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2 la known many criminals k?cp a "card Index" of Police Department car numbers. Chief Inspector Lahey Instructed the detectives to call up headquarters every fifteen minutes. The police street signal* also will be utilized In keeping In > touch with the squads. If one of :h# machines happens to be running up Broadway and the green light of :he corner signal box la flickering one of the detectives will Jump to fhe telephone. In this way the police official* hope to l>e able to keep criminal* off the strqgts and to get a batch of heavily armed delectlvee to the point where a crime may be committed aa soon afterward as possible. The e Is bound to be at least one or more members of the squads in touch with the headquarters in the different bov-oughs every five minutes throughout : the night. It was pointed out. so It will be possible to direct a number of the rquads to any given point. Through the operations of these squads, the police reserve auto patrol and the searching of suspicious looking persons between midnight and daylight, the police believe it will not be long until New York is freer from criminals than It has )* n la years. Eighty rookies were sent , to the school for recruits yesterday and i\ ill he placed on nightly patrol lmme- 1 diate'y. Since Mr. Enright became Com- 1 misrfoner it has been the practice to keep the recruits in the school from sixty to ninety days before allowing them on thi streets. All this ha* been waived j .u- .u B r^?tored because of the emergency. Forty-two men were In the lineup In Manhattan headquarter# yesterday. Most of these had been picked up by police- t Oien who found them In "unfrequented , itrcets" and had resorted to Mr. En- i fight's Instructions to search them. The i result was that a dozen or more "gun toters" were gathered In. These were enarged with violation of the Sullivan jiaw. Charges of vagrancy were preforred against the others. Among those In the lineup was Louis Teichman, 23, of 178 South Ninth street, Brooklyn. Teichman was arrested by Policeman Frederick Mutter of the Clinton street station after Louis Kullck of 889 Park avenue, Brooklyn, had been held up in an Eldrldge street hallway. The police say Teichman and others had been lying In wait for a Jewelry messenger for whom they mistook Kullck. The lattcr's pockets were rifled and $25 wns stolen. Teichman was held In *10.000 bail. Four men arrested for carrying pis- f tola were held lr. $1,000 ball each by Magistrate Charles E. Slmms in Tombs Court. They were caught by detectives of the special service division assigned to roundup work. Larlo Bava. 30 years of Feeding Hills, llass., was "frisked" while walking through Park place und a revolver found In his pocket. 'Die other three men, Rafall Cuppola, 27, of 184 Hester street; Gaetano Totto, $0, of 219 Grand street, and Nicholas Nnpolitano, 50. a restaurant keeper, of 8',? Baxter street, were taken in a raid oh a restaurant. Joseph Rosell, 25, and Achmet Kumah. 24. who said they had I no homes, were arrested In the same raid j anti rrmanuca iur senieni;u u.o vn^iauw, i Three negroes were arrested In a raid ' Jn Hnrlem's "black belt." The detectives j entered a poolroom and lined every man against the wall. The detectives say j they found guns In the pockets of Dallas ; Ah-xnnder, 24, of 44 West 136th street, nod Charles Jones. 20. of 2253 Seventh avenue. Harold Glasgow, 21. of 2333 Sfcventh avenue, had a trench knifo In his hip pocket. Tne three were held for i trial by Magistrate Schwab In Washington Heights Court. Seised \enr Headquarters. Five men lound In an automobile at Crosby and Broome streets, a block from Police Headquarters, were arrested on charges of felonious assault and violation of the Sullivan law. Detectives John Tetriiso and George TormU j MHo told Magistrate Slmms In Tombs <7f>urt they found a loaded pistol In the pocket of Charles Trot?l. 20. of 282 Mott street: u knife In the pocket of Anthony Mlgnoli, 27. of 284 Mctt street, and a rssor on Michael Ostuni. 2S. of 273 Mott fctrt't. The detectives said they had reason to believe Thomas Copasso. 23. of 17S Mulberry street, and Dominic'.- Bal en no, 20, of 225 Mott street, had assaulted a man In We? Nineteenth . street. They were held for examination. Policeman Dennis J. O'Donnell of the West Thirty-seventh street station stepped William Eg&n, 21. of 415 West Thirty-fifth street at Ninth avenue and Thirty-fifth street. Egan was carrying a bundle and the policeman Insisted upon knowing its contents. The bundle was opened O'Donnell raid, and found i to contain a bed spread, two blankets, two pairs of portieres and a-rug Egan nald he got them from a sailor, but he vas held for examination by Magistrate ; MeQuude in Wet Side Court. Brooklyn detectives during Monday night and early yesterday morning arrested five men for carrying pistols Ambrose Ward, 2u. a civilian employee In the New York Navy Yard, was held Tip while walking across the Manhattan Bridge. The thieves stole 120 and escaped. Ward told the police he thought hie assailants were seamen. Ward's head verneur HospltsJ. Among the outstanding crimes of the day In Manhattan was a holdup In Harlem. the robbing of an East Side tailor $ and the theft of an automobile left in the street directly aeroa* from Police Headquarters Max Wallace of 63 Eaat 103d street, tho victim In the Harlem holdup, wan backed Into a hallway in Eaat lUth street by two men, who brandished revolvers. They relieved him of $589. James Moran, it, of 263 East Eighty-eighth street, and Louis Schramek of 324 East Eighty-fifth atreet were arrested later In connection with the holdup. They were held In 310,000 bail each by Magistrate Ten Eyck In llark-m Court. Tnllur Held t'p In Store. Jamea Oreflce. a tailor of 346 East Twenty-rirst street, was told to elevate his hands by two men with guns, who pushed their way Into his store After taking the tailor's watch and what money they could find, they locked him In a closet and fled. Half a doten members of the automobile squad of the Police Department were vatlna In a saloon across the street from headquarters when the automobile of Soloman Podell. s law clerk of 1023 Fifty-seventh street, Brooklyn, was stolen. Tho machine had been left at Raster and Grand streets, and was In plain view of detectives in the Bureau of Criminal Identification, and of those n the office of Inspector Coughlln, head of the detective division. ft tvus Isso mi s?rl vttltrilflv (hat \1rm David Helaaco, wife of the theatrical producer, ku the victim Monday of plokpnrketa while shopping In fifth avenue. Her handbag, containing raah and jewelry was stolen Mrs Bdaeco got out of her automobile In front of a largo retail store and felt a tug at her hag ,.\ woman was seen to dart through the <ro*d. Mrs. Belaaco screamed hut the thief got away. Mrs. Belaaco refused to say wnat her loas wee. Maurice Bloch, n lawyer of 61 Cham/tiers street, who will be an Assemblyman after January 1, announced that ho will introduce an amendment to the penal law making robbery end burglary in the (Irst degree punishable by life imprisonment If a weapon la need. Mr. hloch made his announcement after a conference with Judges John f Mclntyre end Otto A. Bossleky of Oeneral Sessions. Boon afterward Judge Molntym Offered that 160 persona out on low bell on burglary end robbery charges he put j on his trial calendar for to-day so they , stay be brought before him and their bail increased. i.mo.oon notmis bi ttm mkrb Tho Scandinavian American liner I Ifellg Ola v. In yesterday from Copenhagen. brought a million pounds of buttor, esported by the Cooperative Craemertes of Denmark, that will be marketed in this country at about fifty-five cents ,?r~ | COURTS LEND AID TO POLICE CRUSADI Severe Penalties Dealt Out t Those Convicted of Crimes of Violence. MANY ARE MERE BOY Magistrates Hold Prisoners 1 Heavy Bail When Brought Tp on Robbery Charges. Tv.? .virloncA v.??.r-rM that they Intend to back up the polk to the fullest degree In their Aght to r! the city of criminals. Three men wh had been found fltlty of theft and murder charge by Juries in Brooklj were sent to Sing Sing prison for tern ranging from one to ten years. Pel sons arrested In connection with recer crimes were held by magistrates I heavy ball for the bight* courts. Judge McDermott In the Count Court. Brooklyn, sentenced Ellas Boscl 29. of >29 Thatford street, to Sing Sin to from Ave to ton years. Bosch, wh admitted that he was an enemy of thl country and that he did not believe I Rod, had been convicted of burglary 1 the second degree. George Zumsteg was sent to Sing Sin for from two and a half to five years b the same Judge for manslaughte Zumsteg shot and killed Peter Bayer < 29 Tompkins avenue during a quarre The third prisoner to be sent away b Judge McDermott was Salvatore Pel< grlno, 17. of Flushing avenue. His sei tence was for from two and a half I Ave years at hard labor. He was four uiiiltv nf arrand larcenv. Samuel Pollzzl, 32. of 236 East 1251 street, was held In 620,000 ball t Magistrate Ten Eyck In Harlem Cou on charges alleging the robbery of Frei erlok Hoffman, a grocer of 17 Eaat 1071 street. In a hallway In East 108th stre< Hoffman lost J100, a gold watch ar chain and a diamond pin. Mrs. Ivan Parrls of 152 West 151 street told Magistrate Schwab In Wasl Ington Heights Court that Claren< Rufus, a negro, of 217 West 140th stret tried to snatch her handbag contalnli $128 while she was walking throus 129th Street Monday night. She setzi the negro and held him until Detect!" William Hunter of Inspector Cahalane staff, who happened to be passing, can to her aid Rufus was held in $1,01 ball for trial. Detective William Dauptman of tl West 125th street station, arrest" Ronald E. McOilvary, IS, of 246 Mai hattan avenue. In a pawn shop In Wc 125th street while the youth was trylr to pawn a lady's gold watch. Dauptms questioned McOIIvary ann mo tatter a< mltted, the detective said, that he ha stolen the watch recently from the honr of a friend where he had been phaylr cards. Magistrate 8chwab held him I $1,000 ball. Alfred Benjamin. 17. of 1,002 Broc avenue. The Bronx, and Claude Saur ders. 18, of 206 Morris avenue. Jamalei were held In $2,000 ball each on sut plcton that they robbed the apartment < George Nakayama at 601 West 191i street. The youths were employed 1 the building as elevator boys. Mr. Ns kr?y?ma's loss amounted to $330 wort of Jewelry. FRANKS I TO ANSWER i We FUR. withcn THE bu A money < of a saving quality. Th selling price reduced fro They were < Specifically, Crombies, C by tailors o are especial! when they $350.?? A i OA ' I ! / 0 THE Nff J r \ Coler Has Lone Dollar n, to Buy Gifts for Poor ^ RIRD S. COLER, Commissioner of Public Welfare, who had this time last year $3,000 for the O purchase of gifts for the city's wards, stated yesterday he had received this year only a single dollar. There are about 16,000 children and many old persons in the care of the city for whom ^ the Commissioner desires to pro" vide some sort of a Christmas present. He issued an appeal for contribdtions. Either money n or articles of any sort the public would like to give will be acceptable, he said. I J MRS. BROOKS WITNESS ly ONLY IN HORTON CASE 5? ^ d Nicholas Laresch Indicted as \o Policeman's Slayer. a ,n Nicholas Laresch, brother of Joseph 13 Laresch, who Is said to have shot and killed Police Lieut. Floyd Horton Ian '* Thursday night and was killed himself it by the lieutenant, was Indloted yester,n day for murder In the first degree In connection with the slaying. The Grand Jury's presentment did not mention Mrs. y Lucille Emma Brooks, wife of a Chicago Insurance broker, and John Cavanaugh, g who also are held In connection with the G murder. It was Intimated that both Mrs. Brooks and Cavanaugh will escape prosecution, n Mrs. Brooks and Cavanaugh were wlU n nosscs before the Grand Jury. Mrs. Brooks recounted the story told Monday to Benedict Dineen, Assistant District * Attorney! of how sho had employed y Nicholas Laresch and Cavanaugn to r. move her and of the automobile party which resulted In the slaying. Mrs. Brooks did not sign a waiver before ten' tlfylng. which, in the opinion of lawyers, >y granted her Immunity from prosecution, a- Cavanaugh was exonerated of any ccni. nection with the actual shooting by Mrs. to Brooks and Laresch. id Before being taken from Harlem prison Mrs. Brooks was required to th change her clothing, and the clothes sho iy wore the night of the shooting are to ho rt used as evldenco at the trial of Laresch. 3* Mr. Brooks provided his wife with new th taiment. After the Indictment nnd been !t- found Mrs. Brooks and Cavanaugh were 'd taken back to Harlem, where. It is said, they will be held as material witnesses. Id Irtah M Honrnn ntfrtrnflV frti* VI, k* Brooks, said any reasonable amount of c? bail would be provided to procure her re!t lease. >ff S LACK OF FUNDS MAY J.\ CLOSE NOTED SCHOOL Jo Bowdoin Medical College Is 100 Years Old. I'd Brunswick. Me., Dee. ax.?one hunn drod years afro last June the Legislature st of the new State of Maine, Just set apart iff from Massachusetts, voted to establish in the Bowdoin Medical School In this town i- In order to promote the health and hapid plnesn of the people. To-night President ie Kenneth M. Sills of Bowdoin College aniff nounced that the school would be closed n as a part of the college next June unless some way wero found to obtain funds 'k to keep it In its rating of class A of > medical colleges In this country. President Sills said this Action had ' been decided upon by the trustees and if overseers because recent deficits amounted to more than $35,000, and the school n required $25,000 for Immediate equip l* ment of laboratories and assurance or at > least $50,000 additional Income for more teachers and other expenses n ... . = AN SMtCOV^ JlCEN 2 to 8WEST38th STREE'i K GIFT QUESTION WITH' can save you $75.0C MAN'S . LINED ( it taking it out of t V * yer and the seller cann on one piece of merchan in price that is offset b ese coats are reduced fror :s, which is quite differer m an arbitrary guesswc cut after the coat was cu the shells are made in t VBrien Fleeces, and Rob if the know-how school, [y selected pelts, trapped are so luxuriously dee] Beaver or Otter Collars MARMOT LINED Reduced to $275#^ MUSKRAT LINED Reduced to ?375.w FIFTH AVENUE * W YORK HERALD, \ Mmore cops are voted to end crimi Estimate Board Also Defeat Plans for Police Inquiry and Enright's Kcmoval. CRAIG AFTER LA GUARD L' Comptroller Calls Al^ermani President's Statement "A Dirty Lie." At the request of Police Commission* Enright the Board of Estimate author ited yesterday the addition of 769 ne% patrolmen to the police force to cop with the crime wave, and aaked th Board of Alderman to authorise the 1* suance of sufficient special revenu bonds to pay for the Increase. It do veloped at the meeting that only 40 additional patrolmen are upon the clvl service eligible list, but the Commls sloner la authorized to add tho rest whei available. F. H. La Guardla, President of th Board of Aldermen, fought the resolu tlon on the ground that the city has n< money with which to pay the new pa trolmen. Mayor Hylan conceded tha the money la not visible and will hav to be taken from funds he had hoped t divert to the use of the public schooli which are $27,000,000 short of enougl money to run them to the end of th year. Two efforts to have the Police De partment Investigated and one asklni outright for the removal of Enrlgh were blocked by the Tammany cohorti With the danger of a hostile inveatlga tlon eliminated, the Democratic majorlt; of the Board of Aldermen prepared fo a Tammany Investigation of Enrlghl which critics of the Hylan-Enrlght re gime said merely presents the Commla siouer with an opportunity to whltewasl his administration. That inquiry is pro vlded for In a resolution introduced b; Aldcrmar. William T. Collins, Tamman; floor leader, and will come up for actloi at the board meeting Tuesday. Will Inquire Into Crime Wave. According to the Collins resolution the purpose of the proposed inquiry i "to obtain all the Information possibl in regard to this alleged crime wave which seems to be countrywide, with i view to the taking of some action look lng at least to a mitigation of thesi conditions." The resolution calls upon the Follci Commissioner to submit a list of arrcsti made this year and "such other lnfor matlon and suggestions as the Polici Commissioner may be able to furnish It regard to this Inquiry." Two other resolutions directed at thi Police Department and Introduced 1> the Board of Aldermen by Republican! met a speedy death from the Tammanj majority over a Republican chorus o "noes." Ono resolution, introduced bj Alderman Bruce M. Falconer, called foi the removal of Enrlght as head of th< Police Department. The other. Intro dueed by Alderman William F. Quinn called for an Investigation by the Boart of Aldermen and action by the Mayo "S SHOTS r , _ OUT QUESTION ' on a :oat he coat lot both save disc. Beware y a saving in n their former it from being ?rlr trolndfirtn 'I I"V V U1UUV1WIII t, not before. >lack Kerseys, Roy heathers, , and the furs in snowtime, p and dense. COATS ? COATS J VEDNESDAY, DECEMBEI based on the findings, or the Mayor falling. action by the Governor. Both resolution* reviewed crime conditions and declered that the cttlsens 1 have lost confidence In the ability ol \ Enrlght to cope with the situation. Tht charges In the statements of Mrs. Ellen A. O'Qrndy. recently resigned Deputy Police Commissioner, and the late Lieut. 0 Floyd Horton were cited. The resolution of Henry M. Curran, President of the Borough of Manhattan, in the Board of Estimate calling for a legislative investigation of the city administration, with particular attention to be paid to the Police Department, was voted down by the Tammany majority 1 amid such derision and charges of bad faith against Mr. Curran that he finally had to appeal to Mayor Hylan for the exercise of enough "common courtesy" " to allow him to be heard in behalf of his own resolution. ? La (<uardla Makes Threat. Whon the detest of the Curran resolution was apparent, La Guardla, who cast the only favorable vote besides Curran's, said: "With a Republican Governor and a v Republican Legislature, 1 think 1 can go e to them and fet a committee for an Investigation without putting It up to this Democratic Board of Estimate." p The Mayor retorted that the Curran o resolution would not forestall lnvestiga_ tlon of the Manhattan President s bulld. Ing bureau. His references were to the Board of Estimate city contract Inquiry " and to the activities of David Hirshfleld, k Indicted Commissioner of Accounts. Q Curran said he welcomed any investigation. The board session was so acrimonious -ithat Comptroller Craig threatened to suo - President La Guardla for criminal libel. 0 That incident arose when, In connection with a discussion of automobiles for the Police Department, Mr. La Guardla act cused the Comptroller of having "eamou 0 a* to permit tho Comptroller to acquire a personal automobile. "That's a dirty lie!" shoutefl Mr. h Cralf. e Mr. Craig tried to get La Guardla to withdraw the statement, and when the Aldermanlc President refused the Comptroller said: r "If the President of the Board of t Aldermen will put his statement In writing I will have a warrant for criminal ' j libel for him before he gets home." - 1 The Police Commissioner's request for y i more men stated that the department r j had had no additions to lta force for 1 j eight years. Comptroller Craig declared * j that statement untrue and said that last - i year an Increase of 500 men had been . ! granted by the Board of Estimate, but u I that the Commissioner never had availed 1 i himself of that authorization, although * he had asked for more men In the 1920 ^ budget. Despite the Commissioner's re^ quests, the Comptroller continued, the ? departmental budget had failed to ask for the money to pay the additional men. "We should ask a full an~ unequivocal | statement from tne ponce commission I. | cr,'' said the Comptroller, "as to whether his force Is manned to the extent for ? j which provision has been made." ?. j Knright issued a statement last night * that the additional men authorized for ' the force will begin Intensive training 6 ! not later than Monday and that 500 will be ready for training by New Year's ! Day. As many as possible, he added, ? will be used for plain clothes duty at - night while attending training school. 8 Tho Board of Aldermen authorized the ? Dollce Department to buy $7,090 worth of gasolene for operating crime hunting ? automobiles which Commissioner En4 right has Introduced. John Daly. Depi uty Police Commissioner, said that per' mission was necessary to purchase the f fuel at once. j ? 664.-866 ?.0 36? tfifth, Or/. | WJl? Juxutiou^ ^Jhzbc 5(kal i ofMe, tyetf ivondtstf'xLLj Acluti d Snu Shut /x A ^ Skuuiit Cvenitw MMaweh. Cvenuu >A CJu Mouthful tf)x MM. Cxi JCand JU 4 s4.^ainti) a Jia J uOtjWAotiaL MO antique beaded bagsbeautiful. feather f pearl. amber and wh combs vanities and < I t 22, 1920. PICKETS ATTACKED, , j SWANN IS TOLD District Attorney Promises Clothing Workers to Give Men Full Protection. i COUNTER CHARGE MADE. , Manufacturers Say Gangsters Injure Workers in Picketed Factory. .. ... intimidation of union pickets Dy; i gangs In the employ of the clothing manufacturers was alleged In a formal | complaint filed yesterday with District * Attorney Swann Sidney Hlllman, pres- __ ldent of the Amalgamated Clothing = Workers, accompanied by Ma* Lowcnthal, W. D. Embree and Max Spelkey. attornoys for the union, visited the District Attorney's office and submitted, according to Mr, Hlllman, specific cases of assaults. It also was called to the District Attorney's attention, Mr. Hlllman said, that guards in the employ of the manufacturers are being armed with revolvers and other weapons, and that many gangs have been recruited reoently by the manufacturers. He was assured by the District Attorney, he said, that the : pickets would get full protection. Counter charges were made by the | J manufacturers. They declared that yesterday afternoon gangsters had attacked , girls and men on their way to work In a picketed factory and had inflicted In- j juries on at least a score of the workers and the guards who were acting as I , escorts. Ths trouble was reported as j occurring In front of the factory of J. i ( Friedman St Co., 121 West Nineteenth street The police of the West Twen- | tleth street station had no record of the i trouble. i Yesterday's developments In the light I between the manufacturers and the t union Indicated no Immediate prospect ; of an adjustment. Wll'iam Bandler, president of the manufacturers' association, referred to I talk on the part of the union about a ; I return to sweatshop conditions as "an attempt to befog the Issue and to divert attention from the position of the union that, regardless of oondttions, the union I will under no circumstances recede from 1 the conditions and wages exacted dur'ng j me war. us uiuinmg vu no ?sertcd, Is to destroy capital arid the employers and to put the organised working class in actual control of the system of production. NINE HELD IN $250,000 THEFT. Score of Boston Confection Em- ' ployoea Are Implicated. Boston, Dee. 21.?Thefts of bakers nnd confectioners supplies worth $250,000 are said to be Involved in tho charges against nine employees of H. A. Johnson & Co., Ino., who were arrested to-day. It Is alleged that employees of the wholeaale grocery firm formed a combination with restaurant men in various ? cities for the disposal of goods stolen from a firm. A score of other arreerta j ere said to be In prospect. ==========_====* I htfjtn&Cfo?^ Aprnur.W* *cT.H 47rr sTa ?ift fialwu) tyzadical met, Jmj /the Oft/ />? ? vctcBxuc '/iotot Coat I >ud ^B/tocacQ I j 1 vcmmq I wee Stock. 1 ZLUAobb x2e> tRlouae f Ccutvidcle, jxcce&dotied k -ati VELVET AND SILK BAGS- | ANS- WONDERFUL JADE, ITE CORAL NECKLACESXLD BAGS. - * T V V GeorgeW.Wels CHRISTMAS PR] DIAMONDS WATCHES Broadway Opposite St IkuiSC atVeseyStre >3?? ARE Mow SHoVt) '^//i'/^A^sL ^4iS F#R PALM ?EA) rn/M^ml Exte n*t3rnkM-m iMPoR* *r ii \ ij?a= U\\ ?p ilfej T#lw W HAT: 5/j f. , y-i'M ?? T**VK.SI trf t>. -'i/rf sp*" -WW> Ifll GoWNS * Saks & Company Will Hi A REMARKABLE SA Imported 'Bead* 15.00 Handsome drawstring bags I?in a host of new and ve designs, the rare beauty of appealing especially to tho taste. Each bag beautiful and finished with deep tas ioo MEN*! Fitted Dressing 16.5C j Regularly 25.00. Highf seal, grain cowhide leathe calfskin, and fitted with hair brush, tooth brush a holders, liquid bottle, soap I stick, comb, file, mirror i Broadway oAt ;hs Sons esents . fn ? rci m/ UbWbLKI L ' 1 r Chapel ;et hJSvenur.^T ?4S'_* 1KG :h Ml ;N5SVE rATI?NS IDE DRHS*S S To MATCH yh UTS C?AT5 I ' WEAR. f. TCAPS-HATS / mo 2 XN FURS *POIMCIANA OROUhW x/ ^ I ltd To-day JLB OF id Wags i?as pictured I ry beautiful the colorings se of critical ly silk-lined, sel. . 1 J 5 7 Cases ) j i prade cases of r lined with clothes brush, nd nail brush i box, shaving and scissors. tjiany 34th Street j 1 A