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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-02

During this period the congress- viii
lhave s&ns0pportunity to make similar
p~srrnaHSnSa hrovisions ana reaulations
With regaE1sglto all goods destined tor
interstate scomynorce and to exclude
them fro1n Interstate shipment, Sif the
requiretnsntss ofsthe law are not colA-
piled with. 81 4sSas Il
Would Kegfnlate StofAEes
I also er$IiSMs my decentralization
thatSthe cpnkttss} poSs q lA~W4reEulat-
ih9s colo ~ u "a fegulatsd Tor
example, ny the laws q the state OF
new Jersey, which limits tho time
0urln1 Wnich may De kept ~
storage prsssrlDes 4. ~ method Of
q them II kept beyond the
perrnitteq period y reqntres that
goods from STORAGE 3 IN!
an as,r cases . oeaT me asss, of e.
-ceipt. u Woula naateraAliy add 70, tne
s~erviceability Of the Law IL 1t were
also Prescribed that al goods 2
leased from storage 9 interstate
snapnaent enoaid nave plainly MARKED
npon eacQ packae the selling OF
get price ct which theys went into
storage.
q! wouid aiso renew my recommen-
aatlon nat az poo oestineo TOT
case, wnere their form OF package
make II possible, pc plainly marked
WIN tne price az wnlcn they lett the
hands = the producer:
we snould m q law re4uir-
lns g heoeral license q SaA corpor-
atlons q intefstate COM
MERGE ana IN the license
speclnc suiatio ! go
US competitive seHing q preven
~nreasonao pronts IN the metnooa
u. masKetlng. Ill
F4. ~ g. IAhnP 0nMS3kf0nO ~ 81 81 4a
No one who has observed the march
note the absolute need OF q definite
program to bring about an Improve
ment i'll the conditions. Of labor.
There can be nj settled conditions
leading to increased production and 9
reduction In the cost Of living II
labor and capital are to be antagonists
instead of partners. The real antidote
Is not suppression but q deep con,
s~ideraticn Of the WRONGS that bese'
our national life and tho application
OF q remedy. Z
Congress had already shown It:
willingness to deal with these indus
trial wrongs by establishing> the
eight hour day as the standard ii
every field Of : labor. It must nov
S90S . ~SSSS 6OAAA
inc characterization Of industry
based upon the full recognition Of thu
right Of those who work. in whatever
rank, to participate in some organic
way in every decision which directly
affects their welfare. 1t is with thil
P Fsnd, ns in in mind +, that ! ] sailed. called = con =,
December 3ogss ,a r., ! ! to to. consider inside these these rs,'t,
the. idea Of bringing about . bette'
understanding between these two in
terests.
The great unrest throughout tn
world, out Of which has emerged
demand for an immediate consider
alton of the difficulties between CAPT
tai and labor. bids us put our owl
house in order.
To analyze the particulars in tn,
demands Of labor Is to admit the Jus
tice Of their complaint in many mai
tiers that lie at their basis. TIL
| rs - Nfarf fnHY nWrN% " hinN m IyNA n
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-02
No Particular Work
Before County Board

No matters Of particular Importance
Grand Forks board Of county COM
lniissioners in sessions$today. N
The morning and Afternoon ses-
sions were taken up chiefly with the
transaction Of routine business mat
tera 5.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-02

was under way today in an effort to
determine II more than the three pa
tents known TO have lost their lives
were trapped in the building which
was burned to the ground last night.
countedMfor.
The flames spread no rapidly that
the main exit was cut OF before forty
OF the patients could be: removed and
they were taken out through second
story windows.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-02
Membership comnittee
Meet. Thursday Neon

A: meeting and luncheon OF the
membership COMMITTEES Of the Grand
Forks Commercial club will, be held
Thursday noon at sthe Hotel Fred
erick. ne
Further efforts to enlarge the
membership of the club will be taken
up at that time.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-02
Wineman Now Trails
A Lost Time Teller

J. B. Winernan, chief scout for lost
now on the trail Of a watch given by
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-02

Herald Want Ads Bring Results.
Herald Want Ads Bring Results.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-02
Read What He Did Since.
!: He Left North DAKOTA :

100 bushels of oats to the acre, and so
bushels of barley. I purchased an addi-
tional quarter section. The crop I reap
ed from this farm with 40 acres in Gull
tivation will pay for it according to
market prices, with $500 v e for my
own USE"
Prosperity speaks for itself in this let
ter. And Mr.. Manson will continue, as
will thousands Of others in Western
Canada, to prove that it is the Land of
Prosperity: j
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Picked for a
Hard Job

Time and again in his career this has
happened to the man, and may be one rea-
son for the violence of the dislike that a
certain element in the Police Department
processes to feel for him. Department off
Gals embarking upon police reform have
always looked about for the most efficient
and trustworthy instrument for accom-
plishing this reform. Almost invariably
they have chosen Costigan, and each time
he has investigated and returned with the
bald, unpleasant truth. That may be one
reason for the fact that certain element
has always been eager to fill the ears of a
new Commissioner with abuse of Honest
Dan"
Costigan plunged into an investigation
Of the "transfer ring" returned with the
information which led to its collapse and
went on with his work. having done his
duty by the department. and made few
more enemies in consequence
Ccstigan not to be removed entirely
from contact with the transfer system over
which he had cast so salutary an influence.
Under Deputy Police Commissioner Alex
ander r. Piper he was placed in charge of
transfers and assignments, and remained at
this post in Headquarters for year or
more.
His work was not confined entirely to the
routine labor of this department. Occa-
sionally he returned to detective work,
usually to investigate complaints Of police
men against unfairncss III the force.
When the present chief magistrate,
William >McAdoo, became Police Commits
sioner, in 1905, Costigans feet were set
firmly on the lower rung of the ladder by
which he climbed higher and higher in the
department until Enright took the ladder
away.
Under McAdoo he was assigned to the
Commissioners Office and, later to the first
vice squad that the police force of the city
ever organized. Lieutenant William j.
Eggers commanded this body, and Costigan
was his lieutenant With the hearty sup
port and cooperation of the Commissioner
they did tremendous work toward clean
ing up city that needed cleaning up badly
Hitherto Costigan, agent against
vice, had been one individual bucking
ramified and we'll organized system. Now,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Up and Down in a
Political System

Many of these protests were so loud A..
emanated from such influential sources th,.
their echo reached the ears OF Mia.
himself, who thereupon commended ,b.
vice squad and told them to 60 to il b.,a.s
Established institutions for the incu,.,
ton and encouragement of vice could ma,
be upset in this wholesale fashion Wit,
out damaging the regulations of some an,
ing lights in the department itself Ma.
than once raids by Eggers and Cost;v,,
opened up trails of graft which, when -,
lowed to their end, discovered some nol;o.
captain or lieutenant badly destined
This sort of work was excellent for III,
moral tone of the city, but it did litt,s "a
improve Costigan's popularity with certain
factors in the department itself.
Unpleasant stories concerning him Asu,.
ished more rankly than ever in the denar,.
ment, and care was taken that these shnu,a
come to the ears of the Commissioner hin.
self whenever possible. McAdoo sbov.d
that he had heard them III his own v,v
He passed over several names on the l,t
of eligibles to promote Costigan to lien.
tenant, and when Eggers left the squad
placed him in command.
In 1906 McAdoo left and General Binr.
ham reigned in his stead. New to the de-
partment and to the ways of the notice
the Commissioner was affected by the tslss
of those who had reason to dislike COST
gan. He was told that the man was
fake and "a grandstand player" whom it
would be unwise to trust.
He did not act at once, but he did rob
Costigan of his power and take away his
work. After week or so of utter idlenem
about Headquarters the commander of the
vice squad, who knew what way the wind
was blowing and what it had brought TO
Bingham, applied for transfer A less
confident man might have clashed with the
Commi ssoner with dubious result. COST
gan was only too eager to let facts speak
for themselves, and he accepted his trans.
fer to the Westchester Avenue station in
a spirit of genuine gratitude
He remained there less than year. Then
the Commissioner sent for him. brough.
him back and renstated him as direct head
of the vice squad under Inspector John
Russell. During the two years thereafter
that Bingham held cfice Costigan was bis
trusted subordinate.
When Mcclellan seized upon the alleged
police persecution of George Duffy IS
handle for ejecting an uncomfortably hon.
est Commissioner from Office Binghami
personal staff fell into disfavor and COST
gan was transferred to The Bronx, where
for seven months he rested, nerves over
wrought by continued battle, in one Of ths
few assignments he has ever enjoyed clos
to his own home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
aress Fighter of Vice. mpvous Brie His Ups and Downs
i'm the Force at the Hands Of Intrigue

system. Policemen who had easy jobs or
were in precincts near their homes found
themselves suddenly transferred to some
Objectionable or far-away post amid the
goats of Harlem or the far-fung limits of
Queens, Once marooned, there was only
one way to get back to the ieshpots from
which they had been so rudely yanked-
bribery of high officials of the department.
This pleasing form OF blackmail had been
hourlshing for some time when the reform
element in the department caught wind of
it and determined to hit it. They picked
Costlgan for their hammer, for they knew
him for an upright man who had the in
terests of the department at heart.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

ducements at their command, even more
yanly. Here was Il man they had just
cause to fear--an honest cop, who hated
vice in general and gambling in particular
Rapidly the 4th Inspection District be-
came known as a most unhealthy place for
members of the fraternity of chance to
stay in long.
Thus Costgan began to hit at the cty's
vice. Since that time he has been striking
with every ounce of force at his command,
feet planted solid, with both fists.
Those who know him best will tell you
that there is a twefold reason for the vim
dictive persistence with which he has driven
raid after raid in upon the gamblers of the
city.
Costigan hates gambling with an honest
mans adherence of crooked thing. In
the countless houses that he has entered
and played in to obtain evidence, he has
never seen q "straight game" That is tie
first reason for his abhorrence The
ond is that he believes gambling to lie at
the root of all police department graft. In
breaking it up, he has not only been remov-
ing snares from the path of the unwary citi-
zen, but also, he is convinced, has been
taking the best and most certain means of
purifying the department that he loves and
has given his life to.
There is no vindictivc feeling in COST
gans attitude toward the gambler. He is
not one of those who have been burned in
their time and have had the fire forever
after.
When he first launched his offensive
against gambling he did not know enc card
IL.
taught him enough Of the various games Of
chance to enable him to enter house and
obtain evidence without arousing suspicion.
To this day he does not play outside
house he is planning to raid. He takes
credit for this He .has not the gam
blcr's instinct and he has seen enough of
the woe the gambler has wrought to pre-
vent him from ever looking kindly upon
games of chance.
For five years Costgan worked under
Harley in the 4th Inspection District.
In 1902 he received his first promotion, when
Colonel John N. Partridge, Commissioner
of Police under Seth Low, advanced him
to the grade Of sergeant. Costigan had
taken the first examination ever to be held
in the department for adms sion to this
post.
For a short time thereafter Costigan
went back into harness and swas. assigned
to the Old Slip station for uniform duty.
While he was there, Partridge, after d
troublous year, in which newspapers car
tooned him an old woman at her knit
ting or else an infant in his bassinct,
quilted Headquarters and the department
knew him no more. ---.
about this time, scandal, which always
turks about the seats of the mighty in the
department, was once more abroad, and
Costigan laid aside his blues and brass
buttons to take up the work Of detective
again.
Men high in the department. were work
ing remuncrative backmal scheme upon
! their subordinates, through the transfer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Back to the
Old Fight

Then he returned to Headquarters again
and under Inspector Russell took up the
old, never-ending conflict against police
graft and its causes. His tactics famed
anew the resentment of the department ell
ment which has always opposed him, eel
when Waldo became Commissioner tales
the dishonesty" of the head of the vin
squad reached his ears in such numhsn
that Costigan's downfall was wrought again.
temporarily. He was assigned to the 25h
Precinct and remained there for six months
Then Waldo sent for him and reinsishd
him IN his old post.
Under Commissioner Woods Costissa
came as near to reaping his reward ss on
who has had SO thaIkless a job may en-
expect to. He was made captain 10 lsl'
and an inspector in 1917. In co6psrssasn
with District Attorney Swami the vir
squad came nearer to putting the ltd o.
New York than any one before or since.
During this period he made his name
more violent anathema among the sysssms
tized wrongdoers Of the city, and gave eeI
tain members of the force fresh Gauss 10
disliking him.
When Woods left and Enright plsnIs'
himself solidly in the chair that BueSa
had filled fer so short time, friends /"
Costigan knew what was going to hsppsS
So, presumably, did the wise old hunnH
dog of the department, though he said ncsf
ing.
What happened occurred too short a1s
ago for even New York TO forget. Cosus1s
was robbed of his power, then stripped "
his rank and assigned to "safe" precD.'s,
where he could interfere with nothing.
he would talk-as he won't-his com'ns''
would probably be: II knew it would h.s
PEN" In his thirty years OF service VIZ
the department he has known what 70
pect when an administration like Enrsp''
succeeds one like Woods's.
The man who knows more about the
ganzation and the operation Of comh''
cialized vice in New York City than :.
other member of the department is IN 's y.
mand of the Beach Street station, in =.
trict where nothing ever happens eA's.
successive "turn-outs" of the force w.
on duty. There he is going about do - :.
quietly and without complaint. ne
served the department too long to hsw &.
decisions concerning the advantage o. 8.
advertisement. And it is probable tnss
Beach Street precinct never had = .,
painstaking or conscientious captain, q
the years have only added fresh 'osAs
the title that Captain Daniel E. Cosu 81.
until lately Inspector--professes to sSh'''|
"Han~sf n.os,, ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Two Big
Men Meet

His superiors spoke of him as a man
who did his work, minded his own bust
ness and lived on his salary. The grudg-
ing words of praise that they uttered came
finally to the ears of man who all his
life set great store by soldiers and civil
ians of Costigan's calibre. Tales that he
heard of the Straight patrolman" moved
ham to send for their hero, and one day
the man who through his love Of the square
deal was to rise to an inspectorship in
the service stood in the old Police Head
quarters before the man who, through de-
votion to the same principle, was to be-
come President Of the United States.
Costigan met Theodore Roosevelt, chair
man OF the Police Commission, and through
him received appointment to the Central
Office Squad.
That was his first assignment to Head
quarters. In the years to follow, jealousy
from the nerve centre of the departm
bingham transferred him when he became
Commissioner, and later brought him back.
Waldo "sent him to the sticks" and brought
him back. Lately Enright transferred and
degraded him.
For two and half years Roosevelt and
Costigan, commander and follower, worked
together Tor the bettcrment Of the service.
Under him the policeman had his frat ex-
pey;cnee IL detective work The major part
~ hls duty los thin period consisted Of
1aYestlgatjoDs 10 which the future presi-
z,7f frae6 him The yriendghip thai no.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
BY F. F.. Van de Water

Of his service in the department has been
devoted.
From the beginning gamblers were the
chief quarry that he sought. A certain
fine strain of Irish deicacy in his make
up has always prevented him from taking
the part Of leader in the war on prosti-
tuition.
The disorderly houses that he has raded
or that have been raided under his direc-
ton are numbered by the thousand, yet
in all his hand -to-hand conflicts with the
city's vice Costigan has never personally
obtained evidence against single one. Nor
has he ever insisted that men under his
command should obtain such evidence. All
they have had to do is express their UNI
Willingness and some one less reluctant
was assigned to what their chief has always
considered "drty work.
But the history of gambling in New York
City will show that no scruple Or inherent
refinement has held back Costigan from
work of this kind. These men he, person
ally, has hunted night and day, four seasons
in the year. In days gone by he has pulled
some of the largest and most influential
to earth. To-day he is quite as remorseless
in hunting out the smaller fry, who have
substituted dingy rooms above saloons and
stuss for the vanished glory of palatlal
drawing rooms and the merry whirr of the
roulette wheel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Dan" Costgan- Story of Straight COP

with the Endorsement Of his immsa,..
superior and the approval of McAaaa 49,
self, nc had as weapon a squad NJ 's
with which to convince the gsmbl.s ~ ass
the keeper of disorderly houses ths, ~. ~
climate of New York suited him no lo.. W.
Raid followed raid in rapid sucss.....
Howls of injury and protest aross s.ss
men and women who had been nyo,s,''.
immunity in the precinct In which a.
were operating. only TO have cos,ivan Wv, ~
had little respect for ths etiauet.e :, 49,
department and none at all for the AUS. wy
that fattened OH vice, come bsttesIns ~ T.
their doors, arresting them and o. ~
patrons and either convicting them o, ~.
ming them out OF town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
First
Blood!

1t was while he was working under In
spector Harley that Costigan made his first
kill. Evidence collected by him brought
about raid under his direction upon the
big poolroom that Joe Ullman, the mill
ionaire gambler" was running full blast in
West Twenty siXth Street.
Ullman was also known under the eupho-
NOUS title Of "The Turf Commissioners"
and had for long enjoyed immunity-so
long, in fact, that he believed that he had
the department fixed" Costigan showed
him the error Of his ways, as he has dis
illusioned thousands of others since then.
When the raid on "the millionaire gam
bler' was at an end his spendidly equipped
establishment looked though runaway
express train had driven through it. Ull-
man was arrested and there Costigans re-
sponsbility ended, and the alleviatng in
fuence of the District Attorneys Office of
that day was felt.
The case against the gambler was never
brought to trial. This was the usual pro-
ccdure in that care free day. Following his
arrest, witnesses against Ullman vanished,
as witnesses against most gamblers capt
ured at that time had a habit of doing
The case was pigeonholed in the "D. AS"
Office, and may still remain there in the
musty archives of the county's crimes.
Following this, other raids by Costigan
followed in ever more rapid succession. He
was beginning to hit his stride. Gamblers
to persuade him to Ego easy" by all the in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
NoURTEEN years ago william Dixon,

NOURTEEN years ago william Dixon,
- Headquarters reporter for "The
Evening Sum- first referred to him
as "Honest Dan" Costigan. Tho
name stuck. Strangely enough, 1t fitted,
and In those days honesty was neither
robust nor a prevalent virtue In the de-
partment
In tho last few weeks the nickname has
figured often In large black headlines ~
the police crisis has centred moro and more
In this ono man--as other crises In the
history Of Headquarters also have done.
Those who know Captain--until lately
inspcctor-Daniel T.. costigan best will
tell you, however, that he takes no pride
in the title If you seek his favor, it were
best to forget the title. lie resents the
implication that the adjective "honest"
serves as an identification mark among tho
police of the city. He has said often that
in itself it is reflection on the force.
And Daniel Costigan believes in the po-
lice. More than once in his thirty years
of service he has suffered because of GER
tain ideals attached to this belief.
or the Police Department and the con-
tinualy troubled waters of it's internal
politics the public in general knows little
and cares less. Usually coop" is without
honor in his own city. Through some
picturesque and daring achievement po-
liceman may attain moments fame. His
name may linger longer in the public mind
if he is notorious. But the average citizen
forgets quickly, which may be in itself one
reason that departmental affairs do not
al yup sp,ooth1v
Recently, when Commissioner Enrght
removed Inspector Costigan from his work
in the 1st Inspection District and re-
duced him to the rank of captain, the aver
age citizen asked himself: "Who is this
Honest DAM anyhow ?" and after surmisng
that he was just another cop who had got
in wrong with the system the average
citizen turned over the paper to the news
of the peace conference and thought no
longer of the matter.
This does not purport to be life his
tory of Captain Costigan of the New York
Police Department. That would have to
come from him and would fill a respectfully
sized volume. Under the recent order Of
Commissioner Enright no policeman but
the Commissioner himself may talk for
publication and that places an additional
seal on the close-lpped mouth of Honest
Dan"