Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-11-10

NEW 1Ohh. NOV. D. ne stfenu-
Gus days of the CAMPAIGN and Of the
! Becker trsl are past history and the
public mind. relieved of the strain of
excitement. is slowly returning to a
normal condition and beginning to
| take an interest in matters somewhat
less sensational than murder and pol
itics. One of the subjects attracting
considerable attention at the present
] time, especially in the districts inhab-
I tied by the poorer classes is the sud
I den change in the policy of the police
authorities in the matter of enforcing
the Law against trading on sundays.
There are. i'm the crowded districts
| OF the lower East side and also in
some parts OF the west side of Man
haitian. thousands 'of families which
! live from hand TO mouth. They never
seem to be able to accumulate enough
. money to keep them going for more
| than one day. Thus financially handi-
/ capped they command no credit and
are compelled to buy their food and
other supplies in small quantities. Just
| enough to satisfy immediate need.
In the case of food stuffs, which are
| apt to spoil. unless kept on ice-a
commodity which is entirely beyond
the means OF these poor people-there
are also sanitary reasons for the Gus
tom among the poor to buy supplies
only for the immediate use. In the
case OF coal an additional excuse for
small purchases may De found in the
/ fact that in the crowded tenement
districts the tenants 40 not enjoy the
! luxury of coal bins in the cellars How
ever that may be, Tor generations il
has been the custom of thousands of
these poor people to purchase a small
bag of coal every day and the retailers
OF coal in those districts. taking this in
| consideration, have been in the habit
Of keeping their places of business
open every day. including Sundays and
( holidays. quite recently. however
these merchants were notified by the
police that they would be arrested for
violating the Sunday law. should they
continue TO keep their places Of bust
ness open on Sundays. The enforce
meHt Of the Law in this instance meant
great deal OF hardship to the I'M
provident poor and naturally aroused
great deal OF indignation. II seems
! to puzzle the poor as well as the more
fortunate classes that the efforts of
| the police authorities seem to be con
fined almost exclusively to the sup
preston Of violation of the Sunday.
the excise. and the gambling laws,
while thieves, burglars, blackmailers
and murdereTs are enjoying or seem
TO be enjoying perfect immunity
The other night truck driver
/ drank a quart OF whisky within a
few minutes and on the following day
( he died at the hospital Of alcohol poi
soning. Before his death the man made
ts statement that a certain frequenter
OF the saloon in which the driver had
accomplished the drinking feat, had
Soaded him to drink the whisky by
expressing doubt in the drivers abiI-
ity TO punish" so large a quantity of
/ whisky at one turn. The skeDtic was
promptly arrested by the police ana
/ charged with manslaughter The out
come Of the trial OF the man arrested
VII be watched with great interest,
provided the case should really ever
come TO trial
The John Street Methodist church,
which stands as historical monu-,
ment crowded in between loft build
ings on John street. in the busy down
town district and just on the edge of
the Wall street district, celebrated its
l46th anniversary the other day with
appropriate ceremonies. The first
church upon the site OF the present ed
itice, was built in 1TGS II was replaced
by a new building on the same site in
1917 and the present edifice was
erected in 1871
Golfers and visitors TO the golf links
in Van Cortland Park are greatly puz-
zled by the appearance upon the links
by golf player who hides his identity
by wearing a black mask The man is
said TO be a remarkably fine player
and his wonderful drives excite the
admiration and envy OF every golf
player an the links. The man is SAID
10 be an EnglishmaR OF some promin-
ence who came 20 the United States
on a wager Of So. 900 70 beat the rec
ords Of The six best courses in the
country and to wrest the champion
ship title from MacDermOtt. the Amer
lean amateur champion. Il is said to
he part OF the arrangement Of the
wager that the visiting player must
not disclose his identity until after
the wager is decided
Assistant District Attorney Franklin
Brooks, head OF the bureau ftheI
prosecution OF loan sharks. the other
day presented 10 District Attorney
sVhitpan forty-sixsspsgs report on
the conditions among the money lend
ers in New York City. The report
shows thai 10000 city employees are
in the clutches OF the money lenders,
who are making about s20000,G00 in
their business yearly. Mr. Brooks. who
made thorough and careful inyestI-
CATION OF the subject, says that the