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New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
THENCE CANE THEY /?
Tiisit to italian To1cns Depopuloted
by Emigration.
Herbert Francis Sherwood. in The Outlook

Whence came they? Doubtless this question has
framed Itself in the minds OF many persons as
they have stood in front Of the big immigration
building on Ellis Island and watched the men,
women and children in their foreign dress pouring
across the plaza from the barges' TO be swallowed
up by the wide portals Of the station-three thou
sand four thousand, five thousand, in the course
Of a cycle Of twenty-four hours
on Nay q, last year. as I stood in the new
ro-r~ Al HapIes the query framed itself in my
mind. Before ne moved a line of Italian men,
women and children. two thousand strong. drag
eing bundles after them. A United States hos
ptaI surgeon, officially protecting the health OF
AYnerica-really advising the steamship companies
in addition, who would be rejected at Ellis Island
was turning inside out the eyeds and running
his hands through the hair of each the line
SLOWLY passed him. The inspection card OF each
vas duly stamped with the American consular
seal and one by the procession OF short,
tronzed Sicfans and Calabrians filed out the
parnphletke italian passport IN hand
Whence came they?
few days later I was on the Palermo express
bound for Calabria and Sicily.
Arriving at Gesso I walked down through the
main street Il was almost as deserted as the
streets Of Pompeii. The appearance of an Amerf-
ca1 drew forth from the dank. stone tagged houses
scores OF women children and wrinkled old men
One was SURPRISED TO few young and middle
aged men The was given by the syndic' or
rIavor They were in America A few years ago
q
ecre To-day the houses, with the worm-eaten
v.,.oden doors are peopled by Only about eighteen
hundred women. children and old men, VINO are
siIpported largely by money sent home from
America by the able bodied men who have gone
hence.
We stopped at Batttro. and a man beside the
road who had returned home after living several
wears In Buenos Ayres. said that four hundred OF
It's former population OF fourteen hunoreo were
,n North and South America. From Monteleone
which stands the site OF the ancient Greek CITY
Of Hippo FIVE hundred had gone to both Americas
and three times as many from the surrounding
,o,,r+r, AZ Tirolo from former population OF
ss,r thousand one thousand had found their way
10 Naples from their mountain home ana sal4eo Ior
America The number IS being Increased py up
ward Of two hundred each year
whence came they? The question is answered
f,r one who has visited these communities, winch
ere truly deserted villages.
In the beginning, apparently the ernigranis were
chiefly midde-aged men whose finances had reacheo
a hopeless condition through poor crops ano the
nay,n.nt Of txxss tho dsnAud for the iatssS bang
r.rui.r II tns prpps w9s not. 1nGkHxaf - A'oese
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
HOW THIEF TRAINERS WORK.

E,aotn Charles DIckens's malicious. cruel and
cunning old thief trainers in OIVer I"i'l' I nc
his counterpart in the world of crime TO-DAY
although it is not long. as a rule. DeIore ne Is
laid BY the heels by Scotland 1aro, anu sen
where he can no longer teach deprael'S - j. u
nile minds at any rate for a Whle. II IL O. G.
tonfshing however. says "Tit-Bits. now many
schools for the teaching of crime exist in LONDON
and other large towns. although the ponce are
persistent in their efforts 10 check the eFIl- -,
In spite of laws and philanthropy there wiz
always he street arabs and young hooHssII9
whose upbringing and SURROUNDINGS MAKE tIieIIi
easy victims to the temptings or the nloueLn .
Fagfn These men, by offering food IodsIhgs'
and pocket money TO the boys nave no dlLlcuLy ~
in getting as many as they want 10 act aS pLCN t
pocLets and burglars and soon transform lhtH
into '.Artful Dodgers by little training
The burglar of to-day finds boy most Illl usetul
in .,cracking a crib" The boy can squeeze
through openings and spaces which would ne
impossible to a full grown man, ne IS uSudlIy
more nimble quicker and more ~ sleIL uutins t - -
iob than a man partner: and, moreover. oy d.
lowing the boy to enter house and 90 the act
uaI rObbing the craftsman has good cnaHcs
of escape in the case of an alarm pelllS IaISeu'
well knowing that if the boy is caught his youth
will save him from severe punishment r.
A boy soon acquires the necessary nerve Ior
the business, and quickly begins to take prlde
IN his achievements he IS Sy ,I "a 80 ~
his craft how to use the scientlf1c appliances
and tools of the safe breaker. and now 10 erect
an entry into the most inaccessible or DuLdinsS
The fact that youthful burglars have oeen
caught fully equipped with up-to-date tools and
appliances proves that they must have oeen
taught their business by some one
1t is the same with the pocket picking busl-
ness The same methods are adopted. the same
devices used, and the same scheme OF passing
and covering adopted in the majority of cases.
These methods old. they vary occasionally
but the original methods never die out and are
handed down from generation TO generation II
is obvious therefore. when the police see these
hoary old methods of picking a pocket employed
nv Youngsters of ten, that the children must
have been taught and trained SYSTEMATICALLY
Very often children of tender years are much
cleverer at the business than men and women
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
IONkERS NOW
IN SECOND CLASS
Continued from third page.

sections are Park Hill. Pelisade avenue. North
Broadway Yonkers Park. South Yonkers, Caryl
Lowerre and Dunwoodis Heights. Beautiful
houses set each in a generous plot of ground
along streets lined with trees which IN the sum
Tner months afford continuous bowers OF shade
are characteristic of these residential sections.
Greystone. formerly the home OF Samuel J. TIL
den and the home of Samuel Cnterrnyer, occu-
pies q commanding site in North Broadway. a
number OF well known persons have at one time
or another made their homes in Yonkers- The
house Of jefferson De Angels stands in Sunny
side Drive Ludlow Park Clara Morris makes her
home in Yonkers. and the late William Allen But
Ier author of Flora McFlimsey. was a resident
The YOnkers directory Of to-day contains the
names of many who familiar TO the public
either as authors paywrights. lawyers or IN
other fields OF endeaVor- And II is interesting 10
note that this directory. containing about thirty
thousand names. affords striking contrast 10
that OF 1853 still to be seen in the publishers
Offices which in it's fifteen pages lists about eight
hundred names The directory publishers also have
an interesting work in the shape OF "estchester
County directory dated 1860. which contains the
business card Of "Chauncey M Depew, Counsellor
ar-I.aw PeekskiI" and another advertisement,
making the announcement that thanks To recent re-
search II IS now possible TO cook an entire meal
by the use OF kerosene"
The settlement Of Yonkers dates back to lO09.
Tie city Is said take its name from Adrian Van
der Donck who was called De Jontheer" or
the surrounding territory from 16i5 TO 1872 FROM
1872 to 177g this territory included in the
PhIIipse Manor. the part now constituting the city
being called PhilIipsburg- During the Revolution
il was in the so-called neutral ground The
township of Yonkers organized In 1IS8 and in
1855 the village Of Yonkers was incorporated. IN
1872 the town divided, the north portion being
chartered as a city. The south portion or Kings
bridge was annexed 10 New York two years later
With her change to the grade of a city Of the
second class some changes have taken place in
the government OF Yonkers. the most important OF
which is the appointment OF a commission Of pub
lie safety with authority over the police, IRE and
health departments.
Because the present Mayor, N A Warren Is a
physician. and the appointee as commissioner Of
public safety. Edgar NJ Hermance, is also a ply
sfcan it has become standing joke 10 assert that
''Yonkers is doing nicely, thank you
II is only. however, after one has familarized
himself or herself with the rapid but certain de-
velopnent of the place; only after has actually
felt so TO speak. the healthy pulsebeats Of the city
I'D the river that one IS IN position TO Judge just
how nicely" Yonkers is doing, and TO understand
in some degree what the future has in store for
her
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

Pack. W. A Patton. C. NJ. Roof, Mr.. and Mrs
l.. B. Stillwell Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Agnew. Mrs
p. s. p Randolph, John Miley and Mr.. and Mrs
John p. Guiiford.
Among the arrivals at the Lakewood are the
following from Manhattan. A II. Alexander,
Estele Hill. Harry E. Boehm Mrs Boehm'
Luke A. keenan,. Louis Gallucci. Victor Nd
Earle. George Lichtenstein, Miss e. NJ. Dunn,
Mrs. D. F. Hennessy, Mrs NJ. Regensburg. Mrs.
Henry Nordlinger, Miss Martha Nordlinger. Mr..
and Mrs. A L. Tusk. 8 H. Kohn. Mrs. F. H.
Kohn. Luke A Burke. Louis Frankel. J. NJ
Harsley and I A. Rosenthal.
From Brooklyn: Mrs. Hessel, the Rev. F. A
WEIGH. Mrs Revflo Wells. Mrs. Albert Bryant,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fletcher Miss May Levy
and DR.. and Mrs Weisoron.
From Philadelphia: B. F. Gallagher, F. J. M
McHurdle. ]. Sheehan NJ. J. Bradley. L. Good
friend Joseph Harris, John Bettinger, f. H
Bum and Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Birney-
At the Laurel House are the following from
Manhattan: George E. Schanck, Mrs George f.
Schanck. Miss b Samuel. Mr. and Mrs Guy
Phelps Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs. James R. Turner,
Miss s F Crane Clarkson Cowl. Miss Hannah
Roberts, Mrs Howell Floyd and Mrs. B. B.
Baker
From Philadelphia: Mr.. and Mrs. James A
Cannon Mr. and Mrs. A. n. Cleaver, c. A God
dard and E. c. Leeds
At the LAUREL n-the-Pines from Manhattan
are Mrs s. O Bulkley Mrs A W Tompkins'
Mr. and Mrs W. S. Sterns, b. c. Murry, MISS
Benedict Miss Desote, H. v Monahan. II NJ
Crane, Thomas L. Watson, Miss Morris, MISS
Rogers and Mrs Norman l. Monroe
From Brooklyn: Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ii
Wheeler jr and Mr and Mrs. W. P Cotton
From Philadelphia: ]. B. Thompson. w A
Higgenboth ham, Mrs c. c. King, ]. F. Stanley,
fr and John F. Stanley, Sd.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
LAKEWOOD COMMUTERS
WoH Street Hen Make Daily Trips
from Offices.

Lakewood. y. J. Feb. 22-Lakewood visitors
end The brtdlepaths and the pavenlent-like roads
-ts- cr1- the Pine Belt in all directions a never
falling source Of delight particularly as Ne"
York and Philadelphia are so near that Dusl-
ness or pleasure trips can be made with nearly
&C rnrch ease as the afternoons run 10 Allalre-
T-,e early train every morning carries con-
,,,gen, Of Wall Street men going TO their day
,,,-. With as much nonchalance as though they
w.,. taking the subway, and the later part OF
.bs afternoon brings them back eager as ooys
81, q, q holiday for golf or ride before dinner
ca ,oot music. q perfecto and bridge AFTER
ward .,z
W. and Mrs. Gerald B. Curtiss entertained q
-o1ler skating party Thursday morning al lHe
.-o.,;a Poller Rink Among those present we're
~ and Mrs arthur 2. Claftn MI ana MIS-
-. de Forest. MI and Mrs John b- Gull
90 and family. Mrs. Shepherd Knapp de For
-, Miss Anderson and Mr Porter
dinner was given al the Country Cup
ra.-,-dav night Among those present were MI
- Mrs II. A. Budd. Mr.. and Mrs. A d. C4aiii"'
- a,d Mrs. G. s Curtis, Mrs F. W. Do"her'
~ .,5 Mrs. E 1. de Forest, K de Forest Mr-
90 Mrs G. D. Braman. Dr. c L. Alnoiey, M
.,a xr,. yIspsr Lynch, Mr. snd A's' T. -
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
alJiI DING WALLS WITH BAGS

The practice Of constructing breakwaters and
thA submerged parts of piers with concrete in
closed in bags has been largely developed in Scot
land The concrete is prepared as near as poss-
&c to the mace where it is TO be used II is In
closed in bags protect IL Temporarily from the
erTects of contact with the sea water While IL IS
iowered into place. The bags are placed IN a box
s,spended directly the spot where they are
to lie The touching of trigger opens the pox
and allows bag to drop out line line OF Of bags bags
hae IN the next eer,es is arranged that the
heating edges of two OF tbs bags In the lower
rnw u33l be covered Thus regular wall is puiit
IN and as the concrete hardens II becomes solid
ana imrnnvahle-Y Youths Companion.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

lea. leaving their families at home. In the hope OF
repairtns their fortunes Money began to come
back Then the men came themselves They wore
better clothing than they had ever worn before.
They had watches and chains. More than tnat,
they had money, greater amounts than they had
ever before possessed. The younger men. observing
the success of the older ones reasoned that by
going 20 the United States they could avoid the
troubles OF the older and at their age De
comfortably well Off Then wives. sweethearts.
brothers. sisters. parents were sent for ana III
course of time-the avalanche.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
M1RYS QUESTION.

sans little while ago q popular writer visited q
tail IN order TO take notes for magazine article
on prison Life On returning home he described
IN. horrors he had seen, and his description made
q deep impression the mind OF his little daugn-
tar Mary The writer and his offspring, week
later were In a train together which stopped al a
station near a gloomy building A man asked;
What place is that?
''The county jail another answered promptly.
uheTeup0n Mary embarrassed her father and
aroused the suspicious OF the other occupants OF
The carriage by asking. in q loud shrill voice:
IT'S that the 1au you -wars In satharf'-London
Opinion.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-17
ONLY TEDDY
CAN Beat BRYAN
So Declares Senator Bourne of Ore
gon.-Roosevelt Must Bend to
Will of People.

Washington, D. c., March 16.~-
Senator Bourne of Oregon predicts
that Bryan will sweep the country
unless Roosevelt is nominated at the
Chicago convention.
La Toilette declares the Oregon
senator is closer to the heart of the
people than any other republican,
save the president. He made these
statements Sunday evening after q
conference with Roosevelt.
Incidentally Bourne raised his
voice in a wall OF evaporation at the
presidents attitude in relation to the
third term movement.
rs Roosevelt Dictator he de-
manded, 'and is he greater ,han the
people?
The man in the white house says
we must take Taft The people say
that the man in the White House
must run again.
IF he is not the dictator he will
bow to the po7-,lar will and take an
other term. He is the only man that
can win on the republican ticket II
he is not nominated Bryan Will sweep
the country, for in the popular esti-
mate it is in this order
Roosevelt, Bryan, La Toilette.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-17
THEY SAY.

That if the young lady who lost
her hat Saturday night on Wenatchee
avenue will call at the World Office
she may obtain information leading
to the recovery of her feathered sky
piece.
! Incidentally, violent demonstra-
/ tions of affection while driving
through the city are not considered
good form-to say nothing of the
risk a lady runs in having her hat
mashed or knocked into the mud.
FOR SALE CHEAP-One striped
shirt; good as new; only worn once.
Apply to the newly-elected school di-
rector.
! That Tramp" the black dog that
recovered the warrants, should be
pensioned for life-given a perpetual
tax tag.
That his violent barks at first lead
the police to believe that he was
calling for bids" on the warrants.
That when the jury's sled capsized
it was the sheriff who saved the last
remaining Olympia from destruc-
ton.
] That the County Horticultural So
ciety will meet at Cashmere on the
21st.
That Malaga is now experiencing
the Era of Good Feeling
! That the violent religious dissen-
sions of the past ten days are over.
/ Despite the loss of breath no one
knows as yet whether Sunday comes
on the first or the seventh day-some
are even almost convinced that there
is no Sunday at all.
That Ernie Spencer of Chelan is
after John Godfrey's job.
That it will take a veritable Her
cumbent out of Office.
That an affinity case" has devel-
oped in the Spokane poorhouse.
That We have heard of men who
went to the poorhouse after contract
ing "affinityism but this is the
most belated attack on recorder
maybe it is ''recurrent." -
That Bob Nelson is the only police
man left VITO don't want to be sher-
! iff
/ Bob stands good show then of
! being the next chief
That compliance with the Mayors
cleanup proclamation is duty you
owe yourself.
A clean back yard is as much
moral force as a clean shirt.
That candidates will soon be thick
as sage ticks :
4 And as hard to shake.
That Mary had litsfe lamb
Its fleece was whitesas snow
! It followed her to Leavenworth-
! And now look at the d thing!
That Ostby, who is charged with
having helped to wreck the Brewster
Bank, is now in the convulsive
clutches of the law
That Lent can't stop 500"
/ That with the advent of warm,
spring days, human beings, like the
/ animals of the field, feel like kicking
up their heels and bawling aloud
from sheer excess of good spirits.
/ We are inspired to write poem
on Spring, but believe there is an
unwritten law against such indul-
gence in Wenatchee.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-17
Press Agents Promises.

"Old Arkansaw" is termed a melo-
dramatic comedy. There is an inter-
esting plot replete with thrilling sit
uations that make you hold your
breath in the excitement of the
scenes. There are scenic and me-
chanical effects that make you won
der how such realistic effects can be
produced on a stage. The thrilling
reproduction of the Blue Cut hold-up,
the excited mob, eager to lynch the
supposed culprit, the jealous woman
who turns detective and delivers the
real criminal, are a few of the inter-
esting dramatic situations. Among
the characters are old Jeremiah
Snodgrass, who will keep you laugh
ing all the time he is before you. A
more peculiar, laughable character
has never been conceived; his old
songs sung in true Arkansas style,
being some of the funniest bits of
realism ever heard. "Old Arkan-
saw" is a well-told story-a real
play with real plot, and is portray
ed by company of the very best peo-
pie in the theatrical profession. A
carload of special scenery and many
new and novel effects and mechanical
devices all combine in making this
the dramatic and comedy event of
the season.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-17
Want Navarro
IN LAND OFFICE
Strong Feeling that Well-knOwn
Engineer Should Succeed State
Land Commissioner Ross.

The effervescent political sea
promises many changes of men. in
public Office during the coming year,
and in looking about for success
sor to State Land Commissioner
Ross, a great many progressive peo-
PIE, both east and west OF the noun
tains, believe that the man for the
place is Judge l. A. Navarro, he
present county engineer
Navarro is pre-eminently quail
fed, and knows the lands in this
state like a farmer knows his own
ranch. He has not consented to
have his name go before the people
of the state as a candidate for the
Office, but pressure will be brought
to bear on him soon.
Judge Navarro is one of the old
est and best known men in the state,
and his long familiarity with gov
ernment surveys and the public lands
OF the commonwealth fit him partic-
ularly for this important post. The
following facts, taken from the His
tory of Central Washington, throw
interesting light on the past life OF
the man whom the people of this
state would like to see in charge of
their public lands.
Biographical Sketch.
Ignatius A. Navarro was horn De-
cenber 25, 1916, at Monroe, Mi:n
rs .'ather, Joseph Navarro, was III:
sGn OF Col Francis Navarro, justice
of he old Northwest Territory Encn
it was under French regime. Dur
ing the war Of 1912 he commanded
a regiment in which were enrolled 81
Navarres, all descendants of "the
While Plumed Henry of Navarro. .
He took part in many battles, among
them that of the Thames, where Te-
cumseh was killed, and General Win
chester was his guest the day he sur
rendered to Proctor.
Judge Navarro was educated at st
Francis College, Pennsylvania, and
during the civil war enlisted in the
Engineer Corps. After an honorable
discharge he became government
surveyor, and while engaged on for
tification works at Portland, Me-, he
studied law In 1878 was admitted
to the supreme court. He came tC
what was then the territory of Wash
ington. locating at Olympia. He
later Joined the law firm of Mcknight
G Leary a. Seattle. and two years
afterwards removed to Yakima
where he pracJised and was finally
elected probate judge. In 1885, ow.
ing to failing health he abandoned
the Law and devoted himself entire
" TO engineering work, at the same
time fling on his present beautiful
home at Lakeside.
During the Harrison campaign be
was presidential elector. the only
one east of the mountains. He has
served in various government posi-
tions, aud for long time was EN-
ployed by the state in selecting and
laying out lands for irrigation under
the Corey act
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-17

ARE COMING
Will Gather this Summer in Conven-
ton Here or at Lake
Chelan.

The county superintendents of the
state will meet in. convention in this
county some time during the coming
summer. County superintendent
Bowersox is in receipt of letter
from H. B. Dewey, assistant state SUI
perintendent to this effect, which
says:
Olympia, March IA, 1908.
"Supt. E. c. Bowersox, Wenatchee,
Washington:
Dear Superintendent Bowersox-
Your letter OF March IL received I
will let you know the exact date OF
the county superintendents' conven-
tion as soon as possible. The meet
ing will be held in your county,
either at Wenatchee or on Lake Che
Ian. So far, the preference for the
date is evenly divided between July
and September. Personally, / should
very much like TO take a trip to Lake
Chelan. I have never been up the
lake, and l have looked forward to
an opportunity for several years.
Very truly yours,
HENRY B. DEWEY,
Assistant Supt."
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-17
RELIC OF THE
TRAIN ROBBERY
Mrs. j. F. Chase Receives Package
- Rified by Train Robber East :,
of Spokane.

Mrs. ]. F. Chase today received a
a package by registered mail which
came through after having been torn
open by the train robber in the sem
sational hold-up east of Spokane Sun
day morning.
The package contained some little
articles which the robber evidently
did not care to take away with him,
One end of the envelope was torn
open, and across the face was
stamped by the postal department
these words: ''Rified by Train Rob-
Der at Spokane"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-17
The Peach Twig Borer.
litor Daily World:


have been misquoted in the
Cashmere Valley Record in regard to
the peach twig borer, and while that
paper has kindly corrected the error
the report has been copied by other
papers and pretty generally circu-
lated. | don't want to be misunder-
stood in this matter, and | don't
want to be the means of misleading
anyone. | have never said, and |
don't want to be understood as hav-
ing said, that now is the time to
spray for the peach twig borer.
At this time the little larvae of
ly woven web, just underneath the
surface of the bark in the crotches
of the tree and cannot be touched
with any spray. However, the same
amount of heat and spring weather
which make the flower buds burst
also starts the larvae to activity, and
at the time the blossoms are begin
ming to burst the small larvae leaves
its cell in the bark and starts to
crawl toward the tips of the branches
1t is at that time they should be hit
with the lime and sulphur spray.
Now, however, is the time to spray
for the San Jose scale or the Oyster
Shell bark scale. Where the scale
is anyways bad. one spraying should
be made as soon as possible now and
another just before the foliage starts
to come out. The pipes formula,
known as the 1-1-4 formula, is the
one in general use. This is one
pound of lime, one pound of sulphur
to four gallons of water.
P. S. Darlington, Inspector.
Attorney William Grimshaw is in