The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-25
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. STRAY TOPICS FROM LITTLE
, OLD NEW YORK


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New York, Mar. "a leather
merchant whose establishment is on
Broadway, nearly opposite police
headquarters, was robbed by burglars
of goods valued at more than $1,000.
The feature particularly humiliating
to the police department is that few
days before the burglary the owner of
establishment notified the police that
the locks of his factory had been
tempered with and a special watch
was ordered to be kept on the place.
The front entrance to the building
was carefully guarded, but the
thieves were so inconsiderate as to
change their program and to enter
the place through scuttle in the
roof.
| A few nights ago two of the trained
police dogs succeeded in capturing
three evildoers who had outdistanced
their bluecoated pursuers and would
have escaped had it not been for the
four-legged assistants of the police.
Some facetious individual thereupon
sent letter to Commissioner Bing-
ham recommending "for the sake of
greater efficiency" to discharge the
entire two-legged police force and
substitute for it force of trained
police dogs.
Suffragettes are Busy.
The suffragettes are conducting a
vigorous campaign and even propose
to hold an open-air mass meeting in
Printing House square at half-past
two o'clock in the morning to con-
vert the newspapermen employed on
the morning papers in that locality.
At first they also intended to invite
their male sympathizers to that meet
! ing, but the plan was abandoned, be-
cause it was feared the night air
might injure their complexion and be-
ing out so late might interfere with
the domestic duties of the "men."
Between keeping tab on the sa-
looms, protecting pretty girls at the
street crossings during busy traffic
hours, keeping school children from
running under the wheels of deliv-
cry wagons and other vehicles, chas-
ing autos violating the speed ordi-
nance, and sitting around in magis-
trates' court rooms the policemen of
New York are kept so busy that they
have no time for catching thieves,
burglars and other criminals. For
that reason nobody was surprised to
hear that Commissioner Bingham had
established a secret police system,
which shall be devoted exclusively to
the ferreting out of crimes and GRIM
inals.
| Theatres Run Lurid Shows.
Some of the New York theatres
where particularly lurid shows are at
present running, must have been
stingy with their free passes lately.
One of the New York assemblymen
has introduced in the Legislature two
bills, which would make guilty OF a
misdemeanor every person who. in
any capacity prepares. advertises or
participates in any indecent play or
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or manager of any place used for
such an exhibition and every person
who prepares or posts in any public
place posters tending to jemoralize
the public morals or calculated to
shock the sense of decency or pro-
priety.
If these bills should become laws
it would be necessary to build large
additions to the prisons of the state
to accommodate the actors, actresses,
chorus girls, managers and bill post
ers, not to speak of the numerous
employees and attendants at various
theatres making speciality Of "haut
govt" shows. 1t does not appear
from the bills who is to decide wheth-
er a show is "off color" or not.
The pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church of Jersey City has de-
cided to wage war against persons
violating the law prohibiting splitting
in trolley cars and other public con-
veyances. 1t is rather tough on the