Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-01
DOOR Of BECKER
TRIAL REMAINS
Publicity Will Exert Purify.
ing Influence in
Gotham

the Becker trial and the trial OF the
gunner held responsible for the
death OF Rosenthal. Is still clinging
20 things In general aud the police
department In particular, but the
purifying draft OF publicity and pub
lie opinion bids fair TO purify the air
by slow degrees The citizens fully
realize, however, that the elimination
OF the 'odor" Is merely q sham pal
liative and that n thorough purlfi-
cation is impossible unless the source
OF the 'odor" is eradicated The
Becker trial is, at least for the pres
ent. disposed OF, but the Curran Com
mittee investigation Is still going on
and the evidence given is scarcely
less damaging TO the reputation OF
the police department than the evil
dence In the Becker case. 1t would
take a husky and vigorous Hercules
10 clean out that Augias stable.
In view of all the shocking dis
closures OF the last six months or so.
the attitude OF Mayor Gaynor Is con-
sidered rather strange by a majority
Of the citizens. lie takes an extreme
ly optimistic view OF the situation and
severely criticides the ministers and
newspapers for harping upon the ex-
listing corruption In the police de-
partment of New York. His idea
seems TO be that the less said about
II the better for the interests OF the
city Some OF the minister's rebuked
by Mayor Gaynor have called his
attention TO the fact that evil IN
doubtedly exists In the police depart
ment and that one cannot eradicate
evil by merely ignoring It's existence.
Oranges and other California fruit
were cheap In New York the other
day and the best grades OF oranges
could not find buyer at cents q
boy. The reason of this was not in
the quality OF the fruit or in an cx-
cessive supply or lack OF demand, but
in the fact that the fruit buyers were
determined TO force the shippers to
reduce the carriage rate which they
had recently increased more than %
per cent. The increase was consider
cd sort of graft and the buyers or
ganized and agreed on boycotting
the shippers. Their opportunity came
when 100 carloads OF California fruit
arrived in New York and were put
up at auction ut Pier 20, North Riv-
er. The buyers, about 800 In num-
Der, were all there but the auctioneer
could obtain no bids at the starting
price Of $3.50 box. After q little
while he asked for bids at $3.50 and
$3.50 then at 75 cents, 80 cents and
finally at cents. but not one Of the
SOC buyers were willing to offer even
one cent box for the choicest Cali
fornia oranges, grapes, pears or
plums The determined attitude of
the buyers quickly brought the ship
pers. and receivers to terms and the
very next day they entered into an
agreement with the buyers upon the
latters terms.
a woman was arrested the other
Sunday for disturbing high mass In
one OF the Roman Catholic churches
IN the Bronx by her snoring. II was
so loud and emphatic that 1t drown
ed the voice OF the priest and made
u impossible for the congregation u
understand the Latin words OF the
service. A policeman was called AMI
requested TO remove the great noise
The woman was so full of the juice
that cheers and inebriates that the
officer found II rather difficult to
awaken the woman.
The woman teachers of Greater
New York are grateful to Miss Grace
{. Strachan for the work she did In
obtaining for the women teachers the
same pay as the men teachers receive.
IL is true, Miss Strachan was paid for
her work. but her salary as lobbyist
was not considered an adequate CON-
pensation for her success. About a
year ago II was suggested TO raise a
fund by voluntary contributions and
donate II TO Miss Strachan as a tok-
en- OF gratitude. At first the plan
met with some opposition and was
practically abandoned, but recently
the plan has been revived and its exc.
cution has progressed so far that
Miss Strschan will probably receive
sum OF about Sos. 00O as a Christ
mas present from her grateful sis.
tiers.
The New York Peace Society met
the other night at the Hotel Astor to
listen to an address by DR.. Charles
". Eliot, president emeritus OF Har-
ward University on the tour he com
pleted last summer In the interest OF
universal peace. Andrew Carnegie
was In the chair. but DIR. Eliot did
not come. illness prevented him
from coming to New York to deliver
his address. The members OF the
Peace Society would have been great.
~ disappointed had not Mr.. Carnegis
succeeded In finding a substitute lee
turer for the evening. Prince Lazar
ovich Hrebelianovic or Servia. who
is visiting the United States in tn,
interest OF the Balkan Allies. happen