The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-29
pereentaee Of paasenEers Of giving the
RICHMOND, VA

percentage Of passengers of giving tie
conductor Il Zip" The average fare
el GoFnaan Street cars, including those
81 the capital, is ten p%fennfags, or two
cents; hat at Il moderate estimate fuzzy
one~th1rd Of the passengers hand the
conductor another tive pfennings, tnr
Nl4tya4ent of q cent. This is usually
aone by ladies. though 1t IS common
enough with the men. the idea probably
being that Of securing the support or
the conductor IN case of trouble. That
the gratulties amount to a considera-
bic sau1 in tho course OF a year Is
shown by "a trial in Hamburg. arising
0ut Of a dispute between the company
and ore az It's conductors. In which tho
court assumed the ~gratuities TO
amount 10 nearly $500 each year.
The court wisely dedueed that the
Income from tips must be considerable
from the fact that very low wages Were
paid TO the conductors in comparison
with the motorfnen.
Dancer Is Arrested
2 A great sensation itas been caused
I'm ST. Petersburg by the news that
Nine. krezinsha, tho famous Polish
lancer. who formerly appeared at the
Imperial -theaters, has been arrested
at Cracow on IA charge Of espionage.
by her talent and beauty the dancer
won such high favor that she was en-
abled to exercise great influence In
the capital. especially in art circles
1t was due to Nine. krezinska that a
Polish committee was formed to erect
a statue of Chopin at Warsaw.
Some time ago it came to the
knowledge of the Russian authorities
that secrets appcrtaining 10 the ma
tlonal defense were communicated to
ia NAY "A nd Germany In Frfinn
with this affair several officers Of the
general staff were arrested. but all
were able to establish their complete
innocence.
However, as a result Of tho inquiry
the authorities obtained Information
which led to the dancer. She was
closely watched. The police swoop-
ed down on her mousse Unexpectedly,
and documents and letters Were seized
which are now occupying the atten-
ton OF the authorities.
To Reform Police.
Some. time ago 1t daWned on the
Russian minister OF tho interior that
the Russian police We're not exactly
popular. and that perhaps the fault
OF this Was not entirely with the COM
mon people. lie therefore decided to
reform the cars police, and has now
finished the bill. which is TO accom-
plish this miracle. The bill elbows the
minister to be a man OF considerable
common sense. whose way OF reason
ing does him great credit. The bill
starts from the basis, which must
be taken for all Russian reforms in
any Of the public services, namely.
that the police are inferior because
the pay offers no t~nducement to first
class men, The equivalent of an
American chief of city police plus a
number Of other functions and powers
appropriate only to Russia gets only
$40 a week, while the common cop
per has to struggle along on $50 a
year. The result is that neither the
ben nor the higher police officials are
able to live on their pay, nor. In fact,
do they ever attempt ii, for the cost
of their uniforms INK white gloves
more than absorb their salary in all
self-respecting towns, but fnnlemlo-
rial custom has sanctioned a system
of graft which would make even an
American police official turn green
with envy.
The minister proposes to do away
with graft in every form. and his bill
advocates a raise in the pay OF all
ranks Of the police. ranging $4,000 to
$4,000 for police chiefs down to $500
to $3.50 a yea for policemen. This
means an annual increased expendi-
ture of nearly thirteen million dol
lars.
The force is also to be increased
In numbers. for while the capitals
and nan of the larger towns are well
policed, vast areas in various parts of
Russia. as big sometimes as a Euro
pean principality. are noniinally po-
Iced by n man and Tn assistant,
while all rural neighborhoods are