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Fit for Any Young Man to
Devote Honorable
Energies to.

arrested later on VI lie following their
trade
In Northern Oudh notorious criminal
tribe are the Barwars. They are a mixed
people. brutal In their ways and are really.
the dreSs of all sorts of other castles and
used formerly to make a speciality of kid
mapping children. whom they ensIaved AL
most as soon as a Barwar child Is born il
Is dedicated to the profession of thievinS
Twelve days after birth the father gives a
feast. and the child Is decorated to bring
luck in thieving.
Their favorite scheme of operations is to
visit the great fairs which are held In Ind
ian towns. and, disguised as tradesmen or
soldiers or mendicants mix with the crowd
and pick up anything when the legitimate
Sometimes prearransed quarrel is got up
in the bazaar. even a fight and then, when
the stalholders rush forward to see what
the row Is about. others OF the gang heip
themselves 10 any goods that are handy.
The Barwar women also indulge in thiev-
ing. They put on their best attire, and go
TO shrines, join the throng of worshippers
and while their neighbors are praying slip
hands into their pockets.
All these tribes ] have mentioned are
under the Indian criminal tribes act, and
are, therefore. harassed by the police. who
keep a strict lookout upon them This.
however. only accentuates their cunning
and has done practically nothing at all to
put a check upon their predatory occupa-
tions.
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pany, made up of the great Chicago pack
ers, did it?''
mo, il did not. I had only an inklng
of it myself. The results of the investiga-
tion of the cold storage methods and my
observation led me to believe that there was
something wrong. / continued my investi-
cation until I was satisfied that certain
corporations and individuals were violating
the law. The company was formed in 1903.
| knew of its real significance only by sur
mise. The public knew little of It, 1t was
incorporated by dummy incorporators, as I
found by looking up the records che rec
ordS told more. The names of the rea! in
corporatOrs appeared on subsequent docu-
ments referring TO il; Any one can see
who the real men are. They are all in the
public records.
Did you notice." he continued. that
Representative Henry has introduced a
resolution into Congress at Washington.
which makes it possible to extradite de-
PENDANTS regardless of whether they were
in the state or not at the time when an
alleged crime was committed? This is not
an unreasonable requirement Otherwise
this situation would be possible: You and
l might in this room conspre to have the
might hire some one to do the ac. paying
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he believed. was not paying its fair share
of the taxation, through the differentiation
of its plant He succeeded in his effort
to have this valuation increased more than
100 per cent.
The query How did you get hold of the
STANDARD Oil Company" brought forth
this answer:
Easiest thing in the world. The first
step was to select a clean assessor. d man
who had thorough understanding of the
situa ton He was ordered to make proper
assessment of all individual and corporate
property Four years ago the Standard Oil
Company was assessed at about 81 100000.
This amount was steadily increased until
the last year of my administration, when
the assessor placed it a over $13,000,000.
BY agreement between the Standard Oil
Company and the present administration
this assessment was reduced TO S10,50G,000.
We had positive information that the plant
was valued by one of the chief officers of
the company in a suit instituted by the
United States government a. over S13, ,000,-
600. II its own officer swears under oath
that the plant was worth over that figure,
can see no reason why it should not be as
sessed at that figure
"The public generally did not knew of the
existence of the National Packing Com
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ward and forward through the hole, sing
ing In its ear. "Ghal shah, ghal shah,
gbal shah C.Be a thief, be q thief, be
a thief"D
In the northern provinces OF India Is
tribe known as the Bunjaras, who are sup
nosed TO devote their energies TO the carry
ing Of grain and salt. There are, however,
two sections Of the tribe, the Charun ana
Dl:arec Bunjaras, who do nothing else but
kidnap. lift cattle and pilfer. They have
no settled homes, except during the rainy
season. but wander about the country
seeking for cattle and children. IT is sig
nifcant of their occupation that one OF
their favorite gods is Mitthu Bhuklya, who
in distant times was a notorious robber.
and that in every camp is hut set apart
for his use in which no one is allowed TO
eat or sleep. This hut is to be recognized
by the fact that in front OF II a white flag
is usually flying.
When the tribesmen were meditating a
robbery they used to meet in this hut at
dead Of night and produce an image Of the
god Sati, their favorite deity, in front OF
which they placed a saucer filed with
shee. or rancid butter, with a wick set up
right in it, The wick was lighted, the god
told in an undertone what was proposed
to be DONE and asked 10 give an omen
whether the thieves would be successful
or not The wick was carefully watched,
and if II dropped that was taken as an In
dication all would be well; then everybody
would move quietly out, salute the flaS and
set forth upon the marauding expedition
without returning TO the tents In which
they lived.
IL is a strict rule that no word be spoken
ttll the theft has been accomplished. If,
on their wav. one OF the gang sneezes, the
s,ccess of the enterprise is jeopardiZed,
snd without more ado they turn on their
bes,s and go home. The actual stealing
must slso be done during strict silence.
II the owners of the property are disturbed
New-York tribune., 1910-03-06
Motto of Pierre p. Garven When He Is Hunting
For Corporations That Violate the Law.

Following out the maxim born of Irish
lips. hit a head wherever It chances TO
bob up has made the name of more than
one man known beyond the limits of his
own baiiwick. Pierre p Garven. the
Prosecutor of Hudson County, whose name
has been carried from one end of the
country TO the other through his discovery
Of the corporation, including the heads of
several OF the great iGeat packing COM
panies, and his attack upon 1t in the courts,
gained his renown by following out this
militant policy. The size of the body car
rylng The head has never troubled him. He
has acquired the habit of taking q crack
at the head before the body has appeared
over The breast works.
lie began this habit early IN life, for he is
still young, two years this side of two
score. Perhaps his experience as a boy of
earning his living by selling newspapers
was the foundation of his training in fear
lessness. Possibly his steadiness OF nerve
is built upon his continuous activity in
athletics. He played third base on a semi
professional baseball team up to four yearo
ago, when he succeeded in smashing the
New-York tribune., 1910-03-06
STRIKERS RARELY ARRESTED.

Throughout all the fierce rioting which
has marked the struggle from the begin
ming, scarce a man from among the strik-
erS themselves has been under arrest It
Is said that the police have used the ut
most endeavOr to gather in men In the
uniform of the transit company. but. as a
rule, the uniformed men get away from the
scenes of disorder. For the greater part.
they are men of family and have been ad-
vised. IL Is reported. by their leaders TO
discourage any show of violence, which
would menace their cause. Occasionally,
however. some eager striker. fired by youth
and what he regards as the injustice of the
situation, forges TO the front In some
demonstration and the police snatch him
as an example.
For the most part, though, the police have
appeared in sympathy with the strikers.
and in rot few instances have looked
calmly on while cars have burned. or
lodged around convenient corner while
enraged hoodlums have storrned the strike
breakers with voIiey OF bricks and stones
The swearing in Of hundreds of rockies"
with misf1t uniforms has created in tho
minds of large proportion of the populace
a prejudice against the force that never
before existed But many of the men IN
who are in the bitter struggle, and they
seem to have little heart IN the suppression
of disorder. 1t has become known that
several OF the strikers have managed to
squeeze in as members of the extra force
of police with what result may be easily
IMAGINED Still, Director Clay OF the De-
partment of Public Safety IS scrupulousiy
careful of the interests Of the transit COM
pany.
An amazing feature OF the unhappy situa-
ton is the part boys Of tender years are
playing in the struggle. Youths whose
ages range from thirteen to nineteen, are
arraigned daily on various charges of riot
ing and attacking cars OF the transit COM
pany Many among them have never be-
fore seen the inside of a police station.
Some of them say that when they see a
car glide along the street they are over
come by an irresistible impulse to fire
bricks at it
New-York tribune., 1910-03-06
Men Who Regard Thieving
as a Legitimate Pro-
feSSiOn.
b. John Foster Frazer.
CHAPTER ~.


Everybody knows that India mad civil
izat;on thousands of years before the peo-
pie % Europe emerged from barbarism.
And nowhere in the world are religious
practices so vigorously observed as among
the people OF India, who hail King Edward
as Emperor. Among the higher castes
everything that is done. even every meal
that is eaten, has some religious ceremonial
alta ched to it. But while there are high
castes Of cultured Indians, by whom hon
estv IS regarded in the same light as ii
is by western nations, there are other and
degraded castles TO whom thievins is not
only a means OF livelihood, but Is regarded
az a perfectly legitimate profession, 10
the pursuit OF which young man may
honorabiy devote his energies
For example q year or two ago the
british troops went forth 10 punish the
Zakha Khel Afridis. tribe who lnhanit
the country south of the Khyber Pass.
That was because they trespassed into ad-
ioining territory aid stole the property or
.oe neighboring tribes. In our eyes they
uere nothing but lot Of common thlcfes'
l,,.f in their own eyes thieying Is an honof-
ahIa calling Young woman OF the
Zakha Khels will not look al young man
..,ho ,ro,,id like 70 become her hrsband
unless he IS proficient in the ART 1he
dearest wish of a mother Is thal hei h''ie
boy NAV be 2 cunning thIef- u - Sn'u
that every child is consecrated' as IL C.
q, IFS birth to crime. A hole IL fnaoe 'i
the wall similar to that made by q Dur si.~ ;
and the mother pASsss the intan' D~eA'
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and resist the thieves, and one of them
speaks, then the charm is broken, and they
must return to their camp. Nowadays,
however, instead Of consulting Mitthu. they
trust more often to the efficacy Of a good
drink at the nearest liquor shop.
The Charun Bunjaras would be offended
# they were compared with common house
thieves. They consider themselves of a
higher class and devote themselves to kid
mapping children. cattle and sheep stealing,
robbery on the highways. Iessening tie
loads of carts proceeding TO market. carry
ing off cloth and silk from fairs. and in
the dark at harvest time, helping them
selves to other peoples grain or cotton.
When making an attack on the road they
cover their faces. rush Upon the caretakers
with heavy sticks, beat them about the
head and then proceed to plunder, being
careful all the while never TO speak a word.
The greatest skill is exercised in the capt
ure oc cattle. Sometimes they will get
away with as many as a hundred beasts at
time. Their eyes light upon a herd They
herdsman is likely to be having an after
noon snooze, and then very quietly crawl
ing in the long grass and sinking from
bowlder to bowlder, they detach the cattle
on the outskirts of the herd and gradually
drive them off into some wood, where othe-
Charuns are waiting TO move them further
still into some decp recess, where they are
completely hidden. and can afterward be
taken away in twos and threes and scld.
Ostensibly. of course, the Bunjaras are
engaged in carrying grain and salt. But
they never allow chance to go by of
Iii N Tntt oh tpaNf v
stick into grain bag and keep hidden
there for several days. The tongues of
boys are often slit, so that they are more
or less incoherent If they endeavor 10 ex-
pain TO other people what has happened
TO them, while a girl, II over seven or
eight years old, Is generally disfigured
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Democratic ring in Bayonne and becoming
Mayor Of that community. Therefore.
when the legal coaches oe the National
Packing Company or the Standard Oil
Company shout slide to third" to the
rragnates wavering between the second and
third bags and hoping that the member Of
the team at the stick Will bat them home,
the legal third baseman of the public s
team braces himself calmly for the shock
and prepares to catch the ball.
Il do not pose as a trust buster" said
the legal third baseman Of Hudson County
few days ago to a representative of The
Tribune in the formers office in the strag-
CLING old county courthouse in Jersey City.
But l do feel that If the people of the
county are Injured through the unlawful
conduct of corporations or individuals, il
is my duty as prosecutor 20 act. | do not
care whether IL Is against a humble indl-
vidual or the so-called beef trust"
The National Packing Company is not
the first great combination OF capitalists
which he he's attacked. He got his hand
In on the Standard Oil Company in Bay
onne while he was Mayor The company,
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by burning juice so that she cannot be
recognized. These kidnapped children are
practically the slaves of their captors
A direrent sort of criminal class and
belonging TO higher caste. are the Ba-
Warlyas When thieving they generally
1dopt disguise, their favorite being that
of religious beGgars. On moonlight nights
they prospect. and or dark ones they thisve.
Ihey never take their women with them
when out for loot. The leader of a gang
is called the kadoo and il is his business
10 ma out all about the houses that il is
intended to rob. The usual practice is to
make hole in the doorway. so that an
arm can be inserted and the latch ,1ndone
from within. II money or ieweIry is being
sought, then a hole is made in the thin
wall. near where the property is likely to
lie, large enough to admit a body.
Perhaps the most notorious robbers ir
the Northwest Provinces of India are the
Sansiyas. They formerly did nothing but
wander about the country. stealing every-
thing they could lay their hands unon
Their conduct was so nefarious that in 1900
every one was arrested: the younger Sansi-
yas were sent to reforlnatories. and the
elder ones spread about the province in
the hope that they might settle down to
an honest livelihood.
But what is bred in the bone cannot he
got rid Of by a change Of habitation. and
these Sansiyas are to-day as big black
guards as ever they We're. They stop at
nothing. With heap OF stones they at
tack drivers Of carts. and spoil them of
their possessions. They dress themselves
up as policemen. stop wayfarers on some
trumpery charge. and, pretending 10 search
them. take all they have They invariably
give false names, and many spend a good
portion of their lives in prison During in
generation they behave exceedingly we'll.
they know that i'll conduct would mean
logging and flogging would leave str,pes
by which they might be identified when
New-York tribune., 1910-03-06
THE HALL OF FAME.

The Hall of Fame Is unique adjunct
TO G university"
1T is among the very many lines of ef-
fort in which the university has sought to
do something outside its classrooms 70,
the community and the nation. 1t came
into existence in a curious way. The con-
tour of the university site was directly re-
sponsible for it. When Stanford White,
the lover OF beauty. prepared his plans for
the library he introduced long colonnade
10 meet the physical conditions prevailing
on the crest OF the hill overlooking the
Harlem and Hudson. 1t was to be over
four hundred feet long and would cost a
quarter Of million dollars.
There was no educational reason for it.
but Mr. White insisted on il from the point
OF beauty. His love Of beauty sometimes
went so far that he forgot the uses of the
structure he was designing. He provided
no recesses for the books in the library,
The giyer was willing to expend the money
however, for the colonnade, SO / had to
think Of an educational reason for its ex-
istence. L remembered the two Halls of
Fame at Reaensberg and Munich which /
had visited when student in Germany.
decided that 1t might be used as an Ameri-
can Hall OF Fame
iAiS dHst WAS accepted by the uniVer-
SHY corporation ten years ago under a con-
stltutfon which is in the nature OF a con-
tract between the university and the giver
OF the edifice. 1t was intended to promote
education and American patriotism
part or the education which 1t was ex-
pected TO impart has been attained IN
thinking Americans being led to make an
inventory and find what our country really
nfoir 10 y,,
lives OF great men and women. The great
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ranted to contain an authentic photograph
Of c. o. Pratt the leader of the strike
and the hero OF the strikers.
Four energetic and original strikers
leased big hurdy gurdy. or street piano.
and started over the city playing upon
the sympathies OF the residents and tbs
machine. They had excellent success and
continued operations into Camden. across
the Delaware. where the people have
common feeling with those of Philadelphia
in the unhappy struggle. The grinders
stuck TO Camden for a couple OF days.
cleaned up a snug sum and pushed on to
Gloucester and South Jersey. dragging the
heavy machine over the roads. sometimes
thick with mud. They slept in whatsoever
place they could find accommodation, often
In barns. but they have gone along with
logged persistence. encouraged by the re-
ceptions they have met along the way
They expect to make Atlantic City early
this week, playing all along the route, and
IL the strike keeps up Will return over the
same course
New-York tribune., 1910-03-06
STRIKERS AS NEWSBOYS.

There is a pathetic appeal to the SYM
pathies OF the public In the means adopted
by some OF the strikers to earn few
dollars to keep the wolf from the door.
Some of the men have taken the places Of
newsboys, who regard them with jealous
eyes, for the passersby seem more ready
to purchase of the man with the trolley
rig" than from the little fellows who are
so eager for business. All along Market
street the Broadway Of Philadelphia. from
the Delaware River to the City Hall, men
in the uniform OF the transit company,
the corporation brand on their caps hidden
bv the caption The Union Forever" ap-
pear in large numbers, doing all sorts of
things to gather in the pennies TO provide
the means of livelihood. Besides the sale
of newspapers they have taken to selling
all sorts of catch-penny trinkets. A num-
ber Of them appeared yesterday with pack
ages OF chewing gum, each package war
New-York tribune., 1910-03-06
UNIVERSITY AND CITY.

"Ey-dently Yea believe the srest CITY 10
be - real horne Of the university, as dis
tine from 8 small community"
q 60 so thoroughly. When. nesr!y thirty
yEa1s aEo, I became chancellor af vGat IS
nOw the University Of Pltsours 1 was
ccut:oEteG with The problem of re city and
the university The University or Pitts
brig wss a. best bu: dim shadow OF what
fs name implied. i did not get the uni
feTsiry before leaving Pittsturg. BIT I came
10 deep conviction that every city that
was bound ike Pitrs5urg, soon TO reach
million people, must have a university from
Inc necessity % the case I defined uni
Fers;ly as = foundation which carried stu
osiils beron5 The college well toward the
Anllt o. Ultimate knowledge in az least g.
ieR Departments Of literature. science and
t4lfoso3hy. ana which in addition trained
nen and women for some Of the learned
Professions
AaFing proved 80 my satisfaction that
Sefe must be university in PIttsburg, I
prepared a fortiori 10 believe X possible
Ne" York might have a university.
I-ao nothing a. that date that called it
- university except the corporate that
.4ea on small college OF one hundred
.Ooents and voted diplomas to a school OF
Z" and school Of medicine. which were
eufpcrted on the business side s private
'es' the former by one professor. the
og corporation OF eight Professors
=, -. name % the older foundation --as then
Noenlbla College.
o0 must have mad difficulty IL carry
our IDEAS out in New York;"
-. sloltest difficulty / have met in
h, 'pFs IN a quarter century," said he,
oiea protestant spirit dispIs wing Itself
b.. arises from an utter failacy that
.,s possessed the tntellects of strong men.
i'colariy Of mighty captains of IN
a. The f2llscy is this: Because q
eepes and better article IN s..el or i-o,
-.r,,IN. OF sugar can be produced by
r,,-,. al The factories Of a given ter
fo,. INTO one. shutting up the rest. there
t,,. arc MOST important work OF university =
,s,-.-4-sht sht be done in New York City bv
rln,,- university MONOPOLY in q
se Operation
Rain, : eh forget that tie law Of a free
.ariz...z hot to giTe a monopoly 10 one Or
pet,,s Uul 10 have at least two COM
thst - rt. They are too blind to see
sas -at Is very speedily 10 be bv far
CITY % the world II sc az n,cb
th. ,,,,sity 70 nave two universities Gov
nav. he.a h.iectual anu moral vgorld as - ,s 80
'slisou, floeestarts and Catholics in the
/ seans in IN. VI democrats and Repub-
a. e world Of politics
L ksnn.sn ns L feared that the Lat. ,o,n
s@a become fully rossessed OF
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suits than either the absolute attendance
upon daily prayers maintained by the col
leges at Yale and Princeton or than the
entirely voluntary plan IN some OF our
colleges, which fails to secure, upon the
average, an attendance of 10 per cent of the
student body. In the freshman class of
this year about one-ffth of the students
had been brought up in the Catholic faith
and about an equal number in the Jewish
faith, leaving about three-fifths as Protest
ant Christian. Under this system there is
no call upon any student to attend upon
form of religious worship which he does
not prefer