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MMe suddenly turned into lnstrumental
t (tea (or murder and destruction, and
'Imv made war a thousand times more
rrcriibJ# than before.
S"W*, have In this country thousands
<>f men of no purtlcular sense of respon
4billty?men of that type, who have
b|en trained to use firearms. Their
s*nse of responsibility has not been
Increased any. and they have learned
new things. As the negro woman said
about her son who committed those
cfiimea recently: 'My b?y did not
ltaow anything about a gun. but you
;?ught him how to shoot and you did
r.?t teach him any sense of re?pon$i
'?Now that situation exists not only
h?re but all over the Nation. I do
n*t see that there la anything particu
lW'ly worie tn New York?than
where, but it does create a condition,
?lOfd the police here ne?'d help quite as
ii?hch as they need criticism, and I am
not rcadv to say because I do not
know how efficient they are. To me
It i? reasonably clear that the sugges
tion of Mr. Price, through which civic
organizations will support and coordtn
with the Police Department, Is the
ptlcal and sano way to get at the
?lem." .
the public welfare committee of the
iber will confer this week, if pos
SI?, with Commissioner Enright.
it the Merchants' Association It was
Id that similar action by that body
vAi likely at Its next meeting. Other
onanlzatlons of business men are dis
c^raing similar resolutions and similar
action, a state of affairs without pret'e
ifcftnt. it was suid, certainly in many
yj*rs.
5 Ban ton Praliei Got. Miller.
in thanking Gov. Miller for providing
ifl|W courts and assistants to work with |
ll clearing up the criminal calendars
?d ending the long-ball evil. District ?
.'Btorney Banton wrote:
"May I. though In feeble language.
p) pfess my appreciation for the support
a 4 assistance that you have given to
n s during my term of of^i\ -^ at the
s, ir?e time report to you the jTOgress
ti at has followed your help? Tou were
g od enough to arrange for two Judges
0 the Supreme Court to come to New
1 irk and hold terms of the Supeme
C turt for the trial o* the pending ball
a Ms of this county. ,Tou will be glad to
:< urn that these two parts of the Su- ;
pfione Court disposed of 132 cases at
tl p> March term. * j
."The disposition of cases 'or the
ri pmh of March In all the parts of ren
ewal Sessions and in the Supreme Court
*rts was 593. The number of indict
nts filed for the sam? period was
: so you will see that the dispositions
*cded the Indictments by 156 cases.
4ring the months of January, February j
d March, 1921. 1.149 cases were dls- >
ifrwd of. During the same period in ?
1.543 cases were disposed of.
"flie judges of General Sessions |
e mat and have voted to maintain,
parts of the Court of General Ses
for nine months in the year, and
;h the three parts of the Supreme
lurt I hope to have In operation at an
y day twelve parts of court tryln*
accused of felonies, and 1 hope to
fce such an inroad upon the accumu
i4tl cases pending In General Sessions
to bring offenders to trial shortly
?r indictment."
"Accepti the Re?po?alt?tllty. * j
Regard ins the Governor's comment on
tt^dnesday that he would hold the Dis
trict Attorney responsible for the en
forcement of law and order In New
lurk county. Mr. Banton said:
P'The Governor has simply put in typt
What he said to me repeatedly. 1 appre
ciate the responsibility and accept it.
I Wfil devote my best energy and aMllty
t? bringing New York our of the troubles
that seem to beset it. 1 have not as yet
definitely made up my mind as to the
l roceduro I shall adopt, but plans are
in progress.
"The people of New York city do not
seem to understand that less than half
of the District Attorney's staff Is de
v ?ted to the trial of cases. A large part
of th staff Is engaged in appeal work,
answering writs and assisting the au
thorities of other Jurisdictions Then
there Is a large volume of compiaints
iiifccessitating the time of skilled as
ifetanta. 4
f'l" want to say again t?i*t I
elate beyond words what Gov. Miller
hfcs done. His wonderful knowledge
of conditions In this city, based on
his long experience on the bench, ana
his knowledge of the law Itself, no
d*ut>t led him to answer my appeal. I
would like the people of New York
id know that the whole credit belongs
tfl " j
j \f nnt> 18 Courts by May !?
It' was further said at the Diatrict}
Ait*rnev's office that all of the meas
uJe* deal red by the Diatrict Attorney j
have been granted by a Republican (
legislature and a Republican Governor, j
and that between Gov. Miller and Mr j
Benton exists only the moat cor^]
fueling. It la Banton's hope to have'
ilr?3ve courts trying criminal ca?a by
tay 1. and effort* are being made now!
get quarters for the new General
riescions Judges. Koenlg and John- ,
stone. Then, it was predicted, con
Jr-ted calendars will be cleared and
iHals will follow hard on indictments, i
\rha change in the patrol "S?1/"" ?j"" i
rltred by Commissoner ..nrigh^ gives.
?Ltv man thirty-two hours off every
tiefrity-aeventh day. wllareaa under the
tin platoon system the men had thlrtj
tlrq hours off every sixth day. In conae
iilirjice, there was conalderrble K^um
iling on the force, but an expectation
of more agreeable conditions If the
(intimlssloner gets the new men h
Yin ^Traffic Court Magistrate House
ordered the seven attendants and fl\e
clrrks to equip themselves with
Volvera as a safcguiird against at
tempts to rob the court safe of large
sums collected In fines from trafflc
violators. The pistol permits were re
vived. and noon thereafter t >? tweUe
rtien of the House battalion l.ad
?* guns. This was an unheard of
,#oced.ire. but appeared to reflect the
?irneral uneasiness of the .Imes.
&ANTON WARNS THOSE
DRINKING AT DINNER
Prosecutor Decries Open Vio
lation of Dry Law.
! District Attorney Pantoti. guest of
hfemor last night at the annual dinner
rf the Harlern Board of Commerce,
t timed on his audience. which had be
come convivial In spots. and declared
llat the diners who attend wet illnnora
?J-(> "howin* a disregard for the law.
''Some of theee times," he said. "you
hoyk are going to wake up and find
yrufaelf in pretty serious trouble. Just
i-JuMif that In violating one law you in
?Icate a disregard for law. The holdup
iMa it and the burglar commit Crimea be
cause they disregard the law. Poaslbly
lie "has ween Homo respectable citizen
" lolWte another law and reasons acccord
Ji tciy. And there In pretty (rood logic
ii 'Jhat sort of reasoning.
"There la going to be an enforcement
0 law in this county or I shall know
t it- reason why."
Ttiere was littln applause when the
1 ls(rict Attorney finished this part of
h s speech. There was great applause,
h rwtever. when he declared that he ac
< itited In full the responsibility placed on
1 in by Gov. Millar In his letter of last
vybdnesday. He referred to the Gov
1 n^r as a "regular Governor and a
'( zular human being."
Other speakers w?re John J. Lyons,
j wrctary of State, and Charles H.
?lefltll. Dr. J. Gardner Smith, Presi
dent of the Board, was toaatmaater.
A FOT'M) ANYTttlXO?
a*,/vs If It l? aitvertkhicl in the Leaf an^
itti?fc*T,l?mn:: of to-diy's New rorls Herald
Attorney - General Daugli
erty Declares Government ,
Won't Prosecute.
?U. S. AN ACCOMPLICE
Hoover.-Back From West,
Reports Great Output of
Non-Union Mines.
MORE OPERATORS SAY -NO*;
House Committee Told Miners*
Scale Means 'Financial Sni
eide' for Owners.
Washington, April 6.?A defense of!
the bituminous coal operators' posl-i
lion in refusing to negotiate a central |
ijreement with the miners' union was,
presented by T. H. Watklns. spokes
man for Pennsylvania producers, to
the House Labor Committee to-day in
its investigation of the coal strike. At
t'.ie same ttm? an Intimation was
given by Attorney-General Daugherty.
through a letter from him to Repre
sentative Bland, which was read into
the record, that tho mine owners
would face no prosecution under antl-1
trust laws if they again saw fit to fix
national wages in the industry by
such an agreement.
Other developments included a state
ment by Secretary Hoover upon his
return from the West that reports
presumably from non-union fields,
showed that bituminous coal mined on
Monday, after the strike had been
called, amounted to 512.000 tons and
on Tuesday to 542,000 tons. He de
clared. however, that the time was in
sufficient to Justify any deductions be
ing drawn from these figures in their
possible bearing on the question of
sufficiency of supply.
Chairman Nolan of the
Committee also made P^'^ 'tf^Uors
messages from r^resentatlve opera o
were not*enOrely final^ ??
2 renew inte2ute? n^otlatlons with
%hei??ndicate." he declared, "a spirit
of willingness to meet the men In thel
own district."
'Smoke Sere**" ot Miners.
Mr Watkins. before the House com
mittee, attacked tn? United Mln
erB of America as getting up^., ^
operator? with b^ch of eon,
;rxing^eU^ntrakj= J? ?
SS Pr^cU
lo contlnii. :(or
ing the nations, a ^nngyjvania opera
For the central Pennayiva ^ ^
torfl, who emp ^ k,^ ald th<.re was
Ing miners. Mr. waiai ^ organlxa
no dlsF?fh? united Mine Workers, be
tion ofthe n ,RCe<1 hy an or
caUS more violent." but he de
part ixat ion mor -er8 were "grossly
clared tJhe uni iaw." The union
ignorant ofec?n on8tantly losing busl
flelds ^dth^enon.Union fields, he a?
vetts to the n union men had
serted. and ev to leave their
been forced ^'^ to other fields.
organisations and dutricta out
SST rVntralc?mpeUtlva tMJ*
AVrtunTy to negotiate a new wage
agreement.
Sn?nests Ci?*a*?lc StroBKle.
Representative Bland suggested that
If the struggle was allowed to go or.
"the railroads, steal Interests and other
industrial enterprises would te llnsd
up on one side and all union labor on
the other." . . ,
"Then you will neo th* real people of
the t'nlted States." Mr. Watkins re
torted. "outnumbering auch groups a*
you have suggested, rise up and say
?so far shall you go and no further.' "
Operators Intended. Mr. Watkins con
tlnued, to abolish the "check off" sys
tem by which they collect the union
dues out of payrolls, "because the union
ought to be made up of voluntarv mem
bers."
Chairman Nolan remarked nt one ?lm?
during interchanges with the witness
that the "country believes a mistake
wa* made bv the refusal of operators
In the central competitive field to live
up to their agreement" to again enter
Interstate negotiation. "The people ar.3
not concerned whether the tw<j sidns
come together by districts or States."
he added. "and we hope that a week or
ten days will bring it about."
Mr. Dsnnhtrtr'* Letter,
The letter from Mr. Daugherty to
Representative Bland follows:
"I have your letter of this date mak
ing Inquiry of me as to the attitude of
the Department of Justice with respec'
to a conference between the operator*
and the miners of the central competi
tive field.
"I beg to -advise you that Irdl?!ments
were found In the Indiana Federal Court
against a large number of operators
and a l?rge number of miners for things
charged to have been done hy them *t
meetings where conferences similar to
those now proposed took plae- Th->
Indictments were found prior ?o the tlrrv
of my assuming the office of Attorney
General of the United States Some o*
those Indicted were residents of States
other than the State of Indiana, fn
practically all of the States outside af
i Indiana certain defendants resisted re
moval proceedings, slid these removal
proceedngs are still pending.
I "While the Department of Justice has
not bten officially askod by anybody to
state the position of the department In
regard to these Indictments, or In re
gard to seeking other Indictments In
i esse such a meeting as had been under
discussion recently should be held, T
| have. In public statements and private
[ conversation, very frankly stated that,
i considering the agreement two years
I ago between the miners and operators
In this partlcudar field (and. It may be
said, the Government participating In
that agreement), a meeting should he
held prior to the 31st day of March,
1922. I felt It the duty of the operators
and miners to hold such a meeting.
Both sides have known all along (In
formally) that It was my Judgment that
a meptlng should be held, bernus* of the
peculiar situation with reference ?o the
f >
Arctic Scouting Plane
Presented to Amundsen
CA1T. UOALD AMUNDSEN,
the Arctic explorer, at Cur
tiss Field. Mlneola, yesterday
received a Curt Ism "Oriole," a three
place biplane, for use in scouting
expeditions In the north. It was
presented by Roy Iveyes, general ,
trfanager of the Curtiss company.
A bottle of champagne was broken
over the nose of the plane by Mrs.
L. F. Raynor, a Curtiss employee,
who named It Kiistina.
Capt. Amundsen climbed in and j
took a flight. The plane was flown
jy the explorer's own pilot, Oscar
~>mdal. At cruising speed the
iriole can stay aloft neven hour*,
ft is equipped with a Curtiss C-6
motor and a duraluminum pro
peller. Before it is taken north
'he plane will be equipped with
skis. Capt. Amundsen now has two I
American planes for his expedition.
V /
meeting which had previously been held
which provided upon adjournment for
subsequent meetings and to which agree
ment the Government was more or less
a party.
"Now, having taken that position. Is
it likely that the Department of Justice
would undertake the prosecution against
men for doing a thing which It advised
under the circumstances should be done'.'
Nobody connected with this department
has made any statement to the effect
that a prosecution would be undertaken
if a meeting, such as whs contemplated
by the resolution providing for the same,
were to be held. The question as to
fear of the Government's action was
never, to my knowledge, raised until the
recent refusal of the operators to hold
such a meeting. To my knowledge the
question was not raised when the opera
tors, some months ago were willing, at
least, If they did not urge, that a meet
ing should be held, at which time ns I i
am advised, the miners refused or gave
reasons why they could not meet.
"I believe I have given you the facts
as they exist, and I believe they will not
be contradicted."
MORE OPERATORS SAY
'NO' TO A CONFERENCE
Renew Offer for District i
Deals With Miners.
Pittsburgh. April 6.?The Pittsburgh
Coal Producers Association to-day tele
graphed Representative Nolan, chairman
of the House Labor Cemmlttee, that it
had detinitely abandoned the four-State
Joint wage conference and declined his ;
invitation to participate In the confer- j
ence called to meet In Washington next I
Monday.
The association took the position that
such a conference was In violation of
the Sherman Anti-Trust law because
Federal Grand Jurle* had Indicted coal
associations, the United Mine Workers
of America and at least one company
for taking part in conferences similar to
the one proposed.
"As a further reason for not taking
part In such a conference," the telegram
added, "we will call your attention to
the fact that the miners destroyed this
agreement in 1920, which you are now j
urging us to keep. We have offered to
meet the miners of Western Pennsyl
vania to negotiate a wage for this dis
trict. They have absolutely refused to
meet us."
Chicago, April 6.?Illinois operators j
to-day. In effcct rejected the invitation j
to a conference. The telegram to Chair
man Nolan from the Illinois Coal Opcr- j
atora Association, the Operators Asso
ciation of the Fifth and Ninth districts
and the Central Illinois Coal Operators
Association said:
"The prompt rejection of your sugges-1
tion by Indiana and Northern Ohio has
nullified any possible prospect for the j
success of your plan, because with Penn- 1
sylvanla and Southern Ohio excluded, ;
only Illinois remains."
Columbus, phio, April 6. ? Southern
Ohio coal operators to-day added their!
refusal to the Invitation to a Joint con
ference. The operators reiterated they
were ready to meet mine workers of the
district, and declared "we cannot under
any circumstances contemplate entering
Into any Joint meeting with the States
proposed, whose conditions of market
and employment are such as to permit
them to opearate their mines and give
their workmen more employment than
we can give the miners of southern
Ohio."
Pittsburg, Kan.. April 6.?The South
west Interstate Coal Operators Associa
tion has Invited the Kansas union miners
to meet representatives of the association
In a conference at Kansas City Monday
to consider negotiations for a new con
tract.
George Peck, provisional president of
district 14. announced to-day that he had
received the Invitation and that he
would immediately forward copies to
Arch Helm, president of District 26,
Missouri, and John Wilkinson, president
of District 21, Oktahoma-Arkansas.
PORTUGAL'S FLIERS MAY
HALT ON THIRD LEG
To Replenish Gas Supply
After Covering J,090 Miles.
St. Vincsnt, Cape Verde, April 6
j ? Associated Press).?Capt. Coutinho and
I rapt. Sacadura, the Portuguese aviators.
1 who arrived here on the second leg of
i their flight from Lisbon to Rio Janeiro,
i -in id that the date of their departure for
South America had not been definitely
fixed. They said that on the way to
Pernambuco the hydroalrplane might
*top at St. Paul's Rocks to replenish Its
gas supply.
The hydroalrplane was taken to-da>
to the Ooverinment drydock for slight
repairs to one of the pontoons.
The Portuguese cruiser* Republica
1 ond Bengo, which are acting as escort
| vessels, arrived here this morning.
St. Paul's Rocks lie about 300 mllen
' northeast of Fernando Noronha, which
; Is 278 miles out in the Atlantic north
past of Pernambuco. Previously It haa
| V een stated that the Portuguese airmen
would make their first landing at Fer
rando Noronha after leaving the Cape
j Verde Islands.
The dlstanc* from St. Vincent to St.
j Paul's Rocks Is about 1,090 miles, and
I from St. Vincent to Fernando Noronha
! 1,390 miles. In its two previous flights,
? I'rom Lisbon to the Canary Islands and
j fmm the Canaries to the Cape Verde
Islands, the hydroalrplane has covered
i lespectlvely 710 miles and 81? miles.
GOVERNOR SIGNS 509 BILLS.
One to Carh M?l?r Thefts Among
in Completed In U?r,
A r.BANT, April 9.?A measure describ
Ing the unauthorised use of automobiles
as larceny, and punishable as *uch. was
among the nineteen new laws signed by
Oor. Miller to-day. The measure was In
troduced by Senator Charles W, Wal
ton. Republican, of Ulster. The Clover
nor passed the BOO mark In new laws
signed to-day, the total to date being
609.
Among '.'ther f w lows aigned to-day
Is the Blooinfleld rn?asi.re requiring the
registration of mldwlvos with the State
Health r??pnrtment, with provision*for
licensing them. p
STRIKERS SEE COAL
FAMINE IN SIX WEEKS
Philip Murray Says Non
Union Diggers Are Fast
Joining Walkout.
BIG PENXA. MINES HALT
Base of Supply Tor V. S.
Steel Corporation Said
to Be Affected.
RAILROADS FEEL PINCH
Fight to Finish, Asserts Lewis,
Decrying Operators'
Ruthlessness.
Philip Murray, vice-president of the
United Mine Workers, declared yes
terday that within six weeks the coun
try would be facing an actual coal
famine. This calculation it based upon
the figures, of actual supply and con
sumption and the estimated defection
of workers in the non-union fields,
which the labor leaders report is rap
idly increasing.
Seventy-five mines in the Connells
ville and Unlontown, Pa., coke fields
were closed down ye&terday, according
to reports reaching the union leaders,
as well as eight mines in Westmore
land county, Pennsylvania. This new
break from the non-union fields added
about 25,000 to 30,000 miners to those
already out, and gave. the u^ion men
increased optimism.
John L. Lewis, leader of the strike,
estimated that from 40,000 to 46,000
non-union miners had joined issue
with the union workors, with more ex
pected "out" every day.
Sees Blow to Operators.
"Every mine property in the coke
fields of ConnellsvUle and Unlontown
has been closed down," said Mr. Mur
ray. "These fields as well as those in
Westmoreland county have been hitherto
considered impregnable, and in Fayette
county there has been no organization
in twenty-two years. I am convinced
that within a short time all the non
union miners in the West Virginia, Ten
nessee and eastern Kentucky fields will
be out."
The mine workers have virtually com
pleted the presentation of their case to
the Joint Wage Scale Conference being
held daily in the Union League Club,
and after several minor exhibits are
placed on the record to-day It !? ex
pected that the conference will be ad
journed until Monday, when the opera
tors will set forth their side.
I Great significance was placed by the
union leaders on the reports from Con
nelsvllle, as that dlstKot supplies to a
large extent the needs of the United
States Steel Corporation and its sub
sidiaries in and around Pittsburgh. The
men declare that &e Steel Corporation
has only seventy-two hours supply of
fuel on hand, and they look for an early
l%y off of steel workers In the Pitts
burgh district.
Railroads also have begun to be a ft
fected, they contend, reports having
reached the strike officials hero that
the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
| road has already laid off 2,000 men
owing to the reduced traffic In coal.
Vice-President Murray predicted that
within a week 15.000 railroad workers
i throughout the country would be tem
porarily deprived of tlielr Jobs. At the
Hoboken office of the Lackawanna yes
terday It was stated that 150 men had
been laid off on the Port Morris and
, Essex Division, and further cuts were
! expected.
Figuring the available supply at <10,
I 000,000 tons and the consumption ap
proximately 8,000,000 tons a week,
1 the strike officials estimate that with
the exclusion of the non-union produc
1 tion '.here Is left a little more thsn a
i month and a half supply.
"More than fifty per cent, of the non
1 union coal supply is already cut off,"
i ssld Mr. Murray, "and It is gradually
being reduced because more men am
going out day by day. All the big
I Eastern non-union fields will be down
I within the next few daya." The only
' important fields that the strike lesders
! concede to tho operators are those of
Alabama and Colorado, the latter dom
inated by the Colorado Fuel A Iron Co.
The questions taken up at the eon
| ference yesterday were: Eight hour day
I for underground workers and "punitive
, overtime" to all miners working In ex
cess of eight hours. Reports of the
! Sankey Committee, which Investigated
mining conditions in Great Britain, were
submitted and attention was called to
! the establishment of the seven hour
day in the British Isles and the recom
mendation of Premier Lloyd Georgs
that a six hour day be Instituted if
oconomlo conditions permitted.
1 The strike leaders contend that the
neVen hour day had not increaaed the
cost of production in England, and had
! lessoned the casualties.
Rail Men Fromlae Help.
Auuranout of moral and financial
support had bean racalved from tha
Railroad Brotherhood*, Mr. T.ewls said,
but ha added that no call for financial
aaaiatance had yat been leaned. Owing
to the refusal of the operators In the
bituminous fields of Indiana and Ohio
to attend the conference ^before the
Houae Labor Committee In Washing
ton. on April 10 Mr. Lewis held out
little hope that the negotiations would
take place. He added It meant "a
fight to the finish."
"The operators are apparently de
termined to go through with their ruth
less program," he said, "and will try
to crush the unions by brute force and
rfriva the miners backward until they
are absolutely In the power of the op
erators."
H* had not heard reports of any
recent outbreaks of mine fires, but
William J. Brennan. president of Dis
trict No. t at. Scranton said he would
seek permission from the sub-committee
to detail an adequate crew to subdue
the latest blare discovered In the I.ec
Collieries at Wllkaa-Harre.
In Its weekly review Cool Apr will
say to-day that supplies aro plentiful
and "Industrial users refuse to be
budged from their deliberate attitude,
reassured by the comfortable supplies
on hand and the heavy non-union ton
nage offering." New England In well
supplied, the review states, and Hamp
ton Roads dumpings for nil accounts
amounted to 36*,um net tons In the
week ended March 30, as compared with
122,420 tons the previous week.
ENRIGHT CALLS FOR
1,192 MORE POLICE
Continued from First Page.
at any time can never be fully up to
the quota for the reason that a con
siderable number of them must neces
sarily be In eoart, at strikes, at pa
rade!". public v 'tings and other special
assignments ? <-'h muit have the atten
tion of the <i .artment. ao that the av
! era go number of men that can be plac.-d
I on the street for patrol duty during any
i hour of the day I4 approximately 1,600
m*"Tlie city of New York has an area
! of 311 square miles and tnere are 3.300
! mile* of streets which muat be patrolle-S
1 by the uniformed force, and it is there
1 fore self-evident that our effective pa
trol fores of 1.800 Is utterly Inadequate.
"The police force of the city of New
York is probably the smallest police
force pro rata to the population of any
of the great cities of the world. For
instance, London, a city approximately
the same six* of New York city, with a
homogeneous population, and a far les.
difficult police problem, consists or ap
proximately 2?,000 men, or about one
! police officer to every 2#0 of the popu
| lation, while the city of New York has
I a total force of 11.500 men, or approx -
mately one pcdlceman to 516 of the resi
dent population, or one to about 800 of
the dailv population, when a million in
j transient population Is taken Into con
sideration. ..
"The department has handled P??c*
conditions In this city during the critical
period which we have passed through
with commendable efficiency, and the
lawless elements have never been al
lowed to get out of hand.
??Crimes Off 19 Fer
"There are four crlme3 of violence In
the criminal calendar, namely, murder,
felonious assault, assault and robbery
and burglary. During the first quarter
of 1917 we had 3,410 of such crimes,
while during the first quarter of 19-:.
we had but 2,T?9, a decrease of about
1 19 per cent., notwithstanding the In
crease In population, the presence of a
large army of unemployed and the un- j
usual industrial conditions now prevail
i ^ "The press of this city, from time to
1 time, lias taken occasion to criticize the
department and to exploit and glorify
criminality in this city, and they have
invited criminals from all over the world .
! to come to this city, where they falsely
allege that crime may be committed
with impunity. Hundreds of desperate
criminals have stated at Police Head
quarters that they were induced to com
mit crimes becausa the newspapers had j
advertised that it was easy and safe to
do so.
"The perpetrators of the crime coin- i
mltted at the home of Mr. Albert K.
Shattuck, No. 19 Washington Square
North, came from without the city, and
this is true of a large number of crim
inals who have recently been captured
redhanded in this city.
"Police Hsmptftd by Preae."
"The hue and cry which has been
raised by the press of this city from
tlma to time has alarmed the people
and has served to make the work of the
department still more difficult, and
this reason, as well as for the reasons
previously stated, I deem It absolute y
necessary that there should be an In
crease in the police force of this city, so
that our cltlxens may be reassured as to
the safety of life and property and re
nfcin confident that the department will
deal efficiently with these conditions to
the fullest extent of Its P?*?r
* The Commissioner said oe welcomed
such action as was taken by the Cham
ber of Commerce of the S^e ofNew
York and other commercial bodies to
investigate conditions and to suggest
ways and means of cooperating with the
police. He added: _ . .
"It's a good thing. All that I ask Is
that such movements approach the sit
uation in good faith ; with a real^de
sire to help and not merely to hector
and to criticise. I shall, as s^ays be
willing to meet and confer with, any
! committees of citizen# and be glad to
! accept ary constructive, practical sug
' ge"Dt>nyou still consider tnat there U no
1 crime wave In New York?
"The term 'crime wave' la a misnomer
and a most sensationally overworked
phrase. There is a great deal of crime,
ves; and the causes therefor should be
"quite obviouj .o sny ir*e"!*ent person.
All society is still suffering from the
restless aftermath of war and the ap
parent Inability of many young men to
return to plain hard work.
"Moreover, there has been a greai
deal of unemployment, and In such lean
perlols there Is invariably a migration
to this city of bad character* There
arc sporadic outburst of crime, but the
facts and figures, all on which one can
sufely go, shoTT that there has been a
distinct decrease In crime of a
nature since the first quarter of Is 17, a
decrease of 19 per cent, deaplte the great
Increase o< population, the unrest and
unemployment. I confcss I u-> not thinK
that Is a bad showing."
"What would you suggest to be the
duty of the ordinary citizen in sucn
times as these?what personal precau
tions should be taken In the way of
assisting the police?"
"Carelesanass Tempts Crooks."
"A mors prudent guardianship o t
money and Jewelry and other valuables.
Many people bav? more money U>??
they used to have and more Jewell, and
as a rule they eeom to be more careless
about displaying them and taking care
of them. When crooks, with their pe
culiar systems of Intelligence, nnd out
that thousands and thousands of dollars
worth of diamonds or a large sum of
cash Is to be found tn a certain house
it Is putting In their way a temptation
to exercise their crait.
"Another thing. Too many business
concerns have t*\c habit of sending girls
or young men after payrolls. Frequently
a girl stenographer will be sent to t^a
bank for very large sums, and she win
bring It back In the handbag where she
carries her powder puff. Such careless
business habits are well known to the
professional thieves, and so, oft*9.
enough, they lay thalr plans for a hold
up and get away with It.
"Why not pay by check? We used to
pay cash In this department, and the
captains In the district would go to the
banks and come back to the station
houses with satchels full of greenbacks.
Now we pay by check and everybody Is
Just as well satisfied, particularly tha
wives.
"Court Congestion an Evil."
"Another fundamental obstacle to
thorough police work has been the con
gestion of calendars in the criminal
courts. Crooks caught by us have been
released on bail for a year at a time,
and In that year of liberty have com
mitted three or four other felonies.
"I am confident that the addition of
two new courts of general sessions and
half a doien Assistant District Attor
neys will pretty well mitigate the long
ball evil and give the police a better run
for their energy.
"That's about all I caro to say. except
that It wems remarkable that people
should believe that s city as hlg and a?
heterogenous and as cosmopolitan as
New York can be kept entirely free from
crl,vie. London with 26,000 policemen
and age old traditions of respect for the
law has plenty of crime, and I never
heard of Scotland Yard or the metro
politan police force of that gr?'at city
ever getting bored for lack of work.
But here we can do better than we have
done If, as I say, we get the tools to
work with and a little different public
altitude."
Merchant Trailed by Taxieab
Robbed at Poor of His
Apartment.
TWO DBUGGISTS HELD UP
Negroes Seized in Three Mile
Chase?Store Near Grand
Central Looted.
William Katz, who has a shoe -tore at
772 Columbus avenue, ta,lcJ,b at
eighth street. attracted by
the curb, saw two young men ering
through the window ^
Wednesday night. . . Katz on
drove off. Halt an hour 1*".Kate, ?
his way to his home at 14 West iNinevy
eighth street, saw the same cab dra n
up at the curb opposite his home A.
he walked upstairs the two men he had
seen peering through the window xo
lowed him 'with revolvers in. their
Vi?nri?i At his apartment he rang the
, n The two men confronted him with
<5 Hand. ?.!" ?"?
"m.?KMnOlU )k.p>
5t ssa ms r-rssv.
conMerate eicaped. leaving the taxicab
ftt The taxicab chauffeur told the poUee
that three men had entered his cab at
110th stret and Central Park ^revolver
'of them, he said, preeed a wvojw
against his side and directed him to
i-iv. to Kats's store. This man kep
him covered while the machln?
.landing In front of tho store and wh le
the two confederates were robbing Ka".
Isadora Feidelfcaum.
! water's Drug Store at 484 W iUta ave
nue. The Bronx, was robbed of 8TO W
night by two bandits who visited hte
store as "customers' just as he wa
about to close It for the night. He
walked to the prescription room in h
TA'w'S.'"bfflatS
II* trom hit pock'" ?"? *? ,rom the
cash register. . j ln The
Four negroes were arrested m tne
Bronx early yesterday after the>
attempted to for.an entrance I?
drug store of Jacob Atkln at ?7 fc,a?
198th street. The negroes had an *LUto
mobile. Detectives, aise. urtn*#a motor
pursued them for three miles oeior*
overtaking , <<< Twelfth
Mrn Rena Holdos of 111 rweuin
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Ststw4:
n. of...?.?Fifty;
-fflaryasAV's'-j
?rt ST
?HbS?awks-s
m* TPnjct Forty-second street, ainww
?1? "SSM'??>??
the cash register, from ?he
extracted $185. Fu"t JumP?i ^ the
telephone as soon as the thlel_na
the store and notified the police.
Herman Follak. who keep* a candy
i _e at 432 Bast Seventy-sixth street,
tSTiBf ?orn th*
?,h drawer. Pollak's son. Sidney, who
was In the store at the time, said that
his father offered no resistance and
S5t the bandit appeared to be nervous.
Patrolman Hawkins sent Pollak to the
Ctty Hospital, where it was said he
would recover.
ANTI-ENRIGHT PETITION
DECRIED IN YORKVILLE
Henry H Klein. first vice-president of
the Yorkville Chamber of Commerce,
said last night that If a petition was
being circulated In the Yorkville dis
trict requesting the removal of Police
Commissioner Enright It was "propa
ganda pure and simple, and intended to
furnish Republican campaign material."
Mr. Klein aald that this view was
also held by Henry Minks. president of
the chamber.
DENOUNCES TREATMENT
OF MANY DISABLED VETS
American Legion Spokesman
Makms Serious Charge*.
Ciiicaoo, April 6.?Commenting to
day on the recent statement Issued by
the United .States Veterans' Bureau cov
ering Its work, A. A. Sprague. chairman
of the rehabilitation committee of the
American Legion, declared that it con
voyed Impresslonn that may be misin
terpreted or misused. The Legion, he
declared, in not satisfied with the facili
ties for hospitalization of disabled war
veterans, and the success of the whole
- system of vocational training is still In
Ithe balance.
The statement to wHIoh Mr. Sprag-wc
t took exception said that the Government
; r:za spending over $80,000,000 a year on
j hospitalisation for 20,000 veterans, and
I paying out $1,000,000 dally directly to
former service men or their dependents,
I besides giving vocational training to
100,000 men at a yearly cost of $30,
000.000. The statement also declared
that expenditures for 1931 were about
$fi 10,000,000 and that the United States
Is doing more for its disabled veteran*
Rtan any other country.
Mr. gpragus pointed out that while a
targe amount was being paid to disabled
men and their fependents, It muat not
be forgotten that while in ths army
the soldiers and sailors insured them
selves and paid one-fourth*nf thslr sal
sry. In many oases, to the Oo"ernment.
He also declared that of ths 30.000 former
service men new In hospitals, almost
one-third are In contract Institutions.
"Thousands of mentally disabled men
who would have been cured or partially
so, with proper care," he said, "are
still k??pt in State Institutions under
conditions whloh are distressing to those
who believe that th??y can be cured.
Thousands of tubercular men have been
held back by unsatisfactory treatment.
Some have been sent to country poor
farms Instead of to Government hospi
tals. The majority of mental cases are
sent to or farmed out to contract hospi
tals. these being chiefly State insane
asylums. No other country had done
anything like this.
"If we can prevent It no one Is going
to put the complete payment of the
debt which this country owes its sick
in any other light than that of an
honest debt on the part of Uts Govern
ment."
INCOME TAX ON AUENS
PROPOSED IN CANADA
Levy to Be 8 Per Cent, on
Earning? Exceeding $1,000.
Ottawa, April 6.?A. proposal to
plao? a special tax on Incomes of all
avians not residents of Canada but who
are employed in Canada or derive their
income from services rendered in Can
ada will be made to the House of Com
mons toy W. M. German. Liberal mem
ber for Wetland.
In making this announcement to-day
Mr. German said he contemplated a tax
of 8 per cent, on all such Incomes ex
ceeding *''.000.
FROCKS OF CRE'PE that add
dignity and charm to the lunchcon
or tea hour.
\ Gidding reproduces
exactly Rolande's
"Ribbon" frock of
black Renee crepe
that is fringed about
the hem and on the
blouse with loops of
gros-grain ribbon?
*135
Vertical and cross
wise tucks are the fea
ture of Rolande's
luncheon gown of
black Canton crepe.
Gidding duplicates it with each tuck as
perfect as the original?$75.
Silk braid is stitched to form a round
collar, flaring cuffs and hem on the
Gidding replica of Jenny's navy crepe
frock?red and green beads are looped
into a girdle?$95.
To be perfectly shod for the luncheon
or tea hour the Gidding Boot Shop offers
sandal slippers in satin and patent leather
I
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DRY COLD STORAGE?REMODELING OF FURS
franklin Simon * got
For Madame and Mademoiselle
Custom <3(Codels?Custom Work
manship At Half The Custom
'Bootmaker's "Price
Custom Model
Strap Pumps
12.50
The Fineness?the Fashion
?The Finesse,the Painstak
ing Workmanship-every^
thing But the Price Char
acterize These Custom
Model Pumps . . . , .
Custom (JftCodel 'Pumps in
Patent and Gray Suede
Patent and Beige Suede
Brown Kid and Suede
Black Patent Leather
Gray Suede
Black or Brown Suede
All Black Satin
Black Dull Leather
JVith High or?Qow Spanish Heels