The evening world. Newspaper, September 19, 1912, Page 1

WALDO, ON STAND, DEFENDS SHEEHAN; HYDE OFFERS TO BECOME WITNESS WHATHER—Showers probable to = EDITION. __ PRICE ONE CENT. SECRETS OF THE co JURY FED TO PRESS, SAYS GAYNOR: BLAMES WHITMAN METHODS Mayor in Letter Declares Gov. Dix Should Take Action to End “Scandal.” | ATTACKS HIS critics.| \ Says They Use Becker Case to Brand Police as Grafters | i} Despite Reforms. Mayor Gaynor made public this «f-| ternoon a letter he has written to J.| Noble Hayes, former Aqueduct Com- missioner, on the subject of the police administretion. It 1s a long letter, written tn Gaynoresque style, and} opens with an attacs on the ofice of Districi-Attorney Whitman. The expresses “the opinion that roor should take somo gction agvinst the District-Agtorney's oftice, He bases his opinion on the publteation of Grand Jury secrets 1 he says, yrding to common port, have heen revealed to the can Mal of the entire 8: Under heads Mayor discusses his pc in of the administration of the F partment, He defends every mo’ hae made and ix particularly warm his commendation of Police Comr sioner Waldo. Under his administration, eleven the Mayor says, uscless clubbing by the police has deen tzens are no lon subjec f s the practice of cony ry tion persons charged with crime has discontinued; the police ao| longer tal wv labor | disputes, an officers” doing police duty: unde been deprived of pol! pay have rity. CUT OFF $4,000,000 SALOON | GRAFT PER YEAR. | The Mayor repeats his claim that he | has cut off nearly $4,000,000 annual graft! paid to the police In return for the privilege of ke saloons open on Sundays; sets forth that he has stoppe fegal raids and {egal entry of prem taes by the police, with its attendant graft; explains the reorganization o the Detective Bureau to promotion by efficlency; defends his poltey of hav. ing the Kambling stuation handled by spectal squads, and declares that the | Jong standing practice of policemen pay ing for appointment or promotion has been absolutely abolished | On the subject of the soctal evil, Mayor diseou at long y he poltey, as } in other let clusion the Mayor calls most decent and orderly the world.” WAITED FOR “TIDE OF FALSE HOOD” TO SUBSIDE. In a guard: | large city “Dear Mr, Hayes: The delay in an swerlng your letter has been due to the many things which have pressed me. And tuen, again, I saw complying with your when been worked out |r ment e 1 ba until tre | aleen agains: | toe nment s “Most of this abuse and falsehood Veon fed to certain degenerate powapapers fo District-at- termsy's office froia day to cay, aw yor have noticed, 1 noticed a V day dcpreca 4 4 falsenood 4 It comes secrets of t nd Jury ¢ been fed to the press from the District-Attorney's office, althougn it is @ statute erin occurs before a Grand Jury. “Many think the fulness of the time has arrived for the Governor | of the State to take action in this | matter, which has now become | soandal talked of all over the State, | “My great anxiety has been that these fulse and scandalous attacks on the en- | @ontinved on Sa nd Page) 0 reveal was BRIDAL SHIP HERE, ONLY HAS ROOM FOR NEWLYWEDS Spotless as Snow Is the Chris- works, | conventent sp the |. be. 1818 bic - (The's ‘Now — Lvesed NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 187 1912. tian X., Undefiled by Ashes or Smoke. DRIVEN BY PETROL Captain Must Find Spooning Nooks on Deck for 22 Blissful Ones. M As spotless as snow was the Christian of the Hamburg Amertoan lne, when struck port to-day. She hosn't a stack, and not a trace ot x ahe URGE THAT CITY PUT $20,000,000 IN DOCK BUSINESS Board of Estimate Committee Favors Bush Terminal Co. Offer’s Acceptance. 5% OF PROFIT TO CITY. Company Would Lease Prop- erty for 25 Years and Get 5% of Gross Income. Tentative acceptance of a scheme by which the clty) of New York will operate a municipal water front ter- minal from ‘Thirty-sixth to Forty-third streets, Brooklyn, similar to the dock| and piers operated in Montreal and |isuropean cities and involving an out- lay o¢ $2,000,00 Was made by the Board ot Estimate to-day when & special com- mite comprising Messrs, Mitodel, Prendergast, McAneny und Steers, se- ported tavorably on the proposal that tue eiy go tntw the dock business, dhe plan involves acceptance us the Bush Terminal Comany's offer to operate thu water frout terminal after the city has purchased the concern’s Holdings and joined this property, ta the strip aow owned by the elty, the whole be operated by the Bush peope under conwract of lease trom the wity. au ihe report of the special com: al dust will ever profane She Is going to be a bridat tlemen, strictly an ‘on which will continue if tt The twenty-two cabins will be devoted exclusively to newly married couples, The rest of the crago will be freight Think of the joy! But pity poor « tain Robert Miss, who must alt down daily and listen to the chatter of eleven pairs of newlyweds, besides picking out ony places for ev and arranging for the monniight that goes with the programme, The Christian X. 1s the first motor liner to enter port. All her engines are driven by petroleum, Hamburg two weeks ago, It took her five to come from New Orleans beca was manoeuvring and trying engines, Her crew numbers only forty- #ix, and ten men take care of the en- ine room and the two %,50-horse-power qotors, ‘Tie 1,000 tons of petroleum carried by the Christian X, will last 100 days, sgh to take her around the world She was built in and safied for New Orleans days The fuel is stored along the and al- lows greatly increased freight room, Such things as her speed of thirteen krots and her length of 870 feet and her She will y eleven brides and eleven bride- rooms, and Dan Cupid {s expected to have bis chief residence aboard her, On the way up the harbor the moto: flying Cupids dancing along walls he Christian X. starts to Hamburg to-norrow and will return with the first load of newlyweds in three weeks SSE Sorta “WOMAN LOBBYIST” HELD ON GOVERNMENT WARRANT Helen Gre Named in Congress Fight, Is Accused of Concealing Public Records. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Helen Gray, nves r, Whose Work at the last session of Congress for the Graham Committee of the House created 4 scene upon the floor in whieh she was charged with being a “woman lobbylst, was arrested to-day upon’ a warrant yorn out by the Indian Bureau, huging concealment of public record Mrs, Gray deciared that since she an investiguting Crow Indian affa at the re dent Roosey she had be eight times, Mrs, Gray's h Paul, <n MRS. PAT CAMPBELL SICK, PHYSICIANS FEAR DEATH LONDON, Sept. 19.—Mra, Pat Camp- bell, the actress, is so tll here that he life was despaired of to-day Her doc tors cannot agree whether or not she has peritonitis, mittee (iis stasemen is made: ‘dhe pusicy of estaviisning munici- pal Water lront terminalis is strongly |Urwed Upon the city by ine Dock De ova 1. finds tie jusufcauen in waperienve of utter cltien pat- fy Humuure, Geriany, and dua Canaua, Where such municipal Areignt LeCMMUN are succesBtUlly en (abiishea anu vperuted, ‘The commu tee ie Convinced that the Une fas thin city may, with sutety auvantage to the commerce undertake fine | ieu | real, and of the port, ireiguc werininads ‘Vhe terms suggested by hitiwe tus: CITY TO GET 95 PER CENT. OF THE GROSS PROFITS, the conduct of the oom- and marginal Way or strip of the Bush verminas Company. That the city execute @ contract of lease for w term of twenty-ive years with the Busan Terminal Company, ter minabie wt any Ume on one years no tice in writing by the city, the ducks purchased from it, and als the water front property between Pwenty-eighth and Sixty-third streets how uWhed by the clty or hereafter vt be wcquired by the city during the period of the lease, togeiuer with sucH piers as ure NOW or muy hereatter dur- ing the lease period be constructed up on suca property (certain piers desiy nated by the Dock Departinent a% open to cover} acted unusual attention and] public piers tu be excepted frum the sung out: “Where's your| lease), upon the following terme: st ‘as they looked and wonde (4) The Hush Terminus Company to at the white, silent vessel ng|pay to the city YW per cent of the | along, Inside everything Js finished in | gros» income received trom such piers, | white, with ribbons ted over things and | aud wo retain & per cent, of the Bross ji come received trom such plers a irs compensation as general manager of he property. (v) ‘The Bush Terminal Com covenant that If in any year . got the patr out of the water and! That the city purchase, Chrous | eutied an ambulanes from Lincoin| CONUEMNALH, Khe iti UNS Hospital, Whén Savani could talk h FIGHTS RESCUER I RIVER AT ROPE END Watchman Who Can’t Swim Gives Other End to Son and Dives to Rescue. POLICEMAN SAVES BOTH. Out of Work, Homeless and Starving, She Says When She Revives. A young wo was Kitty toa neither home tried to drown he: River une the bridge at dawn to: taken from fought with Antonto barges moor an who setd her nam but friends no » elt In the } Madison ay and was only that she had nor Uo her str Savant, wate’ J under the bridge, alded by per- man « formed a herole his young #00, Angelo. Savant was up and about rigging his derricks when he noticed ¢ woman gitting on a string rescue, your eof th wharf with her heod bu in ol hands, He kept hia eves on her as he| worked. Suddenly he vaw her start She screamed the river chman culled to his son and began tying a rope about He {8 unable to xwim, vis walt and “| but ax soon as hix son got hold of the rope plunged off the barge and strug through the water to reach the of hing he saw Noating in the cur: | rent The young womun was buoyed up by her petticoats, but kept her head un- | der water, striving desperately to sink Savant had swallowed a lot ¢ before he Rat hold of the we dress and yelled to his the rope. It was too « for young Angelo to pull and he for help, The young woman w conscious and Savani was on t of drowning when Patrolman the Alexander avenue station and put his big mu «into play, He! said that the woman had fought hin and pleaded to be left to drown from the moment he reac ner At the hospital she revived and ee w THIEF WHO ESCAPED FROM TOMBS CAUGHT George Witson Fled From At-}.” lantic City, but Philadelphia Police Nabbed Him. GIRL, TRYING TOD, “° WOMAN HAS SAW * INSHOE WHEN SHE MAKES JAIL CALL Raymond Found Blithely Sawing Bar and Mra Seventh #tre whose husoa vn the Island sympathy for ork on similar to that ¢ her n re ly w her © «ho gaan AFTER NEW ROBBERY: such an outra The saw was dlacovered about a se 1 after thiv outburst, Mra. Moore had hing to way when she was arraty re Magistrate Handy Sueet Court RECTOR WANTED TO KNOW Street — Prisoner; Mrs. Moore Is Searched, | 4 Moore, of No, 216 a pretty young 4 werving elev " who consequently has | 1 in Jal, Was arrested she vistted Henry Miller In} conn , Brooklyn, With | yoree tile steel eaw under the Insole! She nthe bi his cell with a saw peealod by Mra, Moor the young woman called at the od that she Kane th the unt she be red that 1h protected her agalunt then am n the Adams rmer Sheriff Who Testified To-Day at Police Graft Inquiry Ulin} soquitted In to-day vont ne harkens er name, She said she was hom vf one of her shoes, It was Just after} treatment Jand starving, that her friends t yesterday to the young prla-| A master will turned from her, she could get no walting sentence on two charges} Court to take test ployment and preferred to die rather | of jurglary ¥. than exist on the streets. Kane dis kone to PIULADELPHLA | Hates cently bh Opie Gray at whooting ber Vieas Court cruel Sopt A and appointed mony, barbarous Sail for England, | cent. of the groMs receipts paya | a Cig gr arena rite | WHAT HOUR TO CLOSE.) tiers tatiox, on sinking fund on the city bonds (6.14 (Special to The Evening World.) | 4 tome found shelter sued to defray the cost of] PHILADELEHIA, sept George | Said It Was a Puzzle, but Magis- acquiring Bush piers and of the essional thief who escaped te PD; » Promp 5 F the Bush Terminal Company to make] was captured: this alter Waiter geod and pay to the City of New York | id from a train at George Rector, proprietor of the the Gifference: between W per cunt. of piija station of the Penn-|at Broadway and Sixty-firet st a wount Of BUC) sivania Railroad } wht ears bit name, told Magrist ‘ right at an. The po! Ay Witson sobbed a house | iro n the at Bide Court tod herent nity at Atlante City last h Chas aa teoie fe lene tease any )4 Woman at the p v she ta Nn aul le hae Pollok Wo pier as | friehteniig [ wok ny | $20 an wore his face, The 4 Oy Pall Dock Depart-|his trail at Adantic City, bu a V re ‘ met have |a motor car and beat them ay oxperted th u Fand pur-| Notice was sent here and he roe t ~ r 10 1 by th H he wa y tured, ” that Ir sposed ye rented to and y-admite orcape According to the committer thene |a: confessed ro alr , pie " provisions enable the city to obtain all |Meot He mald hy he United States E of the advantages of municipal opera-|@ series of ro! en at | w t Coripa yet tlon a8 Well 4% municipal ownership! ner. Among the twe 1 that Jwith the exception of the loxw of they had, ter per cent. of grows income aw the pr “ wit S rs ay In) Branch ‘ same time secures the advantages wich TY titer swore that witch As the couple left which experience has taught Hes in them had heen served with a club! were « \the administration of new enterprise lby persons familiar with the work. sandwich *# | 4o0d'' in the eyes of the law, which surely conatitued) ing t appeara _ | Gial 0n Oct th , 22 14 and 16 TRS. GRACE REF IN SHOOTING CASE SUES FR DIVORCE Says Husband, Who Accused Her of Trying to Kill Him, Was Barbarous in Treatment. 19.—Mrw, by HARRY POLLOK FREED UNDER $5,000 BOND AS BECKER CASE WITNESS Shielder of Jack Rose Was Ar- | rested as He Was About to 1th the | BROOKLYN— ‘PRIOR “ONE CEST in HOTLY DENES SEGRETARY DIRECTED STRONG-ARM RAIDER Never Ordered Costigan to Report to Sheehan, Is Angry Retort to Al- dermanic Inquiry Counsel, Upon Recall to Stand. HYDE OFFERS TO TESTIFY AND “WAIVES IMMUNITY” “Nick” Hayes Forgets a Lot, And Hassett Swears He Never Saw Captain Reith. The Aldermanic Committee investigation this afternoon was de- voted largely to developments growing out of thé charge of Police Cap. tain Reith that $10,000 was the price fixed for promotion. Not a great deal of information was obtained bearing upon police graft or con- ditions in the Police Department. For half an hour or more Counselor Buckner and Aldermen Esterbrook and Folks fired questions at a police witness named Cooney, with the apparent purpose of trying to show that Cooney was not as sagaclous or discriminating or as gifted with clairvoyant powers as themselves, Police Commissioner Waldo, recalled to the stand, angrily denied Buckner's question if Lieut. “Honest Dan” Costigan, one of his strong- arm commanders, was ordered to report to his secretary, Winfield R. Sheehan, The tollowing letter was sent to Chairman Curran of the Com- mittee this afternoon by Charles H. Hyde, former City Chambertain, hing Mr. Curran just as Thomas Hassett, named in the Reith aft davit, took the stand; ; Sept, 19, 1018, Mon, Emory B, Buckner, Obtef Counsel of Aldarmante Police Investi- ‘tion Committes. jome of to-day'’s mewspapers indicate that theme are ques- tions which you desire to ask me tm connection with the gation which you are now con@ucting. ff this is the ony that I om ready ané willing to teke the etend ot you may indicate. While I do mot understand that the Aldermanic Committee ts Quoting @ criminal investigation or hae any to immunity to witnesses, yet if s sense of duty precaution = have not thi soe jo my best that I cen in the conduct of the investigation, freely any questions which you may put to me. it a i} ii 3 . | i 4 i | George C, Norton Ee wrote to Cur- id Buckner demanding to be NATIONAL LEAGUE. icholas J, Hayes, former Sherif, proved an evasive and disappointing to Mr. Buckner, The memory Hayes was very bad. He said he told Alfred J. Johnson that a man with an office at No, 115 Broudway was ailecting graft for somebody in the Vollee Department. He didn't mention AT NEW YORK, FiMst Game CINCINNATI 10000000 2-3 GIANTS— 000001000-1 SECOND GAME, INCINNATI— _ ¢ [George C. Norton and didn't know the 28.0 oo0000 ® |man was George C. Nort iIANTS— Mr. Buckner tried to get Hayes to 000000 - | may that he had conn ected the name of W, KB. Sheehan, the Commissioner's sec- retary, with that of Norton in his versation with Johnson, but Haye couldn't recall it He was certag sid, that he had not mentio han's name in connection no the n incident, although he sald he AT BROOKLYN, FIRST GAME. 10000 CHICAGO— o4o0t 6 Becker i 60201000 9 SECOND GAME : HICAGO— 40130 gy | Was on unfriendly terms with Sheehan Mas Hassett, on the stand, when Htelth charged, Al Johnson him to help Reith tn ges sald (hat, to hin beat ile e never saw Reith in his be ife, He wouldn't vay that Johnson AT BOSTON. didn't ita to hb it declared FiMST GAME edit occurrence of 201001100 ally Med BOSTON— ly after en occupled seats and in the gallery, 00004030 pt HAYES SWEARS HE NEVER AMERICAN LEAGUE. KNEW GEORGE C, NORTON, AT DETROIT. as J. Hayes, former Sherift of > * He had algned beforehand a formal waiver of immunity from prosecution T have held many public oMces, 1 have been @ court officer, Deputy City 7 HIGHLANDERS 0 DETROM | ica | <> =a