New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1923, Page 1

| CITY ELECTION COST - | | News of the World By Associated Press ” AMBASSADOR Effort Also is Being Made to Get Hays to Again Take Command of G. 0. P. Campaign Party Moguls Holding Con- ferences in Washington, Getting Ready for 1924 Drive for the Electorate. Washington, April 13.—A compre- hensive survey of the republican out- look for 1924 has been made during the last few days in a serles of con- ferences here involving most of the titular leaders of the party. Not only men and policies, but such questions as the state of the treasury and the choice of a 1914 con- vention city have had active con- sideration, No. definite conclusions are announced, but the net result has ben to still further advance the sea- son of pre-convention activities al- ready far ahead of the usual political calendar, : Teaders in Conference. Thus far the conferees here have brought together such figures as Na- tional Chairman John T. Adams, just hack from a trip abroa National Treasurer ¥red Upham ' of Chicago; several members of the cabinet and a number of senators who keep a close connection with all matters of party poliey. Within a few days two former national chairmen, Charles D. Hilles of New York and Will H. Hays of [Indiana, are expected to confer with others interested in the party's welfare in New York, Harvey Is Expected. Within a few weeks Harvey, ambassador at London, is ex- pected to appear on the scene and it is the belief in political circles that he will be found willing to contribute some pertinent advices regarding both party policies and party organization | in 1924, For a long time he has been counted on as one of the main- stays of the pre-convention movement for the. renomination of President Harding and although he has made fiq public statement, his name often has been coupled in political gossip here with the effort of the friends of Mr. Hays to reinstate him as national | chairman, Might Even Resign. The state department expects Mr. Harvey to return to his post in Lon-| don after the brief leave for which (Continued on Twenty-Fifth Page) 41 CENTS PER VOTER Expense Half Sum Paid for Selection of Meeting Board The cost per vote at the city elec- tion Tuesday was slightly less than 50 per oent of the cost per vote in the clection of members to the city meet- ing board, a report to be submitted to | the common council next Wednesday night will show. The city election expenses totalled $926.74. A total of 2,278 votes was cast. In the election for the city meeting board there were but 72 votes cast and expenses were $60 or nearly 82 cents per vote. The city election figure per vote was less than 41 cents. Registrars Thomas J. Smith and Willlam Ziegler paid $711 to, their workers at the polls. In this item was | included the salaries of a deputy reg- fstrar and moderator, four challeng- ers, four machine men and four checkers in each of the six wards. The other expenses were: Salaries of six instructors for three days prl-' or to election, $15 cach, total $90; I° C. Monier, supplies, $3.02; Alderman | J. Gustav Johnson, machine mechanic, | $60; New Hritain Herald, ndvertising, $10.50; Anderson Electric Co., $34.62; | W, J. Fallon, lunches, $12.%0; First Selectman Arvid H. Nero, $5. Total $926.74. expenses, FAKE EX-SERVICE MAN Bristol Solicitor Fined $2 in Water- bury—Posedas Veteran to Get Sub- scriptions to Magazine. Waterbury, April’ 13.—Willlam B. Michael of 164 Woodland street, Bris- tol, claiming to be an ex-service man RESIGN POST JUST TO BE | ABLE TO AID REPUBLICANS party | Col. George | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1923 —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES | JOHN WEBER KILLED AS HIS MOTORGYCLE SKID { | Glen Street Man’s Skull| Crushed and Neck Broken | on Berlin "Pike . | | John Weber of this city was in- stantly killed in Berlin yesterday afternoon when a motorcycle he was| riding skidded, ran into a telephone pole and threw him onto the concrete pavement of the state road in front of the home of H, M. Sutton. Weber, who was 49 years of age and lived at 176 Glen street, had gone to Meriden with Frank Kieffer of 469 Lincoln street, to bring back to this city a motorcycle owned by a man named Jennings. He rode to Meriden on the rear of Kieffer's machine. Returning home, Weber rode in front of Kieffer, As far as can be ascertained Weber lost control of the machine when it skidded off of the road into a ditch alongside the road and ran into the pole. Dr, R. M. Griswold, medical exam- iner for Berlin, gave permission for the removal of the body to B. C. Por- ter & Sons’ undertaking rooms In this city. An ecxamination showed that his neck was broken and his skull crushed. He was considered an expert on the motorcycle and made many long trips. Years ago he was prominent through- | | prominent. member of the New Brit- ain. Turner society. He was a member of the Moose and was employed in the plating room of P. & F. Corbin manufacturing con- cern. He leaves his wife, a daughter, Mabel E. Weber; a son, Harold Web- |er, and two Dbrothers, George and | Jacob Weber. The funeral will be held Baturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Xr- I'win Mortuary chapel. Rev. Dr.! George W. C. Hill will officiate, and :ntarment will be in Fairview ceme- | ery. FOUND NONE STARYING American Relief Inspector Says He "Pound That Refugee Stations, In | General, Can Handle Situatfon. | Moscow, April 13. (By Associated Press).—Mejor Philip Matthews re- turning to Moscow after a three weeks inspectton trip in the Bashkir terri- tory for the American relief admin- istration said he found no starvation in any of the districts visited. In two lor three isolated spots he saw evid- ence of acute hunger but that in gen- eral the hospitals and children's ref- uges esfablished by the administra- tion throughout the reglon were ade- quate. | CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN LEAVES { From Whence He Plans To Start Polar Flight. Nome, Alaska, April 13, (By Asso- sen was leaving today by dog team for Wainwright, 500 miles north of here, in preparation for an attempt to fly over the North Pole to Norway. Captain Amundsen plans to fly :from Wainwright to Point Barrow, 75 !miles northeast of Wainwright |through the winter with Lieut. Oskar |Omdal, aviator and to hop off at Point Barrow for the trip over the Pole. HOUSE OF DAVID SUIT Defense Asks O Be Reopened, Claiming A Evidence That Hansell Plotted to Bomb Buildings. Grand Rapids, Mich,, April 13.—A motion asking that the suit of John W. Hansell against the Israelite House of David be reopened, was filed in federal court here today. Attorney H. T. Dewhirst, represent- | ing the colony, asserted that he has new evidence tending to prove that | Hansell plotted to “bomb the build- ings at the colony and make away with large sums of money Kkept in | the vaults there." |Bishop, Two Nuns and 17 Other Persons Drowned Mexico City, April 13.—(By Asso- ciated Press.)—The Bishop of Belize (British Honduras), two nuns and 17 other passengers were drowned when . a motorboat carrying them to Paye | Obisbo territory of Quintana Roo, | out the state as a gymnast and was A Starts By Dog Team on 500 Mile Trlpk ciated Press)——Captain Roald Amund- | DR HENRY INJURED IN AUTO ACGIDENT {Medical Director of Hospital Re- ported in Serious Condition HIS SKULL 1S FRACTURED| = Stepped ¥rom Curb and Was Knocked Down On New Haven Street—Now in Oritical State At Grace Hospi- tal, New Haven, April 13.—Dr, Jullus G. Henry, medical director of the New Britain general hospital, who was hurt by an automobile here last night, is expected to dle. Dr, J. G. Henry, medical director of the New Britain General hospital, who has been recuperating from an attack of pneumonia, is in the Grace hos- pital in New Haven, thought to be in a dying condition, with a factured skull, sustained when struck by an automobile. The accident occurred last night at 10:20 o'clock at the corner of State land Whiting streets, New Haven, when Dr. Henry stepped in front of a car driven by Joseph F. Gehring of that city. Dr. Henry has been in New Haven for about & month, following a four or five week sicge of pneumonia, Tor 10 or 12 days his condition was so critical that his life was despaired of. Finally he showed signs of re- covery and as soon as he was able to be about he left for his Branford to ‘recuperate. Failed to Hear Horn l.ast night he was walking in the vicinity of State and Whiting streets, New Haven, when, according to Geh- ring, he failed to hear the auto horn and stepped off the curb in front of a touring car driven by Gehring, who is an employe of the New Haven Gas Light Co. He was struck on the head by the frame work of the automobile top and knocked down. He was picked up unconscious and taken to the Grace hospital by F. R. Ematrude and Francis P. Malone. Dr. Reeks At Bedside Dr. T. EKben Reeks, superintendent of the local hospital, was notified ear- Iy this morning by the Grace hospital ;authorities that Dr. Henry had sus- i tained a fractured skull and was in a critical condition and an immediate operation seemed necessary. Dr. Reeks immediately left for New | Haven. At 10 ‘o'clock this morning: no ;opcmflon had been performed and { there seemed to be some doubt as to | whether or not there would be any. | Dr. Reeks when called on the tele- | phone by the “Herald”, did not state | whether or not Dr. Henry was in a tion was extremely critical and he was in a semi-conscious condition. Dr. Henry is about 46 years of age. He was a surgeon in the third bat- talion of the 102nd infantry of the | Yankee division. He was connected (Continued ou Page 21). TWO WOMEN KILLED, BABY ESCAPES WITHOUT HAR When Connecticut | Fatalities Occur Co. Bus Runs Down Couple | in Glenbrook. | Stamford, April 13.—Two women were killed and a six weeks old baby escaped injury when a Connecticut | Co. bus ran into them on Maple street, Glenbrook, last night. Miss Mary O'Donahue of Glenbrook was killed outright, and Mrs. Hattie Burns of Glenbrook died in the Stamford hospital early today from injuries. The latter's child was found on the running board of the bus after the aceident occurred. The Stamford police arrested Orlo { Waterbury of this city, driver of the | bus, and he is held pending the in- quiry of Coroner J. J. Phelan. . declined to make a statement. Per- sons living in the vicinity told the po- lice that the bus was traveling at high | speed. It was making its last trip ot the night from Darien to this city and had no passengers, The two women had been visiting at & neighbor's house and were walk- ing to their homes when run down. Mrs. Burns was carrying her child. DRASTIC SUNDAY BILL Tllinois Proposed Measure Would Stop Movies, Baseball and All Commer- cialized Entertainment. Springfield, Ill,, April 13.—A dras- tic blue Sunday bill which would stop every form of commercialized enter- tainment, including movies and base- ball, on the Sabbath, was Introduced and acting as a salesman for an ex-| Mexico, sank on Wednesday during & | yesterday in the Illinois legislature. servicemen's magazine, arrested in this city last night on a charge of violating the city ordinance of ped- persons are reported to have been ing to legalize boxing, dling without a license was fined $2 without costs in city court this morn- ing. Michael, not represented by counsel, gave notice of appeal. Michael was arrested on a complaint of Alvin K. Gillette, secretary of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce. While testifying in court Michael ad- mitted he was not an ex-serviceman. 433 Additional Germans Ordered Expelled Today Coblenz, April 13 (By the Associat- ed Press) The Rhineland high com- mission today ordered expulsion of 430 additional Germans. The men expelled were for the most part em- ployes of the custom service and the raliroads, sudden storm, according to delayed, | advices reaching here, Fifty othor‘ Further details are lacking. Sin | raved. 'Man, Believed Dead |+ Montrose, Pa., April 13.-—Thomas Perry, who disappeared in 1909 and was believed dead, dramatically re- appeared yesterday and testified at the trial of his son, Eimer, charged with the murder of Silas Payne, 81- years-old recluse, Perry walked into court and testi- fled that his son was mentally irre- sponsible, He said he had purchased food wrapped in a Binghamton news- paper containing an account of the The bill is said to be the answer of reform leaders to the bills now pend- horse racing and pari-mutuel betting. ce 1919, Dram_atically Reappears to Defend Son, Accused of Murder trial and learned for the first time of his son's predicament. The boy's mother, now Mrs, Na- than Cornell, believed Perry, her hus- band, to be dead. The boy was given the name of Washburn, that of her second husband, and is being tried under that name. Perry eaid that since he left his wife in 1909 he has lived in Florida, South Carolina and New York state, The case is cxpeeted to go to the jury today. home in| He J. PRIEST, NURDERER, SAYS HE IS SANE ‘Fathor Dillon, Slayer of Father | O'Neill, Relates His Grievances | PORESAW FINAL OUTCOME ;Du-hm That Supevior Had Scorned | | INRANKS OF . 0.P. Republican Registrar May Have Opposition at Next Primary Incumbent Intends to Fight to Coun- teract Campaign Now Under Way— No Fault Found With His Work. Him for Years—After Sllooung,é Asked Another Priest to Administer Last Rites—Insane, Says Bishop. According to Report, That Republican Registrar of Vot- ers William Ziegler will have opposi- tion when he comes up for re-elec- Kalamazoo, Mich,, April 13.—Four bullets from a ° revolver brought tragedy to the priest house of §t. Augustine's parish last night when Rev. Father Charles Dillon, assistant pastor and member of the Carthusian Fathers' order, shot and killed his superior, Rev, Father Henry O'Neill, pastor of the parish, who had ordered | him from the house, | i Says He Is Not Crazy | Calmly discussing the shooting in| {the office of Chief of Police Ben it became known today, friends of Alex Malmgren, one of the proprie- street, having started the work of building an organization to carry him into that office at the next annual election when Ziegler's term of office expires. An interview with the prospective foreseen this, and for some time had h L | he is in a receptt :’lf:nlo‘:\r;pxsgln';«‘-«ls:mn"f‘ ending 10 | which he has not taken any positive J rences which | gtepg himself in the way of working he said exieted between himself and i the sfain priest, for his election, the action of his “AL. first thought you'd think T was|TINAS hias been taken = with insane, but 1 am not,” he continued, !knowlcvlgc aad ey <MWH SR adding, “I can go through with all| 7‘"’5"” 'q. h‘,l the mentality tests and they will| Resistrar Ziegler was surpriced this show T am. sane." morning to hear of the entrance of a 4 new candidate into the field for the The killing of Father O'Neill cul- | 9 o > 5 id that inated what Rev. Dill office he now holds. He sa s | minated w on told police | gy outd it be the wish of the party | was 13 months of il ] | Elng which heh :n.lr: } :“‘F:?l::,\':-emnvg:;” that another take his place, the in- “treated me like a lttle boy, and as- cumbent would have his best wishes, |sumed toward me an attitude of a|Put he also tAd the ‘“‘Herald” that | he would not relinquish office without | Czar.” a hard primary fight, unless he ex- | Details by Murderer. Rev, Dillon who is being held, told | Periences a change of mind between | police that the tragedy was the cli- |now and the next primary election. |max of the evening meal Father | Ziegler took office in January, 1915, O'Neill’s assistant, and Father M- He Cullough were at the table, he sald. that | Father O'Neill ordered Dillon to go (up stairs and “pack his grip.” In-| | stead Father Dillon went to his room, | obtained a revolver and returned to | the dining room. | “I intended to give him a chance to |confess and repent before 1 killed { him,” police report Father Dillon as| isaying, “but as I advanced into the | room, with the revolver extended I saw him grab a salt cellar to throw | {at me and I fired twice.” | | ‘Ordered Last Rites. As the priest’s body siipped to the | | floor Father Dilion, according to his story, gave [IFather McCullough a phial contalning holy cils ' and told | him to administer tiv sacrament of | Extreme Unction at once. Father 1Cl'l\'ein. who was about'56 years old, Malmgrem was for several years succeeded to the St. Augustiue's pas- [employed at the *Skinner Chuck Co., | torate in November, 1921 following plant and afterwards was connected !the death of Rev. Mgr. . A, Drien. |with the “Herald" as Plainville cor- 1 Expelled by Carthusians. |respondent. He left the employ of Dillon, following his expulsion as a the “Herald" several months ago and [member of the Carthusian order | has been devoting his entire time to succeeding Willilam H. Scheuy. has served continuously since registrar of voters has assisted in ments and various other canvasses of the city's population. No Fault Found With Work From good authority came news today that Ziegler is slated to go. It was explained that no fault has been found with his methods, but that there has been a movement in recent months in favor of Malgrem, or if he does not wish to enter the contest next spring, the name of Fdward Stebbins will be injected into the primarics. Stebbins is a former deputy automobile inspector and member . of the republican town et mittee, a studio on Main street in company {tries as a missionary, coming here with Walter Skonetche. from Battle Creek months ago. Rey; TFather William Murply of De- | troit is in temporary charge nr;DIES ON GALLOWS WH[LE | parish affairs. IFather McCullough i‘(ilféfif?;fi”&i rageass "™ HE, PROTESTS INNOGENGE Prayed for Vengeance “T knelt before God and prayed that something would happen to that paul V. Hadley Executed At Florence. man,” Father Dillon was quoted as |saying in a statement made to Prose- |cutor Stephen H. Wattles. He w questioned in the presence of stenographer. The statement at| times was disconnected and contained numerous repetitions. “I had no right to Kkill O'Neill; not one right in the world,"” Arizona, For Murder of Mrs, Anna O. Johnson Florence, Ariz, April 13.—Paul V. Hadley died on the gallows before Father | Sunrise today for the murder of Mrs. Anna O. Johnson. He maintained his assertion of innocence to the end. Hadley and his bride, Ida, were tried at Muskogee, Okla, for the slaying of Sheriff W, T. Giles of Jack- son county, Texas. Although it was she who shot the sheriff the jury ac- quitted her and sent her husband to prison for life. Ida begged to accompany her hus- band to the penitentiary, She led an attempted jail break, was captured and sentenced to the penitentiary. Of- ficers declared it was only a plan to get herself in prison. At the penitentiary guards often found it necessary to lead her to her husband's cell and let her calm her- by talking to him. Two years ago Hadley, then a trusty was released to perfect an in- vention. He drifted to Tucson, Ari- zona under the name of Willlam 8. Estaver and was charged with the murder of Mrs, Anna Johnson, wife of a Denver contractor, Meantime Ida had been released. She went to Arizona announcing her intention to appeal to the governor for her husband. miscarried. According to the authori- ties she recently obtained a divorce. (Continued on Page 21.) AR S ENGINEERS ARRESTED Sheldon, Mylchreest and Vaughn Tak- en on Bench Warrants for Fuller Brush Co. Tragedy. Hartford, April 13.—Paul Sheldon and George Mylchreest, treasurer and vice-president respectively of Buck & Sheldon, civil engineers, and Edward J. Vaughn, engineer employed by the firm, were arrested on bench warrants ' se today, charged with causing the deaths of 10 men through the collapse of the tower on the, factory of the Fuller Brush Co. on Windsor avenue, March 31. The three were released under $5,000 bonds each and the trial has been set for the June term of the criminal court. The three men, Sheldon, Mylchreest and Vaughn, are charged with man- slaughter. INJURED IN TORNADO Three Persons in Culman, Ala., Hurt Boy Poison Victim Still Is in Critical Condition Waterbury, April 13.—The condi- tion of Anthony Gedrat, six years ol one of two victims of mysterious poi- soning \Wednesday, was said at the hospital today to still be serious, An autopsy was being performed on the body of Joseph Raceynski, five, who died from the poisoning. An inves- tigation has been started to determine definitely whether the two small boys procured the poison while both were playing on the banks of the Nauga- tuck river between Waterville and | Thomaston, Wednesday evening. {$80,000 Worth of Booze N e Taken on Ocean Going Tug New York, April 13.~—Customs in- | spectors aboard the rum chaser Lex- |ington today secized the ocean-going| tug Peerless in the Narrows, arrested her crew of eight and confiscated 800 cases of whiskey, valued at $80,000, in Terrific Windstorm Which Swept Section During Night. - Culman, Ala., April 13.—Three per- sons were injured, several residences and barns were blown down and | seores of animals killed in a violent windstorm which swept the Sincoe section, 15 miles northeast of Cul- man last night. I VE! New London, April 13.—An inven- tory filed in probate court today shows the late Thor I*, Foran, for- merly of Willimantie, left an estate of $172,530. p——— e e THE WEATHER o Hartford, April 13.—~Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Rain late tonight and Saturday without ny decided thermal change; increasing easterly winds, RICHARDS W AGAIN Pinchurst, N. C., April 13.—Vincent Richards of Yonkers defeated G Carlton Shafer of Philadelphia §--0, feud, In the semi-finals in the north and south tennis tournament today. — time, and in addition to his duties as| school enumerations, military enroll-| The plans however | POLICE AND Average Daily Circulation Week Ending 9’2 49 April Tth PRICE THREE CEN'TS DRIVE ON ZIEGLER EXPOSURE IN NEW YORK OF POLITICIANS ~ INRUM SCANDAL POSSIBLE A 1. C. WANTS TRACK |Mayor Paonessa Declines to Express Opinion on Pe- tition to Council Vice-President George I'. Kimball of the American Hardware corpora- |tion has filed with Ciey Clerk A. J.. tion next spring is practically assured,| Thompson & petition for the privilege | |of laying a crossover track on Park |street from the north side of the tors of the Art Sign Co. on Main street to the south side at a point | about 200 feet east of Franklin square {and the corporation’s request will {come hefore the common council at {next Wednesday's meeting. If acted favorably upon, the coun- lcil will transmit to the public utilities Taffee, Father Dillon said that he had | candidate this morning disclosed that|commission a petition for a hearing | police are working hand in glove with ve mood, and that,| on this matter, | Mayor A, M. Paonessa read the | petition this morning, but announced that he would allow it to go before |stand in favor of or in opposition. The action of the council in this re- | quest will be watched with interest | Only recently, at a hearing in super- | {ior court relative to the installation of |a new Connecticut Co., spur track on |that it creates a menace to life and | {limb and hinders the steady move- ! ment of traffic; counsel also declared | I!hat it is the city's intention to ask | that all such spur tracks now existing |in the city be removed. | The corporation's petition follows: “To His Honor the Mayor and the | Common Council of the City of New Britain: “The undersigned beg leave to pe- | titton your honorable body that a petition be presented to the public ! utilities commission of the state of | Connecticut substantially as follows: | “Application is made by the mayor | and the common council of the city | of New Britain that an order be is- ! sued to permit the laying of a com- | mercial or industrial side track at 4grnde across Park street, New Brit- | ain, from switeh track of the Amer- “can Hardware Corporation on the | north side of Park street to the prop- | erty of the American Hardware Cor- | poration south of Park street, said | 2| permission to be upon the following | | conditions: “1, That while in use said track all be protected by a flagman fur- Hardware | sh nished by the American Corporation for swhose benefit | track is to be laid. That the American Hardware Corporation, for whose bengfit said | track is to be laid and used, enter dying condition. He said his cond!-;,,om France traveled in many coun- 'the sign painting business, conducting into an agreement with said city to indemnify it against any loss or claims arising out of the construc- tion, maintenance or use of said track 3. That construction or use o! said track shall interfere as little as practicable with the use of the high- | way over which it crosses. | “4, That the surface of said high- way between the rails of sald track and two feet outside thereof, so long as said track exists thereon, shall be constructed and maintained in proper condition for public travel by the said American Hardware Corporation.” CONGRESS OF MOTHERS Mrs. H. Wooster Webber of Hartford Elected President of Connecticut Association Today. Danbury, April 13-—Officers of the Connecticut Congress of Mothers were elected at the forenoon session here today as follows: President, Mrs, H. Wooster Web- ber, Hartford; second vice-president, Mrs. 8. Wales Dixon, Hartford; fourth vice-president, Mrs. Jeremiah Holmes, Bridgeport; recording secretary, Mrs. Ward N. Church, New Haven; tre: Mrs, Abbey H. Yost, West Hart- ford; registrar, Mrs, C. W, Plumb, Terryville; councilior Mrs. E. C. Perkins, New Haven; Mrs, W. H. Dresser, Hartford; Mrs. Henry M. Barnard, Rocky Hill. urer, UNOCCUPIED HOUSE DESTROYED Torrington, April 13.—An unoccu- pied house.on the Plymouth-Terry- ville road was destroyed by fire of unknown origin Jast night The | house, it is sald, was owned by the Litchfield Savings society. — Friday, the 13th, Is Too Much for Macon Businessman Macon, Ga., April 13.—J. A, Paraham, Macon business man, is spending today in bed. While working on an auto- mobile several months ago a steel splinter destroyed the sight of one eye. It was on the 13ty of the month, The next 13th he broke an arm while cranking an automo- bile. A month later, on the 13th, he slipped in his garage and broke his leg. Two months after that he was able, by extra precautions, to avoid a mishap. Then the 13th came again and while he was watching me- chanies repair an automobile, a block broke loose and smashed his foot. fast month on the destroyed his garage. Today's combination—Friday 13- was too much for him 13th fire Chestnut street, opposition to granting | |the right was voiced on the ground | satd™ 'W. H. Anderson Tells MALWGREN OR STEBBINS ACROSS PARK STREET Methodists Fair fnves- tigation Would Sustain Charges I Conviction Is Not Ob- | tained From Evidence Se- cured It Will Be Because of Deliberate Shielding | Bridgeport, April 13,—Any fair and competent investigation in New York city of the charges recently made in |the New York legislature that the the bootleg interests, will result in ;lhe, exposure of police officials and | political leaders, declared William H. | Anderson, state superintendent of the nig|the common council before taking any | anti-saloon league of New York at a meeting of the New York East | Conference of the Methodist Epls- copal church here today. Mr. Anderson, however, asserted that the cry for an investigation was largely the result of a Tammany squabble which would" resuit in' the {long run for the benefit of the en- forcement of prohibition. He sald in | part: Position of Crookedness. “I do not pretend to have any in- :!ormnliou constituting legal evidemece bearing on the charges that the head | of the police department in New York is in league with the bootleg- gers and profiting accordingly, but I do know as every man knows to a moral certainty that there is an enor- mous amount of corrupt official com- plicity with the eriminal traffic in the city and that much corruption exists in the police department.” After declaring that Police Com- missioner Enright himself had ‘said & there was a certain amount of cor~ | ruption in his department, Mr. An- | derson concluded: R Conviction Is Certaine ‘ “And if the investigation whici | these charges and this scandal have | made it necessary to start do not pro | duce a mass of evidence which is, sufficient to result in the conviction :not only of bootleg conspiracy but, !also of some police officials and the | exposure of various oficials and po- | litical leaders it will be because the Hm-esrlgatlan is handicapped by gross incompetence or hamstrung by de- | liberate purpose to shield the guilty.” BACKS UP HIS CLAINS AGAINST N. Y. POLICE 'Magistrate Tells of Illegal Raids and of Cops Drinking Evidence New York, April 13.-— Magistrate Joseph K. Corrigan today told David Hirschfield, commissioner of accounts, what prompted his recent statements trom the bench that he was “sur- prised at the depths to which the po- !lice 4epartment had sunk” and that |“half of the cops are bootleggers.” Testifying at the investigation of charges flung against the police de- partment by the magistrate and by Assemblyman Louis A. Cuvillier, Mag- strate Corrigan enumerated instances reported to him of raids conducted without warrants, of police openly drinking much of the evidence and of bootleg liquor appearing in the neighborhood soon thereafter. “I recall a raid on an Italian res- taurant on West Houston street three or four months ago,” the magistrate testified, giving names and addresses. “The police searched this place and could not find anything. Then they broke into the place next door and | seized stocks worth $20,000. “There were 23 policemen in the raid and 1 am told that they drank about 75 bottles of liquor, breaking off the tops of the bottles. I am told that three or four hours later liquor was boing sold in the neighborhood." Asked by Mr, Hirschfield if he de- veloped that story, Magistrate Corri- gan said he certainly did. Mr. Corri- gan said he reported other similar (Continued on Page Twenty-Five) Police Guarding Catholic Edifices After Threats Calgary, Alta., April 13.—Letters threatening to burn the buildings of Roman Catholic institutions in this city have been received by ecclesiasti- cal authorities and by the police, 1t was announced today The letters were signed Ku Kiux Klan, Police- men have been placed to guard the | Sacred Heart convent. Mus. Stanley Observing Bighty-Eighth Birthday Mrs. W. H. Stanley of 71 Pearl street is quietly observing her S§§th birthday. About a year ago she fell and broke her hip, but it has mended and she is slowly getting the use of ! her limbs, BISHOP TUTTLE SINKING . Louis, April 13.~Bishop Daniei witle aritically i1l of grippe coi- [tintics to decline, Attending physis cinne say he is growing weaker hour- {1y and that death may come any mo« mes t. oot