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New-York tribune., 1913-02-23
Scandal Came as CRATER Failed.

IF YOU read the headlines in the New
York press and nothing else, IL would be
impossible TO attempt to de.,nd the Police
Department. But If YOU read the actual
facts that have been provided the Police
Department don't need very much de-
fence in the minds OF thinking people. AS
long as the CRATER and the scamp were
allowed TO sell protection and deliver the
protection which he had sold. everything
went along peacefully and quietly; moth
ing was said Of any wrongdolng. II
was only when a condition was produced
where, when the CRATER sold protection.
he could not deliver it. that We had po-
lice scandal
Every event that can be construed as
scandal has been a'result of the fact
that the CRATER could not deliver what
he sold The client against whom he
appeared told how he had not gotten what
he had paid for. and then We got IN"
scandal Of twenty years ago. One man
got up and denounced the Police Depart
uent for what had occurred twenty years
ago II is bad enough TO be responsible
for the Individual acts of ten thousand
men, Dul III u lll'l' HIoi' '""" -" ~
expected To hold a man responsible FOR
the wrongdoings before he ever knc"
there was New York police.
"If Won men would all get together and
work TO eliminate the few WronSdoeis
which remain In the department YOU
vould do more for this city than can b."
dom. bv all the investigating committees
nat have ever been formed or may be
formed.
When YOU are dealing with ten thou
sand men YOU must expect certain
amount of wrongdoing. You VIII nave
that i'm every profession In ever! CLASS
Of society. in every line Of human en-
deavor You cannot get together ten
thousand men and guarantee that not one
Of them will ever do anything wrong.
The man that expects Ia get together tel
thousand men and guarantee they wont
do ANYTHING wrong, is looking for an
ideal which isn't possible. When human
nature becomes so perfect that We can
gather together number OF men OF that
volume that will do nothing wrong then
We wont need any police.
Lieutenant Enright before introducing
tn. speakers gave expression to the feel
ings of the force under the lash OF criu-
cism Sensational accusations have mixed
with fiction and plain lies TO poison the
mind of the public and hold up the police
TO scorn. he said. and yei under the spot'
light Of a most searching and critical in
yestieatiop the honor, honesty and BRAY
cry OF these ten thousand devoted men
stood clearly revealed.
New-York tribune., 1913-02-23
MUST Be PATIENT
WITH MEXICO TAFT
Confined from first page.

fight because Of this is too absurd 10
talk about. Not even the statement of
grave and reverend Senator can make
such n possibility any more than 4
joke"
When President Taft arose 10 speak
he was greeted with long cheering and
the waving Of napkins. every one
standing The cheers for the Presi-
dent were suggested by Andrew Il.
Humphrey, general secretary of the
American Peace and Arbitration
League. and they were given with a
will. 4 toast was drunk standing and
the orchestra played the Star Span
gled Banner"
New-York tribune., 1913-02-23
Taft Says "Goodby."


dent referred to the Mexican situation.
In closing his remarks he said farewell
in these words:
Now. my friends. good night aud
goodby. am going back 10 Washing
ton to lay down such power as have
had-a power which | have been glad 10
exercise. whenever could. i'm the cause
of peace. and / leave YOU with most
cordial expressions for your apprecia-
tion OF what have done. and in taking
the will for the deed
Henry Clews. as toaStmastcr. referred
To President Taft as the first great
world ruler to promuIgate treaties be-
tween all nations
This has placed you in the forefront
of real peacemakers. he sald. AMI
will stand out in your administration
for all time as one Of the brightest
stars i'm the realm Of Christian ciViliza
,ion. For this reason. sir. representa- q
tiyes of more than forty peace ana
civic organizations have assemblies
her. tonight 10 greet YOU and To wish
YOU the long life and happiness whicn'
IN the hearts of your cOuntrymen, YOU
will carry into privatel ife.
Mr.. Choate's Little Joke.
Al, eboat.. in presenting the medal To
pr.sid.n, Taft. said he intended 10 pin i
ON him. but could not find his breast.
..you'u have To stand up To receive
This " N. said To the President lie also
rronouuced the title Of '"rhe National In
s,Itute Of Social Sciences" unctuously,
and referring To the medal. said:
This. sir. is something worth haVlnS'
II &c a medal-a solid gold medal-whi"h
you are to hand down to your children
your childrcn's children. and your chill
dreu's children's children
Lob r.. Hedges. tn. last speaker said ne
wouId surrender whatever title I" hunoi
he had to Mr.. Choate. To whom he re
f.rred As the greatest living amba ssa-
dor He WAS interrupted with applause
when ne spoke of the wife of the Presi-
dent as MIR Taft's most exquisite help
mate"
"peopIe cannot b. loved unless they arr
capable Of loving" he said. IN eNplaha
tlon of why the President Is held IN such
esteem by the peace advocates. lie ADDED
Arbitration Is the surrender OF pride
to the morality OF human life, and closed
bv saving that Mr.. Taft had arbitrated
his actions with his conscience
The other speakers were Domlcio ia
CANA. the Brazilian Ambassador: Dr.
John H. Finley. president of the College
of the CITY of New York, and President
Wheeler of the University of California.
Others who sat at the guests table with
The President were &. X. Macauley; Major
Louis Livingston Seaman, president OF
the China Society of America; William
ridden. president OF the Union League
club OF Philadelphia; Oscar ;. Straus'
Major Thomas l.. Rhoades. j. Van Nech-
ten Olcott. Samuel w Fairchild Chester
: Lord. Alton T. Parker. 81. clair Me-
K.lway. DR.. J. B. Remensnyder. General
lanes Grant Wilson. Charles ID. Hiies,
william r. NcCombs. Andrew Il. Hum
phrey. John A. Stewart, Hamilton Holt
and Walter l.. McCorkle.
New-York tribune., 1913-02-23
Fine Welcome for Mccall.

Mr.. Mccall was received with an APP
plause only second TO that accorded TO
Commissioner Waldo for whom the
diners rose amid cheers and the whirr OF
police whistles from the nine hundred
men present. The galleries were filed
with women relatives and friends of po-
lice officers
President Taft came 10 the dinner tow =
ard it, close. lie told the police lieuten-
ants he had always had confidence in the
New York police and knew il was always
ready To do it's duty. lie added he would
I've in New Haven and would have fire.
quent opportunities 10 see them again.
Tn. whole force from lieutenant up.
was represented. Dennis Sweeney the
indicted inspector. sat at table No. -, and
among the swarm of captains, inspectors
and lieutenants who went To him in the
course Of the dinner TO shake hands and
exI ress their faith in him Were Inspector
Cornelius Hayes and former Inspector
Smiling Dick" Walsh
Lieutenant Enright. president Of the as
sociation, was POSTMASTER. and with him
at the speakers table were Commissioners
Waldo. Chairman Edward l.. Mccall
Fire Commissioner Johnson. Dudley Field
Malone and the Rev. Francis j. sullivan.
Among the guests of honor were Biz
BIZ DeYery. the four Deputy Police
commissioners Borough President Steers
George Gordon Battle. chief Inspector
SchmittbergcT. Herman \. Metz and com
manding officers of militia regiments
Lieutenant Bill Kennel and lAeuten-
ants Enright and Van Buren, received
the guests of honor and escorted them
10 their places preceded 3y drum and
nfes.
Commissioner Waldo appeared to be- re
garded by the diners as the principal
speaker of the evening. He was intro
duced by Lieutenant Enright with an ay-
alanche Of praise as "A soldier. a polico-
man. comrade. as the man with red
blood and human impulses
With a brief allusion 10 the strenuous
time OF defending itself through whicn
the department passed after the taXicab
robbery early in 1912. the Commissioner
took w the storm that broke on tho po-
Ilcc last summer He said
New-York tribune., 1913-02-23
TRIBUTES TO WASHINGTON

Washington. Feb z2.-WashIhgtoH
Birthday anniversary was celebrated TO-
day in the House and Senate despite the
pressure of public business. In the SEN
ate Senator Brandegee. of Connecticut.
road Washincton's farewell address,
which took nearly fifty minutes
Wreaths were placed on the tomb OF
N.sbington. AT Mount Vernon. by the
George Washington Birthday Associa-
tion and the George Washington Masonic
Memorial Association.
New-York tribune., 1913-02-23
Peace Societies Represented.

The organizations represented were the
American Peace and Arbitration League
the National Institute OF Social Sciences
American Committee for the Celebration
OF One Hundredth Anniversary OF Peace
Among English Speaking Peoples Amer
icsn Association for international Con-
New-York tribune., 1913-02-23
President Is Honored.

Il am greatly honored by this tcsti-
monial from forty-eght societies bent
upon international peace" President
Taft said. "and I appreciate in my
heart your coming together and giving
mo this evidence of your approval. But
I cannot restrain slight sensc-per-
haps more than sliSht-of obtaining
goods under false pretences, in this,
that what YOU are testfying to is ap-
proval Of what ! said. But it SO hap
pens IN the modern political arrange
ment that approval has 10 come some
times for what we say and promise and
are not always able to accomplish.
Il hope the future is not far distant
and with possible change in the merh-
bership Of the Senate, and with a
providential selection perhaps. tha:
body may come to approve of the
peaceful principles which we advocate.
We are surely coming. if not already
AT the point. where every matter relat-
ing To war should he first referred 10
negotiations. and then To arbitration.
Under Il Christian era We are able to
adjudee all differences between indi-
viduals and We certainly ought TO OK
tend ii To all nations. Arguments can
he made that war is sometimes bene-
fetal. that il gets rid Of tyranny.
among other things. but we are now
reaching a time in most parts Of The
world when governments are becoming
more or less perfect. and we can deal
with nations logically, sensibly and
with the recognition of the necessity of
universal peace.
Despite the dictum of the Senate or
any one else. the United States is the
greatest agency. made 81 by God under
circumstances. the greatest agency for
peace in the world We speak of the
Monroe Doctrinc-I don't care what
doctrine YOU call it, | don't care what
limitations international scholars get
out Of it--all | want To get ont of IT is
that we owe more than a personal re-
lation with countries on this hcmi-
sphere. And we ought to cultivate this
relationship so as to be able To prevent
the instability which leads 10 reyolu-
tions in some Of these countries. The
South American countries are now on a
firm basis. | am glad To- say. and We
may look TO them To help ms In such
situa tons
New-York tribune., 1913-02-23

ers feared would confess. They re-
ceived $50 to 500 each and were told
to get out of town. They got.
Among the missing was one who
hung out in saloon in West l2Jth
street. and who also collected for the
police. He, like two OF three others
merely acted for the official graft COL
lector, who had too many places on his
list.
The proprietors of nearly all the
smaller stores believed the money they
paid went direct TO Inspector Sweeney.
4 few said they understood the money
went TO Tammany men.
Captain Walsh was equally aston
shed at the number OF places that paid.
He said that he never thought that any
one would have dreamed of grating on
the places unearthed by the District
Attorneys office.
Eight Collectors for Sweeney.
Mr.. Whitman learned there were eight
collectors who used Inspector Sweeney =
name to eXtort tribute. Two OF the
names he had never heard of before.
Four are now under indictment. Some
collected on commission basis. as al
like handbook men. collected merely
for the privilege OF being allowed 10
violate the law themselves.
The stool pigeon" used by Inspector
, Sweeney to learn of the existence of
gambling houses-not to raid them. but
to graft on them. il is charged-will be
! a witness before the grand jury this
week. Both he and his wife will tes-
! tify that a certain lawyer approached
! him and told him To leave town before
his story could reach the grand jury 5
ears.
! Despite denials OF some of her
friends. Rose Hertz is expected by the
District Attorney To lay bare her
knowledge Of graft on the East Side
south of 14th street. after she is sen
fenced tomorrow for keeping a disor-
derly house. She has a year in prison
facing her. and all this she is likely 20
get, and almost certain to serve, if she
does not confess as she promised.
This promise she made through a
member Of her family. who told the
representative of the District Attorney
that her dealings with the police ex-
tended over many years. and that she
had paid about $4,000 in graft to in
spectors and captains of police who
We're stationed on the lower East Side
| She has documentary proof of all
her payments, il is said. and during
| Commissioner Waldo's incumbency al
! Police Headquarters she is said to have
borrowed $4,000 from "a high official al
] Police Headquarters. She gave heI
diamonds as surety.
| Another form Of graft called 10 the
attention Of the District Attorney yes
terday was that Of a private detective
agency which had one man who did
nothing but visit hotels and have them
sign a slip. At the end of the month
! the agency got big sums OF money from
each hotel, the proprietors believing
they got immunity from arrests in re-
turn.
! Ii is believed that if the Appellate
Division does not sustain the appeal OF
ex Inspector Cornelius j. Hayes. in his
efforts to get back into the Police De-
/ h. h. =. :
his former associates.
New-York tribune., 1913-02-23
AT GUANTANAMO.

Guantanamo. Cuba. Feb. 22.-The United
States battleship Connecticut. which left
New York on February - - red here
to-day.
New-York tribune., 1913-02-23

one of the honorary presidents OF the
league, did not attend, and neither did ne
ennd a mesSage.
New-York tribune., 1913-02-23
ARE you ENTERTAINING?

Talent for all socis. concerts ano
entertainments will :. fotn,- or page z,
part 5.-Advt.
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THAYER uPHoLos SHERIFF
WHO FLoGGEp PRISONER

Declaring that he was instructed by
the board of prison inspectors Of the
first judicial district to fog Chun
Duck Soon. the slippery Korean who
has been giving the authorities no end
of trouble, High Shireff Henry yes
terday answered charges brought
against him by Attorney George A.
Davis. The charges were presented
TO Governor Frear who turned them
over to the consideration of Attorney
General w. w Thayer. Davis al
leges. in the main. that Henry VIC
lated the federal law in flogging Chun
Duck Soon. -. II.
Attorney General Thayer stated
that the federal law applies only to
prisoners convicted and sentenced I'M
der federal statutes. He further
quoted from the territorial statutes,
pointing out that the prison sommis-
sioners are empowered to prescribe
such punishment as may be deemed
necessary. 49,. .'. .<....
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JUDD'S BILL FOR new STREETS
Meets HEARTY Commentator

The select committee OF Oahu
senators found time Yesterday after
neon to go thoroughly into the merits
OF S. B. III, a bill introduced by
Senator Judd, apd one which will
make il possible for Honolulu to
widen her streets and otherwise i'm
prove them and become a city heauti-
full. James A. Rath. head worker of
the Palama district, was present and
expressed his hearty cooperation
with the plan for better streets as
outlined in the bill.
After Senator Judd had given a re-
sumo of the scope of the proposed
act, and had shown the committee
men 4 prospectus drawing he had
had prepared, which displays the ad-
vantage to the city's health and APP
pearance the improvement contem-
plated by Senator Judd and rendered
possible by the ill will make, the
committee decided to report favor
ably on the measure.
Senator Judd stated that this bill
provides means of giving the city
fee simple title to lands now pri-
vately held and needed for streets,
and that second bill. setting out
specifically the manner of obtaining
the money necessary to widen or
open streets was in the course of
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claimants" also. taking them to Mr.
Kalakiela The claimants paid di.
reetly to said Toyokawa from twenty
five cents to one dollar for a claim
and he, the said Toyokawa. was to re-
them, in the event of the payment OF
f., their claims by the government.
S. That the Advertiser based its ar
ticles of graft" upon the statements
| of Capt. Piltz and Mrs. Amoe McGreg-
Tor. ..' IL
6. That the Crossroads founded its
editorials upon the statements of the
Advertiser. .......
Answers to. the Resolution
In answer to the said resolution,
directing ito inquire into such
charges, and by whom, and on what
authority they were made" We beg
leave to say, that from the evidence
the charges were made by the Pacific
Commercial Advertiser and the
Crossroads; that the Crossroads
founded its editorials" upon what the
Advertiser had said, and the Adver-
tiser based its charges as hereunder
set out, mainly upon the statements
of Capt Piltz and Mrs. Amoe MeGreg-
or, which statements were. conclu-
sively proven to be untrue by said
Mrs. Capt. Piltz and. Mrs. Cecilia
Sharp. .-..->. ...s H.
In reply to the request, Ito make
thorough Investigation as to the truth
or falsity of said charges we re-
port, that there was no graf"
the Honorable Kalakiela never at any
time, for consideration or otherwise,
agreed or promised to sell his vote
upon any banana claim" whatsoever.
That the statements in the Adver-
.tiser of February Is, 1913, that g" =
the wife of Capt. Piltz . : when she
had signed, Hon. Jack asked her to
produce two dollars She hesitated
and then thought she should have
first consulted her husband, Hon.
Jack told her that if she did not take
this course and her claim was settled
in the Legislature, he, the Hon. Jack,
would charge twenty-five per cent of
the amount awarded her for the loss
of her trees . 3" are denied by Mrs.
Capt Piltz, for she testified that she
paid the two dollars willingly and that
she made no complaints to her hus-
band of the treatment she had receiv-
ed from Mr.. Kalakiela; that she new
er talked about a twenty-five per
cent" commission with Mr.. Kalakiela,
and that she said to her husband,
Capt. Piltz, 80 Papa, look what
you have done; here is my name in
the paper and he says. "Oh, my, is
it?" and | said Yes, look" and
threw the paper across the table to
him, and he looked and he was mad"
That the editorial of the said Ad-
vertiser, in its issue of February Il,
saying "* rur Kalakiela admits
without shame that he has been COL
lecting graft fees 80, is not cor
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preparation and would soon be intro.
dGced. BY the terms of these bills
majority Of the property owners de-
string TO improve their streets can
force the Improvements 20 be made,
the cost OF which will be borne by a
light assessment on the land i'm.
proved, and will cover a long period
TO make the cost less burdensome.
II is provided. also. that streets
bonds may be issued to raise money
for the improvement work. The en-
tire act is patterned after the statute
of Denver. which has proved highly
successful.
MIR. Rath stated that it would be of
great benefit to several consested
districts, where disease is believed
10 spread because of the i'll condition
of the streets. -.
DR.. Pratt of the territorial board
of health was not present at the
meeting, though he expected TO be.
He sent word, however, of his hearty
approval of the measure. ~~
1T is the most important piece of
legislation before the senate" he
stated. Every citizen should take
IAN interess. in seeing it become en-
acted. 1t will mean a great deal to
our public health and to the better
appearance of the city
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10 table 5. E. 81 ladopted).
From judiciary committee on 5. II
G. 81. reporting that matter contained
in communication has been covered
il bill introduced prohibiting reckless
driving. /. ~
Deferred Action
Fl. b. 1873, deferred April 8.
H. B. 1919, deferred April 8.
II. B. 14S, deferred 2 o'clock.
Gov Mess. No: IL, deferred tomor-
row - .- 49,.
S. b. so, deferred April Z.
IS. B. SO, deferred April Z. .~-
Communications .:...a.
From Mayor Fern, submitting re-
port of his administration. Filed.
From governor. naming commits
sioners to investigate the financial af-
fairs of Hawaii county. ..-
Afternoon Senate - -.
The senate passed through third
reading this afternoon H.'B. 14S, with
out the amendments proposed by Sen.
ator Makekau yesterday. The meas.
ure is to allow the supervisors travel
ing expenses. =. -
Word was received from the house
that it had failed to concur in the
amendments made by the senate to
H. B. pol, which relates to the salaries
OF county officers. Representatives
Watkins, McCandless and Kaaua were
appointed by the house. and Senator's
Writ, Cbillingworth and Iaukea from
the senate as conference committee.
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still, he having run for election as
representative and having been
elected more or less upon the ban
ana claim" issue, it was his para,
mount duty, after his election as
such representative, to prepare and
present said claims to this legisla-
ture, without entertaining thoughts
of monetary remuneration. =
/ And though the evidence adduced
before your committee is not suffi-
cient to warrant the expulsion or
suspension of the Honorable J. s. Ka
F; lakiela from the floor of this house.
still we hold that the Honorable J.
6, Kalakiela was indiscreet and
showed very poor judgment in charg-
! ing and accepting fees for the prep
aration and filing of said claims, we'll
knowing at the time that upon the
floor of this house he would be called
upon to vote either for or against the
measure appropriating funds for the
payment of said claims. '... =.
AS to the reports circulated in the
newspapers of the city, though not
substantiated in all instances by the
evidence before your committee, neV-
there was cause for the people to
express through public opinion, a de-
sire to have this matter brought to
light, and therefore attach no blame
to the press in general.
We would recommend as follows:
That while We do not believe that
there is sufficient cause to have Mr..
Kalakiela expelled from the house,
we recommend that he be censured
by this house; and H..
That the resolution, upon which We
were authorized to act In this mat
ter. be placed on file. g.. -
Very respectfully submitted, 4
49,. ". J. SHELDON.
=. Chairman.
. J. H. COMFY, ~
-. Member.
A. F. TAVARES,
Member.
J. NJ. POEPOE,
Member.
J. X. PAELE,
Member.
Dated, Honolulu, April 4, 1913.