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The evening world., 1921-12-29
JUDGE WOULD HAVE
STATE BOARD FIX
FELON SENTENCES
RoSalsky Also Urges Control
Over Criminals for Life
if Need Be.
HANDS OUT LONG TERN
Two Convicted Criminals
Given Maximum Sentences
Because of Previous Records.

After sentencing several men to
long terms in Sing Sing to-day and
dismissing the jury which has sat in
his court this month, Judge Rosal-
sky. of General Sessions, said that II
state board and not a judge should
decide upon the sentence to be served
by q convicted criminal and that the
state should thus control a convicted
criminal for life il need he.
at has been said that men with
criminal records have been too lightly
dealt with in the courts" he said.
But that is not true in this court.
In 1921 l sentenced criminals to an
aggregate OF 2S4 years and 4 months.
Certain societies were formed in
this city to reform criminals. But
Of late they have gone far beyond
the limits prescribed in their inc1r-
poration papers. Thew are now trying
to reform the sentences imposed on
the criminals. The next thing we'll
hear is that they have taken over
some of the big hotels like tho Wal
dorf or the st. Regis to house tho
lawbreakers at the expense of the
public.
81 am in favor Of having the State
control n criminal for life If need be.
once he has been convicted. The
Judge should not say what time he
shall spend in prison. ! am in favor
Of Parole Board appointed by the
Governor, which shall FIX the SEN
tences OF criminals.
All penalties, save that for murder,
should be wiped out as far as sta
tites are concerned. Let board con-
suit with Judges who have tried the
criminals and then fix the sentence
after the prisoners have been locked
up for a few months.
Among the sentences decreed by
Judge Rosalsky to-day was that OF
fifteen years in Sing Sing for Frank
Ross, thirty, of No. Ga Rutgers
Street, for leading a gang which
robbed card tables and players in
homes and social clubs. He had a
record OF six previous convictions
and terms in several institutions. On
Sept. 4, last, he and his gang robbed
Jacob Bloom and other players OF
$1,000 at the point Of revolvers at No.
231 Monroe Street. Judge Rosalsky
had given him a month in which to
testify against his pals and against
Morros August, the chauffeur who
drove the thieves car, but Ross re-
fused to speak.
Judge Rosalsky also sentenced Ed
ward Woods, twenty four, of No
2155 Fifth Avenue, to from Z 1-2 Ia
Is years Imprisonment for holding up
oJseph Fitzpatrick, of No. 2147 Third
Avenue, on Nov. and robbins
him OF 1854
The evening world., 1921-12-29
HYLAN WILL RETAIN
ENR|GHT AND COLER,
BRENNAN, O'MALLEY
No Changes in Commissioners
Expected When Mayors
Second Term Begins.

1t can be announced on high au-
thority that there will be practically
no changes In Commissioners when
Mayor Hylan begins his second term
on Jan. %.
Police Commissioner Enright will
be reappointed, and it can be stated
that he will serve his full term.
Markets Commissioner O'Malley,
who was investigated by the Meyer
Legislative Committee; Public We'll
fare Commissioner Coler and Fire
Commissioner brennan will be re-
appointed They are singled out be-
cause OF rumors to the effect that
they will either retire or be retired.
There may be two or three changes
in minor Offices. perhaps on COM
missions consisting of several mem
bers, but at the present time, so far
as can be learned. the Mayor has no
intention of making changes.
Rumors to the effect that Police
Commissioner Enright will accept
reappointment but retire in April or
May and assume the head OF a pri-
vate detective agency. taking two of
his favorites with him. is not re-
garded seriously in official quarters
at City Hall.
David Hirshfield will be reappoint-
ed Commissioner of Accounts.
The evening world., 1921-12-29
18 FAMILIES SAVED
FROM UPTOWN FIRE
BY TWO POLICEMEN
Kelly and Saffir Creep Along
Narrow Coping to Reach
Trapped Tenants.
ELEVATOR MEN HEROES
Rescue 100 Men and Women
by Running Cars Past
Burning Loft.

Eighteen families were cut off from
the stairs by a $4,000 blaze that was
not under control until early to-day
in the flve-story apartment house,
Nos. 2432-24S4 Eighth Avenue. The
fire started on the second floor Of the
building. which IS near 13oth Street.
Policemen Henry r. Kelly and
william Safflr of West 1s5th Street
Station were diven back from the
stairs by smoke, and making their
way to the second floor of an adjoln-
ing building crept along narrow
coping to the burning building.
They then were able to reach and
climb the fire escape and kick In WIN
dows as they went, arousing the ten
ants and later assisting them to the
street. On the third floor were James
and Josephine Masselli and their six
children.
On being aroused they were be-
wlldered. They were found in the
apartment, the children crying and
clinging to their parents. Kelly and
Saffir took them all to the fire escape
and then. one by one, handed them
over to other policemen and to fire
men. Lucy Masselli. five, had her
arms cut by broken glass before the
police got her to the street.
Some tenants escaped by the roof,
Many aged persons among them were
assisted to the street. some having
to be carried. Father Quinn Of St
Aloysius's Church. nearby. took
charge of some and led them to a
drug store. where those who were
hysterical were attended. by ambu-
lance surgeons.
A third alarm brought Chief Ken
lon. who then directed the fight.
Traffic In Eighth Avenue was tied
up for more than an hour.
A fire in the ten-story Reliance
Building at No. 80 Union Square East
last night overcame three men and
trapped 100 men and women who
were led ou, by a watchman and IN
elevator man. The fire was in a
celluloid concerns rooms, second
door. Fumes affected those on floors
above, many of whom became hys-
terical and wanted to Jump, but were
restrained by others. The elevator
man and watchman ran the cage past
the blazing noor, bringing down q
carload each time until the upper
doors were entirely vacated. Gases
from tanks Of camphor. linseed oil
and castor oil knocked out a number.
three Of whom were taken to TIE
street unconscious and there revived.
Three men were found unconscious
near the elevator shaft on the second
tioor and were taken to Bellevue Hos
pital. They were Daniel KoppeIe,
twenty eight OF No. $50 Kenmore
Avenue; julius Kaufman. twenty
seven. of No. 20 Mangin Street and
Arthur A. Morse. twenty-seven, OF
No. 1875 Grant Avenue. all OF Brook
lyn. They were able 10 60 home. The
damage was $1,000.
The evening world., 1921-12-29
Mary Miles Minter and Thomas E.
Dixon Became Engaged at
Xmas Party.

Mary Miles Mintsr. motion picture
actress. who became engaged 10 Thomas
Il. Dixon. son OF tho millionaire pencil
manufacturer. at a Christmas party in
Hollywood. is believed to have eloped
with him last night according to re-
ports received here to-day.
Mrs. Charlotte Shelby. mother OF Miss
Mlntsr. who left New York yesterday
afternoon for California. said she knew
her daughter was engaged to Mr.. Dixon
but did not take the report OF her mar
risge seriously
81 saw a letter written by Mary TO her
grandmother In which she said they
were having a Christmas party and that
Mr.. Dixon came In late. She then an
nounced that she had promised to marry
him. am sure It was all joke"
Neither Miss Minter nor Mr.. Dixon
could be located In Hollywood last night.
She is twenty and considered one
or the most beautiful of screen 40
tresses Her salary 10 said to be
500, 900 a year. 1t is not believed
marriage will cause her to give up
her work. Mr.. Dixon 10 twenty
seven. a Yale graduate. and was q
captain OF aviation in the war He
and Miss Minter became friends four
years ago when he was stationed at
a camp near San BernArdino. he
lives at the Yale Club In New York
and left for California three weeks
ago.
The evening world., 1921-12-29
BANDITS HOLDUP
A RESTAURANT ON
BROADWAY;;FLEE
Crowd Sees Pistol Battle in So
Mile an Hour Chase by
Police in Taxi.
slS is ROBBERS LOOT.
Automat Diners, at Revolver
Points, Forced to Stand Up
and Throw Up Hands.

Harry Loaner, cashier of the Horn
& Hariart Automat restaurant in the
basement OF No. 1441 Broadway. at
41st Street, put $4,000 in the safe and
locked it at a. NJ. day and then
turned to count between $15 and SIS
left out for change.
There were eating at the tables
twelve or fifteen customers, Including
four or fve women. Three we'll
dressed young men came down tho
stairs. one halting where he could
command a view OF the street at the
head of the stairs and the interior of
the restaurant.
The other two walked up to the
desk and one asked change for a SO
bill. Loaner reached down and
brought up the sack OF silver he had
left out for change, and when he
looked up the man had substituted n
revolver LOT inc SlU Dill.
The bandit standing guard at thr
stairs also had drawn a revolver, and
as he swept the restaurant with II. h,
said so all could hear:
Hands up. every id one OF you
stand up and keep your hands up"
All the customers and six en-
ployees who were in the restaurant
promptly stood up and elevated their
hands. One OF the women became
hysterlcal and flooped down in
chair.
IT'S all right lady" said the look
out at the door. III you can't stand
up. sit down. but keep your hands
up"
While one of the two robbers at
the cashiers s desk kept Loaner COW
cred with n revolver, the other went
around and scooped up all the change
in sight, not more than $lS. No ef-
fort was made to get into the safe or
to rob any OF the customers.
The only person who started into
the restaurant during the stick up
Sa" BbhAuidA WIN
volvers and ran down tho street until
he found Policeman Philip Lutz OF
the West 3Oth Street Station.
The robbers had run out and
jumped into a waiting taxicab as the
policeman arrived. and the taxi start
ed down Broadway at a 50-mlle clip.
Lutz got or the running board OF an
other taxi and ordered the chauffeur
to give 1t all the gas" ne had.
The robbers car went one block
and turned on two WHEELS into 40th
Street, then into Seventh Avenue.
The streets were we'll filled with
after-theatre crowds, and scores of
private cars and taxicabs trailed
long in tho chase.
Every time Lutz thought 1t safe he
fired at the fleeing machine. and the
bandits fired back. Tho robbers
chauffeur soon became wary then
and began lodging in and out of dark
side streets. finally escaping.
The patrons in the restaurant had
TO wait an hour. by order of the po-
lice, for detectives. and say that all
they were told then was to tell moth =
ing about their experience to news
paper reporters.
The evening world., 1921-12-29

Two men ran out Of the bank, mah-
ing for an automobile in which
two men were waiting a hundred
yards from the entrance. One OF
them was hit by a bullet fired from
somewhere up the street and fell. Tho
other dragged him into the automc-
bile. which started swiftly and took
the road which leads to New York
City through the Hackensack VALLEY.
The first persons t. reach the bank
found James b. Moore, the teller.
thirty-five years old. and Siegfried
Butz. his clerk. twenty years Old,
lying dead on the floor behind tic
counter There was no one to tlll
the story of the killing. The two
women bookkeepers had left for thot,
luncheon before tho President ana
Cashier
The village was thrown into the
widest confusion az the news flashed
along the streets. There was a
crowd in front OF the bank in five
minutes.
In five more minutes. except for a
Few women and children. IL had melt
ed away again. Nearly every man
in town had run home for firearms
and had started in his own autonlu-
bilee or that OF somebody else on the
search for the thieves or to telephone
an alarm to neighboring towns atid
cities. The resulting wire congestion
was such that all incoming calls WSEs
shut off for nearly an hour.
1t was not for an hour after The
murders that any one thought to dis
cover whether or not the thieves had
carried away any OF the banks
monay. Several of the directors met
with President Server ind Mr.. Hall
and began q laboriouE checking up of
tho caAh In ths drawers in tho SAFE
70 ascertain what loss. II any. lthel'e
had been, They were still in session
al an hour and a half later and uyt-
willing to give out their opinions.
First reports from Pearl Riyiar
reached Sherlfr Merritt at Now City.
tha County seat. within a few mimi
tes after the robbers dashed out al
Pearl River He at once sat In mo-
tion the machinery arranged BY
which the rural communities. Greater
New York and Jersey City for tuff
such emergencies. In every town az
RoclSland County and in all Northerp
New Jersey. constables ana police
were put on their guard to look 10
four men. one Of them wounded. whs
could not account for themselves
Patrols were dispatched from the
New Jersey border far up the Hudsoa
by the State Constabulary. which haf
a divisional headquarters at Sprins
Valley. three miles from Pearl Rived
An incomplete description OF tat
automobile OF the bandits was OBJ
tanned from employees OF the Dextss
Folder Company. who were on tii4
streets for the lunch hour. One boz
said the car carried a New JERSEY
license number. with which he futi
nished the village police, AnOthey
said he saw the car outuids % teEs.
The evening world., 1921-12-29
j. S. RESENTMENT GROWING
OVER OBSTRUCTIVE TACTICS
Of FRANCE At CONFERENCE
FRANCES STAND
MAY FORCE ITALY
TO JOIN BRITAIN
Italian Press Spokesman at Confer
ence Sees an Entente
Against France.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 90.

Italy may be forced to an en-
tente with Great Britain against
France because of the French de-
mand for a big submarine fleet,
the press spokesman for the
Italian delegation hintcd to-day.
The Italian spokesman inclined
to picture France as seeking mas
terry over Europe.
"A race for armament will be
started" he said, land there will
be in the world a general feeling
Of unsettlement and a disposition
to wonder why governments are
increasing their war forces" %
British statesmen declared
France had made one of the worst
plumbers in her diplomatic his
tory.
The evening world., 1921-12-29
SLEEPING SICKNESS
CURE is REPORTED

CHESTER. England. Dec. IL Cby
maiD:-A cure for sleeping sickness
has been discovered in Germany. ac-
cording to Prof. Newstead OF the
Liverpool University, who related
how a man who had spent some
years in Africa went to Liverpool
University. where he was found to
be suffering from sleeping sickness.
The man, along with a young med
,ical student, was sent to Germany
and, said the professor. "he came
home within a month completely
cured" The Germans, she said, had
discovered a new drug, which had
proved Invaluable in the cure OF
sleeping sickness.
The evening world., 1921-12-29
YOUTH HELD AS THIEF
OF BOYS OVERCOATS
Over EIEhty-hVe Taken by RuHe
During Cold Weather.

Twenty Ave boys of the Bronx and
sixty or more of Brooklyn whose over
coats have been stolen since cold
weather came may be cheered to-day
by invitations to go to the Bronx to
look at Samuel Reith. a young man OF
No. 81 Clinton Street. who was held
in $4,000 bail by Magistrate Simms in
Morrisania court to-day.
Benny Grabors. nine. of No. SIT
Dawson Street, was triclned out OF his
coat by stranger on Dec. II. To-day
Benny and his aunt met Reith on
Hewitt Place. Benny thought he recog-
nized him as the overcoat thief. A
boys overcoat dropped from under
Reith's coat as ne turned to run, and
Benny was sure. Policeman Dugan
caught Reith.
Magistrate Simms directed the police
man to go to the home OF the postman
who delivers mail at the magistrate S
home and get the postman's little boy
who was recently robbed by a similar
trick He was The first of the youth
ful complaAnants 20 be summoned.
The evening world., 1921-12-29
10 MIDGETS RIDE AS 5 In TAXI;
WIN HALF.FARE FIGHT In COURT

most anything Solomon had to tackle,
that confronted Magistrate Corrigan
in Washington Heights Court this
afternoon. All he hid to go on was
that a chauffeur h( d to the first half
OF the problem. the ten midgets to
the second.
The point at issue was whether the
midgets should pay the chauffeur the
50 he demanded for transporting
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The evening world., 1921-12-29
Chauffeur Counts EN- and
Asks 50, but Meter Reads
$3.50 and Row EnSueS.

Are ten midgets crowded into one
taxicab TO be considered as ten pas
sengers. or are two to be considered
as one tull-sized passenger, thereby
reducing the number Of fees TO five3
This was the puzzle. equal 10 al
The evening world., 1921-12-29
Especial to The Evening worldJ

PEARL RIVER N Y, Dec. 29-Quarter of hour after folks
along Central Avenue had noted 1915 O'Clock by observing
President W. A. Seven Of the First National and Frederick ha
cashier walk together from the bank down past the Server
lumber yard fuSade of revolver sounded from The bank building
Otto Muller, wachman the Dexter Folder Company railroad
siding started on the toward the bank He struck by bullet
which had clicked through the window of the bank hsadong
The evening world., 1921-12-29
GERMAN MARKS NOW
TOTAL 100, ZOO, 900, 900
In One Week, Presses Add Four
and n Half Billion More.

BERLIN. Dec. 29.-New currency 10
the amount OF $500. 600. 900 marks was
placed in circulation during the third
week OF December. It Is shown by fig
ures available to-day.
The total currency iGsue u now iOS.-
OOO, ,OO0, 900 marks.
The evening world., 1921-12-29
TWO BANK OFFICIALS SLAIN,
WATCHMAN AND BANDIT SHOT.
IN PEARL RIVER BANK HOLOUP

Teller and Clerk Shot Down by Two
Robbers in Absence at Lunch of
Co-Workers-Bandits Escape, but
Several Posses Are Securing the
Countryside.
The evening world., 1921-12-29
Serious Consequences on the
Economic Side MAJ Result,
as We'll as Drawing b. ta!r
and United States Nearer
Together in the Future.
Erratic Action of France VIII!
Long Be Felt Here--Ar
Europe Needs Help of This
Country, Which May b
Endangered:
By DGUid Laurence.
Especial Correspondent of The Eve
ninQ Worldly

WASHINGTON. Dec. % Copyright
1s2D France is riding toward a fall
so far as she may be expecting the
moral. help or support of the United
States Government in the working
out of economic problems.
The most far reaching results are
likely to ensue from the French policy
Of obstruction at the Washington
Conference. The disappointment over
Frances attitude on the limitation @:
submarines is so great that tho
strongest kind of talk is heard in Of
ficial circles, the net effect of which
is to draw Great Britain and the
United States closer together and
away from France.
The feeling here is that France is
unyielding in her attitude on the
building OF submarines largely be-
cause of the Franco British friction
which has been developing ever since
the end of the European war. The
move of France in asking for more
submarines is regarded as purely
anti-British and as means OF offset
ting what the French claim to be
anti-French tactics in Europe on the
part of the British, especially in rela-
ton to Near Eastern questions, and q
growing concord as between England
and Germany.
The evening world., 1921-12-29

But while France is making her
gestures III the great game OF Euro
pean diplomacy, hoping to bring Eng
land to terms on Continental matters.
she is forgetting the effect upon the
United States. Unfortunately for
france, nobody in the delegation
here seems to be strong enough to
shape French policy, which is being
mapped out in Europe irrespective
of effect upon America. Some OBJ
servers have suggested that France
is revenEing herself for the failure
OF the United States to ratify either
the Versailles Treaty or the defensive
treaty between Great Britain. United
States and France. Others are say
ing that France is playing for a
British guarantee of French security
and that at the proper moment she
will yield her demand for large arma-
ment.
But the most important phase OF
the whole matter, at least so far as
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Evening journal., 1921-01-27
ACCIDENT, SAYS
RUTH, THENDIES
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cravled In front OF me and ne drop
ped TO The ground, eXclaiming That ne
was shat.
happened henumhed me. As my
senses became clearer realized
something must be done at once. !
picked him mp and carried him as
FAR as ! could but he was heavy ana
soon had to put him down BLOOD
was coming freely from the wound
and he was getting weaker.
81 went down 10 the river said
Flood. "and secured water WIN
which ! haihed him and then tried
10 slop the blood. In which was
partially successful Then II came lo
me that I must gel aid IL was To-
save his life ! built a fire, wrapped
him In my great coat and gave him
some chocolate He was conscious
at the time and / left him after Tell
ing where was going
81 secured ne boat and crossed
tho river 10 'p-l tower. on the Penn.
svlNania railroad and there called
me police station and told them oi
me accident then walked mp 10
BOXwO0d road. where ] met the ann
hulance and directed them as to how
10 reach Ruth.
"Ne crossed the river again and
made our way 10 where ! had lofl
him. he was slil conscious The
officers picked him mp. placed him on
the streirher and started back, hul
The lar in carrying him reopened lhe
wounds and he loss of blood thai
followed is really what caused MIN
70 die -,
me because he and ] were trlend-
lie used 10 come TO my house every
day 10 see his mother, VINO lives
Nnth was carried about mile and
haif by the officers before ne died
nnrinq ihe trim he stated to Oilcer
Iulnier that he shooting was an ac-
rident and that no one was TO blame
puih WAS a conductor In The eu-
nlov ~ the Wilmington and Phiiadel
mia Traction Company, having az
iered The service February ~, i9lN
his record. said Harry II. Geiger' sn-
ncriniendent OF transportation yes
ierdav has been excellent, as has th'
record Of Flood. who also Is eulplul
GA nv tho company. Ruth has never
l,ad an accident while ia The employ
Nf"iormen and conductors Of th'
compatN stated that Flood ana nun
we're friends. At one time thrl
,,ori. cd together on the South harrl
| SON street line Mr. Flood IS MAJ
ried and has a months oid daush
! ter n. lin tol,c nlac,
/ ,rar, ihe home OF John G. Raughley
| tt9 West Thirty-secOnd street OF
Friday evening. lnterment VIII be II
/ noVer on saturday morning
Evening journal., 1921-01-27
ELLIS UNDER FIRE
TO TELL STORY

Dr. William r. Ellis, who is TO
speak tonight at the annual meeting
of the Chamber Of Commerce in the
duBarry room Of the Hotel dupont
won a remarkable reputation in the
World War by his scoops" or news
beats from the fighting lines.
He passed five times through the
submarine zone, worked on six battle
fronts. was under fire from China to
France and Egypt, covered between
$4,000 and 10000 miles in Russia under
the Revolution and The BOlsheviks,
crossed the Sinai Desert on camel
back. interviewed the sultan Of Tur-
key and other princes and p0tentaies,
travelled across Asia Minor in a box
car. went through the Egyptian in
surrection. saw Armenian destitulion
for himself. watched the intrgues of
the Great Powers in the Levant. and
talked with hundred Of fellow Ameri-
cans all over the Far East, as well
as In Europe
Or. Ellis topic tonight will be
Americas Problems in the Light OF
| iMOrld Conditions"
Evening journal., 1921-01-27
EXPERT SHOWS HOW
TO PREVENT DROWNING

Two exhibitions OF life-saving were
given in the swimming pool in the
Y. NJ. C.. A. yesterday afternoon and
evening. BY Commodore LOngfelloW,
president of the American swimming
Association. National Field Agent OF
the Life saving Corps, author OF the
Life saving Chapter in the Boy scouts
handbook. and a member OF the Ma
tiOnal Court of Honor OF the L. =.
Volunteer Life saving Corps. the
nrst demonstration was before mem-
bers of the Delaware Safely Council
and Representatives Of other organi-
cations Interested in Safety First cam
paigns. The Commodore. was assisted
in the several methods Of resusciia-
iion Of persons who have been nearly
drowned. by Ernest Hale. director
of the physical department Of the
"Y." The demonstrations were eX-
planned by the Commodore as shown
Preceding the second demonstration
which was given in the evening. for
the benefit of the publi,. a committee
was appointed TO arrange for the
development Of a life saving depart
ment. Representatives from the pub
lie schools, Boy Scouts. Y. NJ C.. A
Y. w. c. A. and the Red Gloss will be
! invited 10 assist in the formation OF
| the life saving corps.