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New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

| first I knew | was overheard, with all the
crews Of them sixteen pirate boats a
shoutin': Drown. YOU son Of a gun, drown"
That inhospitabe sentiment, mixed with
1 / Gin in the cold water with my overcoat
on. revived me somewhat I'm pretty
Strong as q swimmer, but had my troubles
with all my clothes on. Then by and by
! My launch. tho Emeine, picked me up.
Captain Kippe and his crew, they had
! overpowered De Waters, hoisted sail and
was scuddin' toward the New Jersey shore
V ith their prisoner. The slOop was more'n
/ SPEEDY, and likewise she had a good start
V hile ! was noundern' about in the ooze
! After Kippe reached New Jersey water.
thereby putting a safe distance between
himself and my launch. he transferred De
| Waters to another sloop, and later we
rescued him. Also. as detail, | might
say that we finally got said Captain
Kippe."
MIR. Hicks has had innumerable expert
ences in capturing buccaneers who have
persisted I'm raiding the beds in this vlcin-
ity. intent on Kidnapping the immature
oyster and the adolescent clam. Manys
the time he has embarked on the good
launch of the departments nayy-it being
a navy with only one boat-and, after
stormy voyage. arrived I'm Princess Bay or
elsewhere. and captured the Illegal cap
tains and their crews. Many craft at
Commander Hicks's order, "All hands to
board" has hauled down his flag, black,
bazoned with a clamshell.
| band Of Italians, the department
learned, were shooting songbirds up the
Hudson short distance away Joseph V.
Ssuter. chief of the Metropolitan and Long
| Island division of the State Fish and Game
! Commission, sent four protectors up there
/ t. round up the yio!stors. This happened
Only a short time ago.
| The country was wild. The kndest thing
/ that one Of the game wardens could say
about II few days ago was that II looked
! 60 him not much worse than the more lone
| some raits of the Adirondacks.
/ one morning about 10 o'clock the pro-
tectors heard shooting in the woods. The
| four game wardens. who already had one
prisoner IN tow. spread out in an attempt
| to surround the rest of the band.
From behind tree an Italian suddenly
/ jumped toward one OF the protectors. point
| ing a gun at the game wardcn's head. and
: said stand where you are -
] The protector had nerve, quality that
oil protectors possess in a refreshing de-
gree and he blew his whistle indicating TO
| his companions that he was in trouble
There was a noise behind the Italian hold
! ing the gun. For an instant he turned his
head TO discover its cause. when the pro-
tector IN front, who had been covered by
the Italians irearm, grappled with the fell
low and stunned him by hitting him on the
head with the butt Of his revolver.
| Mems lives in danger and all for robin
pie. The case is now IN tho courts,
! Mr. Hicks recalled a time when he met
with interesting Developments in pursuing
violations Of the law against selling clans
that were less than ~ inches long
! Another protector and l entered Del
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
of New York Civ Game Wardens Find Life Full OF Thrills

cowboy reached FOR his bowie and began
10 iuggle his other hardware accoutre-
rnents. and he remarked, with asperity, that
there wasn't no such thing as a Sullivan
law.
ct know something about laws and such
things. Il bein' my business TO keep posted,
and 1 impressed It on the cowboy that he
would have TO lope along with me to jail.
"When we got to the police station the
cowboy hssed across the desk to the lieu-
tenant on duty that he was Edward r.
Nelson. movln' picture actor. lie told
the lieutenant he was smilin' to himself
on tho beach at the time l bumped into
hin, because he had just rescued Little
White Spirit. the beautiful Indian lass. that
q bold. bad Jesse James was a-goin' TO kid
nap. lie swore to the lieutenant that he
was not goln' to continue to be movin
picture actor If there was any more Sull.-
van laws passed.
81 didn't apply for a hero medal for my
work on this case, which was adjourned.
Chief Sauter told of the raids he and his
men frequently made on the kitchens and
Iceboxcs Of the big New York hotels and
clubs.
I'VE go in and say we are inspectors.
and we have to fash our badges" said
Mr.. Sauter, but they never look closely
at them. They let us in. generally, think
ing that we're Board of Health men.
They'd have to admit us anyhow, but the
thing TO do is to get there before they can
pass word back to hide tho birds.
I'VE just walk in. and before they know
II we've opened the refrigerators and
taken the ducks or grouse. or whatever
we're after. Under the present law, you
know, you cant even have the birds in
YOUR possession after the stipulated sea-
son"
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

/ ,alibre capable of firing armor-piercng
projectles OF so pounds, with muzzle
energy of l,6i4 foot-tons. This means that
the present weapon has an extreme range
OF 2i,000 yards, and at a distance OF six
miles II can drive its projectile through
fifteen inches of Kruppized armor. The IL
inch guns OF castiron on the Monitor
weighed each 1900 pounds. The biggest
of our modern Pinch rifles Of steel have
weight OF SOL tons.
But this is not the climax OF seagQing
ordnance. Our largest battleships nov
building are To carry weapons of l4-inch
calibrc: their shell will weigh l.iO0 pounds.
and their muZZlo energy is computed to ne
65,65 foot-tons-a force equivalent 10 the
energy required to raise a weight equal 10
that of the little Monitor entire TO
height OF nearly So feet against gravity.
This l4-inch gun will be able 10 send ts
shell through l5.9 inches OF face-hardened
ermor at a distance OF 1900 yards But
! its prime superiority over the lesser
weapon Of Pinch calibre is not in the I'M
mediate blow which It's proJectile can give
but in the after violence OF its explosive
charge which shall be able 10 burst the
! shell when the latter shall have broken
| through the defensive armor and is In the
midst OF an enemy's craft
J OF the automobile torpedo they reaHV
knew nothing in the days of the Monitor
and the modern ship. I'm her many auNil'
iaries her improved powers of loccmoton'
her multiple uses OF electricity. and tho
! comfortable and hygienc habitation shs
makes for officers and crew are all things
quite foreign to the conditions and tue
facilities with which the people that meas
ured forces with the Merrimac on March"
1862, We're familiar. II is i'm these things
as we'll as the development Of the arms
and defences of Ericsson's little craft th''
we read the story of our advance In naVai
architecture, marine engineering and U"
contributlve sciences since that day hiV
! years ago. From North to South, and fro"
| East To West we have reason for prloe ~
what was accomplished five decades oaeN
under stress. and still deeper reason ioi
qualification over what we as uni'e'
people have done since. May the patuo
between the Monitor and the Merrimae az
ways remain fresh in our memories-ho'
as a record OF internal strife, but as q"
inspiration to spur us on IN every direc'i'H
OF material betterment.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

1--WE had a set-to over the counter, tenS
and Tho result was that when We lett
Delmonico's we had the illegal clans In our
pockets and Felix's apron was torn badly.
.The head waiter screamed and said
Mon Dieu. Felix! Eet ees Won assault
and sent another waiter for policeman.
We won the case.
Asked If he had given much OF his at
tentlon to the protection Of deer on Long
Island Mr.. Hicks replied;
..Tve stsyed I'm the woods many night
because of deer. | had the heads or the
Meadow Brook Hunt Club layin' uneasy
spell back The arstocracy ana yeofnanry
between Hampstead. Syosset Cross Roads
and Woodbury. learned somehow that out
raced law was on their trails because OF
the Illicit stag hunt in which they indulged
on a THANKSGIVING Day. Somebody sent
y telegram to a member Of the aristocracy
that there was two beetle-browed fly cops
out there roundin' up stag hunt eVioehce'
There had been no Long Island stag
hunt since the one engineered In honor OF
his grace the Duke Of Marlborough when
that nobleman came to this country.
ION the Thanksgiving Day aforesaid the
Meadow Brook club met at Syosset Cross
Roads with two packs OF hounds, and Tor
an hour pursued the aniseseed bag with
much eclat.
I'VE got considerable evidence but the
defence that member of the club put up
was some humorous. according to my idea.
He said there wasn't any hunt that u
was a tame stag which wouldn't do a
thing but eat grass, and that they might
as well have tried to pursue house and
lot. Funny why the stag should bled
so"
Sometimes a game warden makes a capt
IRE that humlliates him. Mr.. Hicks said
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TheModern Ironclad
Continued from irst page.

startle the men that fought the guns
aboard the Monitor. But what would prob
ably amaze them most is the appalling
power OF our modern ordnance and the
accuracy OF the weapons which now stand
ready to defend our flag.
The nghtng officer to-day measures the
capability of his gun to hit hard by the
muzzle energy I'm foot-tons, t. O. the energy
which could raise so many tons one ioot
against gravity. Judged upon this basis
the ll-inch smooth-bore guns or the Mon'-
tor-frlng solid shot OF 100 pounds -devel-
oped In their projectile at the instant cf
leaving tho muzzlc an energy OF about l,i5G
foot tons. with "A propulsive charge of Gf-
teen pounds of powder. We have afioat to-
day OH our battleships rifles Of i2-inch
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
PREMATURE.

Senator Tillman. with his aecus'omes
urbanity. was submitting 10 an inter'ie"
in Washington. One question. ho"e'''
caused him to say with a laugh:
''Oh that question Is premature i,s nv
the remark OF little Tommy.
Tommy, whenever visitor came 70 -,
house. would have his head ratiea wv
then the visitor would say;
"'Well, whose little boy arc, yoh'
Tommy, after while, thousn' -
would try his hand at this sort OF uHns
himself, and one evening when ,""es
man sat in the parlor with has sh'.
Tommy patted him on the head ana pp's
"'Well, whose father are YOU!
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

nonico's downtown place" said Mr. Hicks.
took seats at the lunch counter and
ordered clans. Those the walters pro-
duced was too large to constitute a viola
ton Of the law that then existed. l pro-
tested vigorously.
Give me some smaller clans, Felix |
said. These are only it for chowder.'
The waiter smiled in the deprecating
way that some walters are so accomplished
at and feelingly expressed his deep regret
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

that the clans had presumed TO be so large.
Then he brought us some smaller ones. as
requested.
:" Zese are ze petit clans Felix told us,
'ze most petit clam Eat we haf
The petit ones were small enough "a
answer our purposes, all right" continued
Mr.. Hicks, ''and then we measured 'em.
Felix became considerably enraged AT that
and tried TO sweep the CLANS back into the
basket.
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that ne was combing staten Island short
time ago for violators OF the Bayne law.
but before sundown he had colarcd a
woolly cowboy who was violating the Sui
livan law.
"It happened on Crescent Beach. Great
Kills" said Mr.. Hicks. II was goin' home
full OF the opinion that no one In that
borough was doin' anything they hadn't
ought TO with fish or game that day, when,
all Of sudden, powerful whoop made IT.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

Game I'm general may still he imported
from Europe. but all of it must be tagged
Immediately upon arrival. This is another
of Chief Sauters duties. This IS in ac-
cordance with the Bayne law. which be-
came effective last summer, Chief Sautcr
In speaking of the benefits to be derived
from this law, said:
1T will make New York State sports
mans paradise by doing away with the
selling of game birds, and as such believe
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

that it constitutes an excellen; foundation
on which to build future laws in regard
to game protection in this and other
states.
''Of course" continued Mr.. Sautcr, we
game wardens often have TO use our COM
men sense In enforcing the law, because
tho object OF the commission. more than
anything else, IL TO teach the offender
tbat lle must not slaughter inUscriminate-
~. We wish to arouse public opinion OH
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
GAME WARDEN's PATROL BOAT OLIVE.

self prominent in my locality, ard rrH
down TO the shore.
II see cowboy armed TO the gold lilling
With "A giX-chamber .H-calibre revolver n
wicked lOokin' bowie knife aud single
barrel shotgun. couldn't make mp my
mind where to place him. He seemed TO
me TO he out Of perspective With his cn-
virons.
II told him he was under arrest for VIC
lating the Sullivan law. Naturally. said
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
clicks, the Pirate" Tells of
Dangers Faced in Guarding
Duck, Snipe, Robins and
Even the Placid Oyster.

TT might be thought that fish and
game warden in New York City would
II only feel constrained TO observe bank
ers' hours and that his labor, so called,
would be Of a sedentary nature, to put II
kindly. But Edgar Hicks, the oldest man
I'm the service vehemently opposes the no.
tion that there is anything terse about
the hours of a metropolitan protector and
he saws, too that a fish and game warden
I'm this district will find it impossible to cul-
tivate ennu
"Bein' shot at, even in the event that
YOU are now and then missed" declared
Mr.. Hicks to a Tribune man the other
day, lis not sedentary life. Side step
ping bowie knives is a concentratin pro-
fession. Any other conception is erroneous
no matter who conceived it,
Among his associates he is known as
Hicks the pirate. Before he became fish
and game protector in TINS city, ABOUT
seventeen years ago. Mr.. Hicks was cow
boy on the plains. Once he tried Keeping
books for his father, but found the HE
too lacking in adventures. He wears now
in it's luxuriant full bloom, the same mus
tache that he started more than twenty
years ago, and it is still going strong.
On the plains they used TO say o. COWBOY
Hicks that he could shoot the eye out OF
an eagle. His duties near Broadway, where
he has hunted bigger game, have not
caused him to become less facile. He has
lived through many exciting times where
roll the Oregon and the exhilarated cow
puncher and the topography itself is un-
Gulating. All the lights were shot out in
Dodge City, Kan, once when he was
among those present in the character Of
observer.
1t is not often that Mr.. Hicks can find
time to talk of his work as game warden
This may be better appreciated when 1t Is
stated that ten men have entire charge OF
enforcing the state game laws in the New
York City and Long Island division.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-25
Initiative and Referendum.

The recall, together with the initia-
tive and referendum, are institutions
OF Switzerland, where they have been
established for many years. The re-
call became law In this country for
the first time when Los Angeles put II
into its city charter In 1903. From
what source in this country the idea
came is not exactly certain, but II
was a part of the agitation OF the last
decade OF the nineteenth century.
which gave the country the Farmers
Alliance, the Peoples party and slmi.
lar movements. There does not seem
to be any one mans name prominently
connected with the recall; It arose
out of the popular enthusiasm for "di-
rect legislation" that is, for making
the people directly responsible for i'm
portant measures instead OF leaving
them In the hands Of elected represen-
tatives. 1t is now q doctrine quite
generally accepted among Progress
sives" of both parties, Democratic
and Republican.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-25
After the 500 Bills.

Every time Arthur Krohn's fireman
picks up a piece Of waste now Arthur
seizes II and says: Let me do that!"
Arthur gets the waste as soon as It
comes into his engine and tears It all
TO pieces, looking for hundred.dollar
bills.
Every railroad man on the Big Four
knows Arthur Krohn ia the special ems
gineer for engine "a. which Vice-Presi-
dent Burnett uses when he inspects
the system. Arthur's fireman picked
up a piece of waste to wipe the engine
at Cincinnati recently, and in tearing
Il apart he came across the. ends oil
Ave 500 bills. There was just enough
there to tell that they had been 500
bills and not enough for Krohn or his
fireman to send in to Washington and
say that the bulldog had seized the
bill when the children were playing
with them and had swallowed the
other part and would the government
please send new ones, as they were
needed at home.
The ends OF the bills were stuck to
gether and there was no way 10 tell
how they got into the waste.--Indian.
apolis News.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-25

Let place be comparatively
easy OF access have attractions OF climate and
scenery. natural beauty and historic interest,
its fortune is made or It's doom Is sealed. de-
pending upon the way you look at 1t. For the
tourist. BIO he OF the globe.trotting or the an.
nual vacation variety. will begin to turn his
face thither in ever increasisg numbers.
There are the Bermuda Islands for instance
They are about forty hours sail (pretty snappy
sailing) from New York. and the number OF
tourists who visit them annually outnumbers
the native population by n third 1t Is no won
der. for within SO short a distance of tho rush
and roar and turmoil and splendor and splurge
OF New York, lies this small group of many
islands; a little, tranquil well.governed easy.
going world, made up OF dark green verdure,
gay with flowers, set In the most wildly blue
sea that ever was. Imagine a New Yorker in
the thick OF things, weary OF winter and more
weary OF strife. with his fancy turning to a
place where there is no hurry, no worry no
skyscrapers, no hoarse horn Of automobile. no
clang OF trolley nor splutter OF motorcycle, no
brass band. vociferous newly.rch, no abject
incapable, disheartening poverty. and where no
one seems anxious to get his money away from
him by hook or crook; It is no wonder that tho
epring.time isles look good to him. And the
Chlcagoan In his big sooty. siovenly town
living intellectually where they have two
seasons-winter and August" where the Their
mometer skips from whitening heat to SILVER.
ing cold In an hour or so and the population
believes In the coming OF spring in the face
OF everything to the contrary. small bright
slightly world. made up OF deep green islands,
set in a sea of turquoise and sheltered By a
wall of reefs, never very cold. never very hot,
always bright with sunlight. Bermuda appeals
to him.
The islands are dotted with towns and vii.
iages; quaint, old time places. with narrow
lanes of streets. The houses are built OF coral
rock and look as II they might last forever.
This coral rock Ia easy to quarry and is sawed
in blocks for building. II seems to answer ey.
cry purpose and makes fire department next
to superfuous. SO many islands tone for ev-
cry day in the year, they tell YOU make any
number OF little bays and harbors and occa-
sionally short stretches OF beautiful beach.
The clean sand is either cleaning white or
pale pink from the admiXture OF tiny particles
of red coral The roadways wind about, climb.
ing and descending over the rolling surface,
and walled with coral rock, which has been
cut away to make the grades easy These
roadways wind too much and those in the VII
lagos are too narrow for automobiles. Be
sides the auto would not harmonic with the
scheme of things and is not needed, for the
Bermudan world Is so small The total area
is only about twenty square miles.
The drives are delightful with their walls OF
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-25
British Statesmen Conduct DeIlbera
tons Without the Aid OF Mod
ern Illumination.

The system of lighting the British
house OF commons is under review,
and members may be asked before
long whether they would prefer cleo
tric TO the present use OF gas. The
actual fCunt OF the illumination ia not
visible in the house; there is no chan
delier and none OF those brackets
against tho. wall which one sees In
modern drawing rooms against dis
tempered walls. But the roof has n
considerable space Of thick ground
glass panels set In q framework OF
brown beams. and each OF the panels
bears a rendering OF the English red
rose. Above this glass there is kind
of attic from which the lighting Is
done.
The house Is very often sparing OF
the gas dill On quiet summer aft
ernoon the debate will go on In the
fading light OF day till members can
hardly see one another's faces. and
then the clerk of the house suddenly
realizes that he cannot see the paper
under his nose. He looks up and finds
the house wrapped in shadows. He
touches bell; a servant comes In
and receives the direction for the
lights. The light is turned on In the
attic above the glass panels with the
rendering of the red rose. 1t arrives
In the house like a shower Of rain
ON a summer night First faint, ten
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-25

coral lined with towering shrubs and their
continuous panorama OF lovely views. The
oleander and HIBISCUS make additional walls
OF blossoms. Bermuda lilies and purple morn
ing glorles are everywhere. The blossoms are
very large. Every little way one glimpses a
comfortable looking home set back among CO
dar trees and provided with lawn and flowers
and thrifty garden patches. And the vivid sea
is always near II seems kindly world. in.
habted by kindly. self-respecting people The
islands are really very poor in natural
sources: the soil is shallow and carefully con.
served. only twelve.Inch in depth on an av,
eruge But the people make the most Of what
they have. There are no fields of grain, but
the good old, faithful Bermuda onion brings
many a dollar home. and potatoes, celery and
lettuce are shipped to New York Lilies are
cultivated for export, the bulbs bringing in
respectable revenue. But the tourists. they
are the crop" that is most important Big
hotels and little ones. inns and tea.rooms show
places, carriages. sailing craft and shops are
all subssting upon the growing stream Of Wis.
itors that flows to them. The tourists actually
go hunting about for souvenirs for which to
spend money and the supply is really meagre,
There are few things made In Bermuda or
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-25
NEWSgf MISSOURI
BARRED FROM SELLING MILK.
Superintendent Eekles Heeds Protest
That School Sales lnJurc Trade.

Columbia.-Should the milk at the
university dairy be sold or thrown
away after II has been "separated?"
Columbia .dairymen argue. It should.
and c. H. Eckles, superintendent. has
decrced no milk is to be sold directly
to consumers. During summer the
dairy makes ice cream for Columbia
stores and also makes and sells but.
ter.
nairymen contend the university
has no right to cut in on their profits
and that milk from the champion COWS
is OF such recognized superiority that
II would drive them out OF business.
The same argument was advanced
against the University Of Missourian.
printed by the school OF journalism.
liz vain the school of journalism ar
gued its students had to have prac-
teal experience. The state legisla-
ture put a rider on the appropriations
regarding accepting advertising for
university publications. Then the
University MissOurnn Incorporated
and now sells advertising space to
Columbia merchants.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-25
Pledges $1,000 ior Road.

Joplin -Following the visit Of u del.
egation OF good roads enthusiasts
from Joplin. the "3G5.Day Good Roads
Club" of Neosho put up their fund OF
$4,000 OF insure the building Of the
first section of the North and South
road, which will go from Kansas City
TO the gulf. 1t was also decided to
build this over the sO-called Shoal
Creek route. which is considered one
Of the most beautiful scenic highways
in southwest Missouri About 100000
will be spent on the twenty miles
Included in the section from Neosho
to Joplin II was also decided by the
Neosho club to indorse the PROPOSE
tion for the voting of $50. 900 worth Of
good roads bonds In the Neosho spe-
cial road DISTRICT. Work on the Jop-
linNeosho will start within thirty
days.