The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-31
HAVE
PROTECTION
FROM CRIME

TNVM URINE
Paris. August 3o.-For one cent O
day the Partisan is protected against
crime. theft and fire. The Partisan
budget amounts to a million francs
| tss.seO.o0o). which works out at Is
francs 500 per year per head. For
those persons who find this expensive
there is the suburban region. where
practically nothing is spent on police;
| paltry three million francs $780,
OOo). IL may be added that the subur-
ban policeman. although scarce. is not
overworked and IL speaks wonders for
the high standard of orderliness and
honesty OF the French that IL should
be possible for large agglomerations
OF communes containing 10000 or 80
900 Inhabitants 10 exist without more
than dozen policemen. The expense
I OF policing the suburbs is mostly pro-
vided for by TAX on alcohol. Thus
by poetic justice the drunkard who Ia
taken up by the police is paying his
captor out OF his own pocket
Police expenses in the provinces are
considerably less than in Paris Nice
pays most I'm proportion to the num-
Der OF inhabitants: about six francs
tSl 2Ol per head per year. This il &C
counted for by the number OF foreign
visitors who have to be specially
after or over. OF the other cities Mar
settles pays francs go cents). Bor-
deauX francs $50 centsl: Toulouse. .
francs (5s): Saint Etienne francs
, 10 ti3 centsl: Rheims. francs GO
/ centsl. and Lyon. cheapest of all. 1
franc 80 go centsl.
The Paris police costs SO much
more for a variety OF reasons. For
one thing. the police authorities have
TO pay for the sanitary service. the in
spection Of markets and the upkeep OF
the anthrOpometric department. which
though maintained by Paris. Is uti-
lized BY the whole country. Besides
this all the master criminals Of the
provinces come TO Paris 10 hide. ana
the organized bands OF malefactors
have their headquarters AZ Paris. for
there alone can they find receivers
for stolen goods and brokers for
stolen securities.
The mayor OF little commune IN
tee department OF the Hsutes Pyre-
nees. anxious about the digestion OF
domestic animals. recently issued
the following order:
] Whereas the young people OF this
1 commune are accustomed 10 meet az
ter mass on Sundays for the purpose
| Of dancing: whereas the noise they
make frightens the cocks. hens and
other animals OF the village: where
as there results from this n deprecia-
B ton detrimental 10 agricultural inter
/ est: we hereby forbid the practice OF
dancing within the precincts OF this
commune during the hours at which
I the domestic animals take their
meals
] The news 81 the approaching sale OF
the house which Napoleon inhabited
during his exile in the isle Of Elba
has produced quite a sensation in
, France. II Is urged in many quarters
/ that the French government should
/ take steps 70 acquire this historic
| building. for iT. 81 Is pointed out by
one organ. there are different politi-
cal parties in Fance. abroad there Is
onl ythe nations fair frame. which
! would not gain by allowing this villa
90 fall into The hands Of some com
mercial enterprise. Imagine" con-
cludes the writer "A German hotel
keeper In possession of the villa ~
PortoFerraio and the bust ~ Bis
marck planted firmly on the facade"
The French government is making
q fine profit ont ~ the gambling in
eilnct OF tho French nation Some in
fcrostinc figures arc published show.
ing tho steady increase IN the pro-
/ Goods ~ tho casinos. which came I'M
/ der tho control Of the state on June
= 10. 1907 The next year they pro-
, duced $500 600. In 1909 the total
/ was s. 800 .000. and in 1910 $500 900.
while last year TO less sum than 80
| f0000 was sacrificed BY the lovers
/ o. public games % chance.
Apart from fhc amounts which are
handed over BY each establishment
for the benefit Of its own commune.
the state icvics n tax ~ a. per cent
on The gross profits which r. admin
isfered by special committee ~ tho
Ministry Of the Interior. and is spent
on works ~ hygiene charity and pub.
! DC utility I'm zoos the state received
I from This source 100000 IN 1909 81
/ i2o 600 in 1910 tt.12oo0o and On 1911
/ ft.ffo.000.
Tho fal army mancuvors IN France.
which will This year be- on a bigger
scale than any hold since tho famous
display before tho Gar in 1909. viii
fake place tn Touraine and Potion.
They bfcin ON Scpfcmber ~ and last
eight davs Ninety thousand men d
manf ~ General 1onre
Generals Caliioni sud Marion VT
respectively command the oppOsir~-
forcos. which VIII BE- approximately
equal numerically.
40 least fifty aerorlaucs and severai
lireibies VIII ho engaged