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TIIE JSVENINQ TIMES: BALEIGJIj N. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1910,
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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
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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. . ;