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The New York herald., 1922-02-09
BARNES BACKS BILL
TO END PRIMARIES
Senator Wiswall of Albany
Wants to Destroy All
Vestiges.
Special Dispatch to THE NEw YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany, Feb. 3.
Destruction of the remnant OF the
direct primary law is the purpose of a
bin introduced to-day by Senator Wis
wall of Albany and sponsored by Will
lam Barnes. whose Albany county or
ganization is badly wrecked.
Last year the Legislature restored the
State and judicial district nominating
conventions. The Wiswall bill would
restore the convention system for the
nomination ofcounty. city, Congressional,
Senatorial and Assembly candidates.
Town and village candidates are the
only ones left out and they are now
nominated by caucus.
The direct primary nominating system
proved disastrous to the Barnes ma
chine and the split that followed was
largely responsible for the overthrow of
the Republicans in the city and county at
the last election. The democrats are
now in control Of Albany for the first
time in more than twenty years They
are placing their hopes in the restora-
ton of the old fashioned convention sys-
TEN of nominating candidates from Gov
ernor all the way down to county con-
stables.
Assemblyman Caulfield Republican,
of Brooklyn. introduced to-day bill
to abolish the State and judicial district
conventions and bring back the direct
primary for nomination of these candi-
dates.
Assemblyman John W. Slacer of Buff
falo proposes to put New York State on
record against medicinal beer and to
make the State law conform with the
amendments to the Volstead act pro-
hibiting medicinal beer.
The I,owman Statewide automobile OPP
orators bill was favorably reported to
the Senate to-day by the Internal AZ.
fairs Committee. 1t provides for the
licensing OF all automobile operators of
the State at an initial fee of 81 and no
renewal fee. After receiving protests
from New York city clubs of the New
York state Automobile Association the
committee abandoned the previous Low
man bill. which continued the present
New York city operators license law.
requiring 81 initial fee and 81 annual
renewal fee. For the rest of the State
that bill required the licensing of all op-
orators for a 81 initial fee and no re-
newal fee The New York automoblists
objected to the discrimination against
them.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
REPUBLICAN WOMEN TOLD
THEY MUST BUILD PARTY
Mrs John Henry Hammond, Addressing Neighborhood
Association, Says Constructive Ideas Are Needed to
Attract Votes-Arm Chair Criticism Disparaged.

Robinson, springing to her feet. For
fifty years Senator Lodge has worked
for his country as he saw the right
The resolution was passed unani-
mously.
Mrs. Hammond. one of the directors
of the association, offered suggestions
for ways in which women can help the
Republican party. She said:
1--WE women have more time to give
to the study of politics than have the
men, and many women are using this
time to good advantage. The increased
interest of women in politics is bound
to affect the men. Tammany Hall works
night and day to gain new members,
whereas the average Republican asso-
citation works spasmodically at election
time to get votes for its candidates. Is
it any wonder we cannot elect more
often Republican Mayor?"
Other speakers were Mrs. Learned
Hand, Mrs. Robinson and Miss Hay.
Among those present were Mrs. Otto
II. Kahn, Miss Juiana Cutting, Mrs.
Jennings, Mrs. John Elliott Curran. Mrs.
n. Thayer Robb, Mrs. Grayson Mp.
Murphy, Mrs. Walston II. Brown. Mrs.
Alexander Lambert Mrs. James X.
Sheffield, Mrs. Alvin w. krcch. Mrs.
Edward X. punham and Mrs. Charles
do Rham.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09

1873 West street. Two OF them thumped
him on the head with blackjacks while
the other two seized the parcel of money.
The bandits ran to a blue automobile
and drove away.
Half an hour later Sergeant Frank
Brennan saw four strangers in yellow
taXicab in front OF the Eik's Club in
Westfeld avenue, Elizabeth. As he adj
vanced toward the cab IL started away.
He called Patrolman Cochran and
hoped on the latter's motorcycle. AT
Jersey and Broad streets a traffic po-
liceman Louis Hldebrand. halted the
machine. Cochran and Hildebrand got
inside the tonneau and Brennan directed
the chauffeur TO drive TO Police Head
quarters. following on Cochran's motor
cycle.
Hlldebrand had reached the four men
and had found no weapons. AS the cab
stopped at Headquarters, Miller, who
was in the rear seat. reached quickly 10
the floor of the cab, grabbed a revolver
which one Of the four had dropped there
and began to fire as he Strengthened up.
Cochran had seen the weapon just as
Miller grabbed for Il. The first shot
fired by the bandit penetrated Cochran's
abdomen. Miller turned the muZzle to-
ward Hildebrand and pulled :he trigger
again. The bullet struck Hidebrand's
belt buckle and glanced. irflicting
slight flesh wound on his left arm.
The other three men tried to jump
from the car but Brennan got them into
the station. while reserves inside rushed
TO the cab and assisted Hildebrand in
Gisarming and overpowering Miller.
When the four men were searched
money said to have been taken from
Widrotter was found. The blue tour
ing car had been abandoned in Quit
man street. Newark, the journey q
Elizabeth being made in the taxicab OF
Edward Uffert of Newark. Uffart was
not held.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
FARM LOAN BLOC
FORMS AT ALBANY
Rallies for Bill to Use Saw
ings Bank and Trust Com
pany Funds.
WIDE SPLIT FORESEEN
Cleavage Predicted Between
City and Country Members,
Regardless of Party.
hackers WORK QUIETLY
Hearing, Now Announced for
Feb. 21, Once Delayed to
Avoid Publicity.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald iiurear.
Albany, Feb. 8.
The Legislature has a farm bloc
somewhat similar to that set up in
Congress, but for a different purpose.
1t is centering attention on the bill
offered by Senator John knight of
Wyoming to permit trust companies
and savings banks to invest in Federal
Farm Loan bonds.
Announcement was made to-day
that hearing on this measure would
be given by the Senate Banks Com
mittee on February 81. 1t threatens
split between the country and city
legislators. regardless of political lines.
The bill was introduced at the re-
quest of r. =. Thomson. president of
the Federal Land Bank for this dis
trict. which includes all the New Eng
land States, New York and New Jer-
sey. He first gained the Endorsement
of S. l.. Strivings. president of the
New York State Federation of County
Farm Bureaus, who is now lining up
the rural Senators and Assemblymen
for it.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
HOEY NO MURDERER,
SAYS SEIZED BANDIT
Harry Miller, Caught i'm New
ark. Questioned After
Statement by Pal.
HOPE FOR MAN IN PRISON
Police Investigating Story of
Man Who Says He Saw
Neville Shot.

The wheel of fate seems to have
turned yesterday in favor of William
Hoey. New York gangster. who Is
serving twenty years TO life for the
murder of Patrolman Daniel J. Neville
OF the West Thirtieth street station in
vacant lot in West Thirty-ninth
street on the night of August q last
Harry Miller. alias "Winquist," alias
The Swede.' 20. of 12J East Forty fifth
street. who also was indicted in con-
nection with the Neville murder. was
arrested in Elizabeth. n. ]. One of
three men seized with him told of wit
Messing the Neville staying and swore
to Capt. Brex OF the Newark detec-
tives that Hoey was innocent. This
man accused one of his pals. but the
name of Miller was not mentioned.
Hoey always has protested his inno-
cence in the Neville murder
Detectives Corcoran and Flood of the
West Thirtieth street station went 10
Elizabeth to question Miller. Ferdi-
nand Pecora, Assistant District Attor-
ney. intimated that steps will be taken
to extradite him.
The arrest of Miller. with three other
New York men-Frank Emeciano, 10.
OF 452 West Thirty-seventh street /;
James Prunty, 81 of SIS West Forty
eighth street. and Frank Rutig. 20, Of
432 West Forty-tifth street-followed a
holdup in Newark and a subsequent
fight with the Elizabeth police. in which
two patrolmen were wounded. one OF
them seriously. John Cochran, motor
cycle patrolman, was shot iE the abdo-
men and was taken TO the Elizabeth
General Hospital
Wenderlin Wilderotter. an elderly dry
goods dealer of IS Montgomery street,
Newark, was on his way to bank to
deposit the proceeds of his weeks sales
when four men attacked him in front of
The New York herald., 1922-02-09

Armchair criticism is to be discour-
aged by Republican women, who yes
terday were urged to present to the
voters constructive arguments which
will have stronger appeal than at
tacks against "the crooked tactics of
selfish politicians" This step was em-
phasized by Mrs John Henry Ham
mond at one of the regular meetings of
the Republican Neighborhood Associa-
tion at the house of Mrs. Oliver c. Jen-
nings. So Fifth avenue. More than
one hundred women were present and
many new members Joined.
When Mrs. James Russell Parsons,
chairman of the association, said she
thought it would be pleasant thing to
adopt a resolution approving Senator
Lodges plan for the economic saliva
tion of Austria. Mrs. Corinne Roose-
Welt Robinson and Miss Mary Garrett
Hay had brief disagreement over the
Senator's record.
I'D like to second such resolution
of congratulation TO Senator Lodge if
some one will make it," said Miss Hay.
land I'd like the Senator to know
seconded it. I've fought against nearly
everything the Senator has stood for
in the last forty years, but approve of
this"
II differ With Miss Hay" said Mrs.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
BEAR MOUNTAIN BRIDGE
PROJECT CONSIDERED
Gouernor Inclined to FAVOR
1t; Policy Against Tolls.
Special Dispatch 10 THE New YonK IiraALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
AIbauv. Feb

Special Dispatch to THE New YouK IiEaALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany. Feb. Y.
Gov. Miller is disposed 10 took with
favor on the project put forth by Sena-
tor Smith, giving Terry and Tench.
contractors, authority from this State
to build bridge across thc Hudson at
Bear Mountain.
The subject is demanding much
though, and attention. the Governor
said. While there Is need for such a
structure. &c policy of the State has
been against erecting toll bridges.
Whether the tolls to he charged could
be fixed to deal adequately with the sit
uation and the public will have to be
determined.
Announcement Is made that thc con-
tractors purpose to have the bridge open
Ia two years. IT would be a suspension
span 1850 feet from center to center of
towers and 1856 feet above high water.
The roadway would be twenty-five feet
vide
Tolls proposed for automobiles range
from 30 cents to 81 for cars. and from
50 ,enig 20 s175 for motor trucks.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
POLICE BRUTALITY
BEFORE GRAND JURY

County Judge Franklin Taylor
directed in Brooklyn yesterday that
charges of police brutality made by
Simon Banks and Charles Van Pelt, be
laid before the Grand Jury. Van Pelt
was charged with Burglary and Banks
with assault Both were tried in the
County Court before Judge Taylor and
acquitted. Van Pelt testified that he
confessed although innocent only after
he had been pounded about the face
and head at the Fifth avenue police
station in Brooklyn. After hc washed
the blood away. he said. the detectives
set upon him again.
Banks asserted that he WAS struck
about the face and body with "A piece
of lead pipe at the Grand avenue police
station and he had to undergo hospital
treatment. He also confessed but would
not have done so. he said. had he not
been so badly beaten.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
GOVERNOR FAVORS
INQUIRY BY REGENTS
Hylan Administration Politics
May Lead to Investiga-
ton by Board.
Special Dispatch 10 1 HE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.

Special Dispatch TO I HE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany, Feb. 3.
The State Board of Regents is con-
sidering the advisability and necessity
into the New York public school system.
There is undoubted proof that Mayor
Hylan and Tammany are paying no heed
to Gov. Millers warning that they must
across the school path. Hylan's laconic
order from Palm Beach to smash
Melency" has stirred the State authori-
ties to the need for action.
II think that it would be quite an
appropriate thing for the Board of
Regents to conduct an inquiry into the
Board of Education's affairs the Gov
ernor said to-day.
Asked how the Regents could proceed.
the Governor said "The Regents are an
independent body; they might require
an appropriation and possibly an act Of
the Legislature. l do not know
The Meyer committee made cursory
investigation of the Department of Edu-
cation. but hardly touched the surface.
IL Ine tNtSentS 40 uIlueItdhe the III
vestigation, which now seems probable,
1t will be the most searching study of
New York's educational affairs made in
a generation. The proposal to enact n
law at this session setting up the Board
of Education as a separate entity and
severing completely the relations be-
tween the board and the city admins
tration may be laid over If the Regents
undertake the inquiry.
Charges have been made repeatedly
that the city's schools were going from
bad to worse: : that instructors are not
competent. and that politics was direct
ing policies.
Governor Miller said he had not been
consulted on terms Of the bill now being
drawn to give the Board of Education
financial independence.
'"That is a project that has been under
consideration for long time" the Gov
ernor said. ''It is a difficult problem
to work out and one which the Charter
Revision Commission must deal with. IL
is a question of working things out so
that independence can be assured the
Board of Education without upsetting
the financial situation of the city
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
MAN AND WOMAN FOUND
SLAIN IN ELIZABETH
Police Discard Suicide as
Theory for Murder.

ELIZABETH. y. j., Feb. S.-With sew
cral bullet wounds through their chests
Mrs Josephine Lagura. II, and Raphael
Cordona were found dead this evening in
the apartments of t:e woman st 31s
South Seventh street At first the police
thought il TO be cause of a murder and
suicide. as revolver was found in the
mans hand. but an investigation showed
that at least five shots had been fired.
whereas the revolver had been exploded
only three times.
Soon after the discovery of the crime
Joseph Lagura. husband of the girl, en-
tered the house He became hysterical
when told OF the crime and could give
no coherent answers He was held by
the police as material witness
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
"Seeing the Wheels
go Round''

Everybody likes to see peauti-
full, smoothly running ma
chinery from the baby who
wants the back Of fathers watch
opened to the man of affairs.
1t costs more than a half mil
lion dollars to equip a modern
Knickerbocker Ice Plant with
the electrically driven wheels
that turn winter and summer
making pure, clean ice.
Oac-hoD million dollars 10 equip
pIant. Inc best udqon hat can be bull.
9 horses. dciirery man 10 deliDer
Kntckerbockcr Ice--yet IL costs bm 3-5 OF
n cent ponnd in Manhattan, BROOKLYN
and BrOnL
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
Fears UntfmeIy Publicity.

The fear of the hackers of the bill
that too much publicity might injure
its chances of passage is expressed In
a letter written OH February by Presi-
dent Thomson of the Land Bank to SEN
ator Knight. 1t reads:
with regard to our bond measure
we beg to ask that the hearing on
same be postponed until February
90 or 81 or as early date as pos
sible thereafter our reason being
that the Federal Land Bank intends
10 bring out a large Offering of these
bonds next week and we do not care
10 take the risk of an untoward pub
llcity which might occur through
some enemies OF tie farm loan sys-
tenn being present at said hearing.
I think there Is very little possi-
bility of the same, bu. the risk Is too
great. and II n postponement meets
with your plans. as I understand Il
would, we would respectfully ask for
same. We would greatly appreciate
your early advice as TO the probable
date OF the hearing so that we can
make our plans accordingly.
In another letter to Senator Knight
Hugh S. McConner. secretary Of the
Land Bank, said letters concerning the
bill had been written to $50 savings
banks and trust companies in New York
state and that he would advise the Sen
a.or as to their attitude as soon as re-
plies were received. He expressed the
opinion that New York State should
no thesitate TO pass the bill. as the Land
Bank had lent $500, 900 to it's farmers
The secretary of the Real Estate Board
of New York city has sent word to SEN
ator Knight that the board has dlsap-
proved the bill because OF the great
shortage OF money in this State avail
able for bonds and mortgages.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
u.r-hficld Attacks Jones.

David Hirshficld. who continues to fire
off typewritten statements on telepathic
instructions from the vacationing Mayor
assailed yesterday the conduct OF the
bureau Of supplies OF the Department OF
Education. whose director, Patrick Jones.
was reelected yesterday. lie said the
records were incorrect and worthless
" ere two years behind and that the
system Of accounts makes regulation OF
theallotment IF textbooks and other sup
plies impossible.
The records Of December 81, 1917. as
TO tho number OF textbooks on hand
were I'm error to the extent OF ic5.53i
books, according to Mr.. Hirshheld. He
charged Supt Ettlngcr with frustrating
his efforts to ascertain later conditions.
Nevertheless he did make - test In thir-
teen schools and found that the number
of books delivered to them as recorded
by the Board Of Education as COM
pared with the actual deliveries re-
corded at the individual schools dis
closed shortage of 25.164 books. In
these same schools. said Mr.. Hirshfeld.
there were 252,t63 books unaccounted
for In the years 1918, 1919 and 1920.
Similarly he said. III typewriters and
many other supplies were unaccounted
for
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
ASSEMBLY TO GET
NEW SCALPERS' BILL
Fifty Cent Fee Limit Put on
Theofer Ticket Sales.
Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
ALBANY. Feb. a.

Sptctdt DtSpdtcH 10 IHE NEW YORK iirEALn.
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany. Feb. =.
Assembly r X. Smith Of Syracuse.
after conference with c. r. Stagg,
counsel to the Governor. announced to-
day that he Is preparing another bill
against ticket scaloers.
II will provide that II any person
sells a theater ticket for more than
fifty cents above the regular price the
purchaser can recover a penalty of $50
in the civil courts.
Mr.. Smiths bill of last year. which
was vetoed by the Governor. made II
"A misdemeanor TO sell theater tickets
for more than fifty cents above the
regular price. Tho Governor held that
the provisions were too broad for such
a severe penalty.
Senator Walton OF Ulster introduced
to-day bill licensing all persons re-
selling theater tickets and requiring
bond of $1,000. Tho measure prohibits
the selling of tickets in excess of so
cents above the price printed on the
ticket.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
M'GINNIES'S BILL IS PASSED.
authorizes Acknowledgement to
Take Part in Phone Rate Probe.

ALBANY. IT-b S.--By unanimous vote
tho Senate to-day concurrcd with the
Assembly in the passage Of the McGin-
ries bill. designed TO authorize tho At
torncy-General TO repr sent the public in
the Investigate m by the Public Service
Commission into telephone rates as
charged by the New York Telephone
Company 1t carries an appropriation Of
s25,000.
The measure. which now goes 10 the
Governor. will be the first of the admin
istrltion bills to reach him.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
City Interests Alert.

Urban legislators and representatives
of city real estate boards are just be-
ginning to realize the significance of
the measure. 1t was one of the first in
troduced and its hackers have been
making every effort to prevent this
discovery for fear of its defeat through
some enemies of the farm loan sys-
tenn as Thomson wrote to Mr.. knight.
1t is declared the bill will divert
millions of dollars from building mort
cages to farms. The opponents contend
that in the present emergency the cities
need the money for new houses much
more than the farmers They also in
sist that the farmers of the West are
more likely to get the money lent by
New York banks and trust companies
than those of this State.
Senator Lockwood. chairman OF the
New York Legislative Housing Com
mttee. said the Knight bill would knock
the bottom out of the real estate mort
gage market but that he feared ii would
be passed because of strong backing
from rural legislators.
The power of the farm bloc at Wash
ington has resulted in the enactment OF
legislation similar to that provided in
the Knight bill in thirty-seven of the
forty-eight States, and the agricultur-
lists are anxious to add New York State,
financially tho most powerful. The
States besides New York which so
far have failed to enact such law are
Connecticut. Illinois. Iowa, New Mexico,
Arizona. Kansas. Michigan, Montana.
Nevada and North Dakota.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
IT. r. so Foot Canal
Roosevelt Memorial

nANAMA, Feb. S.-The erection
of a permanent memorial to
Theodore Roosevelt on Ancon
Hill was begun to-day. The me-
mortal consists of the letters "T.
r." in stone and cement, each let
ter fifty feet high and forty-five
feet wide, with periods five feet
square.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09

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Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK HERALD.
New York Herald f,urear.
II,an Fob
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-06
CHILDREN TO PLAY IN
HASTINGS PAGEANT
Gri~Who Sang for }. q. Rock
efelier to Dance.

Virginia Denike. the little six-year-oid
Hastings girl to whom John ID. Rookie
Teller gave two bright new oliver dimes
as a souvenir recently whtn she sang
for him on the Nyack-Tsrrytown ferry
boat, will be one Of the prominent
dancers at the children's carnival and
pageant to Pe'held on the Chrystie estate
In Hastings next Friday and Saturday
by the woman's Club, the receipts to be
used In the phiianthropic and welfare ac-
tlvities Of the organization.
One hundred children OF the village
will be in the operetta. "Cinderella in
Fiowerland," to be staged or the green
award and under the trees of the old
Revolutionary War relic Post Tavern
the children have been trained by Mrs
Walker Whiteside. On Saturday a pag-
cant. mo Land Like Ours" Will be pre-
scented by the children of the New York
Qrphanage under the direction of Mrs.
Il. H. Field. In the evening dancing
will take place in the ballroom of the
Chrystfe manstosD
The following women are In charge of