Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-10-19
GOTHAM Be GINS A
RAID ON SHORT
MEASURES
Movement Backed By VoIun-
teer Army Of Housewives in
New York; Crook Clan
Strongly EntrenChed,
Especial Correspondence to Morning Journal

| Especial Correspondence TO Morning JOurnall
New York, oct 15.-Backed by q
volunteer army of the housewives
| of Gotham, the city administration
| has begun "A raid on short weights and
measures Of food stuffs, that prom
| lses finally to sweep from town the
last Of the dishonest dealers who en-
ploy them. Though IA force Of men
| inspectors have for months struggled
| to show sporadic instances of the
fraud that pinches the home table, no
general cleanup, Of these prevalent
practices had been projected, until the
women took things into their own
| hands few days ago. Within a week
| thousands Of offers Of cooperation
have been made to the commissioner
| of the bureau of weights and meas
ures by housekeepers in every corner
| of Greater New York, and today the
| department is counting on the active
aid Of one woman in every ten who
does her own marketing. With this
| feminine force at work to detect
! fraud, the authorities believe the root
ing out Of every short scale and meas
ure in the metropolis will be only the
work of few weeks.
! Crooks Control.
That the criminal elan is more
| strongly entrenched here than ever
before IN the history of the under
| world is the opinion of veteran police
officers who are investigating the re
| cent Jail delivery at Sing Sing. Pro-
| fessional crooks and highWaymen are
now organized thoroughly enough to
work out the escape of their convict
| comrades from headquarters in this
| town, they declare, while the same
| systematic collision can spirit them
out OF the reach Of the arm of the
| law. For almost year detectives
have been reporting the complete oc-
| eupation of New York by central
| lied force of criminals, though it had
never been thought that they would
| have the audacity to reach up the
river and release their fellows from
! prison Unless the police soon get a
grasp on this sorry situation, it is pre-
dictcd that crime Will run riot here
abouts.
COloniling Clubs.
| Completing the most remarkable
| colony OF club women in the world,
| the Women's University club is set
Ting on the edge of an exclusive little
| quarter just above Madison Square.
! over a dozen active organizations linn
| tied TO feminine membership are now
installed in htese few blocks of
female clubdom. In its narrow limits
| both suffragettes and "antis' have
lnauonal campaign quarters, while
| ladies leagues for uplifts OF various
sorts are clustered all about coli
lcge alumnae have set up their rally
| ing places nearby and the famous
Martina Washington hotel for women
| is only a stones throw away. In the
very heart of this locality the Colony
club of fashionable women is still at
tracing scores of the maids and ma
al "a.
mere man is being banished rapidly
from three blocks at least of this old
residence district
IltialIs Plenty.
TO save hundreds of lads from see
ing the worst of the world in the uni
form of messenger boys, strong pres
sure is being brought To bear to abol- |
ish their employment here after ten
i'm the evening. With their badges
and business TO give them the entree |
to an night New York, these youths |
are inevitably ruined both morally |
and physically it is asserted by well /
fare workers who have investigated !
conditions closely. Many man could |
not withstand the evil influences that |
are crowded upon these little blue |
coats every evening, it is pointed out, /
in the plea OF the child crusaders. No |
one, even in Gotham, is willing TO I
,
ful sights OF the dark hours, and it |
is likely that some substitute for the /
messenger boy viii be employed dur |
ing the midnight and early morning /
hours.
IIuumCls Handicraft.
All Broadway is quivering over the |
report that Abe nummel has today /
begun the writing Of a book of 4
memoirs that must include almost the 4
entire who's Who of the White Light |
district. IL the inside history of any 4
incident in New Nork's night life is 4
hidden from this sharp little lawyer 1
who has just returned from "A trip /
around the world. not one of the lead /
ing actors are quite sure OF it. For /
dozens OF years everyone i'm sportive .
society. ana many from the choicest /
social circles as well. have told their /
troubles To Hummel in his little legal /
den down by the criminal court build
ing. Now that Abe" is TO take "a
turn at the telling. it seems certain
that scores of sensations VIII De
sprung. Though the celebrated con- /
udant can uo lonser practice law, he 4
could make mint of money by mis-
ifNl fsHrfs of his memory