The evening world. Newspaper, April 29, 1907, Page 12

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Sh a oll ‘ well have been in Kamchatka as in New York. Trepidation and anxiety produce imaginary terrors, The Evening (Pubtshed by the Press Publishing Company, No. & to @ Park Row, New Tork Bafered at the Post-OMice at New York as Gecond-Ciass Mall Matter REVIVIFY THE POLICE. ™* Where the Police Department most needs cleansing an fs In the Detective Bureau. That is what makes t James McCafferty, such an important feature of ¢ istration. Since Devery flooded the bureau wit! who had either the pull or the price it has been itse crimmmal_gangs in this et crime, They shared the | blackmailed citizens of good reputation and he up| the other kind. New York would have been better! connived at | off without an: Y | Sporadic c canriot well be forestalled, but organized c exist. without partnership with the police, Aside from the pool-room syndicates and | the gamblitig trust, whose political alliances and police connections were of Common knowledge, there were other and more damaging forms of law-breaking which could not bave flourished if the Detective Bureau had been honest. Get-rich-quick swindlers have made their headquarters in New York and mulcted the whole United States. When the Federal authorities ex- cluded them from the mails they simply adopted another name. The Office buildings they infested were well known. Their crookedness was proved. Yet the Detective Bureau moved against them only when It could not help jiself. As for detecting what the big insurance thieves did, or how Mr. Harriman became rich, or what banks over-certify checks, or what brokers bucket their customers, the Detective Bureau might as/ It is too much to hope that the reorganized bureau will at once begin to detect all the crimes that are perpetrated here, but it should try to avoid discrimination in favor of big criminals. It is to the discredit of public police agencies that such criminals as the New Britain cashier, the bond-stealing syndicate and the like are left to semi-private prose- cutors, pe : What the people want most ts to be protected’ against crimes of violence and thefts in fiduciary relations. Burgtars, Black Hand men and highwaymen upset the nerves of the community. Household peace ts destroyed. The repose of the women of the family is interfered with. A of theft, They] | iS | Yexorded prophecy of the Bishop of H World’s ~ TOWN. THIS 19 Your, % LAST Dayor REST BeroRe | { PAOVING DAY ANd you'0 BETTER D0 THe PACKING Wee Em aT estos PERT to ce na that the end of ¢ erage of 01 For a man to lose his money at the lemon game or to the wire-| tapping gang or at a pool-room or gambling-house requires more or less} acquiescence on his part. Against a man's pocket being picked or his, fiat robbed he cannot guard himself. In the one case the duty of the; police is punttive; in the other it is also preventive. The observance of a few principles and rules of conduct will facili-| tate efficiency in the Detective Bureau. The specializing of functions i | good, Criminals specialize. The police should specialize and concentrate to cope with them. Then the way to diminish crime is to prevent it. Punishment {s not so strong a de- terrent as the fear of punishment, With a good de- tective service many crimes now Common would not be attempted. Here good patrol work supplements detective ability. There are many criminals In New York. - It would take all the State prisons and penitentiaries of the United States to hold the prisoners if every m mae, | who commits a crime! in this city were to be convi Necessary as is the n such a dis t the p or elective Bureau a will be stil r oft Letters from the People. Pure Milk «Ww animals and stables has tory progress t from the » Defends Subway Slowness milk in @irty pails mt pei thes that have been was’ eee Miles with germs ede bance other bottles washed e saine wate eens Why can't e el a earety bottle that te a ig cheap enough po Bore Threat Hpidemtec t wtmie tine Lewel Al@ Suctety, Ne $89 Broad of war Is is @ dangerous « ~ aap SOR: enough to buy *Deatiz” Pine and Umbreting bt mywelt. Tb ve| @e the Diller of The Draciny l 1 or elo | I agree that conces\ed wee pone ab es bee confierated, and their our vely to | faked. But how about hetpins and um- any place 4 go for lege! a These may de ively ee ‘been hundreds of dates #et for the end or less seriously by some people In the year 9% thourands of people from ther possessiona and began a journey towar vad been made setting the year 1000 am the end of Predictions to come true resulted in great sufferin The year 1212 saw ¢ the Mediterranean Bea, whi that they might walk to the n Italian priest predict believed sands of people tr world, was widely believed. T possessions and awaited the coming of The Cheerful Primer. Daily Magazin The Day of Rest.: INCE the San Francisco earthquake and other appalling disaat, world is at hand to know that the end of the w jarte? of the Olf he we the great event As 4, each prediction taken more By Maurice Kette n. ALRIGHT! Auriaut! \ ITS MY Day oF ResToBur ru Monday, Ap pril 29, 1907: endenanthinhnpeancepeiaahasssenpemisali (WHO MADE HISTORY By Albert Payson Te. me. : No. 44—WELLINGTON; ‘“‘Conqueror’’ of Napoleon. KTHUR WELLESLEY (or “Wesley,” as he was originally A youngest son of an Irish nobleman, end later made Duke of Wek Mngton, ts known to posterity as te “Conqueror of Napoleon.” As ® matter of fact, all things being equal, he would’ have probably had about © as much prospect of conquering Napoleon as bas a schoolboy of whipping Jim Jeffries, Wellesley served his country as soldier and statesman from early youth, but drew no special notice to himself until, in India, be showed» his brilliant military skill and his power of handlinggmen. Napoleon, while making himself master of continental Europe, had; captured the Bpumish ; : peninsula and had made his own brother King off@pain, The Spaniards and Portuguese rebelled, and England sent an army to drive the French ' out of the peninsula. Wellesley was placed.in command. ’ . He won several victories over the French, who were commanded by Marshal Soult, swept the enemy practically out of Portugal and advanced | Pema} on Madrid. For these achievements England madp STEP Livery Toot! Toot! 1M THROUGH NOW 1 'LL NAVE, +4 ———— cy AFTERNOON HELPING HE CARRY THE PICTURES ~ MIRRORS OVER To THe NEw FLAT — VT Wik GIVE You FRESH Ai Famous Predictions of the End of the World. 8 Gf 1906 ha It may be haa been sim- five re nince the first D. Since then there have nothing out ef the ordinary oceurred, the angry Stelffel and nearly killed him. world. America, suing derision of ther leas credulous neighbors. World sold rous prophectes ¢ failure of the r classes The winter of 1899 and 1900 wi journeying to ome dry In order A af the world. the prophecy awaiting the coming of destruction. fel, the friend As a contrast to the dates set by students of r the end of the oned of all their ¥ pasned and years In recent years numerous prophets have set various days as the end of the The Adventists, when thetr followers numbered thousands, the coming of the world's end in both 180 and 184. The During 189 nearly all the people tn the city of Kharkov, Russta, soit ther belongings and awaited the end of the world, which they firmly belleved would 1 year, while sev » Ricans spent Thursday, May 22, 1904, in prayer, are the predictions a” scientists, who base their figures on scientific theories very shortest time any of those men give for the end of the world ta three billion | 1m st men and women turned on “Miblertt severe and hundreds of the are preachers and religious enthusiasts throughout thie; very year from 189 to ie date as the Nearly eral have net the Bible for the world's end The ae ae LIKE WATER | OFFA Duck's By C. W. Kahles, The eon Viscount (later Duke of) Wellington. Napoleon been busy crushing a, Bo could do little : Campaign, Spanish forces. In 1810, however, having bevese hi the Austrian Emperor to his/knees, he sent 70,000 meh under Marshal Massena to hold the Peninsula. Massena drove Welling- sent him hurrying beca to Portugal. There the wasted could not feed so large an army as France’s, and Massene.and Soult to separate. Wellington, who had foreseen this, attacked again, all Portugal, {nvaded Spain, won the famous battle of Salamanca July 22,. 1812, and captu Madrid. But he was agam driven beck into Portugal. Nor pould he conquer the Peninsula until, in 1814, the pressing need troops: elsewhere forced Napoleon to withdraw his best regiments fom Spain. Then the combinea English and Spanish armies took possession. tin.nga o1 ele entre perp elgg petiole, lind vase poe was sent into exile on the Island of Elba. Louts XVILL brother of +f beneaded Louis XVI.) was placed on the throne, France becoming again a monarchy, Wellington was made British Ambassador to Paris. not see that France was still at heart devoted to Napoleon and that nation at large disliked the {dea of monarchy. Napoleon escaped Elba and landed in France. W. reported ‘the fact to the government, and added: “Lovis TI. will @estroy nim easily quickly.” By the time this despatch reached England Napoleon marching on Paris with a wildly enthusiastic army at his heels, and old terrorstricken Louts XVIII. was scurrying out of ‘the country as as his horses could gallop. Ail France arose in mad delight to home {ts nero, They forgot his defeats, his tyranny and the fact that o=4 had strewn every battlefield in Burope with dead Frenchmen. They ret membered only that he was Napoleon, their old-time idol. ' The scared allies mustered their forces and prepared to invade Austria and Russia were to attack from the east, while Engiand an: wenn Prussia were to enter from. the north Wellingtons j The Battie of | and Blucher commanded this mortnern expediti { was! A , ! Waterloo: Biucher had 120,000 Prussians and Wellington a mixed? Napoleon, instead of awaiting them, marched with 130,00 men to attack the English and Prussians. On June 18, 1815, while Wellington thought him still safe at Paris, the Emperor crossed France’s northern frontier, drove the Prussian vanguard out of Coarleroi (where Blucoer and Wellington bad planned to combine their armies) and set out to thrash both separately before they could form a juncture. Napoleon utterty defeated the Prus sians at wigny June 16, killing 12,000 of them. It was toe last of his many great victories. His general, Ney, met and was repulsed by Wellington at Quatre Bras. Sending Gen. Grouchy with 30,000 men ft pursuit of flying russians, Napoleon gave chase to Wellington's army. Wellington « retreated before him until, on the morning of June 18, he halted on heights above the plain of Waterloo and there awaited slucher. Grouchy had mean time gone in # wrong direction, and the Prussians, having « evaded him, were already on their way to join Wellington. Napoleon. knew this, but hoped to beat Wellington befere siucher and his Prussians. could come up. he ordered a general attack. Abort 709 men gaged on each side. Wellington stood his ground brewely, beset, and is said to have prayed for “Night er Blucher” to save him frpm utter defeat. The batue had waged Blucher and Gen. Bulow with 65,000 Prussians arrived,on the onrush of a mighty army of fresh # whole army) turned the tide of victory, The ton’s men (many of whom had run away ear! French about to win) were too exhausted chase, and changed the French retreat to a rout, avenging ;the ignominy Napoleon had in former yrare on thelr coun! 5Se = f "| Searcely one-third of Wellington's original army at Waterloo was ee The general and army whose arrival finally won the day were It is no discredit to Wellington’s splendid generalship and the soldiers’ undoubted courage to admit this. The allies with 185000 mend’ had beaten Napoleon's 70,000, The French lost 80,000 men in the battle, the allies 23,.u0. poleon was again sent {nto exile—this time for life. Wellington turned to England, where he lived to the age of cighty-taree; served \ttmes as Prime Minister and died in 1852, mourned by the whole Bi ; nation. ; | Ten W ‘To Make a Woman Care for a Man By Margaret Rohe. \ No. 5—Make Her Aware of Your Importanoe. EEP her always cognizant of yeur importance aad K independence Show her that no ome can get the best of you The way te do this i» te find fault with everything. At @ vesteurant, when the garcon brings your erdées, glance at it disgugtedly and send for the head waiter, Demand of hiin peremptorily, in « loud tome of volver “What dp you mean, sir, by setting such {ll-coeked viands | before & reguiar patron of your establishment? Take ft | it away at once and bring me some spaghetti We hope » at least you will know how to cook that.” ) 3a She will be greatly impressed at your spirited refusal to be imposed upon, and the attention you attract trom other diners will cause her to blush with plessure and being in your company. Besides, spaghett! ts very jess, During the meal find fault with the service, and when the waiter brings your ebeck quarrel with him loudly over | tis exorbitance and refuse to give him « tip, This will siways make a hit with any woman If you take her to the theatre, be sure to get seats in the balcony, explaining to her tenderly that the acoustics are better because sound always rises, When the play cegins, assume ® bored expregpion, make sarcastic and disparaging | marks about the actors and givé her the deta’led synopsis of other plays you have seen that have this one skinned to death, Of course, she will find your conversation much more entertaining than the plot After the theatre, if it t# raining, walk her home, explaining that you can- not personally encourage the highway robbery of the cabmen as a matter of principle. She will heartily indorse your spirit of infependence ‘Do pot under any circumstances take her to supper after the show. Tell her that nothing #0 © ng & Woman Bs to be Been nightly in the Broadway cafes, | She will bs fust gbout this tender solicitude ‘for her reputation, and if you follow all the points in this lesson your place in her affection is sure to be | dotted. ae ney Endless Supply. | MAINE gaine warden in December counted #0 barrels of dead hares gotng A to Boston and New York markets ovefthe Washington County Hallway, Furthermore, \t is evtimated by the game wardens that more than one million hares are shipped trom Meine every Yhar and as many more used as | tooa within the State. Notwithstanding ls, snd the fact that thousands of hares are devoured every year by beaste alii birds of prey, this smal! antmal { continues te increase: A) a oo Ten-Million-Dollar Golf. » T tm estimated that $10,000,000 ts invested in the output of golf clubs in Enge 4. converted to the game in 1M. There are that 9.000 people w { 1% 2.00 clubs about 0,00 1 and their total annual expenditure is / estimated at over $27,000,00, gn average of 3% for eabh player, At the rate of \ 6. ball. goltes qnch week MGOhe” belle ere eet every Year by golfers om 7 eee ; ise - ,

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