The evening world. Newspaper, December 14, 1920, Page 1

tre a ae cee ne em eR A Ay lh eR ene * Ciroatation Books Open to All.’ VOL. LX. NO. a (612—DAILY, Copyriet 1920) » hy The Prove Co. (The New Xork World). ‘ublishing: NEW YORK, =— ‘TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, panen wee Only Five Out of 173 Dele- gates in Benevolent Asso- ciation for Project. WAR ON REFERENDU M. ‘Patrolmen Said to Be Coerced| in Balloting for Plan by Captains. Commissioner Enright’s Plan to erect a $5,000,000 hospital be used exclusively by members of} the Police Department smashing blow to-day when 168 of 173 delegates of the Patrolmen's Be- assembled in Bast 56th menthly Police was dealt a neyolent Association, Hall for the voted against Maennerchor in Street regular meeting the hospital project. he five who voted in favor of it represented traffic precincts and as| traffic duty 1s the most desirable in the Department these delegates were naturally gulded to some extent by the instinct of self preservation, as ft is common report in the Depart- ment that the Commissioner will discipline all who show active hos Ulity to his echeme. ‘The meeting also adopted, by 4 viva voce vote, a resolution endorsing (he action of the officers of she Patrol-| men’s Benevolent | Agsociation, who, at a meeting last week went on rec- ord as opposed to the hospital plan. | Here is the state of the hospital project as it applies to “he Police De- partment The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, with 10,000 members, ip officially against it, although a station house referendum, con- demned by nearly every police- man on the force a trick, which was taken last night and to-day, may apparently show a majority in favor of it. Private inquiry among Cap- tains, Lieutenants and Sergeants establishes that they are almost unanimously opposed to the En- right hospital plan, although, as a matter of discipline and for the protection of their jobs they are ostensibly in favor of it. Commissioner Enright, his mill- ionaire Deputy Commissioners and his private cabinet of high police officials are in favor of the hospital project. The publi s shown by the (Continued on Second — POLICEMEN FEAR TO VOTE AGAINST HOSPITAL PROJECT Page.) ) Subject. to Disagreeable Assign- ments and “Ridings” If They Oppose Plan, They Say NUMBER) of policeman have called up The Eve- ning World by telephone to-day to explain that they voted “yes” on the hospital ref- erendum, although they are op- posed to the hospital idea, They they were afraid to vote “no” for the reason that their vote was known and they feared they would be subjected to dis- agreeable assignments and “rid- ings” by their superiors were they to indicate their real opinions. COPS TURN DOWN ENRIGHT $9,000,000 HOSPITAL PLAN BY AN OVERWHELMING VOTE NO SQUARE DEAL UNDER ENRIGHT, ‘SAYS MIRS. O'GRADY Tells of Many Clashes and Constant Interference by the Commissioner, By Marguerite Mooers Marshall, “L never knew before how men can sell thetr souls and crawi for their bread and butter! But I'm a woman —and I won't crawl No man should have the power to treat a woman as Commissioner Enright hag treated me. No man should be permitted to crush @ woman-—or a man—who is doing right. “Let the wemen of New York, the mothers, the members of women's clubs, ask why the morale of my de- partment has been broken, why I have been humiliated at all times, why I resigned—when I found that I no longer: would be allowed to give the women, the young girls, the chil- dren of New York a square deal as | Deputy Commissioner in the police department!” Her goft Irish voles trembling with emotion, her blye Irish oyes wide with soorn, indignation, hurt pride, Mra. Bilen O'Grady, for almost three years Fifth Deputy Polloe Commissioner and the first womaa executive in New York’s Police Dopartment, told to-day in her home at No, 247 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, the detailed story of why she had resigned at a min- ute’s notice from her $6,809 job in the department, and made a ringing appeal to a jury of her peere—the women of this clty—for understand- Sag support. Grey-haired, wearing a drese of soft grey gatin and georgette, looking what she Is—the sweet, attractive, wise mother of daughters, Mrs. O'Grady spoke with frunknegy and fire. Her three dagghtery were pres- eut during the jnterview, and now aad again she turned to one of them for corroboration of some detail, “You will understand,” she pleaded over and over, “that |'m not after a lot of notice and publicity for myweif. And I'm honest, 1'll (ell you no lies. 1 was one of nine children and they always said at home that if any one was a lar it wasn’t Nellie. “But when there are tyrants abroad ke this it should be known! And when they know, the citizens of New York should see to it that no poiiti- clan i# put in my place,” For the understanding there hus not yet been printed any more com- plete and etartling j!lustration of what Is the matter with the Police Department (hun the ease of Ellen O'Grady, the woman who went into office so bravely and hopefully threo years ago next month, with the one |desire to be a “City Mother,” to help Jafter the fashion of a firm, kind mother, the women, and especially the girls and children, of New York, After hearing Mrs. O'Grady’s tale of petty persecution I was no longer surprised at the failure of Headquur |ters to catch Nicky Arnstein, Elwell murderer, or the .perpetrators jof the Wall Street bomb How could there be time for such duties when tt was necessary to think daily of many new ways for making life miserable for the Fifth Deputy Police Commissioner? vutrage, The indications, based on re- ports from a number of precincts. are that the greater nurber will “If we had been permitted to cast secret ballots the majority of the men by far would vote ‘no’ on the hospital proposition,” ytated one of the patrolmen who sought te explain why he veted “yes.” “I wanted to resign two jshe told me years age ‘The trouble really be- gan then. I did not like the way \certain things were managed in the Police Department. I wrote a to the Mayor. | can’! go into any move details about that at this time, but, as I say. 1 wanted to resign then und letter 1920. Circulation Book. tepeed to All. Entered os Post Oftie Second-Class Matter it Now York, N. ¥- ‘POLICEMEN VOTE 168 TO 5 AGA LINST HOSPITAL EVENING WORLD $10,000 FUND TO MAKE XMAS MERRY FOR 2,000 WOUNDED SOLDIERS First Response Came From Man Who Wept as He Rushed Into Office and Handed Over a Dollar, All He Could Spare. By Lilian Bell. Ever since our story appeared yesterday we have been besleged with questions: “Why, WE LEFT!” “Why aren't they well by this time?” didn't know there were any wounded soldleis “Isn't the Government doing anything?” . Answers: There ARE wounded soldiers left, Hundreds of them! ands of them! Nearly two thousand we find {n New York, Instead of fifteen hundred, They are being treated at public health hospl- tals, and we are told that there {s hardly a hospital of any sort any- where in New York at which therg are not SOME wounded ex- service men, They are not weil, dear men and women, because you can't heal such injuries as theirs in a day er a month or a year. Yes, the Government is still caring for them, But please tell me this: What is a GOVERNMINT when you are ill and in terrible pain and lonely and homesick? Suppose YOU had been in a hospital in Prance for a year and in one in America fer two years, and you weren't getting better so that yeu could notice ft, and Christmas was coming— do you suppose you would give a whoop for any GOVORNMENT? Wouldn't you want mother and friends and seme of the iome-town girls te drop in with a box of maple fudge? T'll say you would! . ‘We are not claiming that the wounded need plaster casts or crutches or absorbent cotton or surgical dressings. They are not crying for nurses or doctors, But they DO want te see people. They DO want to see good shows, They DO like to see pretty girls once in a while, And at Christmas they are just kids enough to waat to have a Christmas tree and candy and presents, ‘And that is what we are going to give them. I haye been a volunteer worker in five military hospitals for the last three years, so 1 know pretty weil what the boys want. How do I know? Well, for one thing, I asked them. That's ene perfectly good way of finding out that I earnestly recommend to ANY ONE. I sald: “If you could have exactly what you want, what would it be?’ Thous- “& lemon pie!" was the fervent answer, “A real, home-made lemon-cream pi “T know!" I chirped enthusiastically. “A great thick one, like that, with meringue on op!" “Meringue—nothin'! SUDS! on tt! Get me?” I got him, 1 had a hundred crutch cases at a matinee the next day, and I got up and asked the audience for lemon ples. Did I get them? They came in drayloads. One woman from out of town sat two days at the telephone ordering her friends to go into the kitchen and make lemon ples, Then she got cold feet, wondering how on earth she was going to bring the shy, trembling ples seventy’ miles, I told her to get them all jn one place and I'd send an empty ple wagon tor them. And although this necessitated endless trouble in getting ali tins of the same size, she did it, She was eo eager to deliver them right side up with care that she rode on the front seat of the ple wagon all through the city trafMfle to the hospital. And we had a@ pie party! I took lemon pies to the bed cuses, and many @ time i cut them with trench knives. I don't know why it is, but lemon pies come right after home and mother in a soldier's heart, Just say lemon ple to a bunch of them if you want to start something! At Fox Hills one day I saw a boy in a wheel chair out in @ corridor by himself, } went up to him. “What are you doing out here, all by your lonesome?” | said He looked sheepish. “My wounds are 50 offensive the boys won't let me stay in theré—I don't blame them; but YOU'D better not stay. “1 don't mind,” I said. “You see, | happen to remember how you I want one with BEAUCOUP DB SUBDB got those dreadful wounds that won't heal. You got them fighting for Me!” Aw, say!" he grinned. "You don't feel that way, do you?" -“] gure do!” 1 said And I never saw a LITTLE thing make a boy so happy as because { said 1 didn’t mind sitting by him. 1 even talked baseball, and I don’t know baseball from a game of checkers. But my ignorance made him sloquent By an odd coincidence, | got a letter to-day from Peterson, the hoy who broke his leg turning over in bed, whom I wrote about yesterady, {had written to Walter Reed Hospital, trying to locate him. To-day he will read about himself in The ing World, 1 know just what be will say He'll say; “Gee! Look at that, will you! Remember, he broke his leg in addition to everything else. His broken leg is thrown in for good measure! He wrote to me so grate- fully fov remembering him and looking him up. Another Peterson, with eleven shrapnel wounds, {x among my friends. And several amputation cases One day while walking through the hospital | saw two boys, lying Wontinued on Highteenth Page.) (Continued on Third Page.) JAPAN REFUSES TO YIELD 10 U. 8. ON GERMAN CABLE caption aC at Geneva Issues Statement Regarding Line Landing on Yap Island. Al PRESS HITS Us Says This Country Should Re- duce Naval Programme and Lay Own Cable, GENDVA, Dev. 14--The delegation te the League of Nations in a statement te-day said Japan will cute Japanese not yield the German of which Japan has a mandate. former touching the istand Yap, over “America might reduce her naval use the money to build hor own cables,” the Japanese programme and press was quoled as saying, ‘The statement added that the in- ternational conference al Washington was deadlocked over the problem of disposing of former German cables, The Assembly to-day heard the re- port of the sixth commission on pre- liminary plans for world wide redue- tion of naval and military strength. The United States was blamed for Inability of all natfons to restrict traffic in arms and munitions, The sixth commission stated: GENEVA, Doc. 4 (Ansociated Press).—An agreement among the Powers to put an immediate end to the growth of armaments ie contem- plated in the League of Nations plan for disarmament, as presented by the | Disarmament Committee at ¢o-day's session of the Assembly, The Coun- oll of the League is asked to under- \take the bringing about of such an agreement. In explaining the report to the as- | sembly, Hjalmar Branting of Sweden and H. A. L. Fisher of Great Britain sald that the committes, while unani- monsly and wholehearted}y In favor | of the speediest possible disarmament, was forced to come to the conclusion that the moment had not arrived when it would be possible to accom- pligh It | “These are countries with the most | powerful armament building facill- tles outside the league,” sald Mr. Fisher, “and disarmament can begin only when it is universal” Mr, Fisher, in discussing the recom- mendation for the checking of the growth of armaments, said he had no doubt of the acceptance by Great Britain of the proposal to spend no more on armaments for the next two years than she did Mist pear “Disarmament,” said George Nicoll |arnes of the British delegation, "Is | | the real acid test of the success af the! League of Nations, | regret, “that | there is in the report no clear gut declaration, that there is not lews| quitible |NEVER IN LEAGUE, SAYS ARGENTINA and more pluck." | Foreign Ottice Says 1 Would Have | to Give Two Years’ Notice of Withdrawal B ntina, bec 14 The Argentine Government — will give n lon of with-| | drawal fr the League of Nations in accordance with Articly 1 of the Cov enant, because dors not yneide that Argentina has been a tear b was int 4 to-day by th | Foreign Oftice ount of Geneva deapatehe | that notification of withdrawa | tinn as t next dif ath hep na tinue to be @ member for tw The Argentine Governments [tt wan declared that ain an th nova Assembly did not permit discus sion of the Argentinian oundit the withdrawal of Argentinas 4 | gation ends the matter for her r = Dresent league is concerne DOMINATED TAKES BANDITS IN HOLO-UP IN HOTEL ——— Bush of Tuxedo, Armed With| Shotgun, Captures Them and Stolen Auto. Four men, said hy the police to be the automobile bandita who for sev- oral weeks have spreud ‘ov along the roads and smaller places in Northern New Jersey are held in the Jail at Goshen, N. Y. Police chiefs and deteotives from a dozen places will weok to Identify them, The vapture of the rtette came late yesterday afternoon following the robbery and serious injuring of Frank Goross, proprietor of the Glen- wood Inn at Newburgh, N. Y. The four, armed with revolvers, stepped into the Inn and encountered Goross, who was ordered to throw up his hands, While one of the robbers kept him covered the other three rifled the safe, talking $4,000 and Liberty Bonds worth $200. As the robbers were about to leave one of them called attention te a large diamond worn by Goross. They sought to take !t from him. Goress resisted and one of the robbers, using a re volver with a knife-blade attachment stabbed him over the hoart. Taking the ring the four went outalde and helped themselves to Goross’s touring car and departed, Goross sought to telephone for the Newburgh police, but found that thc telophone wires had been cut. He rent one of hin employees to call for heip A general alarm was sent out and the police of surrounding towns went out on the roads to watch for the bandits, Among those who were notified of the robbery was Gillmore Bush, known as the “Millionaire Chief” of Tuxed Park, N.Y, The chief and three of his men, armed with sawed-off sho guns, jumped into a high speed m: chine and wet out Tho saw a fast travelling car approaching them and turned thelr own car, The chief, with a shotgun waved tq the approaching car to halt, bat the driver paid no at- tention, ‘The police fired several shots and started in pursuit and the robbers decided to give up. The men were taken to the Tuxedo | Park station, where they gave their! names as Bugene Ryer, nineteen; Jo- seph De Priaio, twenty; James Carro, | cwenty-one and Juhu J. Berri, twenty one, They ail stated they lived in | New York City The police of Newburg found two Jother automobiles, a Cadillac touring and @ Cadillac sedan, abandoned on the outskirts of the town. In one of these cars jewelry valued at $10,000 was found it believed that the robbers went Newburgh in these cars put fearing capture stole Goross’ ar to maks & quick escape of | the oars bore 04 N J. and the ote 843 -N In as much a@ the numbers w and the Jersey 1 by ind as wh sembled by 4 \ Hart of Hackensack 1 ow taken ¢ Among the ¥ M Sod $4.80 oweet the prices 4 q per hundred pounds. ast four years. $910 in the BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK TY BY STRUCTURAL STEEL TRUST MILLIONAIRE CHIEF ‘Fight for Open Shop Forced on Build Here Obliges Two Greatest Firms to Give Up Construction With Steel — Schwab Quoted by Witness as Against Union Labor. The hearing of the Lockwood Committee to<lay was devoted to |the structural steel industry, in great part. Samuel Untermyer, counsel \for the committee, drew out testimony from men who are national figures jin the steel and ‘building industry to show that in the battle between the great employers in the manufacturing, fabricating and erecting brariches {of the business on the one hand and organized labor on the other, the | owners and tenants of New York City are forced to pay the war costs, Louis Horowitz, President of the Thompson-Starrett Company, swore that he had been tok! “by a person high in authority in the trade” that the enforcement by the steel mill owners and their associates of the “open shop" principle in steel construction in this city and Philadelphia was merely the opening wedge of a system which was to be extended to ‘he whole country in time. Mr. Horowitz begged off from giving’ his informant’s name, ——__ rr President DEMPSEY WEIGHS 188'4; BRENNAN, 194 ‘FOR TITLE BOUT Advance Sale for Heavyweight ‘Championship Contest Passes $90,000 ‘Mark. Before the largest gathering of this town since the days of the Hor- ul Starrett of the George A, Puller Company, the rival of the Thompson Starrett for leadership In the American bulld- ing business, quoted Eugene P, Grace, President of the Bethlehem Steel Company, a8 saying to him in the presence of Charles M. Schwab of that company and Harry S, Black of the Fuller Company: “Don't you imagine for a minute We are going to let you fellows build up an organiaa- ton Law, Jack Dempsey, heavy-| tion of union men who can refuse to welght champion of the world and/ erect our steel and force union con- BU eaten kei mienaer fer the cui ditions in our shop: welghe ‘or their bout to be ‘ favghe ab Madison Salata: Gavan He also quoted Mr. Schwa as sup- this evening, The title holder tipped | Dlementing this announcement. “Mt, chee baad lad Aas while Brennan | S¢hwald told me, among other things?’ wolghed 197 pounda, ‘The advance sale passed the $96,- 008 mark and there was a long line Mr. Starrett testified, "I was getting in bad with the steel manufacturers because it was reported I was the of prospective purchasers a 4d UP! leader in support of union erection outside the ticket office, The pro-| on gtee! buildings on ageinst the tnotera of the contest expect, the total “ H walon will 5 $17 is will] open shop, = ronk the record ob $ibi 000 made’ atl, Both. i jorowi < _ prea she record G8 Fi6L 60) made We h Mr. Horowitz and Mr, Stag. Guvdea, March 1916 rett, captains inthe building industey, a - declared that they could put wp BILLION IN TAXES buildings more cheaply with union jabor than under the system by whioh such work, at the behest of the eteel mill owners, must be done by the fa- vored erectons of the Iron | DUE BUT NOT PAID Cannot Be Collected Because Gov- ernment is Unable to Audit pron’ NAGS! ot fe ectora per 2 clation “open shop labo: Mr. Hor- the Returns. jowltz not only made the general WASHINGTON, Dec, 14. — The] statement that it was not possible to Treasury Department estimates that| erect buildings economically in New ‘more than a billion dollars” t9 out-| York City with other than union la- standing ip unpaid taxes because of | bor, but said that in one instance, the Government's inability to audit the returns, Dr. Thomas 8. Adams of the Treasury staff testified to-day ata the apartment house at No, 800 Park Avenue, built by his convern, the sys- tem enforced by the refusal of the hearing on taxation before the House | steel] mills to permit builders to erest Ways and Means Committee. their own steel with union labor had Because of the complex nature of] added “from § 000 to $500,000 te present revenue laws, Dr, Adains| the cost of the building, which mast sdded, the Internal Revenue Bureau! be passed along to the tenants naw been unable to complete th Both compant © been forced to hecking up of tax returns for 1917. | dispose of their steel erectioy and of tracing vasion and other | wuses of failure fo pay all taxes due, | Sources, have vainly tried to buy steel Dr. Adams sald, has become | to be erected by them: The Iron | Fee ue ak wast antes Akt, Aiko known ee te: Biegetaey would “the Steel Trust,” will not permit union das machine bor to han cel. It requires the two years open shop. manufacturers will add n te not furnish cept to members of he Iron Lea, = "What pial open shop mean + A in practice?” Mr. Untermyer. Classified Advertisers |} \") practice” Mn I t t! “It means a scrap,” said the Mporlant! | wiser soi, year oa Mr. Horowitz told of a yaln tigint Tee fide Pyferid Motil ts ‘7 montis convince the ste@l The acturers the country that On or afore Friday ought to confine themselves be Preceding | Publication falling ies 5 Wilere ta:Se EU ae pis Mb Shs 43 »y lers as they choose--with Classified 4 fivertigempng for Week union labor Ba eenereet SENATOR LOCKWOOD ILL FROM DAILY AFTER INFLUENZA. For publleation the R thie lie EARLY COPY Renciees the. Preteronce When Advert ee a Be Omitted = THE WORLD ng to-day was delayed for by the tardiness of mems bers of committee, With Cham man Lockwood seriously iil at homie with jafluenza and sscombiymge ‘The hear half an bow the a, )