The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-16

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Another
school year has begun for the 100000
school children Of Greater New York
and several hundred thousand mothers
in the great city are breathing easier.
1t is estimated that more than 10000
new pupils have been registered this
year and, as the seating capacity OF
the schools has been increased by on
ly 10000 since the close of last year,
it is estimated that at the beginning
of the present school year fully 10000
children will be compelled to be on
part time. This is a sad state Of ar
fairs and the Board of Education will
have to make heroic efforts to increase
the school facilities SO as to provide
adequate room for the constantly grow
ing army of children.
The new gun law of which Tim"
Sullivan is the father, promises to
cause a great deal of trouble and end
less complications. Some law experts
are of the opinion that the laws which
were already on the statute book be.
fore the Sullivan law was enacted
were amply sufficient to protect the
community if the authorities had only
made a determined effort to enforce
them. They also believe that the new
law overshoots the mark and contains
provisions which make its constitu-
tionality extremely doubtful. Other
experts, among them several judges.
maintain that the law is perfectly con-
stitutional and requires no additions
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ready been begun and the decision Is
awaited with great deal of interest.
In the meantime neither the citizns
nor the police authorities know exactly
what to do and what their rights and
duties are under this radical law.
The police authorities are highly
elated over the arrest of Giuseppe
Costa bile, who was caught with bomb
ready for business in his possession,
and who is believed to be the head of
the large band of terrorists and black
mailers which has committed number
less crimes in this city during the
past five years, under the name OF
the Black Hand. Whether the man is
really the chief of the band remains
to be proved, but his arrest seems to
have had a wholesale effect upon the
Matchmaking fraternity of this city
Several of the alleged members OF
Costabile's gang have fled in great
haste and others are hiding some
where in the city, ready to skip at the
first sign of danger. In the mean
time the operations of the Black HAND
have been temporarily suspended and
! the Italian residents of New York fee
greatly encouraged.
New York is to have school fol
detectives, fashioned after the system
which has been in vogue in Paris ant
London for number of years. Old
fashioned people may consider
school for detectives trifle odd, bu
why should not there be such an in
stitution? There are schools OF jour
nalism, schools of domestic scienc,
and other similar institutions and on
may even learn painting or music b.
the correspondence method; then, VIII.
not a school for detectives. The plal
has not matured sufficiently in it
details and it is not yet known wheth
er the school will award diplomas AM
degrees or not. The time may We
come when it will be impossible t.
tell whether the d. d. behind man
name stands for doctor Of divinity O
doctor of detection.
There was considerable eXcitemen
on Forty-second street the other day
Several days ago the owners of side
walk fruit stands and the bushes
houses along that street had bee
warned that the Bureau of eIncun
brances of the city would enforce tn
law against encroaching upon the side
walks by removing all signs, show
cases and stands obstructing the side
walks of that thoroughfare. Cond
tons were always bad on that stree
but had become uncomfortable whe
the sidewalks were made narrowe
by the recent widening of the roa
part. Apparently no attention wa
was paid to the warning and when tn
crews sent out by the Bureau of II
! cumbrances reached Forty-secon
J street they found considerable work t
J do. Fruit stands were demolished
electric and other signs taken off an
confiscated and scores of showcase
emptied of their contents and loade
upon wagons to be taken to the corpt
ration yards. Thousands of peopl
gathered in Forty-second street
watch the work of the wreckers an
the police were kept busy maintainin
, order.
| The Cedar Grove correspondent {
prominent New York daily is tn
latest aspirant for honorary membe
: ship in the Munchausen club. Tn
other day he sent to his paper nes
little story which deserves place {
!, honor in the realm of journalistic fl