The evening world. Newspaper, December 1, 1920, Page 1

” To-Night's THE Weather—CLOUDY, COLDER. FINAL WORLD E DITION The [*Cioulation Boo! Books ks Open to All.’ | to All.”’ IF BUILDERS: ALL ALIKE ne eer 8 errr DEATH TOLL IN ERIN INCREASED BY SEVEN VOL. LXI. NO. 21, 601-DAILY. Copyright, 1020, by "Oe. (The New ‘The Press Publishing York World), NEW “YORK, “WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER uy MORE KILLINGS TOWN IS IN STATE OF SIEGE: ~ AOD ARRESTS IN TEN DAYS King and Queen ‘Queen Guarded in Buckingham Palace Against Sinn Fi ein. SIX “GUNMEN” “Mails from Ireland and Scot- land Said to Be Regularly Censored. : CORK, Dec. It was reported thie afternoon that two men were whot dead last night in the Macroom | district and that four persons wero arrested. The town of Macroom }# in & tate of siege and no traffic is al- lowed except for food distribution. A Belfast despatch says (hat Sean Carroll, a teacher, ‘Tierney, son of an Anice farmer, were taken from their beds and shot to death by mes said to have worn unl- forms. Both O'Carroll and Tierney, who were about thirty-five years of age, were’ known to be in mpathy with the Sinn Fein cause, O’Carroll was taken from his lodg- ings toward the ral!way station and shot. His ories al‘racted persons (n the neighborhood, who carried him into @ house and summoned and priest. Hoe died. shortly. Tiernoy was removed only a fow paces from his father’s house and shot. He died instantly. Three youths of Ardee, County Louth, Ireland, sgid to have been ieoted with the Sinn Fein movement, wore taken from their beds and killed, | allegedly by uniformed rien, despatch from Ardee to the News. The police raided the Sinn veadquarters in Scotland Road, 1 pool, this morning. ‘They carefully searched the premises, but made no arrests. Four hundred arrests have been made in Dublin during the .past teu days, and ralds and searches continue ‘The manager and two pthers cm ployed on Arthur Griffith's paper, Young Ireland, were arrested. Prof. John MacNeill, arrested, with Griffith, das been unconditionally released, but GHfith ts still detained in Mountjoy Prison. LONDON, Dec. 1.—So xreat !s the Year here growing out of the Irish situation that extra precautions bave been taken to guard the royal family from the possibility of harm, De- tachments have been placed at al! the entrances to Buckingham Palace and the persons of the King and the Queen are being closely watched by the yroper authorities. extreme watchfulness of the joverament ts shown by the Zact that all inconiing liners aro being searched for suspicious persons. As a result #ix men from New York were taken from the Aquitania, but later all were roldased, {t {s evident that the Government Continued of Fourteenth Page.) lassified A Advertisers Important! Glaaaition advertiain, flunday Wi The World offtce On or Before Friday Preceding Publication Classified sdvertlonnente for Week Days Received i DAILY AFTER 8 A. M. Publication the following day EARLY COPY Revshee Ore, ween When Advertising THE "WORLD. FREED. and Patrick | a doctor! AT MACROOM: JUDGE MALONE DROPS DEAD AFTER CHARGING A JURY Found by Brother Jurist Chambers of General Sessions. Judge James T, Malone of General Sessions was found dead at 145 o'clodk to-day in the lavatory ad- Joining his chanvhers-in the -Orim- ina] Courts Building. The jurist ff- teen minutes before completed his charge to the jury in the trial ef Ed- | | Ward Cunceng and upon the retire-, ment of the jury had left the court} | room and goue itpstairs to his cham. | bers on the third floor | Discarding his robe the Judges’ lavatory, and the pre sumption ig that he was stricken with apoplexy, fell .backward and struck his head on a brass rajling. | At quarter of 2 Judge John F, MeIn- tyre of Geferal Sessions found him with his head in 4 pool of blood, Dr. Perey M, Litchenstein of the Tambs | was haatily summoned and pro- | nounced Jiidge Malone dead. He said death was caused py heart fatlure. Judge Edward Malone, a, brother of | the dead man, who was trying a caso} {tn Queens County, was notified, and| immediately adjourned court and hur- ried to Manhattan. The body was later yemoved to the Malone home at No 2086 Fifth Avenue, where the decoused had lived with his wife and thelr five | children, Two of the latter are mar- ied. judg Conn, in he went into| Malone was born in Norwich, | on Jan. 9, 1865. |trom Phillips Exe Hampshire, in 18 1889 from School in 1820, and gradua:ed | r Academy, New ; from Harrary in the Harvard La and was admitted to the bar In 1891 He had been on the }bench for thirteten years, and his term would have expired Dee, 31, 1921, when it was understood he would have succeeded himself, having al- ready been determined upon the choice of both Tammany and tho Republican party. He was a member of the Bar As- sociation of the City of New York and of the Manhattan University, Harvard and Oakland Golf Club. There will be no mistrial in the case of Cuneen tn consequence of the death of Judge Malone. The jury is still out deltberating and its verdict may be received by any other Judge, Assistant District Attorney Broth- | ers, who prosecuted the case, and | sAttorney Charles 2. Le Barbier, who | defended Cuneen, both noticed that the face of Judge Malone was quite flushed after his change to the jury, Jut he appeared to be all right |he stepped down from the bench in |(Part V, und made for the door, companied by William Thompson, secretary, and George Cook, his at- tendant, Both went upstairs with him in the and left him at the door of his chambers, from w he etherged a later A the the t tet and to as | ac- i his levato: moment and en- | lias been “im very ne find J sienoxraph t e mies mu Lis to thy a charge of ine ud been + cases. He aft jury lone edited poile was in vic YH wenn Tek Valliver (World) 1 ulin RAL, a0) vires ‘ - ~ |to allow ‘and |invostigation was a private one made CITY WILL FIGHT » FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT Corporation Counsel Confers With the Mayor With View to Take Action at Once, To ASK FOR INJUNCTION Public Service Commissioner Barrett Denies There Was Secrecy in Boost. = . Corporation Counsel P. O'Brien announced shortly after noon to-day that he would immediately apply for an injunction to prevent the John three electric companies operating in Greater New York from carrying into affeet the 14 percent. increage allowed them by the Public Service Com- mission, Mr, O'Brien mado the announcement following a conference with Mayor Hylan, and the decision to apply for an Injunctign was suggested by the city's execntive head, . 1 shall proceed with an injunction restraining the carrying into effect of the new rate by the three companies,” stated Mr. O'Brien, “and we hope the | consumers will be benefited by our ac- tion. If it serves no other purpose it should lead to some judicial deter Toination us to how fur ahead con sumers should be notified of Increases in rates and how far ahead there should be ‘publication’ of such tn- creases.” Referring to. the statement of Pub- lic Service Commissioner + Barrett concerning the new rate, Mr, O'Brien said ‘ommissioner Barrett falls to show why the consumers and the elty were not notified of the filigg of the so-called rider or ‘of the ithreatened action of the companies jin respect to rates. He seems to think, that under the law there is nothing for him to do so far as noti- tying the public Is concerned except the rider to remain on file take effeet Dec. 1, The only by his engineer and no opportunity was given the public to controvert the statement of the companies’ rep- resentatives. “If the theory, Pavancea by missatoner Barrett, is utlowed to be come the practice of the Public Ser- vice Commission, the burden of at- tempting to prove the reasonablenese ot rates of the gas or electric com- pantes wilt be placed on the shoul- ders of the consumers or the com plainants and not, as required gen- erally in rate cases, on the shoulders of the companies.” Tf a consumer of electricity had happened to have an intimation that the electric light companies were go- ing to advance their rates and he had enough time to investigate he could have discovered at any time after Noy. 4 by a visit to the office of the |Public Service Commission and Com- in- quiry there that the New York and Brooklyn Edison Companies and the (Continued on Twenty-fifth Pago.) eens |CRUCIBLE STEEL HEADS INDICTED PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. eral Grand Jury here o- Indictments against Herbert A returned DuPuy, ormer Prealdent and Chairman of the Board SI Directors any of of £ Amerten View ‘the Crueth and Re aure to defraud the 1 Ng com en oft angen of Amarica fi t te the Company, Crucible Stee) and Milling Company, Hadson Raftroad and ‘Transportation Cordpany, Pann Ing allroad Company, Crualdl steel Company, Crucible Coal Compa Crus oF itrmenes Brak pea the Mia: ent Halcom Mining |Cannot Fore apd | REN go Oo ON 31 Za 00 LEGACY GARLAND SPURNED PUZZLES ESTATE TRUSTEES —— and Cannot Give It to Anybody Else. WILL HAVE TO HOLD IT. Young Man May Change His Mind or His Child May * Inherit Fortune. Garland D. Tudor, President of the Commonwealth Financial Corporation of No. 100 Broad Street’ and manug- Ing trustee of the estate left by th late Jamos Garland, confessed to-day that he dves not know what to do with the $1,250,000 legacy refured by young Charles Garland, of Buzzards Bay, on the ground that he. “does not believe In inheritances,"t “Myself and James A. Parker, the other *ustee of the estate, have been deluged with suggestions and app! from cations thit at least the Income the fortune be devoted to charity its rightful owner will no: spt it,” sald Mr. Tudor at his office to an Dvening World reporter, but we are absolutely powerless to do any- thing of that s ‘We have no authority the money to charity or to. any other agency except the heirs named in the will of James Garland. That will set aside $750,000 to be pald of his grandchildren, James Garland 2 lived on tha income from the monuy and now the shares amount to §1,- 260,000'each, Charles Garland became of age last June and refused to accept since ace to ass to ev the money. There are several other grandchildren who have not yet had an opportunity to accept or refuse their legacies ‘Wo are in & quandary as to what o do with young rland’s share. Some Ume we may turn It over to his child, or we may just hold jt inden- nitely, letting It Ne up, in the hope that Mr. Garland some day may change bis mind and accept it “As it is, we cannot throw jt a: his head, He {8 of age competent, and his mother has no jurisdiction over cf Him to Take It!*!™. | for awhile | will The court cannot pass on tl case, because there is no other person to turn the mdfiey over to under the law 3 "We have done ali in our power to! Porsuade him to accept the money buy he seems to be mention vf it. He visited New Yc some tine consideratle time in Greenwich Vil luge. We think Jt possivle it was frem some of the people he met in (he Village that he acquired his pe-) cullar ideas. “We thihk it le the first case of Its Kind in the United States amb there beings no precedent, there le mo. stat- ute to guide us." to guide nb," Mr. Todor sald be did not believe Garland Wis being supported by his mother, Ge declared “Mra, Garland, some Tie age gave ber son $10,000 or $15,00 Qand that le has been liv- ing vn It ever since, He tp living at present in his “shack” ut Buzzards Bay with his wife and baby, 369,857 IMMIGRANTS HERE IN 4 MONTHS Offset by 214,705 migrants—Net | Tacrease Not Likely to Reach Pre-War Figure Soon. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Immigrants to the number of 369,867 arrived in this country during the first four months of | this fiseal year, which began last July 1, records at the Department of Labor show. During the same time 214,705) emigrants left the United States, Iéay- Ing a net Increase In aliens in this country of 165,154 for that pertod. Moet of the immigrants came from Europe und most of the eml- grants returned there. Despite the rapid increase In the flow of {mmi- grants, Depagtment of Labor officials do not believe the excess of immigra- tion from Europe over emigration régch the pre-war figures for some time to come. SEEK TO MANDAMUS CRAIG. A writ of peremptory was asked by the Board of from Supreme Court Justice Heary D. Hotehkias to-day, directing Comp- troller Charles l. Craig and Chief Aud- itor David E. Kemio to ity for use a surplus of $912,731.86, ich accu- mulated. between 1912 and 1918. Justice Hotchkias reserved deolsion, mandamus ducation NEW YORK BOY ICE SKATERS WILL COMPETE WITH CHICAGO FOR EVENING WORLD TROPHY |Mayor Hylan Accepts Challenge of Mayor Thompson and Team of Sixty Will Be Picked to Contest for Cup. AYOR Hylan announced to- day that he has accepted the challenge of Mayor Thompson of Chicago for an ice skating contest between teams of boys representing New York City and Chicago. The Evening World will pre sent a beautiful trophy cup to the winning team, Each city will he represented by about wixty skaters, Althoug 0 detait have yet boon a seed Lie understood that the contes! will Include not only speed und inay sisting, but burdiing and umping as well In view of the fuct that cll- matiy conditions are in (hicago's favor, the skating season there being jonger than here, Mayor Hylan will urge that tho aixty bent skaters selected to reprosont thie clty be carefully picked’ by eaperia and Pept, trained bee sat SES b 4, fore the meet, the date of which hae not been set Mayor Thompson's skaters are to be selected from thousands of schoolboys who will take advan- tage of the city’s plan to convert vacant lots and playgrounds into ice rinks, Mayor Hylan wil) dia. cuss with President Prall of t Board of Education the feas: of applying Mayor Thomg plan to this city Although Chicago haw a e6 skating seanon than this said Mayor Hylan, “I feel conti dent that we can plek team of AIxy boya capuble of defeating like representation from Muyor Thompxon's city, It ls up to the boyn of New York to show tlie boys of Chicago that they ure Proficiont on ateo} runners ax tho; fre tn track and field events, they do this wo shall be evert sm prove Nes annoyed at the! K ago and spent | 2 CONVICTS SOUGHT IN $466,000 BOND ROBBERY PLOT Had one “Talk With Head Messenger for Kean, Tay- lor & Co. Saturday. Latter Arrested Last July and Turned State’s Evidence— | Both Are Held. two sont out a general alarm for days convicts, reloased eleven ago from Sing Prison, who they believe were im- Pilcated In the $466,000 bond robb Brooklyn Acting In- epector Coughlin, of he Detective Bureau, sanid-the two eon: victs sought had been associating with Antonio De Gregario, head mes- wenger for Konh, Taylor & Co. the brokers from whose moessensera! PHO bonds were ptolen. He furthermore states that De Gregario's brother, Imsoph, has been hobnobbing with the in yenterd in charge |two convicts ever since thelr release. The De Gregarto brothers were sub- Jected (to a long examination in Brooklyn afternoon by Capt. Carey of the Sixteenth District, who [tater sent for Aasistant District At- torney Snvld and stenograph | eral detectives, who were seat hurry Ing in different directions Capt Carey said that within two hours he would have good pews to NhHoUNece, That the robbers had detinite infor | mation as to the transf of the fortune in Government securl- |ttes and sproximnate Know! ledge of the time of thelr de- livery to the purchaser is the foregone conclusion of investigatiors working on the case. Th thieves had pre pared ih advance for the biy haul They were provided with an automo- bile and equipped with two seta of Heense plates, improperly obtained from the Secretary of Stato’s office, The rébbers, furthermore, lad pre- ceded the bond messengern to the neighborhood where the fortune wa to be delivered. They knew the bonds were coming, They knew the time the messengers would arctve The police to-day are seeking to prove ownership of the Ford touring car used by the robbers in their get-away and abandoned four blocks from the scene of thp theft because of a blowout, They also are check- ing up the conflicting stories told by Antonio De Gregario, head messen- ger boy for Kean, Taylor & Co. brokers of No. 6 Nassau Street, who sent the bonds to ther Brooklyn cus- tomer, and his brother Joseph, It was “Tony” who provided the sutt- case in which the securitics were sent in Charge of Austin Young and Irving Cohen, When Tony De Grogario was ques tioned by the police he mentioned re ceiving two telephone calls at the of fice about noon. He seid mos (Continued on Nineteenth Page) —_ GRAND JURY HEARS HETTRICK CLERKS Six Employees of Sum moned Befe Ir} Body N Hy Hottrlek the torkwood ' ones Vd Je Dy, 4. i A i a leet | dew i Charlon 1 J Morente waa tl at witne but not be lenrivd hey out hotlowavle roar diy iohew Orend todayy tre, of Jury was ae notivesble proceedings I" [es setie'| . Sing | The Lockwood Committee Investigating housing conditions in this city’ To-Morrow’s Weather—FAIR. PRICE THREE CENTS ~ SS, | Estimate Cards found out this afternoon the answer Yor prices: for building materials of. which Vice President White of Fuller Construction Company and From Major George W. Steele, reau bad an unrecorded but inesoral Thereafter every member of ia the same job fixed his figure at t! BIG AUTO THEFT CONSPIRACY {8 ogee Cars Stolen in Middle West, Disguised in Connecticut, Sent to Norway, ‘The story of what is believed to be the best organized and most success- ful conspiracy to eteal and dispose of motor cars ever uncovered by the po- lice c@ine out to-day with the arraign- mont, on a charge of recetying ktolen property, before United States Com- missioner Hitchcock, of Bven Nyquist, a dealer in automobiles at 47th: Street and Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. He was held in $10,000 bail. Involved in the change against Nyquist and others under arrest in Bridgeport, Conn., and Detroit is the theft of $100,000 worth of new cars from the factory of the Cadillac Motor Company tn Detroit and the theft of numerous used cars from the reets of citles In the Middle West. ‘The case waa worked up by Depart- ment of Justice Agents T. C smith of Detroit, P. W. Lamb of New York, and B. J. Hiekey of Hartford, Conn. They say they have traced the stolen cara from Detroit, overland, under thely own power to Bridgeport, where they were disguised by mechanics, and thence to Nyquist’s place in fcuth Brooklyn where they were ted for shipment to Norway, One car crated and addressed to a con- was seized in Ny- quist’s shop when he was arrested. Almon and Lawrence McHugh are under arreat tn Detroft and James G | Burrows ts in custody at Bridgoport | charged with participation In the con- signee in Norway y | Spleaey oe into ‘the ul € AAC the stolen pert naterred from one yy rey Mate lok, Wh ih charge of tho prose hove, std 4 Meathons of inpirney aro xy whle that only few of t ave bean traced, He latue the Department of Justice Agents have established that the gang ole Care out of the Cadiling factory, cn thony to Bridgepert or Hartford and dows to Now York, How many were gen} fo, Norway can be estab: ery Sd ‘Wy suarep of shinning BIDS ALIKE 10 THE CENT MADE BY BUILDERS’ RING IN THEIR WN CARD SYSTEM PALED! wir srotuer,, Witness Philbrick Admits Before Lockwood Committee That These UNCOVERED HERE Have Been Hidden or Destroyed—Mr. Untermyer Is Delving for Proofs of Conspiracy, for its curiosity as to the others bave testified recently, Prd White sald that bids for sppplying Itme, brick, cenient and other building materials received from’ eleven different dealers were alike to a cent. — formerly 4 member of the Supply Company and one of the organizers of the Dullding Supply Bus reau, Mr. Untertmyer learned that dealers who were members of the ble “gentleman's agreement” by whi t of the first bid on file. 4 @ A stack of mibpuenas six inches | thick was signed by Chairman Looks acasion. They were directed tu Huds son valiey brickmakers who were to have formed an organisation whi limited it sales to members of the Association of Dealers in Mason Bullders Supplies. It wan noted that Major Stedie, whe” of the workings of the organizations which have been fighting the coms mittee tooth and nail, was not asked to give his present business, Counsel refused to state whether Major Steele had ‘stypulated that his present bust> ness occupation should not be res vealed to hin former associates, When he appeared on the stand. several in the rotunda It appeared from the testimony of John A. Philbrick, bullding supply {contractor and former chairman of the Bullders Supply Bureau, recafied at the afternoon session that the “estimate cards" referred to by Major Steele and missing from the sub- Poanaed papers have elther been hid- den or destroyed. For being uncom- munteative on the subject Mr. Phil~ brick was again subjected to con- tempt proceedings. Members of the association asserted yesterday their right. to/ refuse to answer quéstions because they don't know whether or not thelr answers might not incriminate them, This ob~ stinacy is to be tested out as to tte propriety by an effort to indict the “silent witnesses,” Mr. Untermyer had recourse to-day to the secretary of the Aspoctation’ of | Dealers, Sidney I. Trealt, and @ for- mer member, Major George W. Steele, Mr. Treat, not being a member of the association, could not fall back on the immunity plea. Major Steele apparently was willirig to talk freely of his experiences when a member before he went into thearay. He admitted Builders’ Sup- ply Bureau had organized a card system by a “unahimously" accepted fuggestion not entered in the min- utes, These cards recorded all bide made by members and were open to | the Inspection of the other members before tho, bidding waa closed In a general way, it waa shown these cards were handied as Jobu T. Hot! |rick handled his non-competing vem. | petitors’ cards. Major Steele aald he | didn't know anything about the Hett. | rlok “system,” No mention wae made in amy min- utes of thia card system, leven papers, we oh the first man to bid on any one job filed bis estimate with the bureau, — uureau asked to make an cstimate oa | Weod at the beginning of to-day@ gave the first informing description — members of the Bureau and the wha sociation of Dealers, left ther seats . and went into agitated consultation: