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THE NEW YORK HERALD
(COPYRIGHT. 1935. Ii Y Tilt. ICNHII1LU CO HI' ORATION'
VOL. LXXXVI.?NO. 221?-DAILY.
9^
THE BEST IN ITS HISTORY.
The New York Herald, with all that was
best of The Sun intertwined with it, and
the whole revitalized, is a bigger and better
md sounder newspaper than ever before.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRII 8? 1922.
KNTKREl' AS ?F.OONT> ' LASS MATTER.
roar omce. new york, n. y.
PRICE TWO CENTS f wxth?N *300K>11LE8
IN NEW \<>HK city I I'Ol'H CENT* tUSBWHT '
' ?il'iiii't himI ( Grap
ple \N itli Hitimtion to
I'reveot Strikes.
TO AVOID OWNKKSHIP
Regional Groiipinjr 0f Coal
Field* for Operation
Kinds Favor.
WAGE STAN DA KD SOlGHT
Hoover, D?vl?, Cider m,i<|
Borah Commend New \.ork
Herald Suggestion*.
<Wa/ Dispatch to T?n N>w V,** hma1d.
"r"* Hurr,,,. )
WatMngtMi. 0. <?? Ap(1, , (
Both the executive mid legislative
anchea of the Government are seek- i
1 is a remedy for the economic situa- J
tion reflected in the co.il strike and at
11,0 same ??*? are looking toward a
future healthy condition in the in
dustry and not to the outcome or the
immediate results of the present con-1
troversy.
The Government is not seeking to
fettle, directly, the present strike. The
President i? keeping his hands ofT. Ft
l^i well established that the Adminis
tration will make no move unless suf
lering or want is brought to the gen-,
ei al public or the strike is marked by
violence.
As the strike progresses the aim of,
the country as reflected In the atti
tude and the movements of its public
officers here for a permanent abridg
ment of the constantly recurring labor
and economic troubles of the coal In
dustry becomes more marked. Hear
ings by the House of Representatives
are clearly directed toward the future
p.nd not to the present controversy.
Examinations by the President and his
executive advisers follow clearly the
same pathway.
Intfrnt In (iroiplns Plan.
Keen Attention in Washington to-day
w*s directed to the suggestion made
editorially by The New Yonic IlKrtA.n
this morning for regional grouping and
Government regulation of the coal
mines much after the pian In which the
? ailroads are to be regrouped in region*
for the public interest.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover and
Secretary of Labor Davis, the two
Cabinet officers chiefy concerned with
the economic aspects of the coal strike,
were deeply Interested In the >u?ges
lion of constructive measurer for regu
lation of the coal industry.
At the White House. In the Cabinet,
,hr Senate and In the House of Rep
resentatives there Is an absolute una
nimity of opinion that fundamental regu
lation In the public Interest Is neces
sary. Administration officials are prac
tically a unit In the belief that it should
he one which will carry as far as pos
sible away from Government ownership
r>:- operation. or of nationalization in
the sense of Government ownership or
operation.
Witnesses summoned before the House
ominlttee on Labor which is Inquiring
Into the facts of the present strike and
the general situation In the industry I
have been almost a unit in the state-1
nient that general regulation for * per- I
nianent basts of continued operation In
c l'oal fields is nccessary. Msnv sua
?cat Ions to this end have been made.
Cabinet Dlaenaaea Nil ant Inn.
Much of the time of the Cabinet meet
ing to-day was Riven to consideration
of the coal situation. It wan stated
after the Cabinet meeting that the dis
cission centered upon the future of the
Industry. The strike was considered
principally as showing the absolute
necessity of a program for development
of the coal industry In the public In
terest.
After hearing a report from Secretary
Hoover for the development of the
Colorado River basin and other power
areas the Cabinet discussed the funeral
development of power areas and utlllxa
tlon of coal and oil at the source of sup
ply In developing electric en?r*y to be
transmitted over wires to factories and
o;her Industries and household users.
Tlie President and his advisers are con
> Inced that the railroad and the coal
problems are trie most Important Indus
trial questions ' ver fnctd by the repub
lic, and a fundamental solution should
he found for them at the same time.
The railroads are the greatest users of
coal, and coal mines furnish a large
?hare of the commodity transportation
of the eoutvtry.
Secretaries Hoover and T>avls wel
comed The New York Herald sugges
tion as a possible solution, ind om
mended Its emphasizing Of the Impor
tance of the problem to all Industry ?n?1
to the nation.
Comm. ot came from many quarters.
A number of Senator* and Representa
tives said the suggestion Justified deep
study. Several Senator*, however,
voiced opposition to any governmental
interference with the IratMtry, and cited
the experience with railroads.
Two I'Vnslhle Methods.
Government economists who ixamine<l
(lie proposal stated that, the railroads of
fored a flttlrg parallel and that ther
were two feasible possibilities for Its
working out. They wnra:
First?That the mines he region
ally regulated as to rates, wag'a.
practice* and working condition*,
and
Second^?That regional consolida
tion of mlr.es be effected under <lov
^nment direction to Improve prnduc
iiif conditions and coat* under a
licensing system If nt caarary.
?The New York Hbralp Is right In
calling attention to the fact that some
thing should b<- done about the coal In
dustry," said Secretary Hoover "Condl
tioiiH cannot go on a? they have been.
It is altogether ? one of the moat vital
CowtlmM ww P?>? Nine.
?ffRfitirleal und Motel nod He??anr:int?
AUverllaing will b? found on l'ag? t.?Adv.
Ambassador Child Says
He Is Genoa Observer
RoMK. April 7. Richard Waah- j
burn Child, the American j
Ambassador to Italy, will dc- j
pnrt for Genoa to-morrow night, j
He Informed the Associated Press I
thut while he distinctly understood j
that no official American repre- I
^??nlative would he sent to Genoa
It a f only natural that he. as Am
ini.-~.idor. should go to Genoa In or
?1? r to keep cloaely In touch with
i?'tgnor Kchanmer. the Italian For
eign Minister, and thus be enabled
to report to Washington on the ex- j
change of ldean and obtain per- j
son a I information from the dele
gate*.
Mr. Child said he probably would ,
stay in Genoa as lotig as Important
queatlons were under discussion. j
RATHENAU EXPECTS :
FAILURE AT GENOA
Hope> America i11 Join Con
ffrfncc to Ai?l in Work
of Reconstruction.
8 E KS L .S. WORLD C R EDI TO R
Quotes Figures to Prove That
Germany. World's Debtor,
Is Trying to Repay.
Sprciat Cabtr to Tm? Nuw Ymk Hmuld
Copyright, 132!, 1>V Tn? New Voik "hu h.
New Vark Herald Burr*a. I
lirriln, April 7. (
Dr. Walter Rathenau. German For-1
?.ign Minister. told American news-)
|>aper correspondents on the eve of,
his departure for Genoa his opinion j
of Germany's reparations obligations I
and hl? idea of what lines the general
reconstruction scheme of Europe
should follow. H? described the world j
economic crisis as a chain of indebted-1
ness with America as the world cred-1
itor on one end and Germany the '
world debtor on the other. The na
tions in between with their debts and
credits form the links in this chain, he
said.
World commerce was halting and dis
organized, he said, because the States
do not know the value of lliolr assets,
and therefore the construction of public
works and factories on a larg" scale la
impeded. Germany's situation Is par
ticularly awkward. Dr. ilatlienau pointed
out. because without possessing gold
she Is obligated to export gold. Hence
she must export German pa|? r marks
Instead. But thousand mark ndte*. like
barrels of petrol, lose their value when
they glut the market, thus tho forced
ssale of Germun currency causes depre
ciation In the mark.
Ulncswira Year's Reparations.
Dr. Kathenau declared that Ger
many's deliveries to the Allies in terri
tory, ships and reparation* already
nade. represented 100,000.000,000 gold
marks, and estimated that the repara
tions which the German people made
last year represents the labor for one
year of 1,000.000 Germans. Th>' work
of another 1,000.000 Germans was nec
essary he said, to meet the home post
?-|l' food dettctt and to establish a mini
mum of subsistence, and. llnally. the
labor or still another 1.000.000 Germans
for one year was needed to obtain the
raw materials which, before the war,
Gerrrany received without cost to the
home' population through dividends from
Germany's foreign Investments.
Germany, l?r. Rathenau. continued, is
going to Genoa without good will and
with but scant hopes. However. h? set;*
possibilities In the Genoa conference,
eve.i If the material results arc nega
tive He believes that failure of the
conference would produce two positive
assets?first. that the nations would dis
cover that a settlement of the repara
tions question Is Indispensable to the ad
justment of world economics, and. sec
ond, that the European Powers would
s-e that world reconstruction Is only
possible with America's collaboration.
Although Germany recognises her ob
ligations and Is willing to take part In
the reconstruction. !>r. Rathenau as
serted. yet the other nations must see
that Europe's rehabilitation Is a matter
Ir. which general coilwratlon Is necea
nary. Genoa, he added, probably will
facilitate a constructive thought In ap
proachlng world problems which will re
sult In actual reconstruction.
Wants 1. II, In <?nIrrrnrr.
Bbm.IN April 7 < Annex lated Press! ? |
T>r. Walter Rath. nau to-day uld he be.
lleved if the Uenoa meeting- produced
negative remit* It would be * complete
vindlrstlon of the <!erni*n uttlt ide that
no International dlsci'salon could delib
erately overlook the reparation*' taaue,
and would alto prove that participation
by the United State* wax Indlwpenaabla
to a rational solution.
Dr. Tlathenau >illud>-d with feeling to
the remark* of Mr. Houghton. the ne*
American Ambassador to Oermanjr. "W?
kn?w only too well." he said, "that W
'have a strong handl<ap to overcome In
, post-war palpitations of war propa
| ganda. but we also hope thst the time
i will Moon come when Amerl- an aentl
ment will recall Burke-* >itteran<' In
| the British Parliament: "Ton cannot In- j
iMct a whole nation.'
"We are glad to mm American* coming
to Oermanv, although their present
number la vet wholly out of j-ror>ortli?n
to your poftulatlon of lAO.Odn.OA4 and
more, for we are more tnan anstnu* to
have ey. wltne??< ? among u* ?? Vto are
able to obtain first hand fmpreaaiona of
new riertnany. I win' to warn them,
however, that nmokln# factory chimneys
and bugtlng engines are not proof that
we are enjoying an era of mutnd ?? o
nomtf proeperlt y
"Wc are earning on a '*h?do? t
Istence," an ealatfti?that eannat and
will not endure. \merl> an* who a ere
wont to coitii' to Oermat.v in the good
old day a would aak . 'How * buatneeaT
Those who ronu now ?sk : 'What'* goto#
to become of EuropeT "
i.r.tiini.ATOit* ri'T nw< r*ir.
Hai.ii?a*. f*. * ? April 7.?Mova t*r?tla
legl*lafor? have Just done "h"tr hit to
ward speed'ng the return jf ? ortt aky.
| By resolution pa??ed In t House of
\*aemhljr they cut from ll.fcao to tl.AAo
I the amount paid each member f ir th#
?rt?*slon. In s bPVae of fprty?4hnpa mem
ber* the total "eduction In the coat at
I government U (21,too a roar.
a
Two Machines Flying in
Same Direction Col
lide in Fog.
TWO FROM NTCW \OKK
Mr. and Mrs. Christopherl
Bruce Yule Among
Dead Passengers.
ENGLISH PILOT ESCAPES j
I
Villagers See Hrilli?i?t Light
in Foggy Sky. Followed by
Falling Wreckage.
social Cabtr to Tub New Yobk Hmai.d.
cZnon,. 10**. <?> T? N?w York
??v?'kr"Kn.i |
Two Americana. Mr. and Mrs. Chris
topher Bruce Yule, the former an ex
Major of the American army and an ,
exporter of New York, met a horrible ;
death in an airplane accident this j
afternoon, when a huge Goliath pas
senger plane from Paris collided in the ,
fog above the village of ThieuUoj.
noar Grandvllliers. with a freight
carrying biplane coming from London |
Four others were killed.
Tiie hour of the tragedy has been
rtxed by the broken watches in the
pockets of the victims. It was just
ft bout 1:50 P. M. Those of Grand
villlers who saw the accident declare
they had been watching for the French
airplane from Paris for more than an
hour when suddenly they saw
Goliath approaching from the south.
Somewhat to the west they heard th
buzzing and the whirring of the^porta
niane. The two pilots, they .?
.seemed to be intent solely upon ho
lnVXtZZ''moment the British ship
appeared to swerve abruptly to the left
and crashed into the pa?Bengercarry
<n> craft, with an explosion which was
followed by a tiny wisp of ?ofc??
drifted upward in the mis .
air was empty.
The aead are: VtTt.E.
Mr CHRISTOPHER BHuLE Yl
exporter, of New Y"rk.
Mrs. TtHiE, *few ? ?riend of the
M. BOtTRIKZ. Kreneh frienu
^ u'e18" ...op 0f the French Goliath.
Pilot MIRl- of 1 f h(j oollath. ,
Mechanic HIMO^r. British
A cabin bov. only passenger in *>r
P r" - Duke, pilot of the British plane, j
irxstt ?zszszssu j
kjs -nszxzs
r,..r ,..r
orT,?lVwVre*mt.mb35^ra Clark
a'^r ;?l2y ^rty which arrived In
F^nrope *ecentl> from New York on
board the Empress of Scotland.
Crash in Hnry Fn?.
Official reports have It that the col
lision occurred at 2 o'clock this after
noon. The Pari* piano left Le Bourget
airdrome about X o'clock, while the Lon
don postal and freight ship, without pas
wnK>r?, left Croydon soon after 10
o'clock this morning. Throughout the
middle of the day heavy clouds were ;
lowering. but notwithstanding the
threatening weather Pilot Mire of the
Parman Oollath decided to make the
trip, accompanied by his experienced me
chanic, 8lmon?'. When they were over
< Irandt llllers tlx* clouds gave way to a
dens*' fog. making visibility Impossible
beyond a hundred yards.
t'sually the London airplanes follow
a course several kilometer* westward,
but by a strange trick of fate the plane
to-day found Itself In the course of the
Oollath. and?by an equally strange co
incident?at the same tttltude, 1,000
feat off the ground It belonged to a
new company, and had been in service
only three days.
What happened can be only Imagined.
The reald?nt? of the neighboring villages
tell of a brilliant flash In the air as
the two craft met, and the falling to
the ground of burning wreckage and
Msxlng bodlea
The light postal plane was entirely
*fc|te<! and fell ablase to the ground.
Puke, the idiot was one of the mn?t
noted Tlrltlsh filers, witn a long war
service to his credit
The young messenger who was with
him was found In buttoned livery, dead
la the open Held.
The Qaliath. with _ ?r inclosed cabin,
suffer. >t even worse fate. As It fell,
sHIme, It land"! on the roof of a ?ot
tage. splintering Into a thousand pieces,
liberating I tie \mertran passenger* It
eneaerd. Their bodies, as well as that
of the pilot Mire, e#f recovered In a
mutilated <ondHton. while that of the
tne? haruc was burned slmoet beyond
recagnltloti The Frenchman. Bourle*
wh iff b?>d> *as four I In an adjacent
fie I t. evidently had Jumped from the
rah r wit tow when the . raeh occurred.
One wlac end the rudder af the ?>o
Itath. tern off In the folltsien, were
tnund half a mil* from the eoene, prob
ably carried off by the 'itgti wind
"Hie fietveh airptane ? ??mpaa* leaned
a statement to-night, saying thai the
accident wag due to the fact that bath
pilots were trtlag te fellow the railway
line te avoid lar ding to aacer'atn their
posittan. notwithstanding order* that
s direct Mine be followed as f?r as
peeelhte Itevtattn- from the oaare*
? HI he prohibited heneefarth, th< si*t?
meat continues, although a recent
(naliaeed mm Page Three
WN?. *?., r .< h ojTw 'tag
lata* <4 Wgltieg.-ade.
t ; n
Government Demanding
Billion in Unpaid Taxes
Special Dupatch (uTiu Nrw Mwuub.
Xrw York Herald Bureau. I
Wiuhlnfliin, II. 1'., April 1. I
THIS Government, facing a
heavy deficit this year as a
result of ihe decline in in
come tax collections, has launched
a new drive to speed up payments
of more than $1,000,000,000 back
taxes.
Commissioner Blair has Instructed
internal revenue collectors and
deputies in all districts, and subor
dinate officials in Washington, to
hurry forward all tax cases now on
appeal to expedite j'djudieation. It
is expected that $250,000,000 of the
uncollected taxes will be paid into
the Treasury this year.
On the dockets of the Tax Ap
peal Board are many cases involv
ing- taxes of $1,000,000 and more
which remain unpaid because tax
payers have filed claims alleging
inequitable assessments.
SAYS SPEYER CANNOT
LEAD DRIVE IF 'WET
Evangeline Booth Amazed at
Hearing Banker Is in Anti
Dry League.
URGES CHANGE OF VIEWS
Back From Tour, Says Salva
tion Army Is Teetotal; Dry
Act 'Godsend/
-Fames Speyer. head of the banking
firm or Speyer & Co., fares a dilemma.
He must either resign as chairman of
the Salvation Army's $500,000 drive,
which is soon to open, or he mus'
withdraw from the list of vice-presi
dents of the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment. Commander
Evangeline Booth made that plain
last night, upon her return from a
1-.OO0 mile speaking tour of the United i
States and Hawaii.
"Is Mr. Speyer a wet?" she asked
in amazement, when reporters told!
her that the banker is one of the most
prominent and active supporters of
the organization which proposes to
nght the Anti-Saloon League with its
own weapons. "Is this true? Mr.
Speyer is an old and esteemed friend
of the Army, but I think he will hav*
to change his views if he is to con
tinue a8 chairman of our drive."
Booth said ?|0?? JJOt known of
Mr Speyer a acceptance of the port of
chairman in the army's campaign, and
that if she had she would not have op
posed it because she had no idea of his
position on the prohibition question. It
would be a good thing on his part, she
??*?, to show sign.-, of penitence.
' The Salvation Army," she said, "can
not place itself in the position of counte
nancing a movement which seeks to
bring: back liarht wines and beer. What
are they but the thin end of the wage?
Our stand with respect to prohibition Is
what it always has been?absolutely
teetotal."
At Mr. Speyer's home, at 1058 Fifth
avenue, it was said that he is in Hot
Springs, Va.. where he will remain for
about a week longer. The army's drive
is to open three weeks from now.
Among the banker's associates on the
list of vice-presidents of the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment are
Gen. Daniel Appleton. Stuyvesant Fish.
^ J- Edgar Bull, irvln
Cobb. Dr. Richard Derby, George I., For
rest.Col. Ransome H aillett. I'. Tecum
seh Sherman ami James P. Holland.
' ornmander Booth said her tour of the
country convinced her that "prohibition
has been a godsend In the reconstruction
period that followed the war.**
"It was a fortunate development." she
added in the crisis wo are Just passing
through. Had the saloons not b"en
closed before the depression struck
America, the suffering would have been
increased tenfold. I do not think it la
fair to attribute the so-called crime wave
to prohibition. Had automobiles never
been Invented there could have been no
?uch crime wave as we have been en
during. because 90 per cent, of all the
escapes, I am told, are made by use of
the motor car. AH these things are
merely regrettable phases of a recon
struction period, which had to be gone
through. People seem to forget what
followed the civil war?what followed
every war in the history of the world"
Commander Booth said her contact
with conditions among the poor made
her .-ertaln that the average happiness of
a human being In the United States |* |n.
creaalng. and that prohibition has had a
lot to do with It
NEW CUSTOMS RULE IN CHINA.
Trade With Rnssta Wow flnhjeet to
Mo r If I me flefcednlea.
W*iH!NOTO|?. April 7.?An echo of ths
arms conference |K heard In the action
of the Chinese Government in abro
gating the Ruaao-Chlneae customs agree
ment of 1M1, reported to the Depart
ment of Commerce by Minister Jacob G
Bchurman at Pekln and made public
to-day.
Conforming to the agreement whereby
the nations undertook to abolish nil
serial frontier customs concessions and
lists of esempted articles, the Chinese
Government has decreed that, as of
*prl1 1. Import and export duties on the
ever land trade between China and Rus
sis will be under the schedules of duties
of the Chinese maritime customs. I
O'Brien Suggestion to Re
lieve Subway Jam Meets
Defiant lfetort.
HEDLEY IS HECKLED
Says :?.")() Tars Can't Be Pro
vided in Seven Months,
as He Testified.
NEW THREAT OF SsElZl KK
Action by (,'itj Health Depart
ment Is Hinted at Tran
sit Hearing:.
John P. O'Hrien. Corporation Coun
sel, met with a flat rebuff when he
undertook yesterday to persuade th<j
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
to look with complaisance upon the
city administration's enterprise if
Grover Wha'.en should undertake to
parallel the Manhattan subways with
municipally operated buses.
Mr. O'Brien for several hours had
been heckling under cross-examina
tion Frank Hedley, president of the
Interborough. It was an opportunity
the doughty Corporation Counsel had
been keenly awaiting. He and Mt
Hedley struck Are many times as
their blades crossed in wordy combat.
But the Interborough president re
mained cool, imperturbable, deliberate
and unruffled.
After Mr. O'Brien had questioned his
witness concerning several subway sta
tions where .congestion is especially
severe, he asked finally: "Mr. Hedley.
do you think the Interborough would
go Into court and s?'ek an Injunction
against the city officials if. to relieve
the crowding at these stations, the city
were to put on bus lines that for a
certain distance would parallel the sub
wav?"
wanted to know why Mr. Hedley was
keeping all that expensive plant )dl?.
way?"
Sot WInc Move, Hnyn Hedley.
v-....? UL-Mroy lift o
I the subway property."
H?llfjr Mukfit Reply.
The witness replied with alacrity:
"The Interborough and Its engineer*, in
studying what would be required to put
sufficient power Into the power housed
ho a* to be able to operate all the lines
provided for under Contract No. 3. have
proceeded with that Installation. We
have put the power I nto t he power
houses: it is being operated whenever
necessary.
But a portion of that po-.cer Is
not being used now for two reasons.
Thp first Is that we must have a certain
rimount of standard equipment so that
we may be assured that a breakdown
of one generator will not cause us to
reduce the car mileage. The second cause
Is that the railroad mileage guaranteed
under Contract No. 3 has not been com
pleted. When the city has completed
the railroad, we have the power there?
and have had It ready and waiting for
a long time?to run the cars."*
Reverting to subway congestion, the
Corporation Counsel put the brake upon
his vocal dynamos and inquired In his
most conciliatory tones; "Now. don't
you think, Mr. Medley, frankly speaking,
that there Is a public demand that you
chang" thlngH and change them quickly
with these subway conditions?''
"I cannot read the minds of the pub
lic. Hut the public. I think, are gener
ally of the opinion that, they have a
safely operated rapid transit system and
that the old machine runs pretty well."
"Didn't you read the article In th?
paper the other day where a lady who
tames lions In a clrcu* said she wouldn't
go Into the suhwny on a bet"" The wit
ness admitted h# had overlooked that
piece of new*.
Resenting the bellow of laughter that
Continued on Page Four
Change in Address
The Herald Square Branch of
THE NEW YORK HERALD
Is Now at Broadway and 37th Street
Second Floor?Entrance 1367 Broadway
Telephone Worth 10,000
For HERALD Want Ads.
STRA Y SHOT KILLS LA WYER
AS POLICE FIGHT BANDITS;
1,192 MORE MEN FOR ENRIGHT
1S00T0PATR0LCITY
STREETS EVERY HOUR
Board of K>timate Drops Hos
tility, Favoring $1,200,000
for Extra Police.
EX RIG MT MAKES DEFENSE
Rebukes .Misguided l'p lifters
for Crime and Blames Bail
Bond Evil.
T! e Board of Estimate yesterday i
approved Police Commissioner En
right's request for 1,192 additional j
men. The cost for this year will be
$1,200,000, and the AMermen are asked
to provide the funds. The details of :
the Commissioner's request, with his
argument In its favor, were presented
in The New York Herald yesterday.
Late in the afternoon the Washing
ton Square Association, made up of
business men and residents of the j
neighborhood where the family and |
servants of Albert R. Shattuck were
exposed to murder in the $75,000 jewel
robbery of last Sunday, held a lon<?
session in it3 quarters at 262 Greene
street. It voted under the presidency
of T. OuHtavits Kirby to appeal to the
Chamber of Commerce to call a mass
meeting of representatives of civic
bodies and citizens generally for th^
purpose of making a thoroughgoing
Inquiry Into the apparent breakdown
of the police force of New York. The
Washington Square Association, urg
ing people of its neighborhood to be
especially vigilant about locks and
bars, took the position that It is. afte.1
all, only a neighborhood group, and
that the nature of the investigation
and the seriousness of the situation
demand an investigation by a body of
citizens of larger scope and influence.
Drffimr by Enrlgbl.
1 Commissioner Enriglit himself, as
I the luncheon guf.?t of the New York
| PrcKv Club, vigorously defended the
I police and offered many extenuations
| for the prevBtPTice rtf crimp* of vlrt
: lence. rebuking organizations that
i hamper police work, as he holds, by
attempting to reform hopeless crim
inals and by mitigating punishment In
the prisons. He held the bail bond evil
responsible for much of the police
failure, explained the actual weakness
; of the patrol reserve, called for co
| operation rather than criticism and
: hoped for better times.
From his office we,re scattered forth
j a pamphlet of "Dont's"?125 of them?
' addressed to citizens generally and to
[ banks, calling for more prudence in
i homes and financial institutions in the
care of money and valuables and in
dealing with strangers?all rules of
guidance which would be, the Com
missioner believes, of inestimable aid
to the police in their Incessant war
against the criminal class.
District Attorney Eanton, bending
every effort to get a hatterv of <welve
courts Into action against piisoner* for
crimes of violence, sold that hs soon as
he could get the decks clear.-d tie would
pvsh all auch cases to the exclusion of
all others, using every court except Part
I. of the Supreme Court
Associations of citizens an<l merchants
continue to take cognizance of the seem
ing Inefficiency of the police The exec
utive committee of the HrooUlyn Cham
ber of Commerce considered th< .,;ie?tion
yesterday without reaching i conclusion,
hut decided to appoint a speicia; com
mittee on public safety to Investigate
the causes of the present cr'me wave,
cooperate with the Police Department
and with commercial and civic bodies
;?nd make recommendations which will
t<nd to lessen the amount of crime and
give the public real police protection
The chamber In Brooklyn <vil| dlacuss
the whole subject at a meeting to b<
h< Id on the night of April 17. Mr.
En right will be invited to appear and
speak.
Crovrd in Hnr Knrlcht.
When Commissioner Enright appeared
before the Board of Estimate to request
1.192 additional men. moitly for patrol
duty, and to present the argument* he
supplied to Thb Nrw Ton* Hkkai.0 the
day before, there w?* a higher crowd
than usual In the chamber. word having
got around that an Important develop
ment was Imminent In the crlni" and
police situation The Com m Is?I oner
found a new uplrtt In the hoard, for In
stead of being unsympathetic or actually
hostile to a costly Increase In the force,
an had happened on previous occasion*
when he wanted more men, he found
that the member* of the city government
l.Rd awakened to the necessity of safe,
guarding the afreet* more efficiently
tfian has been done.
The main point was where to find the
money necessary to pay the salaries of
the considerable number of recruit*
asked for. ll.IrtMOO l>e|nir necwaanrx for
si* months A way was hit upon, how
ever. when the hoard after considerable
altercation decided to reque-t the Board
of Aldermen to appropriate 11.200,iifl"
In special revenue bonds to meet the
pay of the new men from May 1 t? i
January 1, 1923.
Commissioner Enrlght read before the
Mayor nr.d his cabinet the carefully pre
pared argument regarding police condi
tions. the reasons ttierefor and the nec
essary means of Improving the situation
He pointed out that, of a total of 11,Mi
men only <1,187 are available for patrol,
and that under the law requiring three
platoons In eight hour shifts actually
few?*r than 2,000 were patrollin* the
streets In any eight hour period. Ifsrd
and fast conditions due to vacation*, III
Ctmhutl on Page l
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Intoxication Sentences
Increase 100 P. C. in Year
DR. JAMES A. HAMILTON,
Commissioner of Correc
tion. issued figures yester
day which showed that the num
ber of persons sentenced to the
workhouse for intoxication for the
first quarter of this year has in
creased nearly 100 per rent., as
compared with the first quarter
last year. The figures are:
Year. Males. Females
1921 277 28
192 2 402 48
POLICEMAN IS SHOT;
Holdup Man, Caught After
Gun Play, Tells About
Harlein Robberies.
FOl K MORE ARE TAKEN
Police Expert to Clear Tliirt,\
?lobs After Raiding* Crime
Clearing House.
Policeman Frank MoHugh of the
West 135th street station, the precinct
'n which three policemen have been
killed in the last four months hy ne
groes, was shot and seriously wounded
yesterday by Henry Sanford, a frail
negro with a physique resembling that
of Luther Boddy, now awaiting exe
cution in Sing Sing.
MrHugh was wounded in the righ
temple and collapsed in front of Har
lem Hospital. Patrolman Peter Lenox,
who had heard the shots, took up the
chase and arrested Sanford in a
nearby tenement. The negro wa?s
taken to the hospital and identified bv
Me Hugh. Later he was sent to the
i station, where it was said he admitted
shooting McHugli and also confessed
: to having committed five holdups in
1 Harlem in the last few weeks.
| Information given by Sanford causM
j Detectives N'elsor. McOra*h Shields.
Mahoney and Redding to raid room* last
night said to be occupied by Edward
| Clark, aged 22. a negro. at 25 West
! 183d street. Clark and three others
w.-re arrested. They were charged with
| assault and robbery ar.d violation of the
Sullivan law The complainant is Kohn
| Mayer of 2321 Dupont avenue. The
Bronx, who alleges they held him up
| and robbed him several weeks ago in a
1 hallway at 9 West 133d street.
I
The Other Prisoner*.
| Besides Clark the negro prisoners are
Louis Harrison, aged 23. of 216.1 Fifth
avenue: Herman Logan. 22. of 45 West
123d street, and Clarence Wilson, 18. of
j 214 West 140th street.
i The detectives alleged they had been
; informed that Clark conducted what
amounted to a clearing house for in
i formation on holdups and robberies,
particularly In Harlem. They said thev
| had facts implicating the prisoners in
thirty or more crimes, most of them
holdups. The police believed that the
arrest of Sanford after the shooting of
MrHugh may lead to the arrest of an
ortranixed band of criminals in Harlem.
The shooting followed recognition of
Sanford by Joseph Koselll. of 39 Ver
mllyea. avenue, an agent of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company, as one
of the men who robbed him of 170 In
the hallwa.v of 28 West l*th street on
.March 28. Foselll was walking through
i i.Ath street, between Lenox and Seventh
avenues, with Jo.eph Oallln and Joseph
j 'Soldateln. also Insurance agents, when
| h? "?w Sanford and two other negroes
j standing on the corner. He notified
I Policeman McHugh, who stopped the
three n?groe?.
<rr?M? I fir Thrrr.
Wordi pasaed between the ne*r oe?
and McHuffh, with the reault that the
policeman dr< ld*d he would hold them
at leaat for dtaordarly conduct. He
marled to march them toward the ?ta
tlon houae when Sanford dived Into
hla hip pocket and pulled out an auto- !
ma tic platol. Hr fired four ahota In '
rapid aucceimlon at McHugh and ran 1
back toward Lenox avenue. Meaplte
the wound In hla head M<-Hurh chased
the negro until? he coilapaed at the
eaat aide of l.enox avenue Two doc- !
tora In the hoapltai had heard the ahota ?
and running out Into the atreet they j
caw McMuith fall and Stanford, platol
in hand, dart into the hallway of W
W'eat l*?h Mraet
T'olIceman Udm turned Into i*th
street from I^eno* avenue Juat aa thg
doctor* were carr>tng McHugh into the
hoapltai. Th* phvatclana pointed t i the 1
doorway through which the negro had '
disappeared and Lenox ran Into th?
hallway and up the alx flight* of atairs
to the roof. A* he went on the roof i
he almoat humped Into Han ford who '
??* crouchlna behind a chimney. Lenox
ruahed toward the negro and ahovgd
hla platol Into hi* mouth Kanford threw ?
up hi* hand* and on theae l.enox
clamped handcuff*. Sanford'a platol
w*a found In a drain pipe a few f<*?t 1
awaj.
Policeman of the precinct hav<* hean j
patrolling their heata with thetr fingers
on th* trigger atnc? the thrre alaylnga
The flrat of thee* waa the douhlr ?nur
d?T on January i of Defectives William (
A. Miller and FYanct* .1 Buckley b*
Roddy, and the ?layjns January IS o(
policeman Otto VV Mot* In th?- >-eer
room of th? atatlon hmiar bv Kranh ,
Wbnley. who slnc? nas h??n ad?i?l???t
Innunt.
J
2 ARRESTS MADE
Tire Thieves and Men
in Motor Give Bal
tic to Officers in
43d Street.
VICT 131 SHOT IN HEART
Fifth Aveimr Cmwtl> in
Danger From Bullet*
Late at Night.
PI TS BANDITS TO FLHJHT
Cigar Man Holds On to I>ia
inond: Pistol Duel as Thw
Negroes Kli'p.
Many Crone of 2 Bursley place.
White Plains, a former Assistant Cor
poration Counsel, was shot and killed
In Forty-third street, between Madi
son and Fifth avenues, last night at
11 o'clock during a pistol battle be
tween a patrolman and a special p<>
liceman and several men in an auto
mobile. After the shooting Mr
Crone's body was found lyinj; on the
sidewalk in front of 19 East Forty
third street, with a bullet wound in
his left breast.
The men at whom the policemen
were firing and who returned the fire
were in a motor car, into which two
other men had just tossed a tire
stolen from an automobile parked in
Madison avenue. Mr. Crone was no!
engaged in the light, but was killed
by a stray bullet as he walked in
Forty-third street on his way to the
Grand Central Terminal to mc?t his
wife, Mrs. Edith Crone.
IIniI (lined Willi Family.
?.Ir. Croue and his wife, together
with his brother, Edward Crone, a
coffee merchant, and his brother-in
law. Max Michel, of 140 West Ninety
fifth street, president of the Monroe
Clothing Company, had dined at the
home of Mr. Crone's father. Max
Crone, of 241 West 101st street, head
of the sugar department of the Ar
buckle Coffee Company.
When the dinner party separated
Mrs. Crone went directly to the Grand
Central Terminal, while her husband
went to the rooms of the Bar Asso
ciation to get some papers which be
intended to use to-day in a case he
was preparing for trial. Mrs. Crone
waited at the Grand Central for half
an hour after her husband shoulu
have been there. Then, when rumors
began to circulate that a man hud
been shot by bandits near by, she be
came alarmed, and. finally, when Mi
Crone did not appoar. she went to
the East Fifty-first street station
with a woman friend from White
Plains, whom she met in the Ter
minal. At the police station she
learned that the dead man was hei
husband.
The police admit that they cannot
know whether the lawyer was killed
by a bullet from the guns of the pa
trolman or the special policeman. O'
whether he was struck by one of the
shots from the bandits in the auto
mobile. They believe, however, that
the bandits killed him. as these men
were shooting downward at such an
angle that a bullet would strike a
person on the sidewalk, while th*?
patrolman and the special policeman
declare that their guns were aimed
at an angle that would send their
bullets above the head of any one in
the street.
Two \ rrf?l? * re >ln<lr.
The two men whose theft of tli?
tire rtUMd the ahootlnK and the dcafi
of Crone were captured by Patrolman
John Duffy of the East Fifty-firs*
atreet .station, Patrolman Moran of
the Traffic Squad and Detective New
man from the Central office.
Duffy caught Patrick McCallom o(
23? Ka*t Thirty-fifth street at Fifth
?venue and Forty-third utreet after
a chise of a block, while Moran arrt
Vewman caught McCallom's brother
John in an alleyway between Madison
and Fifth avenuea. Into which the*
had followed him. The men In the
au'omoblle escaped. going south on
Fifth avi>nuc and taking with them
the tire which had caused the trouble
Patrolmnn D.tffy *ald late I*?t nigh'
that Just before eleven o'clock h* "??
on po?t at Madison avenue and Forty -
third ?tre?-t, when he now two men
wandering vuaptcloualy near e?ver?!
automobile* which werr parked in the
avenue near the corner. He watched
them, walling for them to tnaka some
movr thai would warrant their arrest
H' < *p< ""ted them to ?t? *l a tire and try
to carry it off He did not anticipate
hat they would be atd'd by ???,<. automr
(Mle and the men In it.
Xfter ab?ut flft?cn minutes of %|i
i??re?it!\ almlea* wandering one of tf?e
two men l??>kr<) at 4 watch nnd 'hen '??
? Brf th> other Jerked n tir* from the
h?i i of a roRf|?t*r parked n Madison
avenue, tka pn<iHri> ut J D. Oab iiw