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How THE LONDON
RI1cEnAN DEAL WITH
UGLY CUSTOMERS

prove in every case that its use was 1usti-
fed in the terms of this regulation. Prac-
ticaiy he must wait to be hit before he can
hit The advantage which accrues from
getting your blow In fust" is reserved for
The tough. who eagerly avails himself OF
the privilege which the law allows him.
y striking instance Of the handicap which
this regulation imposes on the police was
r lated in the evidence just given before
the royal commission by Sir Edward Hen
~, chief commissioner of the metropolitan
police. A policeman named Worsley was
attacked by a rough. The fellow first aimed
a blow at Worsley, which the policeman
succeeded in warding off The rough, who
was spelling for fight, then made a rush
at Worsley and tried to kick him Worsley
knocked the fight out of him by blow on
the head with his little truncheon. Then
he logged him off to the lookup, and in a
police court next morning charged him with
assault. The magistrate dismissed the
charge, on the ground that he already had
been punished sufficiently by that one
knock on the head.
The man subsequently sued the policeman
in the county court for damages, and a
sympathetic jury awarded 500 to him. hold
ing that, although the circumstances justi-
Iltu INC pOItelildH III using MS lrunCneOn,
he was not justified in striking him on the
head with it. 1t seems that there is a police
regulation which forbids a policeman hit
ting an assailant on the head with his
truncheon when he possibly can strike him
on the legs or arms with it. In giving his
evidence Sir Edward Henry entirely justi-
fed the policeman. 1t was very difficult
he said, to stop man who was aiming a
running kick at you by striking him over
the legs or arms. To make such a blow
effective required greater adroltness and
judgment than the ordinary man could ex-
erclse in the heat of fight. But accord
ing to the British theory the policeman
should at all times conduct himself as the
servant and not the master of the public.
And Norsley should have rsked being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
Corned Beef and

Don Marino Torlonia of the famous ducal
family of Torlonia in Rome praised Amer
lean cigars at dinner in New York.
our Italian cigars are not so good" he
said. They are made by the government.
They are as long and thin as lead pencil.
and they have straw in the middle; other
wise they would not draw
You light these Italian cigars of ours
over a lamp. a specially made cigar lamp
that burns with strong flame The light
Ing requires from three to five minutes.
'These cigars, for all the trouble they
take. are poor. / gave one 10 an American
IN Rome one morning. He put il in his
pocket and said he would smoke it later
Il met him again that night at the Cafe
Eazionale in the Corso
Well i said, how did you like my
cigar?
"'Oh, it was excellent said he. I en-
toyed il immensely / had il boiled for my
dinner with some corned beef
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Rn1oBoTTorr Pickup lATER TRoUGne

was the first time the American had ever
ridden upon a train that was scheduled to
run so loag a distance without stopping
After having gone the @3S miles. observing
the splendid roadbed, he was asked what he
thought of it. 1T is all very nice" said the
visitor, the sodity of the permanent way
cannot be questioned. and there is little If
any danger in the unusual fast movement of
the trains, but it is entirely too expensive.
To adopt the English system of building
roadbeds would entail what American man
ayers would regard as a useless expenditure
of money"
The English manager called his attention
to the permanency of the roadbed, con-
trbuting to lessening the percentage of
accidents, and referred to the reports which
came to his office about the thousands of
passengers that were killed annually on
American roads, 10 say nothing of many
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.

LONDON, August % 1907.
- ONDON, which long has prided it
self on being the best policed city
in the world. gradually is waking
to the discovery that facts no
longer justify that proud boast.
Rowdy.sm is rampant in the more squahd
quarters OF this vast metropolis, and Vio-
lent assaults. after making due allowance
for tho difference in population, are more
numerous than in any of the larger Ameri-
can cities Instead Of the police terrifying
the toughs il IS the tousLs who terrify the
police.
For six months a royal commission, which
IS a sort Of glorihed Legislative committee,
has been investigating the subject of police
administration in London. The Voiumi-
nous evidence taken SHOWS that there Is
nothing much the matter with the men
themselves. but there is something very
much the matter with the system
There are no more ardent admirers of
the London bobby than American tour
lists who pass through London The perfect
control which ne exercises over street trat-
fic in the most crowded thorouShfares by
the mere raising OF a hand Is 10 them
a never-ceasing source of wonder They
find him always civil and ohliging. and such
an eNCCItnt waking tUtE Sl'pt'44t VI III
formation on localities that he renders
guide books next 10 supertiuous. AcCE'
toned TO the somewhat dominecring bear
ing of the police in their own big cities, the
comparisons which they make on their -
turn home are apt 10 be all in favor of the
London representatives of law ans order.
But they see only one phase of the Lon
don police in the discharge Of their duties.
They imagine that because they exercise
such potent and peaceful sway over Lon
don's multitudinous Jehus that elsewhere
their control is equally effective. If they
visited the slum districts. especially at
night. they would see a far different state
of affairs. They would see that so far as
checking braWls and fights Is concerned
London policemen are far less efficient than
the majority of American policemen. 1t is
not because they are lacking in courage
and stamina. II is due entirely to the alb
surd rules and regulations which restrain
them in the exercise of force-the only au-
thority for which the rough everywhere
has any genuine and abiding respect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
Near It.

John Lover. the animal expert and nature
writer of the Philadelphia Zoo, was talk
ing the other day about wolf
Yes" said Mr. Lover, she ate her last
litter OF cubs. She has eaten In fact, her
last six filters. Yet she is gentle and az
fectionate wolf Strange that she should
be SO unmotherly!"
He paused and smiled. "She reminds me
of a remark / overheard the other day"
the famous keeper resumed. "A school
teacher came here with a class of little
girls, and every now and then he would
stop and fire off at the youngsters a few
questions-nature questions, you know.
I'm the lion house he said
"'Who can tell me what a Illuminating
animal Isl?
81 know. sir said little girl She 10
one that chews her cubs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
The Jedge.

Judge George Grey OF Delaware, at the
recent dinner of the Farmers Club at Sem
ator Cameron's farm near Lancaster, Pa
talked of the former American fondness for
titles.
1T is a fondness that has now almost
disappeared said Judge Grey. 1--WE have
BECOME more cultivated people and we
have learned to value titles at their real
worth.
But in the past il was different Take
my own title, the title of Judge for in
stance. / was travelling In the country m
my youth, and one day at hotel able
there sat beside me man whom every-
body addressed as judge
when the judge got up and went away,
l said to my ncighbor on the other side:
lis that gentleman a United States
judge or local judge
"'He's a local jedSe, sir was the reTly
He jedge of boss race last week. "
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to the tie a life of many years. The life of
tie depends largely upon climatic and
SOL conditions. In some parts of England
creosoted ties have been known to be in
perfect preservation after being in for
more than eighteen years
During 1907 the general manager of one of
the important railways of the United States
made his first visit to England for the pur-
pose of famliariZing himself with the meth
cd of management of English roads. His
reception by the managers OF six more
roads was most cordial. In one instance
he was given special car attached to one
of the fast trains. 1t so happened that this
particular train was scheduled TO 23S
miles without stop, whicht by the way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
British Railways.
, London Railway Times.

From the London Railway Times.
1t is railway propretors who at present
stand in most need of protection, and not
the railwaymen. The accounts for the first
half of 1907 speak for themselves. The total
increase in net profits earned by a dozen
leading English railways was only about
$500 coo On the other hand the addition
to the wages paid by those same companies
was about E420,OOO, or nearly 4 per cent
increase.
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kicked into insensbility rather than risk
a technical police regulation


The result of this coddling Of the London
hoolgan-the equivalent of the American
tough-is seen in the police statistics. There
are roughly about $500 policemen in Lon
don, and the annual reports for several
years back show that 3, 500 men on an aver
age are required to go on the sick list every
year because of injuries inflicted on them
by violent prisoners. This is very nearly 20
per cent of the total force, and 1t must be
borne in mind that a London policeman is
not reported on the sick list until he has
been away from duty for at least three
days. The total number of men temporar-
lily disabled undoubtedly is many times
greater. This too. is the average for the
whole Of the London district magistrate
for the Stratford district, which is by no
means the most turbulent in London, made
the statement from the bench the other day
that fully 35 per cent of all the policemen
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they are warned by a-~sympathetic crowd
of the approach of police reinforcements
and escape in time.
The result is, of course, that the London
policeman is very chary of interfering with
the hooligans amusements. He knows that
he only has to expect an assault and
that the chances are that the hooligan will
escape even arrest. He knows that if he
draws his truneheon and defends himself
the hooligan will appear in court next
morning with a bandaged head and will be
questioned by a sympathetic magistrate
eager to protect the British public" from
police brutality
The whole trouble of course lies with
the British public and it's exaggerated idea
Of liberty in the abstract. I have repeat
eddy expressed to an EnglishTnan my sur
prise that the hands of the police were so
tied and have been met by stares of blank
surprise.
Would you have the police break the
head of poor chap who is only a bit gay
in his cups?'' is the usual reply, and on
my answering that I believed the police
were justified in clubbing into submission
any one who violently resisted arrest 1
have been met by the statement, well,
the British public never would stand that,
you know. This is not Russia"
There can be no doubt that properly
armed police With power to use those arms
when occasion required would be far more
humane than the present system. The Lon
don hooigan with the consciousness that
all the chances are on his side always takes
those chances. 1t is point of honor with
him to resist arrest, just as it is his favorite
sport to beat policeman, but occasionally
speaking comparatively, and 1airly often
speaking absolutely-the policeman puts up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08

Each thirty-foot rail rests on ten ties, and
Is secured in its place by creosoted oak
keys, or wedges, as shown in the illustra-
ton. The wedges are six inches long three
and a half inches wide and two and an
eighth inches thick, driven between the rails
and the chairs, outside of the raj IS. The Sc
cure manner in which the rails are fitted
into the chairs give to the rails permanent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08

Speaking OF ambulances reminds one Of
the fact that until few months ago there
was not public horse or electric ambu-
lance in the whole of London to convey
the victims Of street accidents or sudden
illness to the hospitals. The only avail
able vehicle was a cab or the police hand
ambulance. which was used also for con-
veying drunken and filthy prisoners to the
police station. Now there is one electric
ambulance, but its activities are confined
to the old city of London, which is
square mile in area. 1t Is a good enough
ambulance in fits way, but the cockneys
who stand and stare at 1t as it makes its
lelsurely way through the old streets think
that 1t is the very newest and most mag
nlhcent thing under the sun. It really has
been known to bring the victim of street
accident from st. Paurs to ST. Bartholo-
news Hospital. about half a mile. in half
an hour but that was at night when the
streets were clear. and the driver still is
boasting of it.
Apart from the defects Of the system.
however the London policeman is admt-
rable. The marvel of it all is that London
secures men SO good for so little money.
and for a service that has SO few attrac-
tons, for the work is hard as we'll as dam
gerous The constable begins at less than
81 week. and If he serves long enough
ana mas a perfect record he NAV attain to
the princely income of So a week. For this
ne mas to work twelve hours day for
thirteen days out of the fourteen and ~
he is on night duty and takes a prisoner
10 court IN the morning he has to lose SO
hiuch sleep With all that he is one of the
iihest Policemen In the world, and would
be better still if he only had chance
JOHN S. STEELE
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The Unpopular Pump.

THAT famous temperance reformer, the
late Francis Murphy" said Pittsburg
man, had many odd adventure in the
course of his very useful life.
HE once told me of a case where a
drinking man, with a neat joke. got for
the moment little the better of him in an
argument.
THE man was a club man, bon vivant,
famous for his wine cellar, and Mr. Murphy
read him strong lecture on the drink evil.
But the bon vivant only smiled, shook
his head and said:
"'Wel. Mr.. Murphy, 1 have seen many
a pleasant party round a table. but | have
never seen one round a pump"
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Anecdotes Concerning
We11-Known PEOPLE
A Triumph.

DIR. Charles ]. Bushnell of this city saws
that America spends six billions a year on
crime and pauperism.
And what do we get for that tremendous
expenditure" said DR.. Bushnell recently.
What have We to show for it? Alas. we
have nothing admirable to show, and vet
the governing men who spend this money
for us look at the result complacently.
They think it is a good result They re-
mind me of the old m!ser of Mount Vernon.
"A Mount Vernon miser, though a million
aire, insisted wearing the shabbiest
clothes. His clothes, in fact were lust
about as wretched as are the results that
our government gets by the expenditure OF
those six billions yearly.
An old family friend endeavored one day
to persuade the miser to dress better.
I am surprised, he said, that you
should let yourself become so shabby
But am not shabby said the miser
oh. you are said the family friend.
Remember your father. He was always
neatly even elegantly, dressed. His clothes
were very handsome.
The mser gave loud laugh.
Why he shouted triumphantly these
clothes I've got on were father's'"
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London Police Helpless
Because of Fool" Laws.

you had better go home" The coster made
no reply ana slouched away.
This must not be taken as a reelection on
the courage of the London policeman. fer
he is as plqCky as any one in the world
No man, however. cares to 60 into a fight
with his hands tied behind his back
An American is surprised and amused at
reading from time to time in The police
court report in the London papers that II
took six or ten policemen to take 1 drunken
prisoner TO the station. II he could ... how
the prisoner is taken he would be s;.l more
amused. There is not a police patrol wagon
in the whole OF London. Stationed at rare
intervals in the streets are what are known
as ambulances. but which are only uttIo
hand barrows in the shape Of stratcaors on
wheels. Each IS only large enough Ia carry
one manor woman-and It is equipped
with straps by which the prisoner may be
secured to it, after he has been uycrpow-
cred
1t is an everyday occurrence to see two
or three policemen wheeling one OF these
barrows with a prisoner strapped to it,
cursing in the foulest language, and often
the barrow has to be wheeled n mile or
moro through the public streets TO the sta
ton. A close observer will notice that the
prisoner always is bootless The first thing
the police do when they overpower a man
Is TO take off his boots, for a heavy hob
nailed boot may infict a dangerous kick
on the man who is bending over the anbrl-
lance to secure the straps. 1t has been sug-
gested from time to time by daring re-
FORMERS that horsed or electric patrol wag-
ons should be secured for the police The
authorities have turned over In their sleep
and murmured that 1t might be a good
thing, but have done nothing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08

LONDON, August %, 1907.
ONDON. which long has prided it
self on being the best policed city |
in the world, gradually is waking |
A n the discovery that facts no |
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1907-07-24
DRoBNE zPRAvY.

Sbor starsich mesta San Fran.
ciska, Cal. zyolil 81 V ttchto dnech
Ora. Il. w. Taylora, lekafe, adyo-
kata a dekana kalifornske univer-
sity za mayora ma mistesodsouze-
n6ho mayora Schmitze.
Die zprav podnikn zelezneho
prdmyslu, pdcila sc vgroba zeleza
IN mesic eerven ma 2.237 ,420 tun.
V kv6tm obndsela ylroba 2,2l9,-
030 tun,
> IN rok, konGici 30. 6erynem.
pfibylo do Ameriky vice pfist6ho-
valcd, ne2 kterykoliv rok pred
tim Celkem b6hem tohoto roku
pfislo sem l,2s5.3f9 lidi, proti
l,iO0735 v roce minmtm,
Statni yolby v Oklahome od
budou due Z zafi tohoto
roku v dobe neihli2si bude gu
yerntrem Frantzem yydano yoleb.
nj proyolani,
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1907-07-24

.. A. Geringera 10 certifikaty,
1tet Pokrokn Hapadn ~ go kni.
zek mGsfcnich pro pokladniky
spolku, 1cet IA organ acct za u
yedeni ziskani clsla 16.
DMe pfedlozena byla stiznost
Gisla 4, Ne IIlaynf Ufadoyna neza-
konite jedDa o die stanoy SO nef1'
di Vybor ysak pfisel k tomu ma
hledu, ze celia stiznost nezaklAda
se na pine vtdomosti tech, ktefi
stiznost tu pfedlozili. Ma to byly
pfedlozeny dye zddosti move Ger.
tifikaty Vybor nsondil, ze d1.
We nez mhze byti yydhn certefikat
noyy, mua byti jasneji udAna
pfftina, proc noyy Sc zAda. aneb
blizM ndani, jak ztrdta certefikatu
se stala, Teprye potion m6ze br.
yelkotajemnik noyg certefikat W.
stayiti.
20 " byl dan nayrb, ably bylo
dano yyhotoyiti 500 cestujicich IL
stin u orgAnu Jednoty. Vgbor ma
TO pfistoupil k prozkoumani knih,
kter6 nalezl 1plne sonbiasu y
|knihami tajemnfkoyymi Knihy
lbyly potyrzeny q podepsany.
Ma TO pfijat byl nasledujicf MI.
vrb br. Fixy: Stranu podanych ne
Ikolika zadostf 0 zmenu, nebo zno.
yuyystayeni ztraceneho certefika.
tn bndiz usneseno, ably tajemnik
jinG neyydayal, pokud nebudou "a
Jhny pffslusnf, fadn6 yystayene
Ilistiny. V padu ztraceni certefi-
Ikatu musf bgti udanf o yysyetlenf
lztraty styrzene pfisahou mist
MIN notafem potyrzene, drive nez
jing certefikat vydan byti mdae.
NasIedujicf 1Gty byly poyoleny
In X vyplate 0dkhzany;
| a, r. yrtis, jizda y sluzne ..,.$ . 4.e0
r. Mixa, jizda D slnkne .,... 500
NJ +. BastTf, jizda sluzDe j" 4.e0
yaclay Tyra, jizda sluzne -. N.10
Fr. skok, sluzne a najem skFfnf 5000
IN. A. Krch, sluzne ........... 5000
NJ. A. Krcb, najem .,.,..,.., 1900
Orghn, . mtsieh .........,.., 1885
Dale usneseno bylo, ably poza-
dan byI br. f. J Blecha ably ona
mista, jez I'll. Ufadovna "a who'd
nj k zabajeni noyych cfsel uzna,
navstfviI. Ufadnikhm pax bylo
povoleno, ably = kdyz nznali by "a
potfebnG nGktera cisla navstiviti
TAX utinili 1Gty IN vylohy
|. tim spojene 81 podali. Tyto pax
budou jim nahrazeny. Dale usne-
seno bylo, ably pfisti schtze odby-
vala Sc dne -. fijna. Ma to byla
schGze Y 4;30 hod. odpol. skon-
tena. i. A. Krch,
tajemnik
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J HIaVnl btadoVny CSDPJ.
otenym spolkam a clendm CsDPJ

Opetne pfisel cas-, ably pfedloze~
M byIa pred vas ctyrtletDi zprhya
0 Ginnosti pdsobenf Hlayni Ufa-
doyny u sice Nv cas- cd 81 bfezna,
do 80. 6cryna 1907 V t6to zpra-
w shIedate pottsitelny 1kaz, 10
stale kracime ku pfedu uteSene
rostcme. Jak ze zpravy yidno, zi'
skano bylo pracf u dbalosti elen6
SO noygch 1dd u ma majetku pfi'
byIo nam 1854. = timto 1spe-
chem sm6le mtizemc No pochlubiti
kazd6mu. Upozornujte ma tnto
skutetnost sye pfdtele o zname o
snazte 10 ziskati pro milou Jedno-
III naM opGtnG move Gdy.
Jsme pfesytdteni, ze brath . se-
stry V blabodarnG tinnosti sye ne.
ochabnou, ngbrz dyojnasobnon
chuti pracoyati bndou ma 1spesich
dalsich. Mtlo by byti snahou kaz.
dtho naseho elena 90 nejyiec pfa-
tel pro Jednotu nasi ziskati, Ne
konali bychom tim mic vice, nez
syoii poyinnost. Vsude . V kaz-
dem mist6 jc dosti yelik6 pole pro
tuto Ginnost. Zkuste tol Bez
podnikayosti neni MONO nieeho
dokazati.
Jedn0ta nase mA zasobu diplo.
nd, jez ndGleny budou TEN, kdoz
nejylce Glen6 ziskaji Takoyy PEEK.
ny zardmoyany dipIom zajiste byl
Iby ozdobou kazde domAcnosti q
mattel jeho mohI by byti nan pra-
VEN hrdym. zadame bratry d.
fedniky, ably ma diplomy ty na
sebhzich Gasteji upozorhoyali, TAX
ably 0 n6 yzbuzen byl nalezitg za,
jem.
v mesici kyGtnu poystalo u jed
noho Gisla mezi br. pfedsedou O
| br. tajemnikem nedor0zumeni. Oba
najednou poslali stiznosti q Wy,
lsyftIeni. Oba dopisy zaslany byly
br. pfedsedoyi Tyroyi s podotknu'
tim, ably V teto zalezitosti neco u.
emil. Br. pfedseda po te nam ye
schnzi oznamil, ze obema bratrtim
| v zaIezitosti teto dopsaI a ku smiru
ie yybidl. Dosud cd mich zadn(
lodpoy6di nedostal a q " pficiny
povazuje zalezitost til "a skonce
nou. Je to d6kaz, ze oba miluJ
zdarnt rozkvetajici Jednotu nasi {
dbaji, ably spolek prospival $ na
lIezitym zdarem. Syornost mus
panovati mezi nami.
Chteli jsme, ably pfi teto zprav'
udan byl 1plny majetek spolki
ale neni TO mono. Stale jedno
totez Gislo nam schazl. Proc to-
Col bratfi tito nectou organ a ne
vslmaji Sc yyzvy Ill. Ufadovny
Poznoyu Sc tazeme, kdo asi bude
prvni, ktery Sc 0 zalozeni noyehc
spollm pokusiY Myslime, ze je
ysude dosti pudy k zaloAeni no
| lvych Gisel k ziskavani novSch
pracoynikh pod prapor mile nasi
.Tednoty. Doufdme, 10 nasi bratfI
pffoii rulSu k dilu, abychom '
pfisti Gtvrtletni zprave mohli ra.
doyati Sc = noveho uspechu.
V Lasce, syornosti a Bratrstyi
yaclav Tyra, Franta A. krchr
pfedseda, tajemnik,
schhze d6etniho vyboru konala
se. IA. 6eryence 1907 Iahajena
Ibyla 10 hod, rano IN pfitomno'
sti bratfi V. Tyry, A. + Vrtise,
IF, Milky, NJ, T. haAtyfc, +, A,
Krcha +. Skoka,
pfcdloleny byly dtty, jca drive
II ...... A.. ......s l.sslts faG45 .lnlaxN