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The New York herald., 1921-05-15

Simmons, who intrusted with It's execu-
ton, divided the United States into districts.
with central distributing points in each dis
trict. Under a Congressional statute of
March 1879 the War Department was au-
thorized To furnish arms and ammunition
to any other Government department upon
request by the head of that Department FOR
such weapons TO protect Government prop
erty.
Postmaster General Hays conferred with
Secretary of War Weeks. and the latter
heartily agreed to cooperate. Shipments of
shctguns. revolvers and pistols began inn
mediately from Government arsenals all
over the country. Several thousand riot guns
the sawed off, repeating shotguns so
deadly at short range-and nearly 10000
pistols or revovers were distributed within
a few days to messengers. chauffeurs. watch
men. collectors and railway mail clerks. and
arrangements were made to have armed
guards escort all important shipments of
Valuables.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

then seized several sacks OF registered mar
and escaped in a high powered automobile,
which was waiting at the door with its en-
gine running.
The machine raced through crowded
streets to the outskirts of the city, where
il was overturned in taking curve too
rap pidly. One of the hodup men so
badly hurt that he died ana another
severely injured The remaining members
of the gang were caught a few days later.
The second of the trio of murders
CURED at Pittsburgh on February Is of
this year j. *. Mccullough. railway mail
clerk of many years service was at work in
a mail car in the railway yards, when the
robber crept up behind him and fractured
his skull with an iron bar. The clerk never
regained consciousness long enough to ex-
plain the circumstances of the assault The
robber robbers took the registered mail
bags and disappeared.
The third murder also occurred in rail
way mail car but in this instance the rob
berry was perpetrated while the train was in
motion. This attack, which was one of the
most daring in the history of the Post Of
flee Department, also occurred in February.
A lone bandit boarded Northern Pacific
train at st. Cloud, Mimi. introducing him
self to the mail clerks an employee of
the Post Office Department, presenting
forged credentials. Without a warning the
bandit, who was mere youth, shot one of
the clerks and compelled another to bind
and gag the ether employees in the car. The
robber then took the registered mail bags
and left the train at the next stop. His loot
included some $500 900 in Liberty bonds. In
a few days. however. he was arrested and
much Of the property he had stolen was re-
covered.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Scenes of Dazzling Beauty
In Great Crystal Cavern

Whittier went those turbulent waters!
Echo River, the bewitching stream that
tises and falls with the tide of Green RIVER
they say is not the answer. Surface civers
sometimes change their course; why not
those that flow hidden from the eyes OF
man? Pioneering beneath the earth, Lee
Collins and his son, Floyd Collins, farmers,
found IN February what they believed to be
the answer to the perpleXing riddle after
they discovered pit leading down TO a sec
ond gallery in a cave on their place. which
they had already named Great Crystal Cav
crn from the dazzling white gypsum which
hangs in snowy folds from the roof ana
tiers of the underground passages.
A kerosene lamp. which shone with
yellowish CLEAN into the Stygian darkness
revealed avenues of beauty never before
trod by man. unless the aborigine knew this
place and came here To hide from the foe
man Hardy explorers as they were, they
were overcome with establishment and fright
al first A noise which they did not under
stand came 10 their ears. They listened and
recognized it as the gurgling of water Then
cautiously they pressed on.
Around a turn the weirdly flickering light
beams danced on the ripples of a stream
forty feet wide A ledge on one side gave
ample footing a mist rose into the air
which glistened with a hellish light which
only a Dante could depict as the river
dropped precipitately to a great hole below.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Human Skeletons Give Rise 10
Speculation of Ancient Tragedies

After all Great Crystal Cavern il cave
I'm the making with tho upper floors com
pleted. When this work started no ono can
dare say but before the Egyptians built the
pyramids the work WAS doubtless far ad-
vanced
what stories Of tragedy these vaulted
chambers could toll they have forever
sealed. but the skeleton OF one human being
was found in It's recesses and 900 feet abov.
Green River in cave choked with stalac-
tite and stalagmte. where the waters are
believed to have found an outlet In the days
gone by. three skeletons, almost mouldered
away, believed to be those OF man
woman and a child were found beneath tho
red az the cave The bones stin lie where
they were found.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
SHOOT TO KILL ORDERTO MAKE us. MAIL INVIOLATE

Photographs showing how employees being armed in
effort wholesale robberies of
workers.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

Wholesale Arming Of Postal Employees Puts
Them on Even Basis for First Time With
New and Most Desperate Types of
Criminals Whose Ranks Include
Surprising Number of Women
Ex-SoIdiers Assist in Training
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Ex-Army Men in Mail Service
Training Others in Use of WEAPONS

Every weak spot in the handling of mail
is being protected. To this end the War
Department. is cooperating with the Post
Office Department, and a large shipment of
.45 calibre pistols. with holsters and belts
and repeating shotguns of the riot type
together with over 100000 rounds of am
munition. have been sent to all the post
offices handling valuable mail and to en-
ployees throughout the railway mail service
Many of the employees are ex-service
men who have tested their skill in the use
of firearms the battlefelds of France
and they are only too eager to be enabled to
meet the robbers half way. number of
these experienced men are nstructing other
employees of less experience in the handling
OF weapons. and it is expected that regular
course Of training will be worked out such
as is provided by many cities for it's police
men.
For nearly eighteen months it has been
apparent that a great crime wave is sweep
ing over the whole world. and that the United
states has been particularly subject to the
epidemic. Experts appearing before Con-
gressional committees have testified that the
year just past was the greatest crime year
since 1897 variety Of causes have been
assigned for this outburst of lawlessness,
ranging from prohibition to the unsettled
conditions following the war.
This crime wave, hitting banks, transpor-
tauon companies ana business establishments
OF all kinds, has been particularly strong in
the West and middle West The attacks have
been made by armed criminals upon both
mail trains and post Offices often by young
and inexperienced men. who were all the
more dangerous because Of their reckless
ness
These criminals held UP trains. entered
post Offices In broad daylight, held up em-
ployees and robbed them Of valuable mail,
aud Lal1 mac hot
offices and railway stations. In some In
stances they carried their depredations to
landing platforms at railway stations
post offices, compelling messengers and
chauffeurs at the point Of revolvers to sur
render valuable mail bags
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

l. ANIL III # eDIudIy idSI 4 II Z VIEW
L. YORK HERALD printed striking
interview with William II. Moran. chief
of the United States Secret Service, in
which he said that the year 1890 had been
the greatest crime year in our history
from the Federal point OF view. BuIking
large in the offences against the Govern
ment were post office robberies.
To-day there is presented an interest
ing story of what Will II. Hays, the
wholesale rifing of the mails. Shoot to
kill" his order to the armed postal en-
pIoyeeS, promises to make invi0Iate once
more anything bearing the label ~. S.
Mail"
Special Correspondence to- THE New YORK
HERALD
Copyright, 1921, by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. g., May IA.
" HOUSANDS of repeating shotguns and
nearly 10000 automatic pistols are
now in the hands of postal employees
throughout the United States, Porto Rico
and Hawaii, and the men under instruc-
tions from Postmaster General Will II. Hays
to shoot to kin if necessary to protect the
mails
I'VE simply have to go back to the old
Wells Fargo days and shoot to kill, and we
are going to do it, said Mr. Hays, in com
menting upon his order to arm all essential
employees of the department Il have been
astounded at the facts which / have dis
covered relative to mail robberies. In the
last year there have been thirty three major
robberies, with known loss of s6,204,000,
with known recovery of $1,000. .oOo.'
An interesting criminal phenomenon which
is being more frequently noticed by post
office inspectors in the present crime wave
is the large number of women involved,
either as accessories before or after the fact
Within the past three months a score of
women have been involved in mail robberies
in way or another, and considerable
number have been apprehended and con-
victed
The Postmast ster- General has the utmost
confidence in the departments regular or
sanization for the apprehension of those
guilty of crimes against the United States
mails, but he is convinced that the present
situation is an unusual one. which must be
met with unusual methods. Accordingly on
April "a few weeks after he assumed of
fice-he decided upon the policy of arming
post office employees. and Chief Inspector
Wesley Simmons lost no time in putting the
order into effect
The New York herald., 1921-06-12
N. VAC. ATHLETES
WIN JUNIOR TITLE
NictOrS Are Hard Pressed by
Princeton COllegians i'm A.
A. L. Championship.

New York Athletic Club and Prince
ton University had a fine duel yester-
day afternoon at Pershing Field. Jer-
sey City, for the Junior metropolitan
championship y. Y. A. G. finally won
the meet. scoring 81 points TO 33 for
the Tiger track and field men, but the
victory was not decided until the last
event was turned in and it was found
that the clubmen had scored three
places in the pole vault, In which
Princeton did not have man entered.
Both teams scored all through the pro-
gramme and the duel was close one.
Had Halsey. the Princeton weight
man. been competing for his alma
mater instead Of the New York Ath-
letic Club, the result would have been
reversed. as Halsey won the shot put
with a heave of 40 feet ga inches.
one record was broken this honor GO
ing to Stevenson Of Princeton in the 440
yards, when he ran the distance in ~ 3-5
seconds. beating the old mark of so IS
seconds made I'm 1916 by Roche OF New
Haven ~ A. on the Rutgers track.
Stevenson nad prior 10 this meet run
quarter in as As secords. but when he
did this time IL was on far better track
than yesterday afternoon. and the Condi-
tions were also better. as in his junior
championship he had tQ fight stin wind
up the homestretch.
The New York herald., 1921-06-12
1000 YARD RECORD
FOR PENN ATHLETE
Larry Brown Cuts ID Second
Off Mark Set by Mel
Sheppard.

Special Despatch 10 THE New YORK Herald.
PHILADELPHIA. June 11.-Larry Brown.
Penns newly elected track captain
took his place alongside Of Ted Mere
dith to-day as a holder of worlds
records when he ran 900 yards in .
minutes 12 1-5 seconds in a special
match race on Franklin Field this af-
ternoon The Seattle flyer clipped Is
of a second off the former mark.
which was made by Mel Sheppard on
August IA, 1910. Since that time some
of the best runners in the world have
had crack at this mark but the
honor of finally blasting it from the
record books belongs TO Brown
Three officials timed Brown in
2;12 10. while the fourth timer got him
in 2:1l As. To make sure that the dis
tan,e was correct, number OF A. a. T..
officials measured the track and actually
Of eight inches more than the necessary
distance
only two men faced Larry IN this
race. Walt Irwin. running his last race
in red and blue suit. had forty yard
handicap. while McMullen. the former
Central High School middle distance
star was given a twenty yard lead over
the Seattle flash. Brown won by forty
Yards
Earl Eby running his last race on
Franklin Field as a Penn Undergrad
came within four-fifths Of second Of
crasing Mel Shepard's world record for
the 500 yard race by covering the dis
tance In 1:11 3-5.
The New York herald., 1921-06-12
Russell Tops Sluggers
in American Association

"Reb' Russell continues TO be the
Babe Ruth OF the American Associat tion.
The Minneapolis club bagged four
homers in the past week. and Reb made
half Of them. bringing his string up to
eleven. while Brief OF Kansas City is
trailing with ten Del Gamer Of Mil
waukee stole another base during the
week and IS showing the way to base
stealers with thirteen thefts.
Butler Of Kansas City continues TO
top the batters with an average OF AL.
Hauser. Milwaukee. continues as runner
up with 4Os. while Kirke of Louisville
boosted his mark from .Sss to .t04.
which gives him third place.
other leading batters are: Brief.
Kansas City. .400 Lear. Milwaukee.
.sa2 Baird. indianapolis. .ssT HiEh.
Columbus. .37t Gamer. Milwaukee, .37s :;
Schrieber Indianapolis, ass. and Ellis.
Louisville, .35a
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GREY LAG FIRST IN
BELMONT STAKES
Beats Sporting Blood, LeOnar-
do and Quecreek in Historic
Turf Classic.
$4,000 SEE THE CONTEST
William A. Leads Home Juve-
niles in Keene Memorial
Last Straw Scores.
$4,000 SEE THE CONTEST
Man O. Wars Brother Is
Insured for 100000

NLAYFELLOW, the three-year-
- old brother of Man o. War,
L was insured yesterday after
noon for 500. 900. Last week three diff
ferent sportsmen offered 100000 for
the colt. but his owner, who races big
strings of thoroughbreds under the
name of the Quincy Stable. refused to
sell him for less than S125,000. Play
fellow is by Fair Play and Mahubah.
He was bought for $500 as a year
linH
After Grey Lag won the Belmont
Stakes yesterday Jim Fitzsimmons,
The veteran trainer, who watched the
contest from the trainers stand, said
Grey Lag was a good colt. but that
he would make him look cheap when
he sent Playfellow against him.
The New York herald., 1921-06-12
MISS BOYLE SWIMS
IN RECORD Time
Clips 3 4-5 Seconds off Mark
for $50 Yards at Brighton
Beach contests.

Miss Charlotte Boyle, a member Of
the Olympic swimming team, created
new worlds record for $50 yards
in the opening meet of the Brighton
Beach outdoor pool yesterday after
noon before one of the largest crowds
that ever witnessed a swimming event
in the metropolitan district. Miss Boyle
covered the distance in the remark
able time of 149 4-5. which was 40
seconds better than the former worlds
mark OF 1895 of Hida James of
Liverpool England.
The bronzed mermaid Of the Women's
Swimming Association was forced TO
take second honors TO Miss Alice Lord
of Brooklyn. however, the latter having
a handicap Of 90 seconds. Miss Boyle
strove vainly to overcome this advan-
tage and was gaining with every turn OF
the tank. but was beaten 10 the finish
10y about three yards. with another
length of the pool she might have over
taken the Brooklyn girl. Miss Briscoe
was third. The time of the winner was
2:07
Miss Helen Wainwright. the youthful
diving champion of the Olympic team.
defeated Miss Eileen Riggn for the
senior Metropolitan \. A. L. fancy div
ing championship with total Of l2l
points. which was two In advance OF
Miss Higgins total.
Miss Gertrude Iderle. the high school
swimming champion, added another tue
TO her list In winning the 100 yard race
for the Metropolitan Junior A. \. L.
title in the fast time of :l3 2-5.
The summaries:
Fancy Dive (senior Metropolitan a. a, u.
Championship Won by Miss Helen VAIN
wright. n. Y. w. s. A.. i2i points. Miss
Eileen Riggin. y. V w s. A.. 1ia points.
loo Yard Race tIunior Metropolitan a. a.
T. Championship Won by Miss Gertrude
Ederle n " w. s. A.. Miss Grace Kahrs,
~ V W s. A.. third. Time. ;i8 20.
$50 Yard Race CIandicap) Won by Mise
Alice Lord y. y, W. 3; a. go secondsi
scratch. second Miss Florence Brlsece.
~ " W s. A. (28 seconds). third Time,
2: :0T. Miss Boyle was timed In 40 80,
creating worlds record for the dis
tance The former record OF 80 s-a was
made by Miss Hllda James OF Liverpool,
England
loo Yard Race CIIandicapl-won by MISS
Claire Juskow. ~ y. W. s. A. l32 secondsl
Miss Frances Cooney. n y W. $ a. go
peGonds). second Miss Isabelle Grandfeld.
n. Y. W s. A. GO second). third Time.
40
and Under (HandicspJ Won by Miss Mi
Miss Helen Brlscoe, n. y W. s. A. Cs sec.
onds) second Miss Katherine Brown. N. Y.
W s. a. (s seoonds), third Time, Al 4-0
seconds.
Referee-Afred slvori ~ Y. A. c.
The New York herald., 1921-06-12
College Baseball Results.

Al New Haven-Yale. i3 Syracuse. g
Al Prlnceton-Vanderbllt University. ?
Princeton, (siX innings rain)
At philadelphia-Un Of Pennsyl-
vania. =. Dartmouth q
At Worcester. Mass.-Holy Cross. ~ Har-
ward. g.
At Providence Brown. 9 Tufts. 2
AZ Amherst. Mass ss-Massachusettg AEri-
cultural College. 4 Amherst. ?.
At Selins Grove. Pa.--Rucknen "a Susdue-
hanna University, 4
At State College, IA a.--University of Pitts
burgh. -. Pennsylvania state, III Inn
ings)
A. Morgantown. w va-west virginia.
is w and j., g.
At Easton. Pa.-Lafayette. 2. Lebanon
Valley. 2
al chicago. -Chicago. :. waseda. O.
At Bethlehem, Pa.-Lehsh. Rutgers. q
BASEBALL TO-DAY, 1900 P. ". POLO
The New York herald., 1921-06-12
Another Mark Threatened.

one other record was endangered yes
terday by Emery OF Princeton. who In
winning the hammer throw was within
four feet Of the old mark.
The meet enjoyed large fields in all
except the 80 yards low hurdles. and In
this race only three mu appeared for
the heats Under the rules 81 the Anna
teur Athletic Union. this Is not enough 10
warrant championship race 20 be run.
so II was omitted from the programs
The conditions for the meet were any
thing but good, and 90 the performances
could be considered nrst rate The track
was very slow and breeze blew across
Continued on Third Page
The New York herald., 1921-06-12
Point Score in Games
for Junior Met Title

York University. IL: unattached, l2;
Glencoe, II; PauIist A. G., IL; Morning
side. .: Pastime 4. C., y; swedish
American A. C., y; Columbia University.
6; 81. Christopher Club, q: Jersey
Harriers. 3; Hungarian American, );
Alpha =. {. G.. 4; It. Anselm's 4. C.,
I; Mohawk A. C., I.
The New York herald., 1921-06-12
The score:

Two base hits-Hargrave. Duncan LuQue,
Roush Three base hits-Roush Hargrave,
BreSHer. Stolen bases-Roush, . Duncan,
Sacrifce-Duncan. Double plays-Hohne.
Fonseca and Daubert. Johnston. kildun and
konetchy: Griffith and Konetchy. Myers.
Kilduff and Olson Left on bases-Brooklyn,
- Cincinnati, Z Bases on balls-ON Smith
2. fIts-On Smith. ~ In : innings on
Bailey, In inning. Struck out-By Luque,
3. Losing pltcher-Smith Tmplres-fiart
aui Mccormick Time Of game hour and
40 minutes
The New York herald., 1921-06-12
RUTHS 18TH HOMER
HELPS YANKEES WIN
Three Run Drive in Seventh
Ties ScOre-Tigers Are
Beaten by z to 6.
VICTORY COMES IN NINTH
Peck's Single Sends In Con-
quering Tally as Storm
Breaks.
BY DANIEL.

For the Yankees as a club, and Babe
Ruth, who hit Home Run Number IS,
Roger Peckinpaugh and Tom Sheehan
in particular-for the 10000 who went
into wild ecstasies over the Babes
three run drive which tied the score
in the seventh. and other scintillating
and dashing exploits OF their favorites
the cup of joy was filled to over
flowing at the Polo Grounds yesterday
afternoon.
1t was a mighty sweet victory which
the New Yorks hammered out over the
time wasting, tantalizing Ty Cobb and
his Tigers-a triumph as saccharine
as drips of honey which struck down
the Detroits with the coming of the
storm and Pecks single n the ninth
inning. The score was 7 to 6.
Never before. this season, had the
Yankees scored success which
brought so much satisfaction both 10
themselves and the home fans. Never
before. this year, had Ruth hit a home
run which made him feel so strongly
the joy of living and the power of his
mighty shoulders. Rarely in the last
decade, had a crowd at the Polo
Grounds been antagonized and tam
talized-driyen TO wish so keenly for
victory-as was the assemblage yester-
day.
Behind 1t all We're the continual goat
getting dilly dallying tactics of Cobb,
who spared for time and hoped that
team. But all the delay could not pre-
vent Pecl<inpaugh from striking the blow
triumphant in the gathering gloom, and
sending .Sheehan home with the winning
run
The New York herald., 1921-06-12
A Homer Par Excellence.

T. was a great game, and what a
home rum that smash of Ruth's was
The Babe has delivered more telling
blows. He has sent the ball among the
fans with all the bases filled. He has
crashed .he leather into the stands 20
break de3docks and put the finishing
touches on the enemy. But that home
run of yesterday gave way TO none OF
these
The Babe rarely Is demonstrative. but
when he drove out that four bagger in
the seventh inning. sent two runs In
ahead OF him and tied the score at 6 all
he was elation itself And the major
Cobb. now manager as well as CEN
tire fielder. the Tyrus. who has boasted
oft and anon that he is more valuable
20 a team than is the Ba be.
That ninth inning denouement which
dealt a death blow TO Cobbs methods
and his hopes for tie. was most dra-
matte one, perhaps the most dramatic
seen a. the Polo Grounds this season.
What a setting as the Yankees went TO
bat in the ninth Sheehan had come in
and held the Tigers safe in the eighth
I'm spite Of triple by Bassler. and again
IN the ninth despite two passes. They
were cancelled by lightning double
play started by Baker. who made "A
fiashing catch Of Heilmann's liner
Ruth's home run had whanged slow
Jim Middleton out of the game In the
seventh and I'm the eighth II was Old
ham. left handler who turned the
champing Yankees back. II was Old
ham whom they faced In the telling
ninth-Oldham. the downpour and a
threatening tie. As Schang strode to
bat the Tigers held a short confabua-
tion-only about Ave minutes wasted
while Cobb gave his ideas Of the catch
er's hitting weaknesses ana gazed from
time to time al the darkening skies.
Rain drops az huge as !ollypops were
falling all over the park.