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VOL. LXXXv/?NO. 222?DAILY. ? NEW YORK^ SUNDAY, APRIL 9,V 1922Xen'?S?tedo^cS^cv^.^^ 116 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS {? .. , . "? ?
EMPLOYEES IN PANIC
AT REPORT OF MORE
BUREAU DISMISSALS
U. S. Office Holders Invoke
Civil Service Law to
Hold Jobs.
PLANT TO SHUT DOWN
Closing of Engraving De
partment to Take Stock
Arouses New Fears.
BATTLE J*'EAR IN CAPITAL
Patronage Is Hardest Problem
Facing President?Changes
'Made for Economy.'
Bjr LOUIS REIBOLD.
fprcial Dispatch to Th? New Tonic Hoald
Sw York Herald Barron, )
Washington, D. C.t April I. I
Explanations advanced by Govern
ment executives have not tended to
destroy the impression that the re
moval of subordinate officials recently
have been dictated largely by political
< \igencies.
Direct intimations that more sweep
ing reductions would be made in all
of the Government departments have
increased, the uneasiness of employees,
who have invoked the protection of the
civil service laws.
The removal of Chief Wilmeth and
twenty-eight other officials of the Bu
reau of Engraving and Printing for
reasons that have not yet been fully
revealed has subjected the Adminis
tration to a storm of criticism from
the National Civil Service Reform
league and other organizations which
have labored to keep the public ser
vice free from partisan influences.
A report generally credited will in
crease further the disquiet in this re
spect. It is that executive officials
are considering plans to take all the
higher positions in the Government
service yit of the civil service aud
Include them in the list coming within
the appointive prerogatives of the
President. If this plan actually is put
into effect it is certain to provoke a
battle between the proponents of the
civil service system and the reaction
ary politicians whose most popular
slogan is that "to the victors belong
the spoils."
Tbonaanda of Joba Olf l,lat.
Under the new plan which has been
prepared for the approval of the Pres
ident and his executive associates po
sitions paying salaries from $3,000 to
$4,000 would be made the starting point
for the reorganization of the civil ser
\ ire system.
^he line proposed would be drawn
between officials of a certain grade who
would be exempt from civil service re
strictions and those performing the
functions of clerks, who would be pro
tected by It. The clerks In the second
^rade would be best preserved from
the influences of the old time spoils
system and practically secure as long
us efficient and of good conduct.
The exemption list, however, un
questionably would give over to the
practical politicians who express little
.idniiration for the civil service laws
ilio control of many thousands of Im
portant places with which to reward
?ih?ir supporters and henchman.
The announcement that such a move
I- to be made has s^t the greater part
of the 65,000 employees of the Govern
ment departments at the national cap
ital by the ears- While hoping for the
iiest they actually fear the wont. Al
ready they are discussing the advisa
bility of organising and Invoking the
assistance of the National Civil Ser
vice Reform League, of which Richard
H. Dana of Boston Is the president, to
secure them their "rights."
Call It Reonomy Move.
That President Harding and other
members of his Administration have
long contemplated the reorganization
of the Government departments la
known to everybody in Washington.
LTntll the arbitrary removal of the em
ployees of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, however, there was no
intimation that political considerations
would be permitted to exercise the
ilightost Influence in the undertaking.
Desire on the part of the President to
make good the pledge of his party to
inaugurate an era of retrenchment and
rtopomy In the cost of Government
was accepted as the reason for lt
Whether this ambition on the part
of the President, or the pressure of
political leaders both In and out of
f'ongress Is really responsible for the
lemoval of the engraving and print
ing bureau employees is u matter of
opinion. Executive officials assert that
political considerations were Ignored.
.They point as proof to the elaborate
plan for Government reorganization
which the Brown committee has
worked out and to the systematic bud
get program developed by Gen. Charles
G. Dawes.
The attitude of the majority of the
Republicans In Congress toward this
project has not been friendly. It also
Is understood there has been some
friction even among executive officials
regarding the plans of the new or
ganization committee for consolidating
bureaus designed to cut down the
overhead and increase the efficiency of
the whole Federal service.
Congressional leaders, while prating
a great deal about economy, are gen
erally opposed to the curtailment of
Ceatlaaed oa Page Flfteea.
A
SLASHING OF NAVY FIGURES
IN SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL
ERE are the essential features of the naval appropriation bill
reported to-day. to the House:
Navy Department estimate, $425,486,395.13, reduced to $233,
224,008 for the fiscal year 1923, in comparison with $413,239,949.23
appropriated for current fiscal year.
Navy Department request for 96,000 officers and enlisted men
reduced to 67,000, thereby cutting the American Navy's man power
to approximately two-thirds that of Great Britain and slightly less
than that of Japan. Under limitation treaty Great Britain Is to have
96,000 officers and enlisted men and Japan 68,252.
It Is the Navy Department's contention that as naval strength
corresponds with number of men available to man the ships the
ratio 5-5-3 Is abandoned by the bill for a ratio of 3-5-3, with the
United States on a par with Japan. The United States would man
thirteen battleships instead of eighteen allowed in treaty.
Navy Department estimates that with 67,000 personnel, 701,000
tons of fighting ships can be manned for the United States as against
1,300,000 by Great Britain and 689,000 by Japan.
A minority report by six members of Appropriations Committee
111 ask for 86,000 officers and enlisted men.
?Special Cispalch to Tub Nr* Vo?K Hkiai.d
New York Herald Bureau, )
Washington, D. C.. April 8. (
V.
J
UNION MEN FAVOR
GROUPING OF MINES
Consolidation of Industry Un
der Federal Supervision In
dorsed in Washington.
OPERATORS ARE SKITTISH
Suggestion Made by 'New
York Herald' Finds Favor
Among Miners' Agents.
Sptcial Dispatch to Thb Ncvc Yo?rc HriALD
New York Herald Bureau. 1
Washington, D. C.. April S. I
Indorsement of the suggestions
made by The New York Herald edi
torially for a solution of the difficul
ties between the coal miners and the
operators, so that the industry may
be stabilized and coal sold at a fair
price, came to-day from representa
tives of the United Mine Workers of
America attending the investigation
j of the coal strike by the House Com
i mlttee on Labor.
"The consolidation of the mines Into
half a dozen groups,'*"said John Moorn.
legislative representative of the mine
workers, "operated by private owner
ship, Ijut under the supervision of the
Federal Government, may meet th*
requirements of the situation.
"I believe it would do much to brin,?
j to an end the .seasonal strike between
the miner and the operator. Certainly
it would Inure to the benefit of the
public and a)l consumers of coal."
Representative Burke (Pa.), member
I of the committee, said Joint conferences
between the miners and the operators
should be made compulsory.
"Tt Is my opinion." said Mr. Burke, (
J "that when men are locked out of their
work, whether they are miners or others,
they will fight. Tt seems to m^ the
I operators have much to explain. Can
they explain why It Is that coal costing
96 cents Is sold for $2.60?"
Opposed by Operators.
Operators as a whole seem to be
j against the creation of a Federal com
mission. They suggest legal entangle
ments, legal restrictions, the changed
methods of doing business and rearrange
ment of the stock held by companies
which, perhaps, may form parts of the
groups into which certain fields may be
divided.
"The plan for stabilizing the industry
and standardizing the selling price con
templates a maze of detail," said Albert
Ogle, Indiana operator. "I should want
time to study the suggestions, as I am
sure that they are well worth while. We j
have thought considerable about such
matters, but until now have not put In
a new method owing to the contracts
which formerly existed between the
miners and the operators."
Contracts of "Wo Value."
The Impossibility of continuing busi
ness relations between the miners and
the operators under the present methods,
the committee was told to-day by P. H.
Penna. secretary of the Indiana Bltuml-1
nous Coal Association. Is apparent be
cause contracts on working conditions
made by the miners union are of "no
value" to the coal operators now. Penna
In l?04 to 11*07 was president of the
United Mine Workers of America. He
left th? miners' organlzatloon to be
come Identified with the operators' as
sociation of Indiana.
Calling attention to the fact that the
principle of collective bargaining wan
first tried out at the suggestion of th
operators. Penna asserted that time had
demonstrated Its failure.
"Th<- leaders of the miners," he said,
"cannot compel their followers to ob
serve the contract. They have been a
great help In the Industry and have
served a useful purpose, no doubt, but
a contract made through them Is of no
value to the operator."
Beginning his testimony by stating
that the operators had no serious objec
tion to an Investigation, he said that any
movement which would disclose the
truth of the situation should be encour
aged. The operators' books, he asserted,
were open to the committee or to any
commission which the Government may
create for the purpose of ascertaining
the true condition In the coal fields. The
Indiana coal operators, he declared, had
been wedded to the Idea of collective
bargaining since 1886.
"To-day we are under Indictment for
bringing about Juat auch a movement."
he continued. "Some of us are afraid,
some fearful of the result, but all of us
sincerely helleve that we are doing the
right thing. Tbe only thing that stands
between us and the Federal penitentiary
for doing what we conceived to be the
right thing to do. In the Interest of the
Industry and humanity, ts the whim of
a Jury.
"We did not Intend to do harm, but
much good under the principle of collec
tive bargaining. It la an Ideal way of
rontlaue* ob Par* Two.
I
FOREIGN VALUATION
PUT IN TARIFF BILL
Majority of Senate Committee
Agrees on Basis of Levy
on Imports.7
LONG FIGHT IS EXPECTED
Measure to Be Submitted on
Tuesday?May Be Passed
Within 60 Days.
Washington, April 8.?Foreign valu
ation as the underlying principle of
the so-called permanent tariff bill
finally was agreed upon to-night by
Republican members of the Senate Fi
nance Committee. The vote was 7 to
3, but how the committee members
divided on the ballot was withheld.
With the settlement of the valua
tion question the majority practically
completed it6 many months of work on
the tariff measure, and it was said it
would be presented to the Senate
eltjier on Tuesday or Wednesday, after
the Democratic members of the com
mittee have been given opportunity to
cast their votes on the bill. The ma
jority report also has yet to be drawn
UP.
The valuation plan as adopted In*
eludes several bolstering provisions de
signed to take care of unusual situa
tions growing out of preswit world con
ditions and more particularly, the
marked depreciation of currencies in a
number of foreign countries. These pro
visions are in line with recommenda
tions made to Congress by President
Harding in his first annual message last
December.
Where investigation established the
fact that conditions existed in foreign
countries that enabled tho?e> countries
to produce goods and sell them in the
United States at prices after payment
of duty below the cost of producing and
marketing similar goods In tliis country,
the President would be given authority
to increase any rate of duty by 60 per
cent, of the figure fixed In the bill.
Should investigation develop that such
procedure was too small to protect Amer
ican Industry, the ^-resident would have
authority to transfer foreign valuation
to the American wholesale selling price
and then to increase or decrease by 50
per cent the rates fixed in the bill.
The valuation plan as adopted has
been declared unsatisfactory by Chair
i man Fordney of the House Ways and
Means Committee, who. after a confer
ence .tome time ago witn the Senate
I committee majority, declared that in his
Judgment the House never would accept
a tariff bill that did not carry an Ameri
can valuation principle.
Senate committee Republicans look for
a long fight/ in the Senate over the tariff
measure, but they are hopeful It can be
put through within sixty days. Indica
tions now are that the principal fights
will be over wool, cotton, sugar, dyes,
lumber and hides and leather.
WOMAN LOSES $50,000
WITH THE TODDLE TOP
Heaviest Sum Dropped on
One Spin Im $3,600.
Spr~iot I'uipatch to Tim N?w Yo?k Hssald. I
Ht. Pktkkmbuiki. Fla.. April 8.?
Charges were made to Mayor 1'Yank F.
Pulver to-day that a woman tourist I
from Boston had lost fSO.WO playing i
put and take here.
Proprietors of establishments. It Is
?said, threatened civil action to-day to
force Mayor Palver to reveal the name
of the woman. The only clew he gave
was that she owned a winter residence
here and had returned to her home at
Boston In company with her husband
Thursday.
The Mayor stood by his original state
ment Friday. In which he said that the
woman after pledging him ?o secrecy I
complained that she had lost $50,000 in
the tea rooms spinning the toddle top.
Her heaviest loss at nny one time'was
$3,600, at which tlm* she wagered
$1,000 on one spin and lost.
She refused to prosecute or reveal the
names of the persons with whom she
gambled.
ELKS HOME BURNS; NINE HURT. i
Fine Structure at Wew Orleans I
Doomed br Flames.
Nkw Oklsanb, April I.?Fire started
to-night on the fourth floor of the
Klks' Homo, when the building was
crowded- with guests.
Nine injured were taken to hospltatir
and the structure, one of the finest
Elks' homes in the country, appeared
doomed soon after 11 o'clock to-night.
OMCKNIHtlMt. Willie Sulphur SpHn?. ?w
Spring color. (5olf, tennis, timsebaek. Fa
mout Bath*. Overnight from New *ork.?Aiv.
NAVY'S MAN POWER
GUT BELOW JAPAN'S
IN HOUSE MEASURE
Appropriation Bill Reduces
Personnel to 67,000, Two
thirds of British.
t
DENBY FILES PROTEST
Declares Reduction Would
Make Ratio 3-5-8 and
Injure Prestige.
MOCKERY OF THE PARLEY
Madden and Kelley Contend
Scrvice Can Be Maintained
in Line With Compact.
Special DOvafch to Till Nrw Your Hbmt.b.
New Y.rk H??ld Bureau.
Washington. D. C.. April *. 1
The naval appropriation bill, re
ported to the House to-day. outs the
man power of the United States navy
to two-thirds of that of Great Britain
nnd slightly less than that of Japan.
The 5-5-3 ratio agreed to among the
nations at the Washington
conference is abandoned. The bill, -f
it goes through, means that the Lnlted
States navy's efficiency will be on a
par with that of Japan. It makes the
new ratio virtually 3-5-3.
The Appropriations Committee re
ported the bill despite the most urgent
protests of President Harding. Secre
tary Denby and naval experts, who
believe the United States is pledged to
maintain a navy of a size agreed to in
the naval treaty recently ratified bj
the Senate,
The reporting of the bill is the open
ing signal for a fight in Congress ^
tween the "little navy" and the big
navy" forces which will attract Inter
national attention.
Belovr M"n P#w'r'
The bill, appropriating $233,224,000,
or $193,000 000 below the estimates,
cuts the personnel of the navy to .
000. although Secretary Denby asked
for 96.000 officers and enlisted men.
The. 96.000 personnel requested s % r
tually the same number that will
retained *y Great Britain when th,
naval limitation becorh* effect!,..
The 67.000 men provided by the
would give the American navalforces
1 252 fewer men than Japan, which in
tends to maintain a navy of 68.2W
The reduction is not ln the
ships, but In man power. whlU
kev to the ships' efficiency.
Secretary Denby Issued a statem n
uSSTS? ,B*,",bc""L,
, hi. ,ij if ?eed be. even to th.
St of vetlg the biU if it should
to him for his signature.
?Should the bill Just reported Ibecome
a uw It would be a blow to the navy
and to the prestige of tit, Un?ed
State*." Secretary Denby declared
"Whatever appropriations of men and
money are allowed the navy w U be
administered by the <?eP?rtmentt
earnest and cheerful ^eavor o ke P
1. effective as possible. I feel that
,hould be recreant to a plain duty, how
-vev If I did not ??"rnT,ly war"
American people that the proposed re
duction negatives the results of the re
rent conference. Is dangerous to th
country's security, and. in my opinion,
to the welfare of the world.
What the ??" *"???'
-If this bill becomes a law It will
m.un that Ave battleships of the elgh
rr.~v!a"a for m U.0 tr..ty mu.t *
I . innrv with c&retakcrs. ^
1 pm mean that having gathered the na
tions together 'and having conducted to
1 successful conclusion negotiations In
tended to establish the relative defensive
Ua armaments of the different Power,
we from the earnestly Insisted upon po
we. rroni ... with any nation in
?he?wor1d, drop to second or third place^
i not 1believe In making a mockery of
! {he conference. I do not believe In
throwing away our sea power.
1 "We called the conference. We mad
I .?,? nroDosals. We should abide by the
.fusions Rlghteen battleships. with
their necessary auxiliaries and shore
i a,rr adopted for our defense.
With the passag- of this hill our In
ternational plan ?oea by the board. It
fontlnned on Page Klght.
/ ;
I 43 Policemen Guard
| Trucks With $16,000,000
FORTY-THREE polkl^ien un
der Capt. William II. Sulli
van of the Gates avenuo
station last night escorted trucks
laden with >16,000,000 in currency
and securities from the building of
the East Brooklyn Savings Bank
to the bank's new building at Bed
ford and DeKalb avenues, Brook
lyn.
It was at the old building that
Gordon Fawcett Hamby on De
cember 13, 1918, shot and killed
two officials and got away with
$13,500. He died later in the elec
tric chair at Sfng Sing.
DAY IS EXONERATED
OF BECK'S SLAYING
killing Justified, Is Verdict of
Coroner's Jury, Urging
No Prosecution.
VISIT SCENE OF TRAGEDY
Husband and Wife Testify at
Inquest?Many Witnesses
Are Examined.
Oklahoma Citt, April 8 (Associated
Press).?Holding that Jean P. Day,
prominent attorney and oil man, was
justified in the killing of Lieut.-Co'
Paul Ward Beck at the Day home
early Tuesday, a Coroner's Jury re
turned a verdict here tu-night recom
mending that no charges be preferred
against Day.
The crowded courtroom was silent
as it heard the verdict read. Mr. and
Mrs. Day displayed no emotion, and
after i? had been read they arose, Mr. j
Day shook hands with Coroner Mc- I
Williams, and the party walked slowly
from the room without a word be
tween them.
The text of the verdict follows:
We, the Coroner's Jury duly
sworn and empaneled to inquire
into the cause of the death of Paul
Ward Bcck, after hearing evidence
introduced before us from wit
nesses. and after viewing the body
of Paul Ward Beck, do upon our
ohtii And and report:
That Paul Ward Beck came to his
d^ath at-the hands of .lean P. Day.
and from the evidence submitted to
us conclude that Joan P. Day was
Justified In defending his wife and
himself even though th? unfortu
nate affair resulted in the death of
Paul Ward Beck, and we therefore
recommend and advise that no
charges be filed or prosecution in
stituted against Jean P. Day.
Ttmf Telia of Slaylna.
Day and liis wife told with emotion
of the slaying? of Beck. In a broken
voice, .but with a gleam of determina
tion in his eye. Day said he killed the
army aviator accidentally when he
sought to drive Beck from his hom?
after finding him attempting to attack
Mrs. Day early Tuesday.
"Beck threw his arms around nie, cry
ing 'Olrl. girl, you swept me off my
feet,' and asked me to come to hia room
that night." Mrs. Day testified.
"I saw Bee* holding Mrs. Day on the
divan," said Day. "She was fighting
lilm. He had his right arm around her.
His other hand was about her knees."
"I got there in time to protect her
and I did," Day testified.
Leaning over and pointing his finger j
at County Attorney Hughes. Day said
in a pleading voice: s
"I want to say to you boys you can
prosecute me to the limit, but don't
make such statements as you have to
the newspapers reflecting on the pur
eat. sweeteat woman In the world."
The County Attorney replied that he
had tried to he fair, but that It was his
position as the representative of th<
?State to bring out every angle of the
case.
Did Not Sff Tlaaband Entrr,
"You don't know what you are say
ing. I couldn't do that." Mrs. Day tes
tified she replied to Beck. She said she
did not hear her husband enter the
house when he went to k?t his revolver.
"I don't know whether I beat his
face," stoe said, declaring she used both
hands to fight off Beck's left arm.
Mrs. Day testified she first saw her
husband as he descended the stairs
with a revolver in one hand.
"My <k>d. Daddy, don't do that.!" she ;
said she cried.
Beck had Jumped up from the divan
meanwhile and had retreated to an
other room, she said.
The next thing rfhe snid she saw was
the body of Beck lying on the floor.
"I did not see the shot fired. T did
Continued on Page Eighteen.
New City Redistrict Bill Bars
Congress Doors to Socialists
Socialists have Just awakened to the
fact that whatever chance they had to
elect Representatives to Congress In
the Twelfth, Thlrtoenth and Four
teenth districts has been taken away
by a redlstricting of thia territory as
well aa the Eleventh dlstdict. The rc
dlatrlctlng bill was put through the
legislature so quietly It attracted no
attention. It is said there Is not. the
slightest possibility that Representa
tive Meyer London, who has been
twice elected from the Twelfth dis
trict, can win thla fall.
Tt was explained by Republican lead
ers yesterday that all of the city Con
gress district* had been redlstrlrted
since the Democratic gerrymander in
1010, except those south of Fourteenth
street on Manhattan Island. The dis
tricts north of Fourteenth street w?rr
changed In 1917 nnd those In Brooklyn
the following year.
The Twelfth district, carried by Lon
don In 1020 by MOO. ha* been made
safely Democratic by good aired Demo
cratic chunks of the Eleventh and Thir
teenth district*.
There la a large Socialist vote In the
Thirteenth, no It became necessary to
add Democratic strength to tthe other
side of the Hulllvan district. Tills cajne
from the fourteenth district. In the
proceas the latter wa* made safely Re
publican?toy some 3.500, It I* estimated.
Republican territory was added to the
Fourteenth from the Twelfth and Thir
teenth districts.
In the redisricting an effort has been
made not to break up Aaaembly districts
more than necessary. Tne Democratic
gerrymander of 1010 cut the Sixth As
sembly (Koanlg'a) among four Congress
districts. Now with the exception of
three election dlstrlcta, which are north
of Fourteenth street and lie In the Six
teenth Congreaa district, the entire Sixth
Assembly la In the Republican Four
iacnth Congrtsa district.
Resignation of Tiger Base
ball Leader First Result
of Investigation.
FOOTBALL HERO LISTED
Violation of Big Three
Agreement Leads to
Drastic Action.
OTHERS ARE fWOLVED
Those Affected Not Accused of
Taking- Money, but Three
Received Loans.
Sp'? to Th, New To.K Hwub. !
Princbto.v, n. J., April 8.?It be-'
came known to-day that the resigna
tion of Thomas H. McNamara, cap- I
tain of the Princeton baseball nine, on I
account of ineligibility, was through
Joint action of the Harvard, Yale and 1
Princeton athletic representative,. !
McNamara was declared ineligible to
represent Princeton in athletics be
cause of a violation of the present
Harvard-Yale-Princeton agreement.
oth?r men are included in th*
casualty li8t at old Nassau throug ,
e action of Dean Howard McClena
han of Princeton, Dean Brlggs ot
Harvard and Prof. Clarence W. Mend-I
<< ^ale. Two of these men are Ralph
Gilroy captain-eleet of the Princeton
football eleven, and Herbert Treat a
transferee from Boston College but
who has never been on a Princeton
team because of the one year resi
dence rule. The other two are un
sown thus far since no announce
ment has been made regarding the
strictly secret proceedings of the bi-*
three board.
The declaration of Ineligibility of Me
- amara and his resignation from the
UoTlZyu0t ,hP T,K"r nino ^e ac
?
sxr
for n ln r>ro*p?'!"' In secrecy
ior some time. It |? ..ij }
before?!?. C'rcumstances Hppoared
??;.TK.r
Vo Professionally < barged
the situation ma" we" In
toe strongly. The^'m ? "h^re*no?'h^
EM,Z,takZ. mon<" f'r t^
S.
upon outside nld fnr i,i j depend-nt
i nilttee stating from whom V Pm"
:"u.M.";s*r ",n," ?n
1 s - aid that th#* threo ath!#*f?.? <
is sw
Heir* ?^rlct,T?dnfthotroPr2rt0n
action so dra.fi , th?rou*?> and the
, ..r ?; ?tt.7?
craduates her* ajrreo with ?L f ?r'
"nuw. aL"""""'"" th.
m;," Black, and that the Mc
three agreement must he carr.H Jm
hoth In letter and apirl, v?.2
cases were found besides the ?i
now known and after thn ih three
vestIgatIon which h? n?w taT"^, ln"
2 clean?Wn P?"UiVe,y ,hal 1*?
ftympnthr far Victim*.
Sympathy Is frit at Princeton for the
men who suffered the penalty of In
eligibility for their actions which can
not be construed an professionalism
and might have been due to neglect
only, but the sentiment is strong for
a thorough cleanup and is back of
the efforts which have been :nade to
make the athletics of Old Nassau
purely amateur.
Dean Howard McCIenahan ??? out
of town to-day and no statement could
be secured from any one else hero as
to the action which representatives of
the big three took In their recent meet
ing at New York. No Information has
been given ou-t here on the matter In
any aspect, and not until McN'amara
resigned as captain of the baseball
team was anything known on the
campus.
There has been much agitation at
Princeton in the past two months for
s change In the present system of ath
letics. On Washington's Birthday In
a speech to the alumni here for their
annual gathering President John Grler
IMbben declared himself In favor of
a "house cleaning" In all college sports.
There can be little doubt but that the
envelopments In the sweeping Investi
gation which Is now known to have
taken place followed shortly on this
l>ublio statement of Princeton's deter
mination to make sure that sthletlcs
here are on the highest possible p.atf.
The Dntiy Prinrttonian has been con
ducting a campaign of Its own for the
last month. In conjunction with tlhe
Hcrvard Crimson and the Tale ,V?tcs 'or
such changes In the big three agree
ment as to make It practically Impossi
ble for any suspicion to be attached to
any man representing any of the three
universities. This, however, had no
connection with the Investigation juat j
concluded.
UHOO^IEn OOK* AOROt/N D.
Forkbd River. N. J., April S. Tho
four masted schooner Orlando R Woo
len, en route from Jacksonville, Fla.. to
New Tork laden with pine lumber, lost
her course early to-day and grounded
about one-quarter of a mile '>ff thia
town. On** guards took off the crew
of eight. The schooner's skipper said
he thought his craft wai In no great
danger,
' ~?; n
Anti-Prohibitionists Get
Many Recruits by Rally
T1IE Carnegie Hail meeting got
hundreds of new members
for the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment, it was (
announced yesterday. Capt. W. H.
Stayton, U". S. N., retired, the na
tional vice-president, said before
leaving for Baltimore:
"New York is awake and in the
fight against fanaticism.
"For twenty years 1 have been
an officer in the United States
Navy, serving at sea and in the
Admiralty courts. To-night I am
still in the service of my country
as the head of an organization
which has an enrollment of more
than 300,000 men and women in :
New York. In spite of the black
mailing threats of fanatics, wi- will
bring this country back to the Con
stitution as written by our an
cestors."
A larger mass meeting will take
place in Madison Square Garden
on May 3.
V /
Day Plans Also to Have 37
Observation Posts at Cana
dian Border.
STATE GUNS ARE OFFERED
Former Sub-Chaser. Manned
by 15 Men, Reaches Here
to Patrol Harbor.
Prohibition Director Day forwarded
to Washington yesterday recommenda
tions .for the adoption of military j
measures to end the smuggling of:
liquor across the Canadian border. Ho j
is convinced that only such means can
put out of business the "thugs, gun- \
men and ex-convicts" who are driv- i
ing their rum laden cars every night
over the roads entering the northern
most edge of New York State. His
program calls for the use of machine
guns, shotguns and armored motor
cars, with an observation post on
every road crossing the border* along
the 65 miles between the St. Lawrence
River and Rouses Point.
At the same time Director Day an
nounced his intention of asking Police j
Commissioner Enright to come to his
support In the fight against liquor
selling in New York city. It is the
belief of prohibition headquarters that
the police can be of great assistance
to the Federal authorities in making
seizures. The campaign against har
bor smuggling is also under way.
The Mehalados, a 110 footer, has ar
rived her?? an the first of the former
sub-chasers to be employed. The squad
ron will b$ in command of Capt. T.
WmmI, U. S. N.. retired.
Fifteen agents, all ex-service men.
will be on each boat.
State Conn for Dry Men.
After the report made to the director
a few days ago by General Agents
Thomas and Le Carron. revealing th?
flourishing state of the border traffic.
Director Day decided that extraordi
nary measure# were necessary, and
asked the help of J. Leslie Kincatd.
Adjutant-General of the State. Gen.
Kincald outlined a plan of campaign
and offered'to provide the prohibition
authorities with the guns and the ar
mored motor cars.
His suggestions have all been recom
mended by Director Day to Washing
ton. Gen. Kincald had a survey made
of the situation, treating it as a mili
tary problem, by Col. Frederick M.
Waterbury. chief ordance officer of th?s
State.
"Careful study of the terrain," Gen.
Kincaid stated in his letter, "dlscloseg
that along the sixty-five miles of bor
der between the St. Lawrence River and
Houses Point there are five improveJ
highways, two highways now being im
proved and thirty dirt roads which crosj
the border. The present location of
custom houses and Inspection points
located at some distance from the bor
der is not effective. The system of ob
servation and inspection used in Europe
along the borders of France, Belgium
and other Continental countries, must
be employed to secure effective super
vision.
niftlri SnperTlalon >eedeil.
"This is no reflection on the customs
authorities, as the hundred years of
peace along ?#ur northern border made
unnecessary the more Intensive system
of border posts used In Europe, but the
present conditions demand more rigid
supervision of the border to prevent
illegal liquor traffic.
"On each highway an observation post
should be established on the Ameri ca t
side of the line, a few hundred fe*i
back, depending upon the nature of th.*
.trraln, so situated that an unobstructed
view can be had of the road to ?.!??
north across the border. A sufficient
number of your prohibition agents, pref
erably ex-service men, should be al
iened to each post. A form of tem
pt rary barricade must be provld?<!
..ctually to block the road and stop al>
traffic until an Inspection ran be made of
tbe vehicles crossing the line.
"These thirty-seven posts, one on ea^'i
highway entering the State f r mi
Canada, would constitute what would
correspond in military phraseology to
?nt- 'line of observation.' Kor your pur
pose the 'line of resistance' would !w
co'ncident with the line of observation."
ftntta for Karh Roofer Putt,
Gen. Kincald recommended that ea^h
r<at be equipped with a Marlln machine
ri n. a type which flres a 30 caliber
tullet 2R0 rounds without reloading.
In addition, each agent would be arm-i l
W th a shotgun. Each post. Gen. Kln
<ald suggested, should he equipped with
u searchlight and a Vary pistol of fie
type u??d during the war, yn the pur
poses of Intense lllumlnatirti. For u?e
ir. pursuit and capture. Jfie Adjittant
Oeneral offered to provldp Director Day
with armored cars. believes that
one man during the May and two or
Continued on #?r* Twelve.
CRIME S ILL RAGES,
CiTH DEMANUinu
HUGE SAFETY RALLY
Public Interests PI
Meeting After An.
Violent Day
ENKIGHT GATHEi
Calls for Siv Fast
Cars to Help Fig)
?Baiiflitrj.
VOBKVILLE UPHOL
Correction Commisslo? \*?
for More Scientific \ try
Prevent Criminal
Toldups and robbfri^n n ,R;
the brutality of armed thugs ,
ing a few hours after the i >?
killing of Harry Crone in a <<t
tte between policemen and ?
East Forty-third street, jus' '*
avenue, indicated by their rn
their boldness that New V.J1K crim
inals have not been impressed with
efforts by city authorities, merchants
associations and civic organizations
for their suppression.
While Police Commissioner Enrlght
was calling on Mayor Hylan to talk
over the still rising tide of crime and
to renew his request for six high
power motor cars with which to harry
automobile bandits, reports were still
Hashing into headquarters of'a series
of crimes which Increased the appre
hension of citizens regarding the aD
parent helplessness of the pi
Two daylight pay roll tf
$75,000 robbery in Harlem, H
duel between the police a r,e,Ti<?
burglars high In the air. th
of six plotting to loot a bo<
house, the holdup and savng > .
suffered by a man who had Jt ?
$1,450 from a bank, the atteir
bery and shooting of a cat .y wrote
owner In East Seventy-sixth i ,
the blackjacking of a polii :? u
Broome street were only a f .?
criminal activities. It wa* o a
most violent periods noted ->?
time.
Safety llnll.r in flc C?
To meet this situation, one itrv>!1<4
the breakdown of law and or< ? i
time Western cities of the vigil ??
various clvle movements we ? r
under way In addition to the definite
preparations made by the Mayor and his
Police Commissioner to stem the crimi
nal tide.
Most important of all the civic move
ments wa? the intention of the Chamhe
of Commerce of the State of New YorU
to call representatives of other orsranl
zations and of the people generally for
a conference of public safety. Just when
thla unprecedented muss meeting will
be held la not crtaln, but It Is av
sumed that the executive committee of
the chamber, of which Irving T. But!)
in chairman, will act at once on the plea
made by the Washington Square Aaso
olatlon. In that event the put" * '
mass meeting may be held I
week.
The growing danger to life
Tty In Brooklyn, recognised d?r>
and magistrates?a criminal r
as that borough ha* never w,
the opinion of Magistrate Ell ti, .?<
pr^me Court Justice lrf*wis an< iti
has stirred the Brooklyn Cl> b>
Commerce to action. A speclfc
te? from that important comn.f ,ia<
sociatlon began an Inquiry -to
breakdown of tlic police machl y."
> Llkely to Call on Mi itr,
In Brooklyn within the last wo ? ?
tharfe has been an unheard of in
robberies and holdups, and ? >c ? *
of cltixens have been arming .i-<
with or without pistol permit rt' r
authority of the Sullivan law Or i: >
night of April 17 the Brook! ? C t>
ber will take up police Inefflc ,,n >
It was said, an appeal may fc *
Gov. Miller to act.
As regards possible Intrut- o
Governor, however. the oplnlr *r ?
pre-ssed by officials familiar I I
attitude that he would not a hu
One official recently In confe r> ? *
the Governor over th* crlm< .it
and who discussed with him vq
of the police rfVid of the Dint Kite
ney's office, said the Govert j?i ?
l>ared to give Enrlght every cm tut"'
to make good, and that th? Njveriv
does not hold the Police ('01: lUeloi
altogether responsible for the 1 c
dltlons existing, believing thi t '>-? J''?
llce L?epartment haa been un u .
for ten years.
The prediction was made tha ;>r
will have at least six montf* <
what he can do with about '.IiJa new
men and such public cooperation proba
bly as no other Police Commissioner
has had.
Knrlcht to Jiperd ft rem III na.
It was a two hour talk that the Mayor
and the head of his gendarmes had at
the City Hall. When Enrlght emerg'i
he looked more serious than usual. Botlt
agreed that the crime situation had been
dlacussed. but neither would go Into de
tails.
The Commissioner said he hoped to
get hla additional men on the for ?
even before May 1. and that he believed
this could be achieved through the co
operation of the Municipal Civil Service
I Commission. Inhere are 800 names oti
the eligible list which haa not yet bee i
promulgated, and these men are at
once available for training. Then, the
Commissioner hopes, the commission ean
hold another examination soon and ha
able to promulgate an additional Hat
Enrlght said he would rush training'
*nd make It as Intensive as the recruit*
could stand. He believed he could actu.
I :?lly ha\o competent men on heats a- I
In other details of police ?T?rti within