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The New York herald., 1922-04-18

PANTY asserts that the Police Commits
sioner has feathered his nest This
adroit innuendo Is evidently used 10
dodge a libel action. IL they refer TO
the fact that the Police Commissioner
had a successful business transaction
through the brokerage firm Of Allan A.
Ryan and Company il Is the right on
every citizen. whether he be public
official or not, TO engage In any legiti-
mate business transaction. and this was
a legitimate business transaction not
withstanding the attempts of these
blackguards to make II appear otherwise.
They further assert that the Police
Commissioner was given two automo-
biles. This is a lie out OF whole cloth.
They also charge fraudulent acts and
forgery in connection with contracts
at Police Hearquarters. The entire mat
ter to which they refer was submitted
by them To the Meyer Committee"
The Commissioner ends his letter tc
the Mayor with the statement that the
best thing the city OF New York can do
is TO cause a thorough investigation TO
be made OF the activities of this so-called
Citizens Union during the last twenty
years.
II venture to say" he went on, that
many feathers will be found in their
nests. also some rotten eggs and many
shells of other eggs which have been
sucked dry"
The New York herald., 1922-04-18

Hylan had for regarding him as emf
nently fit to be Commissioner. Woods
had no use for a police politician.
Mayor Hylan wanted one. The Mayor.
however, announced that Enright was
appointed because of his vast practical
police experience. The fact Is that his
actual police experience was very linn
tied. In his more than twenty years
In the department 1t was only under
Commissioners Bingham and Woods
that he was not detailed to the chief
clerks office or the Bureau of Repairs
and Supplies.
THE reason for the progressive de-
terioration of the detective division under
Enright is the manipulation TO which his
practical handling has subjected IT,
He has boasted Of the fact that he
cleaned out the division as Woods left
IL. Detectives of ability and experience
were ousted to make room for Enright
followers. Inspectors Faurot and Cray.
who had given effective direction to de-
tective work under Woods. nave been
kicked upstairs to deputy comnis-
siorershirs.
Faurot, as third deputy, now con-
siders certain routine administrative
matters, such as application for retire
meM, leaves OF absence, temporary de-
tails and assignments Cray, as fourth
deputy. nov has supervision of boilers,
permits and lost property. The public
may not have the benefit of the SER
vices of these tried men, because En-
right prefers the kind of orga nizatiop
that Devery had in the days of Mayor
Van Wyck.
Notwithstanding the growth OF the
city and the increasing complexity of the
detective problem, as distinguished from
the supervision of the uniformed force
on patrol duty, Enrisht has concentrated
in his friend. Chief Inspector Lahey,
supervision of both the detective di-
vision and the uniformed force-a COM
bination of function so burdensome, IL
conscientiously discharged as TO pre-
vent the best results in either branch.
1t has not been attempted since Dew
ery's Cay.
"Sucha however, Is a practical adj
ministraton under a practical commits
sioner. who pretends that an accumula-
tion of indscriminate arrests proves po-
lice efficiency and under a Mayor. who
prates about conspiracy of the inter
ests.' while the people are murdered and
pillaged by cut-throats who operate In
the knowledge that Enright will have
the wrong man arrested to show how
efficient he Is"
In his letter to the Mayor the Com
missioner averted that the Citizens
Union "devotes it's entire time to lbeling
public officials and added
Among other things. this gang flip
The New York herald., 1922-04-18
ENRIGHT DISMISSES
THREE FOR DRINKING

Police Commissioner Enright yester-
day dismissed three of his men caught
drinking with an actor At the same
time that discipline tightened with a
snap at Headquarters in Manhattan
eighty-two patrolmen were arraigned in
Brooklyn before Fourth Deputy Com
missioner Gray for various infractions
of rules and duty. Never in Enright' s
commissionership have three men been
dismissed on one complaint. The men
who go out are Hugh NJ. Conlin. a re-
Gently appointed patrolman; Percival j.
w. Cassidy. with four years service,
and Daniel j. Collins, who was appointed
three years ago. Capt. Joseph Howard
Of the West Thirtieth street station
made Charge of intoxication against
them. According TO Capt. Howard the
trio were on tour of duty, lasting
from midnight to A. NJ on March 8.
At A. M. they were discovered in the
Hotel Arthur in the room of an actor
drunk and unfit for duty. They were
tried before Deputy Commissioner John
A. Leach.
In the Brooklyn cases the charges in
The New York herald., 1922-04-18

department A record of such sham
efficiency he has achieved. for he has
accumulated a higher percentage OF ar
rests in cases reported TO the police than
in 1917. the last year of his predecessor.
which Enright has chosen for compari-
son. The vital fact however, he has
been careful to disregard, namely that
SO far as concerns conviction for crimes
of violence (homicide. felonious assault,
assault and robbery and burglary the
detective division under his regime has
secured a smaller percentage both of
convictions to arrests and of convictions
to cases reported than in 1917. and also.
except for assault-robbery in 1919, a
smaller number of convictions than in
1917:
and the percentages which they reveal:
The New York herald., 1922-04-18
DOZEN SHOTS FIRED
IN MOTOR CAR CHASE

Detectives Mullen. Toner and Murray
OF the Automobile Squad. in one of the
Ford runa bouts with which the squad
is now patrolling the city. chased a
big Studebaker touring car up Tenth
and Amsterdam avenues from rorty-
seventh street 10 Sxty-third street last
night. firing more than dozen shots
They captured the machine when two
men Jumped from II and IL crashed into
a railing in front of l6l West Sixty
third street
The two men ran upstairs into ten
ement house. followed by the detectives,
but they escaped over the roofs. The
detectives took the car 10 the West
Sixty-eighth street station, where il Is
being held until the owner claims it.
The license number 32623-Pa. The dt Z
tectives saw the machine pass the West
Forty seventh street station and chased
1t because the men in il looked sus-
picous.
The New York herald., 1922-04-18


Wall street explosion.
1.-THE apparently favorable showing here
is explained by the fact that at the end Of
1917 cases pending were only 3-10 per cent
of those reported, while In the later years
they were / $40 per cent. per cent. and s
per cent respectively.
1T is such arrests that constitute
efficiency under what Enright has
called his practical administration and
his application of the Mayors humane
and wise policies particularly humane
when an innocent man is not only ar
rested. but also. as has so often hap
pened under this practical regime, is
brutally beaten.
"Enright was appointed Commissioner
Of Police because Arthur Woods had
refused TO appoint him a captain of
police. The reasons which led Com
missioner Woods wisely to conclude
that Enright was untitled TO be a cap
tain were the very reasons that Mayor
The New York herald., 1922-04-18

clude smoking. lettering. being asleep on
duty and being seen in cafes. IN all
cases decision was reserved.
The New York herald., 1922-04-18

The Citizens Union made public
another attack on Police Commissioner
Richard f. Enright yesterday. declar-
ing that the detective division, "the
second line of defense against crime"
has deteriorated along with the rest
of the force under the blight of En-
right"
This. the statement declares, is
shown by a study of statistics fur
nished by Enright in his annual re-
ports for 1918, 1919 and 1920.
These statistics, says the Citizens
Union. statement. show why the city
has become a safe place for yeggs and
burglars and murderers, because they
disclose that Commissioner Enright's
theory of efficiency is to pile up a
record of indiscriminate arrests while
the guilty culprits remain at large"
Such efficiency the Citizens Unicn
calls sham, and charges that the de-
teroration of the detective division Is
due to the manner in which the Com
missioner has manipulated ir In the
interests of police politics.
Commissioner Enright also made a
statement answering previous attacks
en- him by the Citizens Union. He
characterized the organization as
political panhandling organization"
This was in a letter to Mayor Hyian
in which the Commissioner said that
he had gone to District Attorney Joab
+ Banton to learn whether ne should
proceed for slander against the authors
of the Citizens Unions attacks.
The Commissioner in his letter to the
Mayor declares the Citizens Union in it's
'libelous screed recently issued" has re-
hashed numerous false and libelous state
nents and inuendoes concernig the Police
Commissioner and the Police Depart
ment "all of which were exploited by
the malodorous Meyer committee" The
whole program of that committee and
of the Citizens Union, the Commissioner
said. was submitted to the people at the
last general election and rejected by an
overwhelming majority of nearly half
million votes.
ARRESTS of No Public Value"
The statement of the Citizens Union
said in part:
"The mere making of an arrest in
Discriminatory while the guilty person
escapes is obviously neither efficient
detective work nor of public value. On
the contrary, the habitual arrest of the
wrong man serves but to embolden the
criminal to his next attack.
Tn a formal report Enright has said
that the figures of arrests for felonies
demonstrate the real efficiency of this
The Washington times., 1922-11-18

was broken up enough TO enter a
$sxso-inch crushsr and was In such
a convenient position that Il could
be handled Al the minimum cost.
When II was crushed TO commercial
size, this material. which originally
consisted Of $4,000 yards Of rock,
amounted TO almost twice as much
and was sufficieno to build almost
eighty miles OF concrete road eight.
cen feet wide. Experts have esti.
mated that a charge OF explosives
10 per cent less would not have
shattered the rock and 10 Der cent
more would have lost much of the
material by throwing II into a near.
'Ancihss remarkable achievement,
occurred during the construction OF
the otAy Dam. The Requirements
were entirely different and were
successfully carried out. BY a
single blast many thousand yards
OF rock In the face OF the CANYON
were hurled into a bed of The
stream In such a position that most
Of II was allowed 10 rest without
rehandlins and formed a portion OF
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
.DuN|GAN OFFICE
i REPORTS 8
T. SALES
Houses In Operation at Pet
worth, Partly Built, Co
ing Fast.

The office OF d. J. DUNCAN re
Ports unusual activity In the sales
Of the new six. seven and eight
room houses which are being built
In his extensive Petworth operation,
Just off Grant Circle.
During the past week nine sales
were completed in the row on Up
shpr street. between Third and
Fourth streets, as follows:
William ID. Redding. 3l6 Upshur
street.
Mrs. Gloria r. ochsenreiter. at
Upshur street.
James p. Minot. $40 Upshur
street.
The Misses Godfrey. a2l Upshur
street.
william J. Du Busky, sss Up,
shuyL street.
Jehn G. Harlowe. s25 Upshur
street.
Daniel L. Haldeman. s27 Upshur
street.
Mrs. Saliie v. Browning. s29
Upshur street.
Ambrose II. Stang. ss1 Upshur
street.
DUNCAN Is just completing a row
81 houses similar to the Upshur
street homes, In the 1900 block Of
Third street. a number OF which
have already been sold.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
EXPERIENCE BIG
HELP WHEN
BLASTING
intelligence Must Be Display
cd at All Times. as Danger
Turks Everywhere.

Rock blasting. according TO the
prevailing belief. consists Of drill
ing a hole. stufflng Il with dyna-
mite. retiring to safe distance
from the explosive and sending an
electric spark to the charge which
causes It to explode with a loud
roar and scatter rocks and dust In
all directions. This sounds very
simple and II that were all II
would be simple. but unfortunately
the breaking up OF great masses OF
rock cannot be done successfully by
anyone but a highly skilled and In
telligent blaster. says q writer In
s. w. Straus q Co.'S Investors
Magazine.
To begin with. this operation is
influenced by many local conditions,
Good judgment and extensive ex.
perience In the particular locality
where the blasting Is TO be done is
almost necessary to the achieve
ment Of SUCCESSFUL results
Important factors that enter into
the problem are the hardness OF the
rock, it's stratification. character OF
the excavation required. the equip
ment for drilling. qualities ana
(amount OF explosives. As is com
mon in all construction work today,
an effort IL made to secure the
greatest results at the smallest cost.
SO the rock blaster tries to loosen
as much rock per pound OF explo'
sive as possible. 1t IL also prob
lem to keep the rocks from being
blown too far. Expert blasters, by
careful study OF the rocks. have
been able to use hundreds OF pounds
OF explosives and shatter large
masses of rocks into small pieces,
at the same time barely lifting the
rocks off the ground. Sometimes.
especially in quarrying operations.
the blaster must know how to place
his explosives SO that he can loosen
and break mass Of rock and still
have this material In largs Jumps
suitable for great building blocks.
When a large blast Ia demanded.
shafts and tunnels containing u
great deal of dynamite In bulk
usually replace the individual drill
holes. Obviously, the arrangement
OF these explosives so an to loosen
a great quantity of rock and break
II into comparatively uniform mass
es Of a desired size, without danger
to the neighborhood or lifting the
rocks too far. Is a problem which
requires much study and technical
skill
Recently there was q famous
operation Of this kind In a Canadian
town. Two hundred thousand tons
OF rock were lifted and scattered
by the explosion at one discharge
of thirty tons OF dynamite. No por.
ton OF the >rock was thrown more
than 100 feet and nearly all OF IL
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
DRIVEWAY LIGHT
ISPROIECT|ON
To HOUSES
Improves Appearance OF Place
and is Welcome to
Guests.

While the subject of lighting the
grounds 10 particularly or interest
to those having suburban homer,
there are still many parts or cities
where the street lighting may be
supplemented by lamp at the
entrance Of the driveway. This
light acts AS a welcome to guests,
as a means Of protection and also
will contribute to the appearance
Of the properly. The use of an
ornamental standard that matches
the architectural style Of the house,
with an opalescent glass globe or
lantern type luminaire, Is good
practice. A 50-watt Mazda lamp
In this will enable the driver of an
automobile to see the entrance
clearly.
Minimum Glare.
When the driveway Is Of con-
siderable length. 1t becomes nec-
essary to place lights at least at
sharp curves or particularly darI
spots. The size Of the lamps used
will depend upon the surroundings.
but Mazda lamps ranging from ?5
to rs watts should fulfill all re-
quirements. 1t is necessary that
these lamps be Used on standards
that will raise them above the
direct line Of view Of the driver.
The glassware used should minin.
ize glare In the drivers or pedes'
trian's eyes.
The greenhouse or fountain light
ing offers opportunities for spAcia'
effects that are beautiful and
unique. Colored lights may be Ised
that will render the view at night
far more interesting than by day.
Concealed Lights Effective.
Concealed light sources are effec'
tive for illuminating banks of ferns
or rocks. For general illumination
OF the greenhouse. lamps In oral
reflectors should be installed close
to the ceiling.
Sports are now pursued at night
with a. much enjoyment as In the
daytime. due to the modern method
Of lighting. Data on lighting the
tennis court are obtainable In a
bulletin for general circulation,
THE Lighting Of Outdoor Sports"
Care must be tsken to use water.
proof fittings for all fixtures that
are to be used out of doors. Out
let's should be provided on the
outside Of the house to facilitate
the decoration Of the grounds for
special occasions.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
NEW METHOD Of
SAVING WOOD
FOUND
Smithsonian Expert Offers
Treatment That Kills
Organisms.

A new method by which II ID
claimed wood can be preserved In
definitely agaist attacks OF AL
kinds OF organisms. both land and
water. has been discovered recently
by DR.. Paul Bartsch Of the Smith
sonian Institution, DR.. Bartsch's
method consists of impreRnation
of paraffin containing soluble pois
ons. those used so far In the expert
ments having consisted Of todide oi
arsenic and iodide of copper.
Arsenic is know to be deadly "a
animal organisms, while the offi'
cacy Of copper salts for the de,
struction of plant elements 10 wei
known. Specimens Of wood have
been given this new treatment by
he forest products laboratory with
great success.
1t is understood that the investi'
cations at the forest products
laboratory have shown that the
new treatment will not cost any
more. II as much, as present pre-
rvntve treatments, and that the
paraffin penetrates wood more
readily than do the preservatives
now being used. Furthermore, the
same equipment heretofore used
for first-class impregnation with
creosote and other substances can
be used for impregnation by the
Rartsch method.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
GEN. LUKE e. WRIGHT 4!
DEAD At MEMPHIS HOME

MEMPHIS. Nov. is--GeneTal
Wright. former Secretary OF War
and ex-Governor-Generai OF the
Philippines. is dead at his hon"
here.
General Wright who had been
prrlujnsnt In the professional and
business lifs Of Memphis fer no,e
than fifty years. suffered fall
save, nj months ago and slnce hri
been in falling health.
General Wright. who was born N
Tennessee in iste. was q confed'
crate veteran. Although a Demo.
crat In politics, he was first up
pointed TO Federal office by Pres
dent Mckinley, who named him a
member OF the Philippine Cominis'
sion Later he was vice-goyernor
and governor.general OF the islands,
He resigned the latter position m
1908 to become amosssaa.s sohs. s.sodtl 10
10 become Secretary OF War IN
President Roosevelt's cabinet.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
DECLARES KHAN HAS
MEMBERS At SYRACUSE

SYRACUSE, N. ". Nov. 1s.--
Claims voiced by the Rev. c. s.
Fowler. president Of Lanier Uni
versity. Atlanta. GaS that the Ku
Klux Klan has a growing r',mber,
ship at Syracuse Univeg ,,ty were
denied today by Syracuse edu
Gators.
II know that In some Of the
Northwestern universities the khan
had considerable start last year
but I'm sure that DR.. Fowler was
falsifyinE a bit when he said there
was a khan organization at Syra
cuse," declared Prof Paul Conklin
today.
Other local educators echoed this
statement.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
MACHINE WAKES
ANDPOL|SHES
FLOORS
Also Can Be Used to Scrub
Kitchen or Clean Up Grease
In Garage.

A product that is finding ready
sales has just been put on the mar
ket. This II high speed floor wax
ing and polishing machine which
was designed especially for waxing,
polishing and scrubbing In private
homes. Larger machines are also
manufactured for use In hospitals
and large public buildings The
hand method OF polishing hardwood
floors IL 80 laborious that q ma
chine Of this type that does the
work easily Is splendid seller.
The machine Ia power driven.
with a x-horsepower motor that is
full ball bearing throughout and
weighs thirty-five pounds. This
machine works as easily as u
vacuum cleaner and In much the
same fashion. II Is easily rolled
from room to room by means OF
the rubber.tired truck wheels. which
are raised or lowered by a slight
movement of the foot.
Is Strongly Built.
The machine Is solidiy built TO
give good efficient service and yet
does not tire the operator. Scratch
ing Of woodwork and furniture is
prevented by a rubber bumper
guard. 1t Is simple operation,
also, to change the polishing brush
to a scrubbing brush.
Not only is this machine an ex'
, cellent one for polishing and wax
ing hardwood floors. but 1t Is also
used for scrubbing wood. linoleum,
brick, tile, cork. rubber and COM
position floors. The various
brushes are quickly and easily in.
terchangeable. There are three
kinds Of scrubbing brushes: the
palmetto, for smooth floors; the
baseen. which is stiff. for rough
floors: and mixed tampeco and
baseen for tile and kindred floors.
Has Many Uses.
The same machine. then. which
has waxed and polished the living
room and dining room floors, NAV.
by a quick interchange of brushes,
scrub the linoleum In the kitchen.
then be carried to the bathroom,
where II scrubs the tiled flooring:
the brick walks In the yard may
then be cleaned; and lastly, the
same machine can be used to put
the oily floor Of the garage In fine
condition.
Such a machine would be an ex-
cellent one for the general con.
tractor or carpenter to own, for It
would be of great service in pre-
pairing a house or building for Oc-
cupancy.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
cAFRITZ SELLS COLONIAL
RESIDENCE IN CHEVY CHASE

The charming colonial brick
residence at S700 Livingston street.
Chevy Chase. was sold by Morris
Cafritz Company, Inc, TO c. ID.
Pnarlman for 3. v. Gusack,
The property IL detached. spaci'
GUS and has many unusual features
that go to make a complete home.
street and 60 feet on Livingston
street.
Eight large. rooms; two baths;
extra room and bath for use OF
servant; builtin garage: inclosed
breakfast porch.
The purchaser will occupy the
property as his home.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18

the embankment that backed up the
gravity dam.
Blasting In our big cities In the
construction Of subways and large
build .ngs IL an even more ticklish
business and requires great care
and skin 10 protect the passers-by
and adjoining buildings from injury.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
Acquit N. Y. Brokers.

NEW YORK, Nov. ls.-Three Of.
ficers and sixteen clerks and sales
men Of Durreil, Gregory q Co.. n
stock brokerage firm. who have
been on trial before q Federal
district court for six weeks On
charges Of mail fraud, last night
were acquitted. four hours after
ther case went to the Jury.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
Union Veteran Dies.

HUNTSVILLE, w. Va. Nov. iS.--
Frederick Hoover. who served In the
Union army and was said to have
been one of the wealthiest men In
Braxton county. is dead here. aged
eighty-seven.
The Washington times., 1922-11-18
BULLS IRE AROUSED
BY RED AUTOMOBILE

BRAINTREE. Essex, Nov. 1S.-
Lady Curtis Bennett drives a red
car. Perhaps that Is why her car
was recently charged by bull as
she drove through the countryside.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-09-21

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