Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-19
new YORK IS NOW
A PARADISE FOR
PANHANOlERS
Investigator Finds Seven to
Eight Thousand Mendicants
Nest of Whom Are Making
a Good Living.

,>e~ ,ork Letter 10 E,esing Hera,dp
handlers Paradise" H. what James
Forbes. head OF tho National Asccia-
ton Tor the Prevention OF Mcudi-
yancy. calls New York cts In his an
nudl report. Professional hcggars. he
calculates. mulct tho people cf the
city out Of ti5.00O.O 900 year.
II H. impossible To- tell with any
cNactncss,' he SAYS, "how many pro-
fcssional hcggars there are In New
YORK 80 disting uishcd from those who
may be driven To- ask aid as . result
of genuine miHfortuncs. PROBABLY
from 1000 10 5000 would be- a con
scrvatNc estimate.
~ bcggar who is at all skillfu
can MAX" picking of s. or 81 ~ day.
so that the sum they obtain from the
public ~ IN the aggregate large one"
Plans which will make II possible
ror American artists IT, complete
their education In Rome under AUS
pieces more favorable than those pro
vidsd for students OF any uther ma
tionali,y have just been carried out
here BY the executive committees col
/
The committee has ratified the
transfer of IN. villa Aurcla. which
stands In a commanding position on
one of the historic hills of Rome. The
American school VIII move into It's
new quarters ~ once. The property
is vaucd at s250.0 aud w,li glvc
the American artists and sculptors a
studio overlooking the historic monu-
-. 1.a ola. l a..
pherc.
/ Tho last official act in connection
! with the death of Paul Morton late
president of the Equitable Iifc Assur-
/ ancc society was performed today
when physicians testified before cor.
on"r Feinborg to tho physical condl-
ton of Mr. Morton in lifo and to their
| findiugs as to the cause of his death.
/ The Proceedings were undertaken be-
cause 10 was discovered by the board
uf cornncrs that, while death cortif-
cate was issued In due form. there
never was n formal finding which
would complete tho official record in
the case.
| Matthew Tcale. secretary of the
! American branch OF the National sail
J ots' ana Firemen's Union NJ Great
Britain. yesterday received an off
cial communication from the Sea-
mems International committee. stating
that tn. proposed international ship.
ping striEe wni star, heSt week aec-
rotary Teal" at once issued "a state
mrnt In which he said.
The international shipping strike
VIII start next week All arrange
incnts haV" been completed The
| Italians French. Norwegians, span
iards and Lasenrs are read, Ia 40 out
- Il man.
III was rumnrcd that the Germans
would hnlk because OF the great ad-
vance OF five shilling a week granted
| ny the German ship owners. but. new
crthcloss "" believe that thu Ger
mans VIII strike. ana that the Amer
icans also VIII join. especially the
south Americans The l.ascars hay.
their headquarters at Calcutta and ~
are sure they viii not fail MS
| The international strike will in
Voive between 10000 and 300 ,0G0
men
The New York police are on the
lookout today tor some Glow to the
Whereabouts of the Rev. Pau Vill.rs.
an aged Roman Catholic priest who
cam" here from France a month ag8
Ia negotiate" the sale nf - hummer ~
rare antiques. PAINTINGS and old Jew
OILS He has been reported missing
and his friends fear that h. has met
with foul play
Tn, priest who is 50 wears old an
nouncod on his arrival In New York
that he realized ne could only live
90 few Years and desired Ia dispose ~
the treasures ho had spcu, iifctim.
colloctiup. Win tho money h. in
tcudcd - establish an orphans home
I" New Work as a memorial. The
priest 8 collection. "a considerable part
pf which hc carried with him. was
valued NJ nearly s 01n. 0Uo.
MAYOR Gaynor u few days ago wrote
10 the pastor 81 a brooklyn church
81 viii give SO for evidence at traffic
IN liquor IN SUNDAY IN any harroom q"
Yesterday the Mems club OF Grace
PRESBYTERIAN church In Brooklyn set
out TO earn that $40 As result ~
their detective work they reported
that la two out 81 50 saloons visited
liquor was being sold oyer the ber.
OF the 81 saloons, 90 were dulHg hus-
ness openly, The elub LAYS claim To-
having qualified fur collecting 81" OF
the mayors money.
After two e,Irs nf lify among the
Basnbos. q little kuoNn PhiApIiu"
: mountain tribe. Miss Laura Benedict
of tho atal of TIM American Museum
of Natural History has returned 10
Tint institution Win % collection OF
lluD specimens iilustratnW the lifc
aud customs nt the tribe, Miss beno-
dict. vino ls graduate of the Iuiver-
H1 of chicago, learned tie languHgc
of the ungonos ami got on such good
terms with their ohicfs that she was
allowed tu take part IN their annual
religious festivals Shg Was adopted
as mcmbcr ~ the tribe and given
native name.