The chronicle=news., 1913-03-20
STRAY TOPICS FROM LITTLE Old new YORK

New York. Mar. 1.-THE police
graft invcstixationx. official and UNI
official. continue to BRING TO light
an Incredible amount Of evidence Of
the equally Incredible corruptness Of
the New York police department.
Tho confessions of Ashley Shea.
who had been one OF tho interme-
diaries between the men "hishcr
up. In the police depart tncnt and
the gamblers and keepers OF dIsor-
derby houses. have causcd score OF
gamblers In Harlem to disappear
from the city after closing their cs.
tablishments. Two cx.nayors OF
New York. Low and Mcclciiant. mp.
pcarcd as witucsscs before the Cur
ran investigating committee and II
they had knowledge Of the corrup-
tion among the police officials. In
view OF this II seems strange tina;
Mayor 0aynor managed 10 remain In
blissfll Ignorance Of the rOttcnncss
OF his police JepartMent-as\m must
~ iafcrrcd FROM his statements Ia
the press and before the iuvestlgat-
Ing c0mMittcc. Even now be seems
unwillIng 10 admit that there Is
something radically wrong with the
police department. Undertaking is
neither = particularly pleasant nor
elcvating occupation and District
Attorney Whitmnn's Job Is by no
mcnas enviablc: hut somebody had
to do the work and Mr.. Whitma n
has shown BY his fcariessncss aud
efficiency that he Is the right man
for his position.
The annual report for 1871. III the
Jewish Agricultural and Industrial
Md Society Of this city contains
somo Interesting Information whIcl,
will probably be surprising TO u
great many persons. i, shows that
Jewish farmers arc fast becoming
an important fac;o: In the ar,Icu!'-
ural life Of this country. Accord
Ing to the figures OF the report
there arc about 1900 Jewish farm.
inE families. with an aggregate VI
about 81. 500 souls. In the United
States. The society has been "stah-
lished to promote farming among
tho Jews and to give financial as
sist ncc 10 Jewish families who wish
TO become farmers. During tho pas,
year the society made loans ngErc.
eating l.t?i.S37 10 :.::G farmers
Occupying .ssG farms. The loans
were distributed over IS states o,
the Union and several Canadian
prOvin inccs. The largest number oi
Jewish farmers with whom the so
cicty has had dealings live In New
Jersey Connecticut comes ncst IL
numbers. then New York aud then
North Dakota. Tho society has al.
no supplied jewish farm Iaborcrs tt
mauy farmers In various parts oi
tho country aud the men supplied
are reported to have given good sat
isfactfou.
Mo, her.iu-iaw Jokes have sou,
out of faxhion but tha: docs NO
prove that the relations between
l(,A1 1e-aaw and rnOthcr-in-law rr'
always perfectly harmonious. =. \
Ssillycll. . bookkccpcr employed Y
the Waldorf. had been cOurt!nx
young ldy who had several other ad
mirrors. for some time. The 0thc
day he persuaded her to- meet hin
secretly down town and 10 Go will
him TO the Little Church Around tn
Corner. where they were married
After the marriage Stiilwc,i CON
munIcatcd with his mot az
by telephone and broke the news 4
her. Shc expressed herself rathc'
"leiiglitcd," which rather surprised
Stiliweil aS shc had been opposed u
! his aspirations. She asked him 4
come to her iionsc with his wife an'
jhc accepted the invitation. WhcI
he arrived at the house later In til,
afternoon. however. two mon. on,
Of whom was Il rejected smitor TO
the hand os Mrs. Stiilwcll receives
him In sl,c hall and gave him n ter
rifle beating. stillwcll IL still won
dcHinE whether Ills mu;hcr-in-laN
had arranged the little surprise o.
whether the encounter was occ!dcn
tai. -
Helen a. Dewitt lost her mot lei
at the time OF her birth II year,
tgo. Six years ago her father dict
and her uncle. Josiah A. Dewitt. wa!
appoiptcd her guardian For til,
maintenance aud education OF III,
Girl $4,000 year was allowe,
from the estate hut recently tn,
girls guardian asked 10 fncrcasc tn.
amount TO 100000 n year as the cir
was now II years Of age and 312.
900 year was no longer sufficien'
for her maintenance and education
The Increase was allowed by the sur
rogate's court. The income from
tho estate IL estimated at $4,000 4
year.
Colonel William r. Morris. com
manding the Ninth Coast artiller,
district. n. G. n. T.. Is strongly op
posed to tic turkey trot'' "bunns
hug" and similar freak dances ant
has issued orders prohibiting thes.
dances ut the reg cinrenta} balls from
now on. Offending couples will
first be warned and on a second of.
tense will be. put off the floor. II
members of the regiment are among
the offenders. charges before. tho
recimcntal delinquency court will