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New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
A WE'LL WORKED GAME.

/ A remarkable game is recorded: A MINIS
I terial looking man was walking aicne
broadway. when he grabbed a roughly
/ Gl essed man by the arm.
! GIVE that lady her pocketoook' ne crieo'
"I ain't got her pocketbook,' said the
other. o,,
- saw YOU take it from her. and If you
don't return it I'll hand you over 10 'i'9
police" .,,o.od
Il tell you, I amt got it," said the rasseu
man ..,,.oa
In this short time crowd had gathereu'
That crowd listened to the threats ol 'ne
mir. steriauy CARRIED man with mihgieu leeI
trgs Of righteousness. The woman from
whom the pocketbook was supposed u
ho,a beAn taken was one of the crowd
Not at first. but finally it dawned on her
that she was the one supposed TO nave
been robbed.
..Zybv" she said 20 her champion. Nc
didn't take my purse. See, have H. anu
she displayed it TO show she dld liiuee1
have It a
Ten minutes later she lost 1t. And q
.,,r,tar ~ those in the crowd lost theirs
too. ..-..n.o ,,o,,
subway ruards with regular runs Aho"
,.or,. niokpockets. especially the guafus
ubo work al night Whenever they can
.ray make their passengers aware OF the
presence Of the crooks. Nheh man -
late at night, after pleasure or WORK Hc
rearly always takes the opportunity -
gettine forty winks on the train ana II
Is while he sleeps that the picHpoeAe' se's
in his work. ~. q,
..1 know scores Of these crooks by slght
said guard the other night and wheh-
over can I tell the people who are sleepy
- he careful. Of course, the CROOKS are
., to me. can they make trouble for me
ne course: they can wait for me some
v,.l,ore The men who work on the cars
are often the most extensively dreSseu'
r., ,,.av they dress throws suspicion from
them" &C., ,.,.o
side,val, takers afford a splendid chance
eo,. tbe man who likes to be energetic WIN
his fingers. This doesn't mean tN"' .-
raker is in league W tn the pIucKer w
that he serves the same purpose ds ti0
man who Wells Keep your hands on you'
pocketbooks" BE 1t remembered that Una
New York sidewalk faker introduces most
of the attractive novelties. The TACT 'N"'
the novelty costs money hypnotizes tnose
with money in their pockets ana causes
them 10 place their hands on those depos'-
tories. That movement is the cue Tor the
man who is trying to locate II.
Ever notice when that old cry Keep
vour hands on your pocketbooks' goes UP
every one with a pocketbook is sure to put
his hand over it TO protect 1t? Its oad
thing TO do. It is just what the cry Is
raised for: 1t gives the hint
II YOU don't want TO lose your Vaiua0ieS
hear in mind these "don'ts': Don't hasn
~our roll" in public. Don't hand In biil
of big size at the ticket office. Don't stand
with one hand OF your pocketbook. Don
pin your watch on your shirtwaist Don
keep your purse slung on your 0rm Don
let curiosity permit you to join sidewalk
crowd Don't suspect any one; but, II you
must be suspicious, be ss suspicious OF the
we'll clothed man or woman as ot the one
who is a typical bum" In New York the
game pays the pickpcckets well. and they
can afford to Wear expensive clothing.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
OTHER LIVESTOCK MARKETS.

Chicago. Dec % 3--CATTLE--Recsipts, Svo,
strong seeyss - sos$s " sSaS as .,o.r. a.,
feeders SO 2JIS5 80. cows and heifers, s2Gso o2
caves. SJqs, 25. HOGS-Recsipts' 1900. steady
10 Sc higher. light s. 658S6 Is: mixed. s. 500
So 80. heayy, $ e0a$6 55 rough, s. 9og>t %
sood to choice heavy 81 o. ds6 81. pigs 81 500
$ 20, bulk Of sales. >o4s5 20 tSeSslpls'
s. T5QSl 10; yearings g 25USJ 35. lambs. ma
tive, SldS6 30. Western, - 23gS -.
Cincinnati. De. 23.-cAT Receipts -
s. so. COWS. 81 a50Si 10. calves active al $50
S7 So HOGS-Reccipts L757. active and strong
IS: common sows. sass Is. PIGS and hghts.
81 5ONS5 80. SHEEP-Rtcelpt lt2, slow ani
weak az 81 23GS3 40. lambs. >3gS %
350. slow and steady. VEALS-Receipts, 25o.
active and soc lower az 50 501<S .. boGS-
Receipts 4SOO, slow and steady; Workers. 81 o5
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts. 10000: sheep
active and steady; lambs SLOW and 2oc lower at
Kansas city. Dec. =. .-CATrLE- Receipts.
200. Including 80 Southens; steady: dressed beet
and expert steers, Sd Sopss -; fair 10 good;
feeTers' Stas6; southern. 81 5oG$6 so. southern
cows S3QSi so, native. 81 15a<5 20. hefers. $40
81 bulls 50 ioQf5; calves. SA9s' ioGs--hs-
sSg. S. @ bsd SSS 81 Is oaS Packers * ana butch
ers SO lOffSd 22ie lights. s. tOQSt 10, pigs ~ -
as5 % sHEEP-No receipts: steaty m9t'Sss. g e.9
s. 70. ewes. Sass 80; stockers and feeders y -
sF' 80 rBy Telegraph 20 The Tribunel
81 Louis. Dee 23.-CArTLE-R Receipts. 500
offerings small and OF poor mixed quality; de
mand light and mainly for good TO choice grades
prices steady. sales unimgortanI HOGS-Re-
c,ipts TTO. fairly active az steady prices
choice s. g0a 50 20; bulk OF sales OF hogs weigh
Jog it5 10 and upward, - NunSo 10 packers
s. 5OGSB 10 best lights. S. 75Ns6; fair. s5es5 Is
received, demand FOR good sheep and lambs Qrits
talr aad at strong prices; common dull.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

ing: there are many amateur Belascos busy
thinking up stage settings. ''Sneaky Joe
gets into wordy war with newsboy
stoops over, picks up a stone and throws
il at the boy II misses him, but goes
through a plate slass window. Nine times
in ten Sneaky joe" who is honest In MS
stage setting IL he isn't honest In any other
way. steps into the store. sees the manager
and offers to pay the damage. That neips
his game. The newsboy. tho stone, tins
broken window--thesc were part OF the
plav. The window had 10 be broken, so
that crowds could collect later on and see
a new sheet OF plate glass being put IN
at which time "Sneaky Joe and Few
friends could pluck the trimmings from
the onlookers.
Natural stage settings are preferred oy
pocket pickers 70 those arranged by them
selves. no matter how artistic their own
may be. To arrange the scenery 1t is nee
essary 10 place themselves in the rmeleh'
and 70 be seen by some one. Arrest may
follow If they are later detected IN the
crowd which gathers. Hence, when tne
foundation for a skyscraper is being driileu
or huge girders are being erected, the man
of crime is jubilant. The crowd gathers
ready 10 be plucked.
An arrest just tickles the crook-that Is
the arrest Of some one else. No sooner
does a bluecoat in New York get the lock
grip on a man than the sidewalk is blocked
by the curious The keen looks when the
policeman gives into the faces Of those as
sembled are not always TO be construed as
looks Of wonderment as to when help Will
come 10 him.
The man who beats the pavement usu'
ally keeps his eyes open to see II any one
in the crowd is doing any picking re-
marked a patrolman. Its part oil Ms
training to detect these fellows, and II :
rart of his training to know that when
there's a crowd there's likely TO be some
thing else doing
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
THE WEALTH We BURY
Enormous Expenditures Made
Each Year for Funerals.
A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
Retrenchment in This Field May
Bring Cremation Into
Popular Favor.

Accepting the Manhattan death rate as
basis for figuring, IL will be found that or
the approximately ninety million people IN
the United States 1.3S6.000 die each year
The Manhattan death rate averages about
La a thousand.
The enormous sum Of at least 500, 100000
IS spent by the people Of this country every
year for burying their dead. This is based
on $3.50 funeral. acknowledged by under
takers TO be a conservative estimate.
OF this great material wealth thus placed
I'm the ground every year a percentage
easily estimated goes to pay for the lumber
to build the collins. Each coffin and out
| side box will average 1O5 feet OF timber.
The total lumber required for all the fu-
nerals in the United States in one year is
! 146.9l6O0O feet
II is difficult 70 conceive what this means.
Perhaps some idea of IL can be obtained by
reducing it to carload lots. There are $4,000
| feet Of lumber to a carlosd, which would
| give us 4.S97 freight cars. n these cars
could be c,dpled they would make train
! over thirty-fve miles long, or nearly 80
separate trains of twenty cars each.
This lumber costs an average OF S35 for
| each 1000 feet, so for this item alone the
| funerals Of the Republic for one year mean
| an expenditure of $4,000.
! A tree one foot I'm diameter and thirty
| feet high will supply sixty l5-foot boards
, enc inch thick. or enough for four fu-
nerals. There are therefore required each
year. taking the size Of tree mentioned as
basis Of estimation. 346.5OO trees Tor
collins.
! The wood most frequently used is that OF
( the chestnut tree II these trees were all
in one forest, and not more than twenty
! five feet apart, about 25c0 acres OF timber
would be cleared each year for this gloomy
| purpose.
Burials are occurring more rapidly than
the trees can be grown. and II is question
whether cremation may not become IN
nerative in a comparatively short time.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
OTHER MATERIALS USED.

To each coffin there are used about three
and one-half yards Of broadcloth' at an
average cost to the undertaken of, say 30
cents a yard For this item there is spent
at least S4,365,9OO.
Each coffin includes six yards Of silk for
pillow. etc, at 50 cents a yard, which ac-
counts for another s4,15S,OOO annually
spent 10 be placed under the SOIL.
Candles to the average number OF thirty
are used TO each funeral, costing s4l,5SO II
figured at 10 cents apiece. Shrouds at 80
each amount to s6.93O,O00, although per-
haps not more than one-half of the bodies
are dressed in burial robes now.
When shrouds are not used the bodies
are clothed in dress suits or gowns that
would represent an expenditure or perhaps
sS5 at the lowest estimate. At this figure
the value of the cloth put underground
would equal s24255,000.
II is estimated that flowers cost not less
than $50 TO a funeral, or 41,5S0,O00 year
and II another indirect expense is figured.
that Of an average Of 3 for music, an addi-
tional $500, 600 should be taken into ac-
count
\ very conservative amount at which to
estimate the money spent for monuments
IS 500 a funeral, according 70 high au-
thority in such matters Although count
less graves have no monuments erected
over them there are other cases where hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars are spent for
one vault or shaft At 500 the money
mounts 10 the imposing sum Of si3S,50o'oOO
q year.
Vast as are the fortunes Of some OF our
VIGOROUSLY wealthy men, it may be seen
low worse than paupers most of them
would become If compelled TO pay the fu-
neral expenses Of the country for only one
year.
Taking the SoO7,eoO,0J0 mentioned in the
first paragraph, we have a total eXpedl-
ture, conservatively figured, just for buri-
ais alone, that would more than pay the
total disbursements Of the government for
pensions for the War Of the Revolution,
SO eJ0. 600: War of 1872, si5,sOs,676: Indian
wars. Sl0.6l7,ll9; Mexican War, 1896. '6S
and the war with Spain and the insurrec-
ton in the Philippine Islands, $50 l9l,7-O.
These aggregate only s2OO574.2SS. The sums
mentioned in connection with the War OF
1872 aud the Indian and Mexican wars arc
on account Of service, without regard 70
dfsa hfIitv
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
THE DIPS" BUSY SEASON
uoIiday Crowds a Rich Field for
the PiCkpoCket.
BEST TIME OF THE YEAR
Nimble Fingered Wallet Alb
s.ractors Infest New York
Now as at No Other Season.

,,ok out for your coin'
r.is advice doesn't apply TO the ola
.s.ss "a penny saved is penny earned ,
:. SoeSn't apply. either. to a method Oh
'..,orov IN holiday shopping for IN tha'
-, 81 would have been promulgated al
ao-,,er date: nor does II apply to oelhs
a., 70 work when the gong strikes
i..sIsy looking out for the fun envelope
:. empty means: Beware OF pickpOche's'
-, lei yourself get touched.
=, This time Of year, when people traNei
..,,,rd town with the accumulated saVInss
- es,v or ffty-one weeks poked careiesSiy
..eir pockets. the light fingered gentry
-.S,ise their nimble game 70 a surprising
800 In view Of the holidays 1t Is 70 De
.o,e5 that more followers of the art OF
,'Ns .uickness Of the hand deceiving the eye
''s.,iA he in this great American metropo-
-. but II was hoped that this year Things
.,,,s te different scare was thrown
- this particular brand Of artist at the
n-.. ~ the wear. and At that time II was
-.s,.ta5 bv the wise ones that New YORK
',',s I,s h.. free from pickpockets when this
-. month rolled around, but
Tssts the worst Of representations
,r,o the weather forecaster, even tho police
son,etirncs off the mark in their pre-
.i,..ors The summer months proved 10
- ,ba euiet before the storm. Inspector
s,5.-sss said the other day: There were
- than one hundred and fifty piekpock-
-. arrested during November. It's a very
..rssrvat.ve number, one hundred anu
ss,v and that means, also, those convict
=" The number IS growing and Will con-
,,,us big for some time, but it reaches ITS
~-sstast altitude az just about this time OF
the year every year
XaU York was simply deluged with the
...,f,, folk in the early part of 1911. Dep
,,,y commissioner Flynn. a busy man IN
go eed in which the cTiminally Inclined
,urned d hand. concentrated his thoughts
:, this one .ae 4 work for short time
:, February be and Inspector Russell sal
led forth with numberless men and made
1 roundup OF pickpockets. They achieved
,,lsr5ia results as many as twenty being
,.vsr ir one evening. They grabbed them
uberever and wherever they saw them.
The olotters al precinct stations told or
v,onv suspicious" characters; men known
by the police 10 he pickpockets The merry
vrar was continued until the town was
pret,v well lid Of the enemy-those not ar
rested went either into hiding or out OF
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
New luTEl Utt'WU'I - -
RFEXES-RecclUts 1872. mainly coual-

New Acfki Decefnp'f - l'AA'
PFFXFs-ReceiUts. 1872. mainly consigned
10 slaughterers and tor export alive No uAu
ing ON live weight: feeling nominally steady
Drtssed beef unchanged al SQ II iac per 10 loI
common TO prime native sides. 10 iatrt
cables Exports from this port to-day oO'
'CtIyFs-Rec,ipts 23i head; 50 on sale
ouist nd steady. Indiana calves sold AL sS ~
+, - 20 Der 100 no. Dressed calves unchanseu'
s.i.s- kerus Commission Company; 10 IN
diam calves. i95 10 average, IS - per luO 10
i6. .S5 lb. 50; ~. oe, 10. So %, o. - 10
suEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts, i70i head
q cars on sale. Snetp steady. lambs dull 20 q
rb,d. lower. Common To fair sheep SOFA al
80 boI 81 80 per 100 a., ordinary 20 talf lampa
&, e-ns6 Dressed mutton quiet at Oo y,
f,r 10: dressed lamb2. 30 lie, country dressed
hothouse lamcs, ~ ~ per carcass.
SnIes-kerns Commission Company. ~ IN
diana limbs, S5 lD average. 81 per loo lhi lt
Ils ID. So 50i IL culls. 81 ID. 81 %, indiana
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
THE FAULT OF THE PUBLIC.

With all their energy, did the police md
assistance in the general public? Witness
this one incident as an example: on the
evening Of April a man was riding on the
elevated. when he felt a hand 90 into his
coat pocket. re waited until the train
reached q station and then he summoned
policeman. He pointed 10 d man on the
platforn Hold him." he said; he has
-vst taken q bundle from my pocket The
policeman held the suspect while the man
who made the charge put hand IN the
others coat and fsted oIt bundle. This
contains $780," he told the officer. And 1t
wes even so. Now, it was up to- the
man TO have the pickpocket taken in
charge and have him sent up. but he did
to such thing. He received his own valu-
sJles and the police had 10 turn the Grim
Ial loose.
\ The uawillingness OF victims to prefer
charges against the men who go through
them may be one reason why as many as
SIX are being arrested each day BY the
police. q these men were punished when
they committed their crimes. logicians
argue, there wouldn't be SO many Of them
a. large 1t is expected that more than
two hundred viii he arrested and con-
victed before the month of December
closes
The fayorite field Of operation this
ysar IS the car line-streetcars, elevated
roads and the subway II is easy TO
!oggle against a victim in q crowded car
and. with 50 many in the car, II is al
most g guarantee OF u safe getaway.
Most OF those arrested nowadays are be
ing picked of the Broadway lines, which
is natural. considering the fact that these
lines thread the shopping centre and that
\ is the money intended for the tills Of
the stores which the nlmble fingered seek
In spite OF the great number OF arrests
New York is not necessarily more a city
u crime than any other in the world Il
Is the nature Of the inhabitants that
makes this city a good field for men who
Ply pocket picking. II is notorious that
20 collect a crowd all one has 70 do is 10
Stop and look upwari--at church steeple
e, q skyscraper at the clouds, at anything
Or nothing
"New Workers laugh at the people who
come from other cities and the country
towns and call them haysceds,' was
remark recently made by a man who has
lived in The metropolis for a dozen years
sld has kept Dis eyes open; yet there
are more Aaysee1s 20 the square yard in
New Yorl, than there are anywhere else
70 The square mile"
Tie woman who shops would object 70
being called q aayseed, yet she displays
al the symptoms Of one. said private
effective q few days ago: Most women
sre careless about displaying their money.
In this they make "a grave mistake, FOR
NE thieves who work I'm the Christmas
crowds a.. ever keeping their eyes open
tf the woman with money. The shop
isi carelessly opens her bag and takes
olt roll rf bills The thieves follow
her until they end her in convenient
Position 20 open the bag and take this
money. Women. too. wear expensive jew
e-iy around their uecks. where it is easy
70 get af-
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

sheep 50 b. IS so; 40 12s ID. IS 20; II. 1s1
lb 80 50. - -. a,
RoGS-Receiots 1860, al for slaughter.
Feeling nom. .nally unchanged. Country dressed
hoqs steady ~ TGo'fc per ID; roasting pigs
Exports from United states ports. week
ended December IS. 1911:
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

Rumors to the effect that Major Cen
eral Charles Il. Zoe. commanding the na-
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
SUNDAYS New.YoRK TRIBUNE

Mailed anywhere in the United States
for $3.50 year.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

Members OF Company l., list Regiment
will hold a Christmas tree party at the
armory next Wednesday night.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

The Leading Hotels OF Florence, on the
roundings and River Arno. Beautiful
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

Veterans Of the Sth Regiment have pre-
sented the active command with hand
some bronze statue OF Napoleon Bonaparte,
representing him on his charger az the bat
he OF Wagam. The bronze Is to be award
ed for recruiting.
Evening journal., 1911-08-15
BLUMENTHALS
TO CENTER HERE
Big Morocco Company VIII Do
All Business From Whining
ton Beginning Sep. l
ALL IMPORTS TO GO
THROUGH LOCAL PORT

Wilmington is forging to the front
as an important port of entry. The
announcement is made that the f.
Blumenthal Company, big morocco
manufacturers, with the second larg-
est plant in the country located here,
will make Wilmington, instead of New
York. its headquarters in the future.
The change will be made about Sep
tember 1. This move means de-
cided increase in the receipts of the
local Customs House as the firms i'm
ports amounts to millions of dollars
a year.
The factory of the company is To-
Gated here and the change of head
quarters was made in order to centra-
lie the offices of the concern. As a re-
suit the sales department and differ
ent managers will be located here, in
the present office building, at Ian
caster avenue and Adams streets,
which was enlarged sometime ago, and
affords ample space.
ne cOnpdn9 Clerical lOlce now
located at No 103 William street, New
York city, will shortly be removed 20
Wilmington. Louis Halle and Robert
H. Parkhurst, managers for the com
pany, in the New York office, have al
ready rented homes in this city, pre-
paratory to taking up their residence
here.
The local customs office officials
are elated over the change as the com
pany had most all it's imports entered
through the New York Custom House
in the past.
Evening journal., 1911-08-15
STREET BOARD
GETS COMPLAINTS

Lincoln II. Merrihew, a foreman of
the ID. and A. Telephone and Telegraph
Company was before the Board Of
Street and Sewer Directors this morn
ing, and said his company desired to
lay conduits in Union street between
Lancaster avenue and Sixth street. The
directors claimed the company was be-
hind in their work, as the street was
about to be paved. He was instructed
to notify the company to do the work
providing the company pays the ad-
ditional costs.
Secretary Christy reported the bal
ance in bank to the current fund as
S12,22S.11. The special fund amounts
to S195, ,5O5.99.
A Mr.. Melchoir, owner of several
properties at Third and Pine streets.
asked that the sewer there be repaired
as water floods into his properties
during the heavy rains. The matter
was referred TO Engineer Taylor.
Thomas ODonnel, a member of the
Board of Education, asked that some
provision be made to carry Off the wa
ter from the grounds adjoining the
High School. This was referred to
Engineer Taylor.
Mr.. O'Donnel also objected to the
Blumenthal Company dumping lime
on Adams street, as he claimed that
it spoiled the paint on the houses op-
posite. This will be looked into.
Evening journal., 1911-08-15
POLICEMAN
WITH The MOB
District Attorney Says Law
Officer Was With Coates
vile Negro Burners
WILL DEFER ARRESTS
TO COLLECT EVIDENCE
By The United Press.

COATESVILLE, Pa. Aug 15.-A po-
liceman on the regular force Of this
borough was the chosen leader of the
mob that burned zachariah Walker,
the negro slayer of policeman Rice,
according to positive evidence, de-
clared by District Attorney Gawthrop
to be in his possession.
The mans name is being withheld
for obvious reasons until the authori-
ties have arranged all the evidence
they have collected and are ready to
act.
Yes, one of the regular police force
of COatesville led that mob" was the
comment of the district attorney whom
the matter was squarely placed before
him today.
According to the district attorney,
it may be two weeks before any ar
rests are made. He realizes the mag
nitude of the task confronting the
authorities. he said, and does not want
to act until he is sure of his men.
Troop G., of the State Police, under
Captain c. Wilhelm, is patroling the
streets today after night of arduous
watching anu nave lue SITUATION COM
pletely under control Their presence
has put a stop to all talk Of rioting OF
Of storming of jails. In event of ar
rests. however, the prisoners will not
be placed in the local lookup. They
will be hustled to West Chester. the
county seat, where they will be safe
from attempts at rescue on the part
of their comrades.
To aid in policing the town fifty fire.
men, members of the Brandywine Fire
Company. were sworn in as deputy
sheriffs last night by Burgess Shall
cross. Fifteen of the special policemen
we're detailed to guard the home Of
Mrs. Rice. in anticipation OF an attack
to be made upon Il BY orders OF Dis
trict Attorney Gawthrop the saloons
Continued on Second Page)
Evening journal., 1911-08-15
KEEP UP WORK
TO SAVE TROLLEY
Citizens Committee Meets
Tomorrow TO Discuss linz
pOrtant Subjects

The Citizens Committee of Whining
ton, New Castle, and Delaware City
which is working TO save the New
Castle-Delaware City trolley line, will
have a meeting tomorrow afternoon
to discuss important subjects.
At that time a copy Of the appraise-
ment Of the trolley line property made
by a representative of the Bailey Iron
Works, John e. Taylor, and James G..
Shaw will be sent to John Richard
son, Jr. president of the New Castle
Delaware City Railway.
The committee also will consider
some plan of the public cooperating
with the reopening of the railway
lss.AsE p~latever basis General r. G. du-
ro-r may suggest. General DUPONT
now has the appraisement figures be-
fore him. and is expected to give his
answer to the committee as to wheth-
er he will buy the line at the appraise-
ment value tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Richardson said today there
were no new Developments in the
matter