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New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
CANADA POPULATION GROWS
Census Completed Will Show
Nearly 100000.


ottawa. sert eo.-Caneda's fifth census,
begun in June. has been completed and ths
official figures VIII be made public in q few
days as soon as the returns are in from
the far of Yukon and Northwest districts.
While the figures IN hand will not be given
out in detail many OF the facts disclosed by
the census were available to-day. Fist
amorg these IS tho fact that Cauads's tota,
population Is not far below the eight-mil.-
ion mark. which enthusiastic prophets had
foretold. The returns show that Toronto and
Montreal have made the largest gains n
population. the former the greatest rerce5t-
age OF gain. and the latter the largest gain
in numbers. The Maritime Provinces u New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia have not grown
so fast as quebec, and that the other prov
inces have more than held their own s
about as strong as the census officials viii
put IT, The gains IN New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia were confined practically %
Halifax and the mining sections. Prince
Edward Island has stood still The Provin's
OF Quebec will show large gains all around,
both in town and country
In Ontario the population ~ tho rural
districts has fallen on notably IN Western
Ontario. from which there has been a larsi
immigration 20 the West since TIRE lai
census. This has been partly O,fss. ~
a great increase IN Northern ontario
whore the population has moro than
doubled. All tho western provinces show
great gains the largest percentage Of g3a
b~iuS credited % Alberta. The cities oi
Winnipeg and Calgary show larger Sans
than any Of the western cities ArchloaN
Blue chief OF the Census and Statistics b.
rcau. said that a glance m the figures -
iatng 10 manufactures showed manr su'.
prisiug gains. and instanced the city 4"
Hamilton. Ont. whose manufactures ha'
increased more than 100 per cent since th'
last census. He said that the cities u M'a'
teal and Toronto would show simi"
gains.
The large increase IN the Province "
Quebec will raise the basis os represents
ton IN the House Of Commons from -''g|
20 g.. 000 This will result in Nova Soots
and New Brunswick each losing TWO sfa"
and In Prince Edward Island losns or
seat Ontario will certainly gain no ms''
hors and may lose one or two. The pro-
inces west OF Lake Superior viii gain aOo,'
twenty-Seven additional members, Wn"
Will increase the membership of the How.
of Commons after redistribution from 80
10 2il members.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
So far as cordiality is concerned our re-
lations with the empire leave little to he
I dccfrpd
.pESrORED SPORTS. I"
desired

Dispatches from Albany indicate that
Tammany has got its courage--or some
thing else-and is going TO restore rae
ing" Tammany has restored boxing.
The public knows now what a sport
restored under Tammany auspices Is.
Restored boxing" proves to be restored
prizefghting of the most brutal and dis
.usting character. Nowhere in the
United States is it possible to have more
degrading exhibitions than are now held
III Madison Square Garden. In spite of
the law. which fOrbids brutality. and in
spite of the commission. which was ap-
pointed 10 see that decency was OBJ
served. bloody battles are fought and
pugilsts batter each other beyond recog-
milton. And Governor Dix merely says
that the public wants the sport
If racing is restored the public may
know what to expect. 1t VIII be ''re-
stored" as boxing was restored" with
MI its worst and most demoralizing
features II viii make no difference
what the law provides. Il makes no
difference what the law regarding box
ing provides. II that law were en-
forced degrading exhibitions would he
impossible But that IS not Tammany S
way Of restoring" a sport With Tam
many enforcement of the law restored
racing will mean restored gambling OF
the most demoralizinG character. The
directors Of the racetracks will be re-
lioved from responsibility for what takes
place on their premises and the enforce
ment Of the anti-gamblinG laws will be
in the hands Of Tsmmany and its allies
and the Governor who sees the law
against brutal prizefGhts violated and
I who simply SAYS "the public wants
hnxinC"
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

A Chinese warship is In New York, and
a. is significant taat It's band played raS-
time air not heard m New York In five
wears Atlanta Journal
New York hotel managers say you don't
have 10 tip the boy who takes your hat
unless YOU want 20. But how Is one 10 get
the hat back?-Philadelphia Inquirer.
New York City has reached tho five mill
ION mars I'm population, Now she Is look
ing for larger fields 20 conquer.-Elmira
Advertiser
A New York milliouaire's beautiful wife
elcped with another man because her hus-
band insisted IN getting up IN the middle
of the night 10 go usnlug That fellow
should have married a mermaid d-Nashvine
Vtnnesseeau.
Assuredly New York Is ahead Of Chi
Cago In Chicago women marry IN the
hope OF divorce and alimony. In New York
they now marry Tor spot cash in advance
and get divorce at their sweet convenience
Louisville CuuriCr-lournaL
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT

rBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune
Newport, Sept. 2o.-The warm Weather OF
to-day sent a large crowd Of the cottasers
70 BaiIey's Beach for dip in the SURF
the beach for time during the noon hour
resembling a day in midsummer.
T. McGrew. Of Honolulu, and his mother
are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. George .
Scott.
Colonel c. I. T. Robinson is planning TO
90 abroad on a business trip next month.
Mrs French Vanderbilt has returned
from Tuxedo.
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Lewis, OF Bear
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
NEW SD DEGREE MAsoNs.

Saratoga, ~ Y, Sept 3-To-day !,
sion OF the ninety-nin.h annual meeuhs
the Supreme Council of scottish pa,
Masons FOR the Northern Jurisdiction o. "a
United States was partly taken W "a,
plans 10 entertain Scottish Rite N's -.
from all over the world in Boston on -
tember % and October /. 2 ana . I'd
Among the s.Xty-siX Masons uNoh 80
the thirty-third degree was conferi ,.ss.
night were. William A. johnson, n.
bamtou: Jerome j.. Cheney and Wli D,
"a Chamberlain. Syracuse, WuA1 :.
c,,ebmau. New York. Bishop JoSsl ss,S.
Rorrv Of Buffalo; Charles +. ore 7a.,rr
Corning Frederick Il smith an Al
Uedel Rochester, j. Carlisle L0'''
cha.lss A. Ton4ax. Of Brooklyn
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21

be held the unit rule could not be I'M
posed and the anti-Murphy districts
would have voice in naming the party 5
Presidential candidate. Otherwise the
outlook is mrelieved. Mr.. Murphy VIII
deliver the states ninety votes. and the
only thing saved from the wreck will he
179 carfares on the Tammany JOY tram
to and from the convention city.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
SCHOOL POOV DECREASING.


Superintendent Maxwell reports that
while only 1925 more children are reg
istered in the schools this year than
last year. there are no fewer than 23.O29
more on part time this year than last
year Thus the increase Of part-time
students is nearly twice as great as the
increase Of all. That means, as we OBJ
served the other day, IN advance Of the
superintendent report, that the situa-
tion In the schools is growing worse
instead Of better
In the elementary schools of Man
haitian there was n decrease in atten-
dance Of 1.739, yet there was an increase
OF 9.j51 in part-time, pupils In The
Bronx the increase in attendance was
less than that i'm part-time pupils. In
Brooklyn the part-time pupils increased
more than twice as much as the attend
ance. In Queens attendance increased
laore than part time: while in Richmond
there was a decrease I'm both. that Of
the whole attendance being less than Of
the part-time pupils In the high schools
there is room for all save in The Bronx.
where the number Of part-time pupils
has increased from $40 10 ass.
IF present conditions and tendencies
we're TO be maintained. it would in time
be necessary 10 put all children upon
part time. The moral is, we suppose,
that the last Republican Mayor did a
vast wrong 10 the children Of the city
in putting some upon part time, as they
had been for years before, and his Dem
ocratic successor did well TO enter Office
on a specific pledge to put them and
keep them all on full time. The present
report shows how that Tammanvized
pledge has been fulfilled
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
THE GOTERyOR AND THE "SERF.'

THE GOVERNOR AND THE "SERF.'
Governor Dix in paper read at the
International Municipal Congress de-
cared his firm adhesion to the prln-
ciple Of home rule for cities. The fallure
of municipal government in America ne
declared to be due 10 the refusai 10
"applv 10 the cities the fullest measure
"of the democratic principle OF sell
covcrnment-homc rule" The city he
pronounced "the serf of the state, ana
its people he called victims Of legis-
lative power outside themselves
I'm an academic way that is interest
ing. oven striking. But in a practical
way what do Governor DiI's ideas OF
home rule amount 10? Is it in accord
alice with his conception Of self-govern-
ment that @ people should elect officials
with certain powers over rapid transit
and then tat the Legislature should
take these powers away from the ON
cials who have been chosen to exercise
them and give them 10 another ofnciai
Is the stripping Of the Board Of hs'i-
mate and Apportionment of its final au-
thority over subway franchises by re-
Quiring the Mayors separate assent 10
its action in regard to them. as pro
uoSed in the pending Charters that
Governor Diz's kind Of home rule: Of
Is it making the people Of New York
victims" of the Legislature?
Is the passing of a charter which has
been largely redrawn and which no one
has had time to read, much less TO ex-
anime and analyze-is that in accord
ance with home rule? or would that he
treating the city of New York as legis-
lative "serf'f What is Governor Dix
ready to do to make self-goyernment a
reality here i'm New York:
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21

is openly evaded" and about a dozen gam
ing places flourish while the tourist season
lasts and they reap harvest from them
OF many millions OF francs every year.
The husbands who have trained tneM- en-
selves 10 be good button n-uppers Tor tndir
u,i,,es have more troubles ahead, as the
new stvIe Is said to provide only one but
tor which neither experience. science nor
occuItism can locate.-St. petersburg 'fla'
TndeDeudeut.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
WAR HEROES ELECT OFFICERS
Medal of Honor Legion Also Takes in
New Members.

Hartford. Conn, Sept 2O-Half hun
dred men who distinguished themselves in
battles on land and sea met in Grand Army
Kali to-day. the occasion being the twenty
first annual meeting OF the Medal Of Honor
Legion Of the United States. George i.
Brock. T. S s. Trenton. Karl NJ Westa.
Boston. and Henrick Behinckle. T. s :.
North Carolina We're elected new members.
II was voted 10 instruct the incoming
commander 10 have the Medal OF Honor am
nuity bin reintroduced at the next Con-
gress Commander 3. Horn, Of Winsted.
presided The following officers We're
elected
Commander William J. Wray, Phiadel-
pha; vice-commandcr ". b. pickcy
Brooklyn; junior vice-commander, David u.
Stevens Peabody Mass. and chaplain, the
Rev. Captain W H. Matthews. Brooklyn
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
Providence, Sept. "a, 1911
CANADA AND MRS. NIcKLEBY

To the Editor OF Tho Tribune.
Sir. 80 "ole" Miss Canada, who has been
living next door 10 a wealthy bachelor,
known as Uncle Sam. all her life and never
received any attention from him before, Is
In q futter OF excitement because az this
late date he has offered 70 exchange some
garden truck Like sentimental Mrs. Nickle-
bv when the erratic old gentleman next
door threw vegetables over the garden
wall. she IS afraid II will lead 70 a proposal
OF mstrimony. NJ. q. sHANhS'
Bentley Manor. y =, Sept. 10. 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
AN INlMITAsLE CARTOON.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. Your cartoon OF to-day on the
Charter Furnishers" was inimitable And
screamingly ludicrous. And Mr.. Robin
sons drawing and technique are always a
delight.
Thank you, WILBUR M SIONE'
New York Sept ls, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21

This newspaper IS otCned and pub
lixbcd JB The Tribune association a
NclC York corporation; office and prin-
c,pol Mace Of business, Tribune Baud
tgo. No. 154 Nassau street. Aei5 YORK;
Ogdcn Hills. president; Ogden N. Re'a'
secretary: James II. Barrett. treasurer.
The address of the officers is the ONCE
o. this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
ASK THE DOCTORS.

From The indianapolis News
Now that the census figures. which show
that the drift OF population ia steadliv tow
ard the cities also show that the national
death rate g. steadily decre8 sing. what Is
20 become of the back-to-the-soll move.
ment az a health projectt
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
ARIZONA ELECTION DAY DEC. I.

Phoenix. Ariz. Sept 2o-Goveruor r. r..
sloan issued proclamation to-day fixing
tine atatehoDd primary election for Octo-
her a and the general election for Decem-
her r.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
After tomorrow Canada will have
leisure 10 laugh at its fears.

Two first class ships supposed 70 be
subject 20 the most perfect possible
control, in calm port waters and in the
light OF midday, while steaming in
the same direction. come into dsas-
t~ous collision. tt viii be interesting 70
know what cause for so amazing an
occurrence Will be disclosed by the rig
orous inquiry which. under British
maritime and admiralty law. IS sure TO
be made. At this distance and time it
seems TO be one OF the most inexcusa-
BILE performances on recent record.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21

IL is peculiar. and worthy Of COM
ment, that the first American peaches
TO he placed upon the English market
came from the further side Of the con-
tinent. Surely II Washington can send
the fruit 70 Covent Garden the hills Of
New jersey and the sand plains of Del
aware should certainly be able to do
SO; and these latter regions have long
been noted for the unsurpassed quality
Of their fruit.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21

Judge Swanns denunciation from the
bench Of the pleasant police habit of
helping a brother officer out ~ trouble
by a little friendly perjury ought TO
serve as a warning that esprit du corps
is being overdone among the finest"
The average policeman viii soon have
as little credit with a jury IN cases in
.volving another policeman as the gen
suit
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21

The writing OF insurance on the sta
lility of the Spanish throne gives Lloyds
a new distinction and suggests that
even Bourbon kings arc, after all, "as
common mortals"
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21

our Lady OF the Shows wiz now
blushingly declare whether or not she
will be a sister to Uncle Sam.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21

II veal pie is kittens" not dog
seems 10 he horse.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21

Seventeen bomb explosions in New York
In less than a month is enough 20 worry
the big city. which doesn't bother about
small things. Crimes Of that sort 90 fire.
quently occurring present q serious prob
lem which needs energetic treatment or the
part Of the ities.-Philadelphia Press
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-19
6he
Town Clock
A Story of Medieval.
Times
By REYNOLDS ATWILD
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

One needs only to go back a century
to step into q social condition entirely
different from that in which we live
today, and two centuries ago the diff
ference was far greater.
Nevertheless in that age q faint
streak of dawn appeared on the hori-
zon of civilization. Certain implements
that were destined to revolutionize the
world We're invented. Of these the
printing press and the timepiece were
perhaps the most notable. The clock
at once excited the ingenuity Of me-
chanics, and they added to it many
peculiar features. One clock on strik-
ing the hour exhibited figures of the
twelve apostles. who came out Of a
door, walked around a circle and went
back into hiding. Another showed the
Magi adoring the infant Jesus. The
town clock henceforth regulated the
affairs Of men. 1t established the
hours for labor and for worship.
In the town of Z%weirhofen, in Ger
MAJ Carl Zweigler had made the
clock high up in the tower that stood
in the market place. And, having built
it, he alone knew how to regulate and
repair it. If it stopped either Zweigler
must start it and keep it going or it
remained stopped. With it the good
people Of Zweirhofen also stopped.
And if it remained stopped they re-
NAMED stopped also. They did not
know at what hour to assemble for
trade or for prayer. They did not
know when to go to bed or to rise. If
a prisoner were sentenced for a speci-
fed term no one knew when that term
began OF ended. If a man were SEN
fenced to be hanged on a certain day
and hour no n knew when the SEN
tence was to be executed.
One day old Frau Becker appeared
before the judge of the court and ac.
cused Gretchen Dagner, a lovely girl
of eighteen, Of being a witch.
what evidence" asked the judge.
shave you to c~orroborate your accus
tion?"
Last night 1 saw her go out into
her yard, and she fell down in a fit.
Later l went and looked over the wall
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-19
COLUMBUS MEMORIAL.
It Will Be Composed of Pure White
Marble, Including the Heroic Statue.

It Will Be Composed of Pure White
Marble, Including the Heroic Statue.
The memorial to Christopher Colum-
bus, which will be directly in front of
the main entrance of the Union sta
ton, will be unique among the many
similar works of art in Washington.
With only two exceptions all Of the
numerous statues in. the public parks
Of the national capital are Of bronze
or similar material.
The Columbus memorial will be COM
posed entirely of pure white marble,
including the heroic statue of Columbus
the two figures of ancient and modern
American inhabitants, the shaft which
forms the background of the statue.
the globe and two eagles which sur
mount the shaft, the caravel on which
the statue stands and it's categorical
fgurehead. the two lions which dec
crate the ends Of the semicircular
fountain. which provides a setting for
the statue and the superstructure of
the fountain basin.
The contract for the erection Of the
memorial has just been awarded to
Robinson & Co. of New York on a
10000 bid. This will embrace the
carving and erection Of all the sculp-
tural pieces, the building Of the foun-
dalton and all Of the plumbing and
drainage work. All the carving is to
be done by the Piccirrilli brothers @.
New York under the supervision OF
Larado Taft, designer Of the memorial.
which will be dedicated next May.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-19
TO DARE WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS.

Larsen, Who Made Trip Successfully
in 1910, Will Try It Again.
Captain Klaus P. Larsen, who sue
cessfully piloted a small launch
through the Whirlpool rapids on Sept.
is, 1910, expects to make another trip
through them.
For his second trip Larsen has a
new boat built by Robert Allen Of De.
troit. The Niagara, which the captain
confidently expects will behave in a
creditable manner when she enters the
dangerous whirlpool Of the Niagara
gorge, is but fifteen feet long from
stem to stern.
She has five feet and six inches
beam and with the exception Of two
circular matches is decked over. She
measures four feet from the crown
Of her deck to the bottom Of her keel
and is propelled by a thirteen horse
power two cylinder four cycle Scripps
engine, with a speed capacity Of a lit
tie better than nine miles an hour.
The after hatch is also used as a cock
pit, and when the Niagara starts on her
perilous journey through the gorge the
forward hatch will be Theoretically
sealed, while the after hatch will be
fitted with a canvas hood with an
opening for the navigator's head and
arms.
"They all thought 1 was crazy or
trying to commit suicide last summer"
said Captain Larsen. but I am going
through the Whirlpool rapids again
to show them that I knew what 1 was
doing and can do it again."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-19

at the place where she fell and say
that she had been vomiting crooked
pins. And as I looked each pin turned
into a tiny snake and wriggled away"
THAT is serious indeed" said the
judge, writing down the accusation.
"Have you seen anything else?"
Eyes. At midnight l was awakened
by a screech, and, going to the window.
saw the girl emerge from the chimney
and ride away on a broomstick."
"Worse yet" said the judge, with
lowering brow. Anything else?"
mo, nothing that l am ready to
swear to-"
Are there other witnesses"
"My son Hans saw the witch fly
away from the chimney on a broom
stick"
81 shall have the wench arrested and
brought before me on the morrow. Be
sure to come to make good your state
ments."
On the morrow the maiden, terror
stricken, was brought in the court, and
there before the judge sat the old bag
and her son Hans. who swore to what
the woman had said the day before.
When the judge turned to Gretchen
and asked her what she had to say to
the charge she pronounced it a lie,
saying that she had refused to marry
Hans and for that he and his mother
had taken this revenge. But the Judge
considered the evidence too explicit to
be d~isbelieved and felt that the COM
munity was in too great danger to
warrant the taking Of any risk. If
Gretchen were q witch she should be
got away with before she could propa-
gate her witchcraft And were not
here two good witnesses. who had
seen evidence of her sorcery? The
result vas that he ordered her back to
prison and directed the jailer to put
n grating over the chimney that she
might not fly away. That day week
she was to be burned at the stake.
The morning after this sentence
young Ludwig Zweigler, a nephew OF
him who had made the clock and was
keeper of the town time, entered his
uncle's shop. Old Zweigler looked up
at him and, seeing that he was In
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-19
Why Clark
Gave Way
To Folk
HAMP CLARK has stepped
aside to give Joseph W. Folk
the right of way to Missouri's

HAMP CLARK has stepped
aside to give Joseph w. Folk
~ the right Of way to Missouri's
support for the Democratic
presidential nomination. Clark had
received offers Of support from his
own and other states, and the story
behind the declination is that at the
Missouri state convention in 1908 and
since that time certain things have
happened to make Folk the Missouri
candidate.
At the state convention resolutions
were passed pledging the Democrats
to support Clark for speaker Of the
house and Folk for president. Those
resolutions were agreed to by Clark
and the other Democratic leaders.
Then in 1910 three candidates entered
the state wide primary for the Demo
were Ex-Governor Folk, ex-Secretary
David r. Francis and James A. Reed.
who finally triumphed.
Folk pulled out Of the ace at a time
when his doing so meant much to Mr..
Reed, and there is said to have been
a positive understanding that if Folk
would get out Of that race and give
his support to Reed the latter would
do everything in his power for MI.
Folk for president. In pursuance Of
that understanding Mr.. Reed is com
mitted to Folk and will endeavor to
swing the Missouri Democratic dele
cation to the next national convention
to the ex-governor.
To secure his own state delegation
Mr.. Clark would be compelled to dis
regard the understanding at the Dem
ocratic convention, which, it is stated,
he will not do, and he would also