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New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
+ aked Hold-Up to Cover
Deficit, Police Charge

Accused of pretending that he wal
held up in order TO steal the firm =
money, Martin n. Mullins, twentv-eg ght
years old. the manager of branch
store of Cushman's Sons, Inc. bakers,
CT Long Island. was arrested yesteY-
day and locked up on charge of grand
larceny in default of $4,000 bail
Mullins pleaded not guilty. but the
police say that he confessed to fax
ing the holdup III order 20 cover
previous shortage of $500 in the firms
money. At Mulins's home the de-
tectives found checks 10 The amount of
$50, which they say correspond to those
he had when he said he was robbed.
On Monday Mullins reported to the
police that while on his way to deposis
the store money in the bank his Ford
was held up by touring car contain.
ing three men. who forced him, at thu
point of revolver, to hand over his
satchel.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
Haggerty Had Told Thrill
ing Story of Hold
Up Men
Woman FurnishesClew
Door Is Ripped Of Box Office
Safe in Early Morn
ing Burglary

Peter Haggerty, thirty-tivc years old,
Of II West Sixticth Street, was arrest
ed last night. charged with grand lar
ceny in having been implicated in the
lobbery of $4,000 in cash from the safe
Of the Century Theatre, after the po-
lice had investigated his story Of hav
Ing been held UP and bound and gagged
by five men who carly yesterday morn
ing ripped open the safe.
Haggerty was found by a patrolman
outside the theatre at O'Clock yes
terday morning. He told Captain Nc
henna, OF the Fourth Branch Detective
Bureau, that he had left the elevator
at the eleventh floor. its last stop, and
was about to enter the boiler room on
the twelfth floor about 80 o'clock,
when two men stepped out of the dark
ness of the room with drawn rcvolvers
and ordered him to throw up his hands.
with guns against the back of his
neck, the watchman said. he was forced
Gown the stairs and into the elevator
and ordered to take his captors 30 the
ground floor. There. he continued. the
men took his revolver from his pocket
and with a key taken from the stage
wall opened the door and admitted
thfee others.
Haggerty said he was driven into the
box office. and while he stood with up
raised hands and facing the wall the
men ripped open the safe with a can
opener" as the large jimmy ike bur
glars tool is known. After getting
$4,000. from the safe, they forced him
to take them to the Office o. s. O.
Miller. The manager. on the third floor,
but they did not disturb the safe there
Returning 70 the ground floor. the
lntruders gagged him and bound him
TO chair ana then left, according to
the story: Haggerty said he managed
TO KICK the automatic clutch from the
door on the Sixty second Street side
or the building and roll tc the street
where chauffeur freed him before the
arrival of the policeman.
Detectives, when they returned from
an investigation, told Haggerty that
woman employe of the theatre had
SAID the watchman early in the night
admitted man with a scar on his
cheek. Haggerty thereafter refused
to answer further questions and was
arrested.
Two hold-up men-Edward Gillcn.
eighteen, of 70 Bank Street. and
Thomas Crawford, twenty-one, of 81
James Street-were arrested on Eighth
Street near Fifth Avenue, early ycster-
day, morning as they were rihng the
pockets of Paul Koch, of 55 Hanson
Place, Brooklyn. They wore held in
Sl,OOo bail Tor the grand jury
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
masses and against the privilege seek

masses and against the privilege seek
ers."
lie then pins the following medal for
political bravery upon his hero:
During the recent Mayoralty cam
paign he at least fought noblv to
drive from public Office the faithlcss
officials who had betrayed the public
INTO the hands OF the profiteers and
public eXpIoitcrs
II refer" writes the Mayor, by way
OF explanation, "to William Randolph
Hearst. the proprietor and publisher of
The New York American and 'The
Evening Journal two of the most
powerful and influential organs for the
rights OF the people in the city and
country"
Mr.. Hylan then tells of his earlier
acquaintance with Mr.. Hearst and of
how he found him to be "a true cham
plon Of the people and defender OF
their rights" and loyal, unselhsh and
patriotic" He also speaks of Mr.
Hearst's m my acts of charity, which,
he says, ARE not generally known. be-
cause modestly and quietly conducted -
The writer is not content to leave
MS subject after merely touching on
what Mr.. Hearst did for New York hy
>iSN'iiS MI 1iJ idll llS Mayor.
"tor many years" he writes, "Mr
Hearst has shown himself to De a fine
type Of sincere American, true to him
self and his fellow man, loyal to his
friends and. more than all, deeply and
intensely interested in the welfare and
progress of the people,
Too Few Mr.. Hearsts
He is man. he proceeds, "of high
attainment, big-hearted, unsellish and
constantly concentrating on the one
nigh purpose of securing for the peo-
pie an honest, just and equitable gov
nrnment. constantly cndeavoring to
lessen their burdens and to add to
their happiness, constantly striving to
obtain Fer them those rights of life
and liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness which our liberal institutions
were created to confer.
1t would be we'll for our peoplo and
thelr institutions and our country had
we IN our midst few more men of
the fearless type Of Mr. Hearst. The
lot of the workingman, the honest bust
ness man. the actual wealth producer
and the nation builder, whether on the
farm, IN the field. factory or place of
business. would then be much easier
the people happier and the cause of
democracy more secure and safe"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
| aE11rnany Opens
County Committee
To Women Voters
Amends Rules to Provide
Equal Membership ON
Executive Body

The Democratic County Committee
met at Tammany Hall last night and
amended its rules so as to admit
women into the organization. The
committee adopted the report of its
special committee appointed recently
to devise methods Of assimilating the
women voters with the regular organi-
zation. Alfred f. Smith, President Of
the Board of Aldermen, was chairman
Of this committee.
As the women had not been granted
the right Of participating in the meet
ings, there were none present last
and three other Democratic women ap-
peared at the wigwam after the meet
ing was over. Miss Donnelly expressed
her surprise to Representative Thomas
j. Smith, secretary Of Tammany Hall,
II at tho meeting was ended, and want
eo 10 know why the committee had not
waited until the women got here.
Mr.. Smith explained to her that the
women had only been allowed the priv
ilcge Of membership at the meeting,
but said that, had the committee known
that the women desired to attend. there
would have been different arrangements
made. Miss Donnclly and her COM
panions went away satisfied.
Article VI. of the rules and rcgula-
tions, relating to women as members
Of the executive committee, was
amended to read as follows:
"An executive committee to be COM
posed equally IN number Of male and
female Nom bers. as hereinafter quail
fed and speciicd, from each Assembly
district IN the County of New York,
and which shall consist of two mem
bers, each entitled to one-half vote,
from each Assembly district in the
county, with the exception of the 1st,
Cd 4th. 10th. Nth, 10th. 18th and 18th
Assembly districts, from each Of whiah
Assembly districts there may be four
members, each Of which shall be en-
titled 20 a onc-tourth vote, and en-
coptne also in the Cd, 5th and 10Th
Assembly districts. from each Of which
there may be SIX members, each Of
whom shall De entitled to one-sixth Of
d VOTE
The members Of the executive COM
mittcc shall be elected every year by
members OF The County Committee of
the districts.
The committee also unanimously
adopted resolution plcdging Tic cf
forts and energies of its members in
conducting the sale Of war and thrift
stamps.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
Wilcox to Glue Luncheon
For Hays Here TODAY

Will II. Hays, chairman of the pe-
publican National Committee. is ey-
pected back in New York today . fto,.
ms successful drive on the national
Capitol, where he met the Rcnublican
leaders. p>''''.a d II
William R. Wilcox, former chairman
OIL the national committee, has ar
ranged lunch for Mr. HAYS at the
bankers Club this afternoon, at which
Mr. Hays viii meet eX~Justice Charles
+. Hughes, Senator William NJ. Calder.
george w. Perkins, who had good
deal to Go at st. Louis in .elcctinr Mr.
Hays chairman; General Coleman Cl,H W il,, !,
FONT, Frank II. Hitchcock, Public Ser-
wee Commissioner f. j. II. Krackc
George W. Wickersham, A. r. Hort
member of the national committee from
Kentucky; Governor Goodrich of IN
diana, Samuel S. koenig, chairman Of
the Republican county committee.
Jacob Livingston, Henry l.. Stoddard
FRANK A. Munscy and Jacob II. SchiT
Governor Whitman was expected nt
the lunch, but has an official enrama-
ment that may keep him away.
senator Calder, as announced vcster
oay in The Tribune. will give a lunch
con for Chairman Hays at the Union
League Club tomorrow afternoon at
.ou CLOCK, at which viii be present
ntate Chairman George A. Glynn and
.he cnalrmen of the country commit
tees in this city and in Nassau and
Suffolk '''''
1t is understood that Chairman
Hays will confer to-morrcw WITH Sen.
ator Hiram Johnson. of California.
who has been in New York the greater
part OF the week California Republi-
cans. say that William II. Crockor.
member of the national committee q
from California, is likely to resign.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
last Side Dealer Held
AS Sugar Pro6teer
M.arkowitz Sold So Tons at
From 3 to lS Cents, Is
Charge

Another East Side sugar proiteerinr
case was announced by the New York
Federal Food Board yesterday. Max
Markowltz, q food dealer of PAL Piv.
lngton Street, is said to have confessed
that he sold, in four months fftv-
eight tons of sugar at prices ranpinc
from Is to Is cents a pound, and. in
addition. made combination sales
Papers in the case were forwarded r.
Washington last night, and the penalty
VIII be announced as soon as the
recommendation of the local board ;s
approved. -
Records in the case show that
Markowitz increased his business ;n
sugar from 300 pounds n wear to thn
rate of 34S,ooo pounds, and hired a fat
or two near his establishment for
storage; He got most of his stock
from the reliners, but. according to
his own statements. he had other
sources of supply, such as n woman
who went about in an automobilc
carrying five barrels at time.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
S Eulogy Of Hearst
Outdoes Hylan' S Best Style
Mayor, Writing From Palm Beach, Wakes ELOQUENT in
Bringing Out Publishers Nobiity-Politcal
Sharps See Presidential Boom

Close upon the heels of the an
nouncemcnt from Palm Beach that Mr..
Hearst might be induced to become the
next President of these United States
there has arrived letter from Mayor
lylan, the newspaper publishers fell
low vacationer in Florida. written os-
tenslbly to inform Morris Adler, of
267 Nicholas Avenue. Brooklyn, of the
nobility of the Hearst disposition.
Sc impressed was Mr.. Adler, who is
president of the Allied Boards of Trade
and Taxpayers Association. with the
Mayors character sketching ability
that he was lot content to let the mas
terpiece remain the property Of only
lew. With few appropriate lines
concerning his awakened interest in
that loyal. unselhsh and patriotic cit
lzen, Mr.. William Randolph Hearst"
he sent the letter to David Hirschfcld.
Commissioner Of Accounts.
Mr.. Ilrschiield must be credited with
an assist In giving the letter to The
world at large. When questioned about
SN'7.Ni 10y Hc HOucSJlN UlScIalmpQ
all credit, merely saying that he had
asked the girl to make some comics
OF the letter for The boys"
Letter Is Eloquent
Political sharps after reading the
eplstlc yesterday said they believed
that 1T was a considerably camouhaged
beginning Of a Hearst boom for some
thing. perhaps the Presidency. They
also admired its c)oqucnce, saying that
the genial at nosphere Of Palm Beach.
where Che Mayor is Illustrating with
Dudley Field Malone and the subject
OF his chant Of praise, was doing won
ders for the Mayors literary style.
Mayor Hylan opens with d political
discussion. reviewing the victory Of
last fan for The benefit Of Mr. Adler
and, from ,he rural scclusion of Palm
Beach, pointing the finger of scorn at
"plutocrats, proiitecrs and exploitcrs"
who attempt 20 make slaves of the
good common people
Then. having laid his barraee. he
sends CIR. Hearst over the TOP
"ln this connection" says this new
Boswell, 81 cannot help but think of
that splendid and honest gentleman
who for years has been a great force
Tor good in our city and country. con-
stantly battling for the rights Of the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
Will Introduce
Bill to Restore
The Convention
Measure Provides for the
Choice Of Delegates at
State Primaries
ISfnf CorYesponde1lcel

ALBANY. Feb. 28.-The bill restor-
ing the party convention system Of
choosing candidates for state Offices
and the judiciary will be introduced
tomorrow or Monday
The bill is No. 5. in printed form.
and the essential features Of it are as
announced in The Tribune more than
a north ago.
1t proposes that delegates to the state
conventions shall be chosen at the Off
cial primary. which the measure sets
back three weeks to he tenth Tuesday
before Election Day. One shall be
elected from each Assembly district, so
that the convention shall consist of
$50 delegates. The convention is to
meet the ninth Tuesday before cleo
ton, and the results of its dellbera-
tions must be filed with the Secretary
of State not later than the following
Monday.
Al the scandals OF the old conven
tio~s over contested seats is avoided
by the bill. which provides that all
contests shall be settled by the courts
and delegates to the convention shall
be duly certified by the Secretary of
State.
No provision is made for allowing
counties to determine whether they
want to continue under the direct pri.
mary system in selecting local officials
and candidates for the Legislature. as
was originally planned.
Provision is also made for voters
primaries in voting for a delegate to
the state convention to write beside
the name of the delegate candidate
their choice for any Or all candidates
for nominations. This instruction is
not legally binding on the delegate.
There is no chance of the bill, f it
passes both houses, OF becoming law.
The committee which drafted the bill
was made up largely of anti-W Whitman
men. The committee was appointed at
the instance Of Senator Elon IL. Brown,
the leader Of the anti Whitman forces.
The hackers of the bill declare that
there was no thought in .hc minds of
its trainers of taking Z slap at the
women. Senator Charles w Walton. Of
Ulster County. one oil the men who
drafted the bill, said that this sug-
gestion was absurd on it's face
'The women" said Senator Walton
will have as much choice in selecting
the delegates ass the men. And thev
can vote for members of their own
sex, if any Of them run in the pri-
maries. Furthermore, the bill has
been introduced in two other sessions
when the women did not have The
O
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
Hard Time for Movie
Extras, Says Legal Aid.
Society Has Received Many
Complaints of Oppressive
Conditions

By far the most interesting feature
OF the annual meeting of the Legal Aid
society, held yesterday at the Office of
ITS pres ldent. Charles f. Hughes. at 96
hroadway, was the discussion of the
problem presented by the humble NOV
ing picture superior extra. Under ex-
lstlng conditions, the lot of the movie
actor or actress, dependent mon the
chance engagement as an extra. in what
me movie director technically refers
70 as mob scene," is not ole to be
envied. ~ ~
Durlng the past year numerous COM
pialhts have reached the Legal Aid So
ciety OF eXuortionate commissions
charged by agents; OF fees taken with
cut any return whatsoever. and Of gen
cfaliy! oppressive conditions, which. up
90 uhlS time, nave gone uncorrected
Inc report submitted TO the society
urged that all agents engaged in the
WORK OF Supplying extra people for
motion picture work be properly
lcensed, and that standard form on
contract be adopted which would b.
signed Dy the companies, the agents
and the actors. The report was sjgned
6X John T. Little in charge of the
west Side Branch of the society where
most OF the complaints OF this nature
were received.
MI Hughes, in offering the report to
the society, said that, although this had
oeen particularly hard year on all
charitable organizations. the record of
the Legal Aid was particularly GOOD.
During 1917. he said, 2,G2O more per
sons had received assistance from the
society than in 1916. He declared
however, that if the high standards SET
by the organization were to be main
tanned more liberal support would have
to be given by lawyers and citizens.
The election resulted in nanjnr q
new board OF directors. to consist os
Charles f. Hughes, Charles F. Wiz
busch, John T. Pratt. Clarence {. Chan
nan. Carl l.. Schurz. Manfred u
Enrich, William NJ. Calder and Percy
Jackson -
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
Gas Kills Two Children
Three Others in Jersey City
Family Found Unconscious

Gas permeated tenement at BIS
First Street, Jersey City. yesterday.
The odor came from the nome of Au-
gust Ochlse, on the first floor. The
door was locked. Ncghbors got fire
men from Engine Company 4. who
broke down the door.
Harry Oehlke, ten years old. and his
SISTER, Anna, four, were dead in bed.
Their father, August; brother, VIII
lam. eight years old and aunt we're
unconscious The two former were
taken to St. Francis's Hospital. The
woman was taken TO Jersey City Hos
pital. She and August Qehlkc proba-
bly Will die The gas came from an
unlightcd stove in the kitchen.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
Shoes aradE Ships
And Sealing Wax

( Blow out the lantern, Diogenes!
Here's Aren't H. Schuyler, of Bayonnc,
N. J.
He sent letter yesterday 70 Magis-
trate House, in the Traffic Court, ex-
planning that Oh Wednesday night he
inadvertently ran into traffic post at
lloth Street end Central Park West.
Il am inclosing S5,'' he wrote, (Which
l trust Will be ample to repair what
ever injury l did to the post and lamp.
Wlll you or one OF your court clerks
let me know if .his arrangement is sat
isfactory and if the reimbursement is
suficient?'
Let those who arc mourning the ab-
aence of poetic justice in all earthly
affairs consider the monument to the
Prussian victories Of lS70-'71 at Daven-
port. Iowa. It's going to be cut up into
tombstones.
Not even the prospect Of chicken
less wedding breakfast can move Food
Administrator Hoover from his deter
mination that each hen must be pre-
served to do her bit in winning the
war.
A prospective bride Of Avondale,
Ohio, appealed to Food Controller
Blume for a warrant that would per-
nit her to kill fowl or two for her
wedding day repast. Moved by the
plea. Mr.. Blume wired Washington.
Yesterday the office of the national
food adm strat,on informed him that
no hen could possibly be exempted
from her egg-laying duty, even to at
tend wedding breakfast.
While in Russia George W. Jones,
of the Standard Commercial Tobacco
Company, sought an interview with the
Bolshevik Minister Of Commerce
Much diplomacy and tact had to be
cxerted before he reached that august
presence.
Mr.. Jones ,yaspcd when they met.
Only year or so ago the Minister of
Commerce had made the American sew
eral suits of clothes at his tailoring
establishment on Broadway.
He was more cordial in New York
than in Petrograd,' Mr.. Jones said.
There's woman in the pen who is
awful SICK" a court attendant told
Magistrate Groehl shortly after he as
sumcd the bench at womcn's night
court last night. She's all spotted"
len minutes later the woman was on
the way to the Willard Panker Hospital
and Board of Health physician, sum
moned in haste, was vaccinating the
magistrate, the court attendants and
all others in the room.
"SmallpoX," the ambulance surgeon
who examined the woman had BRO
nounced.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
Loyal Republicans Uyeed
To Agree on Candidate
[ SPECIAL { CorregD0udenrnI

MILWAUKEE. Feb. 28. - with two
Republican candidates, az-Goverrns
Francis AcCoycrn and Reprcgenfntive
Lenroot, in the field as "Joyalty' can.
didates for the scnatorship male
vacant By the death Of Senator Unst-
ing, the patriotic citizens Of the gtafo
were much worried to-day lest the
loyal vote at the April election be
divided and the place 70 20 man
who would not support the war.
1f McGoyern states firmly that he
Hili not yieid his candidacy IN fayos
IT Representative Leproot, Yho Is
o2eked by Governor Philip,
A. result of .he difficulty. call
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
News in Brief

The police have sent out general alarm
Tor Mrs. Rabecca Ecsstein. thirty eight years
old the vile OF Nathan Eckstein, IL woolen
salesman Of 6l1 West l35th Street. She
has been missing from u sanatorum in
Larchmont MANOR since Tuesday.
Police Lieutenant William Kennel will
celebrate his twenty-third year as the Mayor
guard to-day Aside from mis- regular vaca-
tions he has never lost a day from his post.
Willard A. Helms and John D. Gcidcman.
two Of eight motorcycle policemen charged
With neglect Of duty, following their invcsti-
cations in the Ruth CruRer case. were tried
by Deputy Police Commissioner John A.
Leach at pSliee Headquarters. The two pa
trolnen pleaded not guilty. The Deputy
Commissioner reserved decision.
The annual commencement exercises of
tho Salvation Army Training College were
held at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church. Commissions were awarded 70 ! II
cadets.
a series OF patriotic rallies is TO be held
throughout the country this month in ccle-
bration of the sixth anniversary Of the
starting Of tn, Camp Fire movement More
than 2.oOo Camp Fire Qirls are expected to
attend IT rally at the list Regiment Armory.
~ ATLANTIC PORT a merchant ship
~ 400 tons Is on II reef off this port <
~rcekii-> tug i standing by. waiting for
high tide To pull her off Reports indicate
tnat the vessel is not damaged.
4 class in Murine engineering for the
lfhHuhg o. narn Tor service in The merchant
marine wil be opened ut the Bushyick
tvcnina Trade School, 100 irving Avenue.
BROOKLYN N"pii@st'"'4 for ruembershin
ouid be made on Mondays and Wedncs-
days.
CALDWELL. -. i Mrs. Anna Steiner.
of Lore Lime, Gedar GROVE. died from pto.
maine poisoning at The Mountninsidc Hos.
pital, where she was taken February IS.
Her two daughtcrs died two weeks nRo
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
Justice Will Beat Kaiser

Germany VIII not win the war be-
cause her cause is not right, the Rev.
Arthur T. Fowler told members of the
Rotary Club at a lunch in the
Hotel McAlpin yesterday afternoon.
Doctor Fowler was speaking on "Our
Unfinished Task-the Larger Amer-
canism." He said:
Germany is wrong. God did not
base this world on lie; and because,
in the last analysis, right and justice
allies will conquer in the end" Will
liam II. Brady, president of the club
presided.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
Plan Meetings for Prelate
Gatherings to Honor Arch
bishop of York, Ex-
pected Daily

The Archbishop of York, digntary Of
the Church OF England, whose arrival
IN New York is expected daily. will be
the guest Of honor at number of pa
triotlc meetings. One OF the largest
will be that held at Carnegie Hall on
Thursday evening, March 7.
The Carnegie Hall meeting will be
under the auspices of the Committee
of One Hundred and Fifty, of which
the honorary president is Bishop David
II. Greer OF the New York Diocese.
Governor Whitman and Mayor Hylan
arc members OF the committee.
There is TO be no charge for tickets.
save for the first and upper tier boxes.
the receipts from these being sufli-
cient TO dcfray the expenses.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
Held for Jewel Robberies

Sarkis Malkonian, arrested in COM.
pany with two women on " ednesday
night as one of the jewel robbers who
gained entrcc into homes by posing as
window cleaners, was arraigned yester-
day ON a charge of grand larceny be-
fore Magistrate Blau in Harlem Court,
and held in $4,000 bail tor the Grand
Jury. Some of the ieweirv has heen
recovered, and has been identified as
the prof. Lerty Of Mrs. Hamilton fisnl
BENJAMIN and Mrs. William Bayard
Hale.