The evening world. Newspaper, October 21, 1922, Page 13

THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2f, Toss, How Governor Al Smith and His Family Set Some New Social and Civic Precedents at Albany. O happier Chief Executive ever took the oath of office in the Capitol at Albany than Al Smith. He was standing on the height he had marked for his feet in his secret communings with the future. Honor and responsibility that had appeared to be inaccessible a few short months ago were in his grasp. And no Governor was ever greeted with moree genuine good will. From all over the State came Republicans who had served with him in the Legislature, with assurances that he had earned his place. Months after the inauguration | was in the Governor's private office one afternoon and he showed me a letter of congratulation he had just received from a remote part of the Philippine Islands. It was from a man he went to school with in the 4th to the production, at a later date, Ward. This led of bales of letters he had received following his election from friends in every State in the Union uod from nearly every part of the world. “Consult the history of the city, ‘he said, in discussing the letters, “and you will find that the lower end of Manhattan Isiand was the beginning of the Btate of New York. At one time practically the whole white population of the State lived there. “It was from the lower pert of Manhattan that the advencurous plo- neers moved up through the Hudson ‘Valley and out through the Mohawk Valley and beyond. That movement has continued ever sincs. It was Particularly strong In my boyhood and young manhood, Horace Greeley's advice, ‘Young man, go Weat,” still carried force. From the letters T havo received {t appears that the migrants from the old Fourth Wani have con- tributed something of benefit to every vormmunity they have settled tn.” Al Smith, Mrs. Smith, the five little Smiths and their big dog, Caesar, probably constituted the liveliest fam- fly that ever occupied the Executive Mension. They kept open house, For the first time {n the memory of rest- dents of that part of Albany the chil- dren of the netghborhood hud free access to the grounds and the house ‘The young Smiths were as democratic os thelr father, They moved In Albany st as they lived In the Fourta Ward. THE NEIGHBORLY VISITOR. The Smith family had been tn the Yxecutive Mansion about a month when the door bell rang one evening. The Smiths were at supper—in the , personal friends and political adj ceived an Invitatt to the first charity ball in the Smith Smith family they eat breakfast In sion, the deep voice of the Governor tants at the Executive Mancio nu, home of one of those old famtties. He He got tn about 9 o'clock. He had administration there was @ great deal ceolve The Evening World, It may be had apon the following the morning and avener at ue eee mingled with shouts of boyish laugh- the eveni Wher Hedi Uimarceine=: his There was some com- been to the humbie home of un old of curiosity circles terms of subseriptions ¢ evening meal is suppe ter and splashing of water. After the and it < Mya the hve rcemne Bene a it in Albany soclety Albany friend about how the Han water 4 Governor went to the door and opened third interruption Al explained. fipeno taatton GHGNERG eter elrclencias nent s “T went out there,’ sald the Gov- front of the East Side would conduct One year, $10; six months, $55 three months, 62.40) ene it, “In this family,’ he said, ‘we ad- be, the children trooped Into the con. the Govern impelled him to ernor, ‘'because his two boys are go- . Bome people appeared to month, 85 cents, Address: A woman stood on the porch. She here to the custom of taking a bath ference room to kiss their daddy good 2 explanation ing sway to work to-morrow, and think that Al Smith might appear in Cashier, The Evening World, map pmDlycscitercaate every Saturday night whether we need night. Down in the Fourth Ward ‘I have been in Albany,” he sald, and they don't know when they will @ sack sult or a red necktlo Park Be New York, ‘Are you Gov. Smith?’’ she asked. it or not, Elver aince my boys were when the ch ‘idren were small they ‘‘for fifteen years. I have met all the be back. Years ago I jokingly prom- They found Governor to be «4 “I have that honor,” repiied the Governor. “I'm afraid you wil think me foolish,"* sald the visitor, ‘but I am Mre. So-and-8o, and a neighbor, and I want to know ff my little daughter 1s here.” “Bure,” answered Al. She's tn- side at supper with the family. Come in and give her the once over. The neighbor mother entered the Executive Mansion for the first time in her life and found her daughter In the seat of honor at the Smith sup- per table to the right of the Gov- ernor'’s chair. “I couldn't believe it,” she stam- mered, “although she is « truthful child. When she told me one of your daughters had invited her over to din—I mean supper—I have seen several Governors’ families come and go—well, I just had to come over and eee for myself.” On 4 Saturday night a distinguish. ed New York publicist visited the Executive Manston on the Invitation of the Governor to talk over the proposition of giving the Legislature the power to reorganize the State government. They were tn the Gov- ernor's study on the second floor. Three times during the conference Al excused himself and was gone about five minutes AL8O A SATURDAY NIGHT CUSTOM. During those absences the visitor heard, in a distant part of the man- TWO PICTURES OF AL SMITH AT THE TIME HE WAS PROVING DEMOCRATIC AS HIS PARTY NAME. Fourth Ward Boy WhoBecameGov Picturesque Life Story of “Al” Smith. by Martin Green. Underwood & Underwood oe enough to frequent a bathtub I always seid their night prayers at members of that family e@octally a ave youngest two having the hos boy of have been every my made It @ custom hose on them My mother came up to-day with the sister atu takin to turn rday nicht turned on them." Al Smith frequently conferred with Mra, erably re Glynn, from Brooklyn and he and my New ng turns in famil the their father's knee. number of tin This is the first time they have invited me to their home. Gov. Al Smith may be difter- ent from Assemblyman Al Smith to them—but nut co me." One evening the Governor tele- phoned from his office in the Capitol to supper. consid exclusive than that of The so-called first Albany are among the old tate, Soon after he was r, Al Smith re- to dine at the that he would not be home Albany has an aristocracy ‘The Charity Ball is the leading an- nual soclety affair in Albany, and tho Governor js the guest of honor, Prior man of dignity and reposs Standing In Bis box he received and greeted the people who had expected to meet some eort of « fre He had some- thing to say to each guest and he @aid the right thing every time. Members of the Albany 400 wondered if they hadn't been misinformed about the East Side of New York. Al Smith Hked everything connected with the duties of the office of Gov- ernor except the requirement that the Chief Executive of the State shall en- tertain requests for commutation of the death sentence in cases of convic- tion of murder. He {s of the opinion that {t Is an Injustice to put this re- e@ponsibility on the Governor; that re- quests for commutations should be handled by a specially appointed board operating along the lines of the Board of Pardons or that powers of the Board of Pardons should be extended to embrace the review of appeals from sentences to death. With the exception of Hamby, tho bank robber and arch murderer, every person sentenced to death In this State tn the Inst twenty yeare has appealed to the Governor for commutation of sentence. It has beon the custom of Governors to allow the death sentence to stand tn all cases where guilt was clearly proved and extenuating olroum- stances were lacking. Veteran employees of the Gover- nor’s office tn Albany have told me that Al Smith gave more time and at- tention to appeals from the death sentence than any other Governor in their recollection. His intensely sympathetic nature made him doubly susceptible to the pleas of mothers and sisters and he spent many unhappy hours patiently listening to those pleas. Several times he confeswed to his office force that he had been unable to sleep all night after consideration of THAT AN OCCUPANT OF THE EXECUTIVE MANSION CAN BE AS “” #Ppeal. He went over the record of every cane presented and thus, tncl- dentally, grounded himself in knowl- fsed those boys, who were little fel- edge of the criminal law. One of the lows then, that I would be their guest at their home when I was Governor Jed me of the promise this Judges of the Court of Appeals hax often said that Al Smith is as good 1 erlminal lawyer as there is in the Btate The Standard Dictionary defines TO OUT-OF-TOWN READERS: If you are not convenient to a newsdealer The Governor’s Intense Interest in All Pardon Appeals Made of Him a Very Learned Criminal Lawyer. clemency as ‘'Mildness toward offemé- ers or dependents; moderation {n the use of pow leniency; forbearance: mercy.” That was Al Smith's con ception, He sought for occasion te be lenient, forbearant and meroiful. It was not uncommon for him te devote a week or more to the study of @ single cass He would take the papera home with him at night ané bring © with him to New York when he visited the city, On one occasion he made @ special trip to New York to personally tn- spect the scene of a gang murder op the lower west side, He had been overwhelmed with pleas for @ com- mutation of the convicted murderer, @ young man whose family had beep friendly with the Smith family fer half « century “There is only one doubtful polmt in this case,’ said the Governor, “It reats in the testimony of a police of ficer, who describes ths escape of the murderer, On the face of the teatt mony, I do not believe the fleeing mam could have done ail the things the policeman said he did In the Iimited time he was under observation.” The Governor came to New York one afternoon and that night he visited the scene of the crime and went through the series of movements described in the policeman’s teatt mony, one of which involved jumping from a window. He found that the time set by the officer was ample. Returning to Albany that night he re fused the application for clemency the next day Ho suffered the keenest distress on the days of the execution of men whose lives he could not consctentiously save. Ho knew the day and almost the hour of the execution of every man that went to the electric chair during hir terma of office because the families and lawyers of convicted murderer kept bombarding the Executive untit the last minute, Some Governors have given scant heed to pleas following an announcement that the conviction would be allowed to stand. Al Smith entertained every plea and gave coun- sel every opportunity to produce new evidence. (Continued Monday.) id wish to re- F PERIL Fa MASTER MYSTERY STORY OF NEW YORK LIFE makes it clear that the invitation 13 ex- tended at’ Marys sug, e t 0 : f EDWARD VU. 2A “Yos, sir, T'w THE STORY TO DATE, t mo accident so 1 kep’ an and fiounced off, crossing the inner people together again in the after- phy and temperamental types me, but I must ery it. Durrane estion An’ I ain't satisfed ter keep thin ~ pcved thevata din ats milatio,, ee : ” —-—— * r em even move e 08 rool ithout even a glance at Stuart. noon. the scrofuletic, the lymphatic, and is erazy to marry you ROWN. the butler of the Fifth ia" Teale ete sree that Frank to myself. Tut what's the use o’ ma bit J Job I did, or L might Durrane waked slowly to his own "We must hold a sort of confer- the neurotic. Marlo Banhkirtweff Sho took this quite calmly. Avenue mansion of Anthony fing but she beiieves hu ae a ise: . ter old man Dixon, an’ Mr. never ha’ ketched Mr. Gaker's hair house, with bent head and eyes that ence,’ said Winter. “Brown, i'll tell and I © perfect examples of the “IT have known that a long time, CanCcrlund apdalGa ame VaniConanda deathicn Witie'ts only amid" as he wux goin’ down. But I'm gave no heed to his surroundings. you our secrets afterwards. Just now last-named, which is largely re- she said, “and I would not be his Lape b aaa (gate State tat edrpriiedll in) learn A friend of mine has Just turned derned if Mr. Durrane didn't draw At luncheon young people I want you to mount guard, If any- sponsible for Insanity and genius, wife if he were the only man left in Ployer dead and twelve guests |, Kae Dion has che whed@ news, UP and I have the greatest faith in away Ike an otter o return trip. spoke freely of Baker's eacape, One comes from the next house give Mr. Winter Is a vivid speciinen of the whole world.” ‘inconscious around a table where ine aper clipping showing his decoration his judgment ould you ike me Mr. Bak ed but Mr. though they no hint to Mr, us timely warning so that Mr. Fur- the scroful w is not prone ‘Luc ly for you and the mam you lurteen had gathered tor a convivial By ‘a French general with the croix {2.°s him to what you have to Durrane on'y went 6 faster, Dixon, sen! to any maliclous neaux may alip down to the kitchen, to insanity, but goes in for pugi- will wed, he is not.” celebrat f the Ace Club the might ae guerre. = though he must | Then intent on Durrane’s part. But he was where, T am given to ucderstand, he lism and wife-beating, and has never “Please carry your theories or sur- b ee ia ecientts e At a dinner to former Ace Club _rhe mountain lake folk of Mr. Bi 1'] on’, Ke manifestly tl at ense is courting Catherine.” been known (0 produce a genius a step further,” sald Stuart efore A goldfish in a bowl in the members Durrane excinine the thenry Nommnera. New, Stat Idom foo! ta trouble In “T ghall be glad when this atmos- When the door was closed behind Philip Durrane ts @ blend of the lyia- What {a the particular form . jom 1s floating. dead. A strang? odor 414) Van Cortlandt’s death was brought s2'0 *© Ctpress themselves openly be fr his hands, BY phere of tragedy iu dispell the butler, the Chief apoke, His aspect phatic and neurotic, a compound which of danger you fear for Miss Dixon?” | pervades tne room. about by an outsider NIC Eo ee Sees ne eu yerds and for all," he sald Irritably. ‘Is was grave, and, It may be, a trifle dis- Supplies nearly oll our most noted @'l—really—don't know. Furneaax t dubious headshake emphasized the er turned Bo I criminals, with a fair sprinkling of would give you @ dozen ingenious lunatics, Ho Is a Keen student of © pints, I am mot built that way. I certain class of erotic Iiterature. Maria cannot project myself into the brain- Bashkirteeft's ‘Journal,’ the letters of pun of w nourasthento, Hello, what's concerted » “T have vartous ttema of new "In the first place, ne of my ne to discover the d's death? Bross In~ bey ompetence of our detective system, ii, Capt. Stuart, an army officer, calls Stuart and Willie Dixon got to the fact, for Van Cortland to go for a ride wn Adirondacks with arms and amunition. Furneaux shows up in charge of Dur c P ! Central Park and discovers the state of //"Dea"" SUN Durrane takes the nothing being ise of Tony van Cortla hava often heard of th he Toyn rang men as soon as Dur- “T wouldn't make the this matter were not ¢ it he thought his _ nd be caught in F Stuart, looking the ot tua ‘ ‘i ‘Abelard,’ the ‘Confessions of Jean that efairs After talking with Morrison. place on the lake adjoining that of the ibaa ae TRS athe Peta and surely this 18 a Kenuine tnstance rane's letter reached him thla MOrB- jnequep Rousseau,’ the "Autoblogra. oA! a the chauffeur, Roberts, the valet, Ma- [ixons. cn wi. t He Ser O87 lot bl" ing. It contained some pecullar In- Shy of Benvenuto Cellina’ and other. 1ne 88es Souct launch,” said Wi rie, the maid, and Brown, Capt Stuart | Furneaux discloses to Stuart and 70“? . ony hat fe in Willie Dixon, as usual, rose to the structions, Do any of you recall the jimiar books are at his bedaide.”’ Rin 1 go and see whet talis Police Headquarters and in « tew Miss Dixon his theory that the murdet aseure you wil offered to tne hand toa Serine story of Mario Hashkirt- “tte paused. ‘There was @ slow “re nag only to cross the corride : was done by one of the members of “o0ur® le hands of the f Hie MEG MOR Aignitied step 4 corridor, The Sate uunutes a queer-lovking litte Man 49° the dinner party who was in love with “!!'N# pees chMnolls the A In that affair, pop.’' he sald. “I don't — Winter pointed the stub of is Clear jiitior Knocke 4, but opened the door 2M look out through a window oom pears at the mansion and introduces \fary Row Ir. Brown's r . e fe ean there ny graft, or that sort at Furneaux. “Y¥ m,"* he said ane ! the lake Namsell as Mr. Furneaux of the detecs Under Chief Winter's direction Wall yer sez it, tt one Winn of thing, t to wateh their “This paychi ts your ie ite ted, Mr. ,.Dureano alone.” he announced tive torce. . hands devote themselves to the solutinn ) Stuart t 1 to W Reise step. — Ye ’ ‘ that line."* I 2 wer OPS sowit Mr. Furneaux driving, of apt Stuart, chosen by Furne: to NS “ ~; te followed them to the boatman's hab r is © ‘Pony h 8 twelve . th se Purneaux.” he 7 P y Furneaux 2 of the mystery, keeping in mind the [ll Vs ha : t bad burety CoB 4 Furneaux bx with much grace Achein detective ‘ noury M Mary OHee, an i ons peculiarities of a neurotic individual, a 'tt wh eh oe dof f¢ OO ate t wariian end 1 are sons tind told the s of the Russian oer mind eran. oe hig trip may bring another | nds ec, of his death. pertorms former member of the Ace Club. nuilt_ on to the service wing: Wilson i zens, I'm girl's tragedy If ray of light,” sighed Winter, who waa the disagreeable task, but is impressed Ived there all the year round, acti Bt sen urranies¢ ‘4 ¢ “A pocket marvel, ain't he?! try: hand-wa F inter (Cal i cnest turbed by the unexpected by the fact that she shows ne deep CHAPTER XVII. earetaker during the winte ewnet Lala The Btieee GoneDy nj Raker como to Winter, surveying hia alde with p Ow Feb UN Bot Work’ BROOTA- ne to New York. “Meanwhile. Li nets 4s ide ce thieaun A Disquisition on Neurosis. His wife hapner out re Paul His name figured eyes, “When ho talka Uke UES CSA he returnea, MON Dixon, cam T occupy thie room typewntten note in which Van Cortlan T transpired, as the newspaper re- 1) ') ‘ Sat mid the ® J ivan # aware ventas D6 tie Mt It was evide the ‘Bans *O;night? y ler 7 ‘ party would be abuse - : Iv's my I st the less listening to the village schoolm It h : Certainly.” Let mo get you a bet- was told he could never marry Mary porter puts it, that there were quay ‘There ane ; tie - Ni al the afy the happier in Goldsmitt fouct” jaune as 80 n : . unged clothes doldsmith's . * K te vi others who shared Wille Dixon's at t ett be," \ nw Chief took for tht tc xs theory as that the mur- Ra who ahesod x : te ie ce t afer And stilt xed, and still the , No—I prefe *. It commands nunistering a knockout , opinions. Stuart had not reached ; 1 wn wonder gre Be" the yard, at x can reach me party and pounng the the house ber ¥ RestAKOR DY ; ke you did it 1 : 2 SOND That one head could carry Mr. easily if b aid tish bowl, admin ‘he boatman, who caught hiseye and "O's y et ket. y And here ive abe ng all he knew , Mr, Winter returned without Mary, eto Van Cortland, Held up a crooked # ‘ nquir oye Wintex ve y, Hug ey way | Mary tittered. It wae nearly hor Ae y was iV rine some a visit by Miss minn np raid the ; / top belath ols 1 in no hurry to | na li Me ae cane, Otst exherionce of the manner in zat .t sas sew nections Stuars er to Van Cortland ™an, in a tow tone, "I'd Ike ter hey Tie 10 n t t ver man are | om Capt. which this queer palr of dotectives \ which had been left { on in which the dead @ word with yer,"* 6 y in Itself of 1 ez how Learned any- Stuart, If mt. UT don't carried on a 8 of even the (ir mas aeront 4 i the Cblad fore ieee ; RT MILB A RIOROnER “Certainly,” sald Stuart, “but won't mueh slenif e to Stuart t Mr, D he Want iny xed up IN inmost serious t whieh hout four yan maue tight of the theatening note, y 1 h mi erious top) 4 r t heave rl overheat nversation iy YOu change your clothes first?" “Wind Chief, ¢ any m i dente, Well, we had to unde a the TURE iAe on eens aah rane Me h Montagu loyn says that Mary had a notion ez t pirhapsd Leander \W ( ft New Purrane “ ¥ c facts about 4 Mane t on Mahe . ae ae ) agreed to marry Van Cor } yer’ wouldn’t mind comin’ ton York h th He cert j t expect that Winter “Durrane picked , " 1 - aroly. lactis 4 . r ner trom tae ? y. We Kin talk Ikind 0! pri c , ap and of hers nt trait! : " a he “ her trom tad: m talk Icind priv . £ ‘ of he a r eal awa ure in a deal mn ¢ stocks the is? a f un “ a», with I don't kno hother it's a ry " i apy Crossity vet mander 4. told the others he would join ce h * What th ered: “You're or not, but h and his tonsion ‘ t ! ge with | causes the arre < who them. suortly, and ascompanied tov t - gizo for this dear, gourd ' ‘Op, that's r to Toyn requested tte deap whe ‘ stua id pleagantly has a toy he claims pper to the servants’ t Du what you a ther Vaul Smith's, Ita on the way ¢ in the Chir t i 1 Misa Dixon’ aw quite s. while Central | yi S surprised to r t f nany “Woll ' 1. “Why now." 1 ' neaux We guar land rt fi wet ping at through t wan a 1 this fas v ‘ a nay et ua, then, 5 Ur ' 1 rn t a he sure of made ti st, 18 $C the butle com, while f ing * chirped Purne om 1 ‘ y lier well-being after we leave for umining the ning and dies was scurrying i s \ 4the ot ' . tone caused tt ftog h ven New York ia why, tf the Corthind died “Wilson,” nt or 1 to 1 n ln 8 ously. of the 1 nt t girl e an't within the next Wille Dixon invites Capt. Stuart to he § t { . it ely tle and neurotic, a ¢ was 9 more sed, twen rhours, she, at least, muse stay in the Dixon fia: wile his father to tell t Dw ' A whieh we are Auppused te People haiteve h fin, © with us to-morrow eventng mister are in the Adirondacks and wccident to Mr t m us t pretty + ail tror ght the young is made up to three well ndeavor ¢ hem, Please for: (Continued Monday.) Y ay { j | a i i