elin
nated as an opponent and mercile
creditor. It can permit the Unit
States to follow a policy of co?pe.
tion with Germany."
The entire liberal and coalition pn
comments on the pact in much t
same tones as the. foregoing, urging t
quick resumption of ambassadorial _
rnn.ilor rel.tinn?
Brown Calls on
| Mayor Hylan to
I Oust O'Malley
i'Continurd from paw one)
! living, milice whatever these dealers in
! the markets pay for rental or extor
| tion Is added to the cost of food."
The Mayor's reply follows:
"I have your letter of August 26,
1921, relating to Edwin J. O'Malley,
! Commissioner of Market?.
"Your letter is most extraordinary.
! This is especially so since tho minutes
? of your investigation show that Mr.
O'Malley demanded io be heard when
j certain incidents were testified to and
j you, personally, refused and insisted
i upon adhering to tho refusal, to pr-r
|mit him to bo board. If is grossly
| shocking ('. the universally possessed
] instincts of fairness to punish a man
not nl; in advance of the completion
of the testimony directed ai hi? de?
partment, but immediately following a
deliberate refusal to permit him to b?
beard in relation to the matter, by the
ver*' one suggesting his punishment.
"Your letter can only be understood
as a publicity incident of the impend
: ing municipal campaign. I will not. dc
! you the injustice of accepting the ide*
that you, as a lawyer, are a disciple
of the doctrine of 'hang first and in?
quire afterward.'
"I hope that the extraordinary char.
actor of your letter demanding th*
'execution of Mr. O'Malley without ?
: bearing is not a reflection of animue
engendered by his revealing that youj
? committee placed a convict in his de
? partment as an investigator.
j Frobcrs Referred to Swann
"Your statement, that the rescinding
of the cancellation of two permits in
; volved ?s insufficient is a:*, far wrong
as your claim that the purpose of th?
? original decision to revoke was to in
timidate witnesses. I understand tha'
your sub-committee have put on recorc
during the last three months every onr
', who could be reached by a thorougi
! fine-combing process who had any rea
; or fai cy grievance or claim to mak<
': against any one in the city administra
I tion. Therefore, nothing that the Com
! missioner has done or can do can affeci
any disclosure that it is possible t<
mak?\
"If any witnesses before your com
! mittee have committed perjury, th<
man with whom to take tlint, up is th<
District Attorney of New York County
"1 am saying nothing in criticism o;
-defense of Mr. O'Malley at this time
If at the close of the investigation o
his department, and after hearing al
that may be sai'l on his sido of tin
drive you arc making upon him, am
properly valuing the credibility of th?
type, of witnesses produced on bot!
sides, I conclude that Mr. O'Malley ha:
been derelict, in duty or guilty of mis
conduct. I shall take such action as i?
merited. 1 will thus be doing precise
ly whal you would be the first to insis
should be done in fairness to you if yoi
were similarly situated."
Statement by Hirshfield
Commissioner of Accounts HirBhfieh
insisted in his statement ih.it if th?
testimony given by William Mindc
and Mrs. Bertha L. Katenkamp befor?
the Meyer Committee was true thci
they withheld certain information upoi
their examination by him on October 4
1920. The*, then denied under oath
says the Commissioner, that there wer.
kir.y grounds for proceedings agains
any employee of the Department o
Markets. Minder particularly, sny
Mr. Hirshfield, denied that any stand
holders in the Washington Market ha?
ut, any time complained to him tha
tiiey were approached or huid up fo
money.
Th?; Commissioner then told of ex
amining Samuel Buchler, a deputy com
missioner in the Department of Mar
kets, with reference to the chnrncto
of ami some experiences with Barne
Cohen, tho Meyer committeo witnes:
'i he upshot of Buchler's testimony wa
that Commissioner O'Malley '.iad n1
fused to give a market kta 11 to Cohe
because of hi* alleged bad busines
record. Buchler said that Cohen one
c-i?ed at his law office and offered t
"hire Buchler >?s his attorney fo
$1,000." Buchler says lie wa? then cor
nocted with the Department of Ma?
kcta as a deputy commissioner end ir
terpreted the offer as an attempt s
bribery, fie turned Cohen out of hi
office, he said.
Comment on Widow's fase
Commissioner Hirshfield, eommontlr;
on the case of Mr.*.. Katenkamp,
widow, said: "It seems an if an attemf
were made Io make it appear that M
Minder's and Mrs. Katenkamp's exan
?nation before mc was prearranged, an
that I had something to do with poi
siblo shortcomings in the Depnrtmor
of Markets, when, as a matter of fue
both Mr. Minder and Mrs. Kntenkam
whan they appeared before me on 0<
tober ?!. 1920, denied under onth thi
any monoy was demanded by any or
from Mrs. Kntonkamp, and in fact
wns assured by Mr. Minder that ever;
thing wni all right in the market."
PreMmtnary to the ?hove Mr. Hirsl
Hold ?MUod too following statement:
"Ths Meyer legislative ?lommittf
, investigating New York City during
| the past week has gone to extraor
; dinary lengths in introducing inferen?
tial, ex-parte and unsupported testi
? mony, founded largely upon rumor and
j the unsupported words of one witness
! against another.
"Such procedure is in violation of
j all rules relating to the presentation
| of evidence in any court in the land.
I As a result of this procedure there
have been spread upon the pages of
newspapers hostile to Mayor Hylan and
his administration half-truths and in?
ferences implicating officials of his ad?
ministration in alleged wrongdoing.
Warning Given to Papers
"The Meyer committee has refused
j by a majority vote to abide by the or
; dinary rulas of procedure in vogue in
the ?.t?te courts. In taking this course
?it, has formally indorsed the campaign
j of mud.Iinging by innuendo upon which
jit was launched. The action of the
i Meyer committee, however, does not,
?extend to the newspapers which pub?
lish the proceedings and I warn them
: to take the utmost care and not to
jdraw wrong inference of ??. li.cloua
| character affecting any official of the
i Hylan administration or employees of
? the city.
I "That this matter may be brought
i home moro forcibly to certain news
j papers of New York City, I have to
I day instructed my attorney, former
?Judge William M. K. Olcott, of 170
j Broadway, to take action against 'The
? Tribune,' 'The Now York Herald' and
j other publication., to recover damages
! from each of them for libeling me by
j false presentation of facts in their
I newspaper.? of this morning, Friday,
i August _..
" 'The New York Times,' on page 1,
i column 1, carried the following head:
i '?Say Hirshfield Aided O'Malley in Hid
? Ing Graft on a Widow.' 'His Report.
; Read to .Meyer Committee Omitted
i Pacts on $1,000 Demand for Permit.'
! "'The New York Tribune' and 'The
1 New York Herald,' in issues of the
j same date, carried in tho body of their
i new. columns the same and other libel
| ous inferences, openly expressed by
i 'The New York Times' in its headlines.
Records of Hearing Cited
\ "Tho records of the hearing before
! the ?/leyer committee for Thursday,
? August 25, show that I recommended
' that Mrs. Katenkamp be given a. per
i mit for a stand in the market and that
she received it without paying any ono
anything, and the testimony before the
committee yesterday further shows :
that the witnesses William Minder and
Bertha L. Katenkamp, in an examina?
tion before me, in relation to the
Katenksmp permit matter, on October!
., 1920, denie.l under oath that there
were any grounds for proceedings !
against any employee of the New York j
City Department of Markets. If Mr. '.
Minder had ?500 of Mrs. Katenkamp'. j
money in his safe, as he testified yes- i
terday, then that fact was withheld ?
from me by both. If there was any j
understanding between them and ?
O'Malley, they kept that awav from i
me. The fact of the matfer is that if
Mr. Minder and Mrs. Katenkamp tes- ]
tified truthfully before th. Meyer com- I
mittee then their testmony before me J
?.vas untrue, and if they testfied truth?
fully before me then their testmony |
before the committee yesterday wa_ I
untrue.
Cohen's Words Reviewed
"However, later on, on April 22, 1921,
in a subsequent examination before
the deputy commissioner of this office,
the same' Mr. William Minder, preai- .
dent o: the West Washington Market
Merchants' Association, reiterated the I
testimony given before me on October i
4, 1920, and again denied that any of j
the standholders in West Washington ?
Market have at any time complained ?
tc him that they were approached or
held up for money.
"To save this Meyer committee from |
growing stale and going flat, witness
Barnott Cohen was hastily calle ' to the |
stand just before recess yesterday, j
Burnett Cohen is well known both to
this office'and to the Department of
Markets. Tho testimony given by this
witness was calculated to impeach the ?
character of Commissioner of Markets ]
Edwin J. O'Malley and myself, and al- j
though Cohen's testimony was based j
upon unfounded nasertions it was per- i
mitted to go unchallenged by commit
tee's counsel." I
White House Visitor Skips
Only Democrat; c Presidents ;
?'rrrrn The TrUiurm's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26?Having
shaken hands with President Abraham i
Lincoln when he was in the White
House, Captain William Bule, eighty-'
two years old, publisher of "The Knox- i
ville (Tcnn.) Journal," callad at the [
White House to-day to greet a fellow]
publisher who is President of the i
United States. Captain Knie and the
President chatted for several minutes;
on publishing problems and character- i
ist.lcs of past Presidents, related by the I
caller.
The Tennessee newspaper man inter- i
viewed Abraham Lincoln two month-*, j
prier to the i:it; er's assassination. Since ;
then he has shaken the h'nnd of every
President w,th the exception of the i
Democratic Executives. Grovor Cleve?
land and Woodrow Wilson. C?nt?un j
Hule was the first employer of Aciolph
Ochs, publisher of "The N.w YorV
Times."
Somers Urges
Board to Seek
Craig's Removal
D<eclare_ Loose Talk in
Coney School Site Charge
Is Characteristic of the
Entire Hylan Regime
Defends Shallow Purchase
Former Education Head
Says Attack Is Unfair
and Asks Prompt Action
In the defense of Dr. Edward B.
j Shallow, made by Arthur S. Some, s at
the last meeting of the Board of Edu
{cation, the former president of the
i board urged th_t it prefer charges
! against Comptroller Charles L. Craig,
?and that the Governor be asked to re
j move him from o??ice, it was learned
! yesterday. Mr. Somers said that he
! was still of the same mind and would
j ask the board to take up his recom
! mendation for action at the next meet
! ing.
j Mr. Somers established a precedent
i when he proposed that this drastic
step be taken by the board. He based
his recommendation upon the charges
of irregularity in real estate purchases
made against Associate Superintendent
Shallow by Comptroller Craig as a
result of the controversy over the se?
lection of school site?, at Coney Island.
It-was after a vote of confidence in
Dr. Shallow had been passed by the
; board that Mr. Craig asked District At?
torney Harry E. Lewis of Kings Coun?
ty to investigate Dr. Shallow's recom?
mendations for the purchase of certain
sites on Neptune Avenue, charging him
with collusion and irregularities. When
the grand jury met to examine the
mutter, Judge McMahon warned it to
beware of "politic..! mountebanks who
! seek to use the powers and influence of
a grand jury to assail the characters of
, men without cause."
In defending Dr. Shallow before the
I board Mr. Somers said that unless the
statements of Comptroller Craig were
| founded upon facts that could bo ab?
solutely proved, and unless he made
an effort to prove these facts if he had
any in his possession, Mr. Craig should
1 be disqualified from office.
i "I believe it to 'ne the duty of the
Board of Education," Mr. Somers said,
"to apply to the Governor of the st_fe
j and ask for the removal of a man who
[makes such an unworthy and unholy
[charge against innocent men and
I women."'
Mr. Somers further declared that "an
; aspersion has been cast upon this
; board, and more especially upon one
?of our own employees, Associate Super?
intendent Shallow, who up to this mo?
ment has borne the brunt of the criti?
cism single-handed and alone." He
said that it was absurd to accuse Dr.
Shallow of collusion, as he was not in
the real estate business and had been
proven to be a faithful employee of
the city,
"That charge, coming from and re?
iterated by tho Comptroller, makes the
impression sink deeper and deeper into
the public mind." Mr. Somers said,"and
we have not entered one word of pro?
test."
Yesterday, when Mr. Somers was
questioned concerning his remarks to
tho Board of Education, he 6aid tho
matter would be brought up again at
| tho forthcoming meeting, which will
I probably be called ;n a month or leas.
i "Tho Comptroller has made state?
ments," Mr. Sotrwrs said yesterday,
I "that the Board of Education has been
i guilty of corruption and fraud. We
! cannot permit language of this kind,
?carrying charges of so serious a nature,
1 to be used by a city official. A man
i who makes charges without proving
j them is unfit for public office. The
loose language used by Mr. Craig about
the school site is characteristic of the
1 entire Hylan r?gime.
"Dr. Shallow is bringing suit against
the Comptroller for defamation of
character, but so far as the school site
controversy is concerned, it looks as
though the Comptroller i.s trying to
?kip it.
"I went to Coney Island and looked ,
over the sites, and as far as I could I
see those selected by Dr. Shallow were
the only ones available Those sug- i
gested by the Comptroller were of j
questionable ownership and some of j
them were not filled in. There were '
dredges and scows on the land and j
a great deal of work had not been
started.
"At the present time the whole thing j
is up in the air. We shall take up j
the sites again-very soon; in fact, ai
program adopted at the last meeting of !
the Board of Education Is to go before !
tho Board of Estimate. This may pre- j
cipitate the entire question again." j
Yesterday afternoon, when Oomp- j
troller Craig was informed of Mr. I
Somers's intention to ask the Board of
Education to presrr.t charges to the |
Governor, Mr. Craig sent word by a !
secretary that he ''had nothing to say, ?
officially or unofficially." He might, i
the secretary added, have something !
to say later.
Court Again Criticizes
Hylan in Land Decision j
For the second time this week Mayor
Hylan was criticised yesterday in a I
judicial decision handed down by Su-j
.reme Court Justice Cropsey in Brook ;
lyn. He also was assessed J50 c.sts. i
In both cases a writ of mandamus was j
issued compelling the Mayor to per- j
form certain duties. l
In the decision yesterday the Mayor!
was ordered to release the city's cairn j
of interest on some lots in the vicinity j
of Bay View Avenue and West Thirty- j
seventh Street, Coney Island. It was (
regarding these lots that the battle
over school sites was waged recently !
between Comptroller Craig and Super- j
intendent Edward Shallow, of the
Board of Education. ;
The lots are owned by Mrs. Agnes ?
Somervillc, a widow, and Mrs. Rosins
J. Richards. Last spring the Sinking I
Fund Commission passed a resolution !
providing that it would waive its claim '
of interest) in the property if the!
owners "would pay a certain sum per
square foot to clear off back taxes. |
The two women under the terms of
this resolution paid the city $8,869. i
When the Craig-Shallow controversy |
arose the Mayor refused to execute the j
releases that had already been drawn !
:jp. The two women promptly sued.
Discussing several legal reports in j
his decision, Justice Cropsey pointed ,
out that the Mayor had not submitted '
an affidavit of his own, but had taken j
refuge behind one filed by the Cor?
poration Counsel. The decision reads:
"The required release was drawn and
approved by the Corporation Counsel:
and the Comptroller and sent to the !
Mayor for signature. Under the. statute
and the resolution of the Sinking '
Fund Commissioners the Mayor was to ,
execute the release. It is apparent:
from a mere statement of the case !
that the city cannot take and keep
rotator's money an?! then refuse to give
the release for which the money was
paid without being guilty of an act of
dishorn sty,
"There was no default by the relator,
The only default was by the Mayor.
His duty it was to sign the release
and a, he has refused to do so, ol
thi-ntfh requested, mandamus must
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Insurgents in
Mayoralty Raee
Plead for Votes
Haskell and Bennett Con
? fine Oratory to Manhattan
as La Guardia Addresses
I Several Brooklyn Crowds
i , ?????-?
i Trying to Save the Party j
j Aldermanic President!
Speaks on Inadequacy of ?
Service Given by B. R. T. i
??????
j The three insurgent candidates for
! the Republican Mayoralty nomination,
! La Guardia, Haskell and Bennett, con
| tinued their speech-making tours last
| night. Haskell and Bennett confined \
' their oratory to Manhattan, both speak-1
I ing from the same platforms in sev- !
i eral districts, while La Guardia visited ,
'? Brooklyn and addressed several and:- ;
j enees, including one in the 22d Asscm-;
I bly District, .the bailiwick of County
! Chairman Jacob A. Livingston.
I La Guardia spoke on the inadequacy
I of service rendered by the B. II. T. j
! and charged that the Transit Commis- !
I Bion had ignored his letter requesting?
? that through its chairman, George Mc- !
Aneny, it assure the public that the j
I 6-cent fare would be maintained on all ?
lines and the transfer system restored, i
"Mr. McAncny says that my letter is j
I politics," continued La Guardia. "The '
very purpose of my letter was to take ',
the transit problem out of politics. I ;
am trying to save the Republican j
j party, but the Democratic appointees
I of Governor Miller are attempting to
i destroy the party by their acts.
Understands People's Wishes
j "I am certain that I am in a better :
j position to understand the wishes of :
the p?;ople of New York, for don't for- '
I get that I carried New York City, over- i
j coming a Democratic majority of '?67.- I
I 000. while Governor Miller lost it by ',
j 400,000."
?sutrge Haskell renewed his appeal ;
i ior the strictly wet vote, declaring that
j if he was nominated and elected the j
i people "would send word ?to Anderson |
j and his Anti-Saloon League that per- ?
? ??onal liberty is to be restored to the j
people." Just how this would be done
through his election to the Mayoralty j
Haskell did not say.
"If a candidate for Mayor of New
York has no convictions upon the sub
! ject of prohibition and personal liberty
he is too much of a weak sister to
execute properly the duties of Mayor,"
continued Haskell. "If, on the other
hand, he lias convictions on the eul>
ject and refuses to state them in clear
and clean-cut fashion, but evades the
question in which the public are so
I much interefted, we can only conclude j
I that in the same manner he will 'duck*
j and evade the discharge of important
I duties affecting his office if elected !
; Mayor of this city."
I Bennett, who like Haskell made his i
I last speech of the evening at the West j
i Harlem Republican Club, took a pot !
\ shot at his threo rivals, saying:
"My opponents at the primary rep
Beans Sold in Boston
For Six Times Cost
BOSTON, Aug. 26.?The aver
age plate of baked beans served
in arm chair lunchrooms in Bos?
ton contains 295 beans, which, to?
gether with bread and butter, cost
about 2*4 cents, the State Com?
mission of Necessaries of Life re?
ported to-day. The usual charge
to the public is 15 cents, the com?
mission's investigators found.
Frankfurter sandwiches, popu?
lar with those who patronize quick
lunches, cost an average of 2 4-10
cents, including mustard, and
usually sell for 10 cents, the re?
port said.
-? . ?..,,
reBent certain special interests. One
candidate frankly admits that he is
running as candidate of an organiza?
tion which is interested solely in the
liquor question. Another opponent
frankly states in his speeches that he
is put forward by the leaders?that is,
that he is the bosses' candidate. His
campaign manager also states that the
coalition candidate is also running on
a wet platform, trying to take away the
wet issue from the real liquor candi?
date.
"If elected I pledge myself to ran
the city for the benefit of ail the citi?
zens and not for any special class. I
will establish in the City Hall a com-?
plaint bureau t? which any citizen can
come and complain about anything con/
nected with city government, and my
commissioners of accounts will invest??
gate the matter brought up by this
citizen^ and if the complaint is well
founded will see that the matter Is
remedied."
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