.' U TIIE JSVENINQ TIMES: BALEIGJIj N. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1910, PAGE OEVni ACiUSitiENT ' fl ft If B tariiAL ur THE WORLD S J : r an ii pi i i ii '.':.'' '. i " ) - Gotham Is The Acjseir.er.t Center of the World Leading London THE SHOPLIFTERS More Than $400,000 Spent Daily in New York's Theatres, Which With Ninety Playhouses Has Jfow 'Wrested the Amusement Crown From London "The Man , With the Camera Eye" Famous Through. , out the World For. His Memory Retires From City's Police Force--, New Interstate Commerce Reguln- tion. i, (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Jan. 10 Within the past few months New York has out stripped London as the greatest amusement center in the world. Its possession of this record Is due pri marily to the rapid increase in the number of theatres here, of which no less than a dozen are now in pro cess of construction. Heretofore Lon don has always boasted tue posses sion of more playhouses than any other city, having over eighty. Greater New York, however, now has ninety theatres within its limits, of w'aich seventy-four are in Manhattan. These theatres entertain every night audiences aggregating 150,000 per sons, besides matinee attendances of an equal number twice a week. It is estimated that $300,000js paid out in New York daily for theatrical entertainment. In addition there are three hundred moving picture estab lishments attended by half a million persons each day. Admissions to these amusement places represent another $5O,0OJ. Operatic and mus ical entertainments are responsible for a daily expenditure of $35,000 during the winter season, and mis-; cellaneous exhibitions and sporting events such -as are held in the Madi son Square Garden and other large halls, calls for an average expendi ture of not less than $15,000 daily throughout the season. If the profits of the fashionable restaurants are included and "dining out" admit tedly is one of the favorite recrea tions of New Yorkers the daily ex penditure in this city for amusement and recreation easily surpasses half a million dollars a day. Not all this money comes from the pockets of New Yorkers of course. Probably a third of the total amount is expend ed by visitors from all parts of the country. The fact remains, how ever, that in no other city is any suca sum lavished on purely amuse ment purposes as in New York which therefore stands as the amusement capital of the world. It is doubtful if New York will ever again have a police officer with i he pecurtar abilities and qualifica tions of Lieutenant William P, Sheri dan, who retired from the police de vartment after twenty-three years' service. Sheridan was famous among po!:ee oMcials and criminals all over Lie world r : "the man with the corn era eye." 'The title was bestowed upon ;iim In "view of the fact that he never .forgot a lace which ho had once seen -and carefully observed. Kcr the past fourteen years he has been in charge of the famous "Rogues' Gallery" in police ' nead quarters here, but he seldom Iiad oc casion to refer to this collection of photographs in identifying, a profes sional crook, as he knew practically every criminal of Importance from one end of the country to the other. Not only : the facial characteristics of thieves and other criminals, but also their other Identification marks were indelibly engraved on bis , memory. As an instance of bis powers in this direction, a man was brought before him one morning who had been ar rested simply because he had been found In the company of a notorious postoffice burglar. (None of the other neadouarter detectives recognized him, but as soon as SheriJan looked him over he exclaimed, "Why, this is Mott Haven Red," an old time crook who bag dropped out of sight for sev eral years. Tae man denied the charge indignantly and insisted that he was a respectable citizen, ' but Sheridan preceded to describe certain tattoo marks and other Identification points that would be found on hint and when preparations were made to strip the prisoner, he broke down and confessed his identity. Numberless similar stories are related of the man conceded to have the most remark able fnemory of any police officer in the world. Although Sheridan is re tiring from the Bervlce of the city, he will, not give up his favorite occu pation of catching and Identifying criminals, for he is to be come a partner of William J.. Burns, the United States secret service man in the detective agency which the lat ter has established here. Sheridan is one of the few men who follow the pursuit of criminals for his love' of Kthe game. tor lie is Independently wealthy.; Those thirsty souls who live in the many suburban' communities around 'New Yprk, where the sale of liquor ' Is forbidden or wltere visits to the lo I cal wet emporiums are frowned upon ' by the best elements in society, have been plaped in a sad dllemna by the new federal law which went' 'into - force on the first of January v and. which requires tiiat all packages con taining alcoholic stimulants must be plainly marked with the nature of their contents. Heretofore these con vivial souls have been able' to have their favorite brands of cheer shipp ed to their New Jersey or Connect icut homes under the guise of "gro ceries" or '"vegetables" and nobody has been the wiser. Now, however, if John Smith has a quart of whis key, or a demijohn of rum shipped' to his suburban home, that fact is blaz oned fortli on the package where all I who run may read. In small eom I munltles such news travels fast and John Smith's social- reputation would not survive such an event inbre .than twenty-four hours. Apparently the only recourse o( those who tflsh to enjoy the cup that cheera and also inebriates, is to carry tfieir ship ments home internally, as this form of transportation does not seem to be .ai covered by the interstate commerce act . ' , . . ' . ' The arrest of several children of from six to ten years of age for Shop lifting during the recent holiday sea son has caused renewed efforts to be made to stamp out this species of crime through which the large de partment stores of the country lose millions of dollars annually. The meme babies who are made adepts at the various .forms ofy stealing, of course, are . merely agents In the aanJs of clever, grown-up criminals. The younger the child,, so long as it can be taught to do the work of the thief, the more valuable Itsi-services, for it is less lively to be arrested or to be punished in case it Is taken into custody. It goes hard , with the men and women who are convicted of violating this particular phase of the law against theft, especially' if it can be shown that the offender -is Impli cated in introducing small children tq a life of crime. The association rep resenting the big department stores who have suffered most severely from this form of depredation has adopted the policy of prosecuting every case of shoplifting to the limit, and this has resulted in the arrest and fining of a number of wealthy women who apparently were unable to resist the impulse to stealjrink ets, t;lovca and bits of Hbbbrihlch they might easily have bought. ANNUAL HANDICAP Over.One Hundred Booked for PinehsrstTrap Shoibting Tournament Will Begiii January 10 and Last a Week Some Noted Trap, Shots to Participate Including Amateurs and Professionals Two Splendid Cups Offered for Ama teurs and Four Gold Medals for the Professionals,' . (Special to The Times) . Pinehurst, N. C, .Tun. - 10 -Advance entries for the third annual midwinter handicap trap shooting tournament, booked for January 19, ,20, 21 and 22, assure a field of over .one hundred contestants, represent ing all sections of the country... 1 rtotnllu nf linnilipnnnin? sire' in the hands of the following: Charles W. Billings', of the New York Athletic , Club, as chairman ; Charles A. Lock 'wpod and David T, Leahy, of the 'Crescent Athletic Club: Charles New Comb, of the Independent Gun Club of PhiladelQhia; Frank L. Hall, of Uneeda Dlscuit are soda crackers made from the finest flour and the best materials obtainable That Makes them an ideal Uneeda Biscuit are baked in surroundings where clean liness and precision are supreme v That Makes them Uneeda Biscuit are touched only once by human, hands when the pretty girls pack them . N -. That Makes them QjlLltll U m are sealed in a moisture proof package ' NATIONAL the Carterette Gun Club of Ridge flcld, and H. I. J. Johnson, of Ral eigh, one of the best known trap shots in the south. Prominent among oliier3 w:io par ticipated in last year's tournament were John Philip Sousa, A- W. Church, T. S. Baskerville and J. A. Sproul, of New York; D. A. Upsom and E. S. Rogers of Cleveland; C. A. Lock wood and D. T. Leahy, of Brooklyn; A. R. Allan ,of Montclair; D. Herbert Hostetter, of Pittsburg; H. S. Lee, of Lenox; D. L. Culver, of Jersey City; Jesse 8. Young, of Chi cago; P. H. Powell, of Newport; J. Cushlngi Todd,' of Newburyport; F. W. Moffett, of Montclair; W. D. Hinds, of, Portland., and a large num ber of prominent southern shooters. 'The list of professionals wasV a brilliant array, including Fred Gil bert, J. A. R. Elliot, A. M. Hatcher, T. A. Marshall, H. A. Wells, T. H. Keller, G.:W. Maxwell, J. R. Taylor, J. T. Skelly,W. -B. Darton, Harold Money, Guy Ward, Walter Huff, F. B. Butler, E.'H. Storr, and' not only this brilliant aggregation of amateurs and professionals r but many import ant additions will participate ah is :;eason. - ' . This year's program lsplauyed on new and comprehensive - lines; the b weeps taes,; to be . twenty-target events wlt":i''tUe' money divided into, five sections and ten dollars added to each of; them, class shooting with an optional sweepstake in it divided into four moneys, high guns. The dates are January Id, 20, 21 and 22. In reality a tuir week, for the fun, will begin the. Monday previous. There will be two hundred dollars added money in the handicap, the en trance, fee twenty dollars, and one hundred and fifty dollars added mon ey in; the -preliminary, with an en trance fee of ten dollars. It will thus be seen that the program arranged . Is Ideal, appealing generally and ' without objectionable features, as j the participation In the optional j event rests entirely with the contest ; ant.'. - y : ?.;' Two splendid sterling cups are of fered to the winners of the handicap and the preliminary and one gold and two' silver medals for the highest ' general amateur average with a gold j medal . for. the highest professional ; average.'. The contest is open to ama ' teurs only, manufacturers' agents j and paid representatives being only I allowed to shoot for the price of the targets and the average medal. . . High School nail Team. (Special to The Times) Goldsboro, N. C, Jan. 10; A meet ing of the High School Athletic As sociation was called Thursday after- That Keeps them lrkutLDini BISCUIT COMPANY (Never noon for the purpose of organizing a baseball team for the coming sea son. The team will be composed of High School students 'and while very light in weight they will be fast when seen on the diamond. THE TAFT MESSAGE. Some Views of the Lawmakers on the Message. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Jan. 10 Representa tive TownsenJ, who was President Roosevelt's, foremost al8e in the house, in the last fight for railroad legislation, this afternoon declared that President Taft's. message today was far more radical than anything Roosevelt ever proposed. "This message goes .. father than Roosevelt ever went," he said. Divers views were expressed by some of the other members. Congressman Moon, of Tennessee, said taat the corporation charter re commendation was drastic and will produce a. hot fight because of its en croachments on states rights. "Yhe message will not hurt busi nesses much as war feared,'' was the opinion of. Congressman Mc Creary, of Pennsylvania, who is a millionaire merchant. WILL OPEN BARREL Says Ship-Subsidy Bill Is Most OfFensivs Railroads, Tariff Trusts and All Other Special Interests Given O. K. to Ship-Subsidy Measure. (Special to The Times) Washington, Jan. 10 Although some of the republican leaders realize that the Humphrey chip subBldy bill Is al most as offensive to the people as was the PaVne-Aldrieh tariff bill before its passage, the measure which will open the "pork barrel" to private ship owners is to be jammed through con gress regard less of consequences. The railroads, the .tariff trusts nnd all. the other special Interests that are represented in Congress have added their O. K. to subsidy legislation. With President Taft using every source of leverage at this command to secure votes for the measure, the only hope for its defeat lies in a coalition of democrats and insurgents. When it is considered that a , ship FtHIDlID PURE KG A Package sold in bulk) subtldy Is popularly viewed as class legislation of the most vicious kind, and that it has been turned down by such representative commercial organ izations as the New York Chamber" of Commerce as both un-American and impractical in theory, it would seem that In forcing such a law upon the people the republican leaders are ab solutely indifferent whether the next house is lost to the party now In power or not. Klther that, or else hope for republican success in the approaching congressional elections has been aband oned, and the Aldrich-Cannon out for all the "pork" that is to be had in the comparative short time which re mains before their forced retirement to private life What Is the real significance of the desperate attempt of the republicans to pass a ship subsidy bill at this time? From what viewpoint will the average citizen be likely fo view the situation? The plan now IS to pass a ship sub sidy bill within the next few days. If this Is done, it will mean that the first Important legislation to par at this yesion was a measure that " III bene fit only a few already rich men.. It will mean that congress deliberately turned its back upon legislation desired by the rcop!e to first serve the special inteiests. And as if to make more evident their contempt for nubile sen timent, the republican leaders have given the country to understand that while a ship subsidy bill Is to be passed no attention Is to be paid at this ses- ion to postal banks or statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, which, it will be recalled, were promised in the lepublican national - platform in as clear-cut Englifih as could possibly have been employed. "Political blindness is the only ex pression I can think of to describe . the action of the republican leaders ' in persisting in their plan to pass a ship-subsidy bill at this time,", said Representative Henry T. Rainey of ' Illinois, one of the best posted men In the house of . shipping and naviga tion laws. "The leaders In charge of . the majority side of the house are ; j simply drunk with power. They need j only a little more rope, and the Job ' will bo complete. "If this shir) subsidy bill is passed." said Mr. Kaincy. "where will the $5,000,000 that is to be paid annually j. to the ship owners, come from? The -subsklists answer: 'Why, it is not planned to take money from the public treasury. It is planned to use the profit of the foreign mail branch of the pos'ofTice department, which is ap proximately 1,000,000 annually.' "This is no answer to the question, however. The post office department is running at a loss of $17,500,000; that was the deficit last year. If you take the $5,000,000 of profit derived from the foreign mall service to give to ship j owners, it will simply mean the de ficit will be increased by that amount. Any school boy can see that. "Now If we give $5,000,000 to these shipowners, someone must foot the bill! and the government has no funds except those which it collects by tax ing the people. "In a few words, therefore, ship subsidy legislation is a law to further exploit, and oppress- all the people for the further enrichment of multi-millionaires. "The. experience of Fi-ance alone shows that the idea is wrong. Her subsidies, though draining the treasury, have utterly failed to produce the re sult anticipated, while the commerce of Norway in proportion to its wealth and Inhabitants makes art exception ally fine showing, without any subsi dies whatever. "It is true that Germany pays sub sidies, but Germany does not depend upon ship subsidies. The Hamburg American line, the largest steamship line in the world do?s not receive a dollar of subsidy, and never except for two years (1901-3) when two of the company's steamships participated in a subsidized service to east Asia, which they soon voluntarily relin quished. German shipping and ship building is growing, but not on account of subsidies. German steamship lines are free to buy their ships at home orj abroad, and as a matter of fact, tney sometimes buy in one market, and sometimes in another." MINISTER GOT Hl'FFY. When Denied Association With the Ambassador) at White House Re ception. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Jan. 10 President Taft's lirt reception at1 the white j nouse nas resuuea in a uipiuiuaiiv incident which may prove decidedly embarrassing. From reports which have been in circulation following the reception to the diplomatic corps on Tuesday night last, it appears the president adopted a new plan of separating the ambas sadors from the ministers. The former were invited to enter an inclosure in the blue room, indi cated by a velvet-covered rope, which : was guarded by an official of the 6 There are to be decreased ap white house. The ambassadors were j propriations for all government instl invited to enter this space, where tutions, such as agricultural experi they chatted with members of the ment stations, arsenals, navy yards, cabinet, and occasionally with ladies iu the receiving line. When the minister from Spain, Marquis De Villalobar, had paid his respects to the president, he started to join the ambassadors. He was halted and told he could not enter. Mr. Taft is said to have declined to permit the rule to be broken for the benefit of Marquis De Villalobar, be yond authorizing him to speak to the ambassador with whom he desired to confer and then to retire. This communication, according to reports, further incensed the minis ter. He is reported to have declared he would communicate the facts of the indignity to his government and request that it adopt the same atti tude toward the American diplomatic representative. The marquis left the white house In a huff. Other ministers, when de nied admission to the privileged space, also withdrew. PILLMAX RATE EXCESSIVE. Price, of Berth From Buffalo to Chi cago Causes Complaint. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Jan. 10 Charging t0 their guns, all communication be that the Pullman rate of three dol- tween the white house having been lars for a berth from Buffalo to Chi-; severed, n the war of politics the cago is excessive the transportation public's money is the ammunition committee of the Manufacturers' j which counts, and of this the stand Club of Buffalo, today filed a com-!patters are in complete possession, plaint with tae Interstate Commerce j The insurgents have not given up Commission. Quoting the present : j,ope however. They believe that rates for Pullman berths from Buffa- whatever reverses they sustain now, lo to New York, Washington and they will more than make up for in other cities the complaint declares the skirmishes that are to take place that the rate for a lower berth from i the congressional elections this puffalo to Chicago should not exceed fan, particularly In the west, which $2.25 and for an upper berth $2. Honor For Peary. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, Jan. 10 Commander Robert E. Peary, U. S. N., will be signally honored in Chicago Wednes- day night, January 26. On that date he will be presented with the Helen Culver gold medal by the Geograph- ical Society of Chicago. TAFT GETS BUSY Has Determined to Rid Re publicans of Undesirables - Has Been Warned by His Friends That Insurgent Will Oppose Hi Nomination for, a Second Term Has Given ! Orders to ; Annihilate Them to the Last Man Hot War fare to be Raged. (By Leased Wire to The Times) it. i, . t in r MAj : 1... wuHuiiiKiuu. uau. j.v vvniiicu uy his friends that the real Insurgent of the house and the real progrea- sives of tue senate will oppose his nomination for a second term in the Lit. W I .1 .... . rrin V. .. .1 n wuilts uuuse, .ricBiucui mib uw uo-- terrained to rid the republican par ty of all. "undesirables" without fur ther ado and thus avoid Interfer ence later on. ' . if, The action of the president : in reaching a final' decision as to pro gressives and insurgents is thought to be directly due to Information supplied by Senator Aldrica, Speaker Cannon, and other reactionary lead ers, with whom the president is co operating and in whom he has the greatest confidence. The import of their advice was to the effect that the progressives and insurgents' are involved in what practically amounts to a conspiracy to interfere with Mr. Taft's ambition to succeed himself as president, this being the fourth plot against the chief executive that has been uncovered by the reactionary sleuths since March 4, last. After having given the matter much careful consideration, the pres ident has come to the conclusion that the views of his friends are well founded, and he has decided to net without further waste of time.' "All those insurgents who remain ed on the warpath after the passage of the tariff bill must be driven out of public lie," is the command that has been issued from stand-pat head quarters. "They are preaching dem ocratic doctrine abroad the land and are therefore democrats. Annihilate them to the last man." The writer can give no clearer Idea of the nature of the warfare that Is now waging, than by reviewing, briefly, the rules that are being fol lowed by the stand-patters in their treatment of the outlaws: 1. Recommendations of . insurg ents as to appointments to federal po sitions within their districts are re ceiving no consideration. ' 2. Officeholders annointed unon the recommendations of Insurgents are to be gradually supplanted by men satisfactory to the "standpat" element of congressional districts. 3 Every possible endeavor is be- , ing made to secure the defeat of in surgent candidates in the republican primaries. : 4. In instances of insurgent can didates winning the congressional nominations from standpatters, the latter are to bolt and allow demo crats to win. 5 Insurgents are to be prevented from securing the' appropriation of public money for the construction of public buildings or bridges within their districts, f0rts, etc., located in districts repre- sented in congress by insurgents. Economy will be cited as reason de creases. 7. Appropriations for waterway Improvements in progressive territory are to be limited, and, if possible,' prevented. t 8. Bills providing for progressive legislation, when introduced by in surgents, will be referred to com mittees packed by Speaker Cannon, where the measures will die. 9. Insurgents desiring the floor severed. In the war of politics the iniquitiqes of the standpat organiza tion will not be recognized by the speaker of the house If recognition can possibly be avoided. 10. Insurgents in the house have been appointed to unimportant com mittees. By working systematically along the lines indicated, the standpatters hope to humiliate the progressives in congress, weaken them In the eyes of their constituents at home, and to finally retire them to private life. . The insurgents and progressives are practically at the mercy of their foes now. While in Washington they are In the enemy's country. They are doing little more than to lie close the insurgents regard as their terri tory. Woman Kills Herself. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Boston, Jan. 10 Mrs. Sarah IE. Partridge, one of the best rifle and revolver shots in the world, shot and . killed herself yesterday at Medford Hilslde, while despondent because of Illness. . ;