Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-23
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NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Whea the
public schools of New York city we're
opened for the school team Of 1928
last week, the names of about 100000
children were registered on the rolls,
number at the opening of the schools
last year. AS has been the case for
many years, the school accomodar
tons OF the city are inadequate for
the number Of children attending.
Last year S0,820 children were com.
PEELED, owing to lack OF r0om &C.
comodations, to attend school part OF
the time only. This year the num-
Der of children on half.time will be
a little more than $1,000. Since the
close Of last school year many new
school buildings were begun and part
ly completed, but labor troubles in
terfered with the work and delayed
the completion of many Of the new
buildings which were expected to pc
ready for occupation at the beginning
OF the new term. AS these buildings
are finished the number of pupils on
half.timc will be gradually diminish
ed. The high schools Of the five bor-
oughs show q total registration OF
about 10000 pupils. This Is a nor.
NAL increase over last years figures.
John D. Rockefeller is having his
troubles at Pocantico Hills. 1t seems
that the Black Hand is after him
and he is taking extraordinary pre-
cautions TO keep out of its grasp. His
country home is guarded by a small
army of armed men who do not hesi-
any suspicious characters that may
be found proving around on the es-
tate at night. The Oil King does not
seem to worry much over the atten-
ton which the Black Hand is bestow-
ing upon him. He feels perfectly
safe behind the corden Of armed
guards, yet he is taking the precau.
ton of gradually eliminating every
Italian from his estate and from the
immediate neighborhood of the es.
tate. This requires money, but Mr..
Rockefeller still has a few oily dol
lars in the stocking in which he keeps
his modest savings, and can well af-
ford to keep up the fight against the
Black Hand for some time to come.
Pleasantville is a village near At
lantic City, N. j., and visitors to the
latter seaside resort often take trips
to ~Pleasantville, in the hope, prob
ably of finding it as alluring as it's
name. A man named Hunt, residing
in Washington, d. c., while spending
his vacation at Atlantic City, visited
Pleasantville the other day and re-
termed to Atlantic City with the firm
conviction that Pleasantville is a mis-
homer. Accompanied by two strang-
ers whom he had met at a restaurant,
Hunt visited P~leasantville and took a
stroll through the woods. Having
reached a secluded spot his com
panions knocked him down, stripped
him completely and robbed him Of his
money, watch, jewelry and wearing
apparel. On the following morning
he was found in the underbrush on
the outskirts Of P~leasantville where
he tried to hide his nakedness. Hunt
thinks that the men who robbed him
must have learned their trade from
the hotelkeepers in Atlantic City.
Quite characteristic OF present day
New York police methods vas a case
which came up before Magistrate Her.
bert at the Morrisania court the other
day. A man was arraigned in court
upon the charge of disorderly Don.
duct. The specific charge vas that
he had sworn and shaken his first at