The New York herald., 1921-06-29
FISTS fly TWO HIT,
IN ALDERMAN|C ROW
FalcOner Lands Blow Flat
Oh Kenneally's Jaw and
Is Sent to Floor.
FOLLOWS HOT DEBATE
G. O. p. Member Resents
Epithet for Disput-
ing Ruling.
SCHOOL BONDS START 1T
Tammany Seems to Have Best
of BOut-Talk Of Warrant
for Tall, Swarthy Man.
SCHOOL BONDS START 1T

William P kenneally, vice-chairman
If the Board of Aldermen. who had
presided at yesterdays meeting, stood
in the Aldermanic chamber after ad :
tournament discussing the Dempsey
Carpenter fight with other members
when Alderman Bruce NJ. Falconer,
Rer~bican. stepped UP to the Tam
mat chairman and demanded to
Know why he had shut him eff from de-
Late during the session. Kenneally re-
piled that Falccner didn't know what
he was talking about" and added that
he was "a piece of cheese"
Before other Aldermen could inter-
fere Falconer had landed a blow on
J>-nneally's Jaw, and half a minute
lA.cr Fs. coner was being assisted from
unSer desk with deep cut in his
lower lip, his coat torn off and his
collar ripped open. He was taken to
the office OF Alderman August Fer
rand, Republican floor leader, to re-
cover. and later went to a surgeon for
treatment.
Gees vision OF FISTS.
Falconer said he was sure he was hit
at least three times, but he was not
certain how many persons did the hit
ting. He was of the opinion. however,
that at least ten persons took a fstic
try at him, and said the tidal wave
seemed to come from the Tammany
side of the chamber. His last recollec-
ton before he went down was vague
vision of a tall, large framed Alderman
OF swarthy complexion. black hair and
eyes and rather determined nose coming
toward him over the tops of tho desks.
He said he thought that was the man
who smashed his mouth, and IL he could
fnd out who he was he would get out
warrant for him.
Appropriately enough, the Aldermanic
fight grew out of the feud between
Comptroller Craig and the Board of Ed
ucation. The Comptroller appeared be-
fore the board to ask authorization OF
s775.000 in special revenue bonds to
meet Board oe Education debts, which
4 by court action the Comptroller had
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honor. The matter was made a special
order for next week, which cut on dis
cuesion Alderman Falconer was de-
sirous of asking the. Comptroller some
questions anyway, but the vice-chairman
ruled him out of order.
Calls Chairman "DisErace."
Your ruling is wrong and discrinn-
atory." shouted Falconer. "and, as usual,
you are disgrace to the Board OF AL
dermen."
kenneally banged his gavel and dis
missed the incident with the remark TO
Falconer:
Somebody's been feeding you meat
again."
The last incident before adjournment
was an oratorical foray against the
Socialists. When the fight occurred the
wife of one of the Socialist Aldermen,
who had been In the gallery. invaded the
floor and addressed herself to the AL
dermen thus:
You get up here and talk about the
Socialists. yet look how these loafers
conduct themselves :"
Falconer. who represents the Twenty
third. or so-called silk stocking dis
trict of upper Manhattan. recently dis
tinguished himself by blocking the
granting OF the freedom of the city to
DIR. Einstein because he never had heard
OF the discoverer OF the theory OF rela-
tivity.