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saloons closed. Moreover, among the
people who wished the law obeyed and
the saloons closed there were plenty who
objected strongly to every step necessary
to accomplish the result. although they
also insisted that the result should be
! accomplished.
Meanwhile the politicians found an in
credible profit in using the law as Il club
TO keep the saloons in line; all except the
biggest, the owners of which, or the own
ers OF the breweries back of which, sat In
the inner councils of Tammany, or con-
trolled Tammanys allies in the Repub-
lican organization. The police used the
partial and spasmodic enforcement Of the
law as a means Of collecting blackmail.
The result was that officers Of the law,
the politicians, and the ,salOonkeepers be-
came inextricably tangled in a network OF
crime and connivance at crime. The most
powerful saloonkeepers controlled the pol
iticians and the police, while the latter
in turn terrorized and blackmailed all the
other saloonkeepers. 1t was not case
of nonenforcement OF the law. The law
was very actively enforced, but IL was
enforced with corrupt discrimination.
Braxcn Manner of Carrying Out.
1t is difficult for men who have not
been brought into contact with that side
Of political life which deals with the un-
derworld to understand the brazen OPEN
ness with which this blackmailing of law
breakers was carried out. A further very
dark fact was that many OF the men re-
sponsible for putting the law on the stat
ute books in order to please one element
of their constituents, also cOnnived at or
even protited by the corrupt and partial
nonenforcement of the law in order to
please another set OF their constituents,
or to secure profit for themselves. The
organ Of the liquor sellers at that time
was the Wine and Spirit Gazette. The
editor OF this paper believed in selling
liquor on Sunday. and felt that it was an
outrage to forbid IL. But he also felt that
corruption and blackmail made too big
a price to pay for the partial nonenfOrce-
ment Of the law. He made in his paper
a statement. the correctness Of which was
never questioned, which offers a start
ling commentary on New York politics of
that period. In this statement he recited
the fact that the system of blackmail had
been brought to such state OF perfec-
ton, and had become So oppressive to the
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| thorities were eager to prosecute these
men, but could not locate them; and l
made up my mind / would try my hand
at IL. Accordingly. sealed order was
sent to the commanding officer of each
police precinct in New York. not TO be
opened until just before the morning roll
call, previous to the police squad going
on duty. This order required that imme-
diately upon reaching post, each patrol
man should go over his beat and enter
upon sheet of paper, provided for that
purpose, the full name and address Of
every doctor sign there appearing. 1mme-
diately upon receiving this information,
the patrolman was instructed to return
the sheet to the officer in charge Of the
precinct. The latter in turn was instruct
ed to collect and place in one large ell
velope and to return to police headquar-
tiers all the data thus received. AS re-
suit Of this procedure, within two hours
the prosecuting officials OF the city Of New
York were in possession of the name and
address of every person in New York
who announced himself as a physician;
and scores of pretended physicians were
brought to book or driven from the city.
Excise Laws Troublesome.
One of the perennialIy serious and diff :.
cult problems, and one of the chief rea-
sons for police blackmail and corruption,
is to be found in the excise situation in
New York. When 1 was police commits
sioner. New York was a city with I2,O0O
or l5OC0 saloons, with a State law which
said they should be closed on Sundays,
and with a local sentiment which put a
premium on violating the law by max
ing Sunday the most profitable day in the
week to the saloonkeeper who was willing
to take chances. II was this willingness
to take chances that furnished to the cor
rupt politician and the corrupt police OFF,
Ger their opportunities.
There was in New York City a strong
sentiment in favor of honesty in politics:
there was also q strong sentiment in IA
vor OF opening the saloons on Sundays;
and, finally. there was a strong sentiment
in favor of keeping the saloons closed on
Sunday. Unfortunately many OF the men
who favored honest government neverthe-
less preferred keeping the saloons open to
having honest governmnt; and many 9TH
ers among the men who favored honest
government put II second to keeping the
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liquor dealers themselves, that they COM
municated at length on the subject with
Gov. Hill 0he State Democratic boss)
and then with Mr.. Croker (the city Demo-
cratic boss). Finally the matter was for
mally taken up by a committee Of the
Central Association of Liquor Dealers in
an interview they held with Mr.. Martin,
my Tammany predecessor as president
Of the police force. In a matter-of-course
way the editors statement continues:
An agreement was made between the
leaders of Tammany Hall and the liquor
dealers according to which the monthly
blackmail paid TO the force should be
discontinued in return for political sup
port" Not only did the big bosses, State
and local, treat this agreement, and the
corruption to which 1t was due. as normal
and proper. but they never even took the
trouble to deny what had been done
when il was made public. Tammany and
the police. however. did not fully live up
to the agreement; and much discrimina-
ton, OF. very corrupt kind. and of very
eXasperating kind to liquor sellers who
wished to be honest, continued in con-
nection with the enforcing of the law.
In short, the agreement was kept only
with those who had pull These men
with pull were benefited when their
rivals were bullied and bIackmailed by
the police. The police, meanwhile, who
had bought appointment or promotion,
and the politicians back of them, extended
the blackmail TO include about every
thing from the pushcart peddler and the
big or small merchant who wished to use
the sidewalk Illegally for his goods, up
to the keepers of the brothel. the gam
bling house. and the policy shop. The
total blackmail ran into millions Of dol
lars New York was a wide-open town.
The big bosses rolled in wealth. and the
corrupt policemen who ran the force lost
all sense of decency and justice. Never
theless, wish to insist on the fact that
the honest men on the patrol posts, "the
men with the night sticks" remained de-
sirous TO see honesty obtain, although
they were losing courage and hope.
This was the situation that confronted
me when i came to Mulberry Street. The
saloon was the chief source of mischief
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II was with the saloon that had to dea',
and there was only one way to deal with
II. That was to enforce yne law. The
howl that arose was deafening. The yell
low press surpassed themselves in clamOr
and mendacity. A favorite assertion was
that ] was enforcing a blue law, an
obsolete law that had never been enforced.
As matter OF fact. 1 was only enforc-
ing honestly law that had hitherto been
enforced dishonesty. There was very lit
tie increase in the number of arrests made
for violating the Sunday law Indeed
there were weeks when the number Of ar
rests went down. The only difference was
that there was no protected class. Every
body was arrested alike. and 1 took espe-
cial pains to see that there was no dis
elimination, and that the big men and
the men with political influence were
treated like every one else.
The immediate effect was wholly good.
I had been told that It was not possible
to close the saloons Sunday and that
could not succeed. However, / did sue
ceed. The warden OF Bellevue Hospital
reported, two or three weeks after we
had began, that for the first time in its
existence there had not been a case due
to a drunken brawl in the hospital all
Monday. The police courts gave the same
testimony, while savings banks recorded
times. The most touching oil all things
was the fact that We received letters, hit
orally by the hundred, from mothers in
tenement houses who had never been al
lowed to take their children to the coun-
try in the wide-open days, and who now
found their husbands willing to take them
and their families for an outing on Sun
day. Jake Riis and / spent one Sunday
from morning till night in the tenement
districts. seeing for ourselves what had
happened.
During the two years that we were in
office things never slipped back to any
thing like they had been before. But we
did not succeed in keeping them quite
as highly keyed as during these first
weeks As regards the Sunday-closing
law. this was partly because public senti-
ment was not really with US. The people
who had demanded honesty, but who did
not like to pay for 1t by the loss OF lille
gal pleasure. Joined the openly dishonest
in attacking us. Moreover, all kinds OF
ways Of evading the law were tried, and
some of them were successful The stat
ute, for instance, permitted any man to
take liquor with meals. After two or
three months a magistrate was found
who decided judicially that seven beers
and one pretZeI made a meal-after which
decision. joy again became unconfned in
at least some OF the saloons, and the yell
low press gleefuIly announced that my
tyranny had been curbed. But my
prime object that Of stopping blackmail,
was largely attained.
Investigates Case Personally.
All kinds Of Incidents occurred in con-
hection with this crusade. One of them
me to a friend who remains
a friend yet. His name was Edward j.
Bourke. He was one Of the men who
entered the police through our examina-
tions shortly after l took office. / had
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Author of "Laddie; True Blue
Story" Doubleday. Page & Coz: also of
"Freckles," "a Girl of the Limberlost," !"
and THE Harvester"
her haste to announce to the family that
her sister was being kissed. Here In an
example Of the authors vigorous talk:
The real man. the interesting man, is
the one who is captain of his own soul
the man who is too big, too forceful, and
too proud to smirch his soul and body
with common contaminating sin. Always
and forever the man who conQuers a
temptation is a bigger, brighter, and more
interesting subject than a man who
weakly follows his inclinations. I am
not arguing that it is not life for men and
women to do this, for 1t is. 1 am not
blind. 1 see 1T all around me. What 1
am arguing is that these people and their
lawlessness should not be held up to the
world as the real thing. the interesting
people, the type with which we should
be concerned in American homes"
Mrs. Stratton-Potter has written, her
heart into the story. 1t is too real M. 10
be true somewhere. Here again, as in
"Freckles, "A Girl of the .Limberlost."
and The Harvester" one has that sense
of being very close to the heart of nature.
and very close to the heart Of man, in
the purest and best emotions Of life.
THE YOKE OF PITY U'oRDINATIoN): Rv
Julien Benda. New Yok-Henry Holt & Co.
Despites the fact that ..L'Ordination'.
has been proclaimed the novel Of Ia.
isian season, and despite the fact that
II lost the Goncourt prize by the adverse
deciding vote Of the president Of that
high court Of Judgment. 1t does not ap-
pear IN Its English version, to offer much
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Company. Two OF the authors whose
novels they publish this month CAu-
gusO, begin their names with that
Weu-known letter.. E Buckrose au-
thor OF Because Of Jane" and Harold
Begbie, author Of Rising Dawn" and
three others who also favor ''B'' as the
nrst letter of a surname, Arnold Bennett
e. A. Birmingham, and J. J. Bell, were on
the Doran spring list.
G. A. Birmingham is stepping into the
limelisht with true Irish audacity Just
now. His new play, Gen. John ReEau."
which is making such a hit in London.
is to be staged in New York this fall with
Arnold DAILY in the title role, and his new
book, The Adventures of DR.. wbittv :,
is making the United States chuckle at
the first witty Irishman since the days of
Levers hero. George H. Doran Coz
Harold Begbie has been known as a
novelist who, in The Cage" and THE
Challenge" has concerned himself main
ly with problems Of marriage and di-
vorce, but his new book Rising Dawn"
leaves those matters and tells, instead, a
thrilling, powerful story of adventure in
H. Doran Coz
Two Of the most famous Scotchmen Of
the last quarter century are said to be
the originals of The Laird and The
Elder two Of the chief characters in
A. Keith Fraser's new book, The Gar
den Of Spices" Edinburgh has been de-
lighted by the charming tribute conveyed
by the book. the story of a motherless
wee lassie" and her three sweet
hearts" George H. Doran Co)
William l. Ransom. the New York
lawyer who has become chairman of the
platform committee of the Progressive
party, rendered a striking service to the
Progressive party through his book.
Majority Rule and the Judiciary (Scrib-
ners), which advocated the proposal COM
monty known as The Recall Of Judicial
Decisions" and discussed the whole issue
of popular control Of the judiciary in
brief and notable manner. His commit
tee has recently announced a Progressive
municipal platform in which extensive
home rule policies are advocated.
The Last Chance Saloon" and John
ny Heinold." its proprietor, play a consid-
cradle part in the early chapters OF Jack
London's story of his life. John Barley
corn" which The Century Company has
issued. One of the letters which came
to Mr.. London during the specialization Of
the story was from Johnny Heinold,'
who is still running the Last Chance
Saloon lust where he did when the lad
Jack London was seeing life over sa-
loon bars.
Agriculture, science, the peace move
ment, and many other large public ques-
lions appear in the Doubleday, Page &
Co.'S list of nonfiction for the coming
season. Although the titles are few, IN
with the Doubleday, Page &
Co. principle of fewer and better books,
Ill these volumes may be classed under
he head of better books"
From a studio on the Boulevard Mont
parnasse. Paris, TO a cottage on the tip
end OF Cape COD Is the change or loca-
ton that Louis Joseph Vance has exc
cuted. On the shores of this famous
cape Mr.. Vance continues his literary
work, and now that he has read the
proofs of his autumn novel of theatrical
ife, Joan Thursday" which reveals
him in more serious vein than hereto
fore, he has commenced work on an
'ther manuscript.
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courses absolutely essential to every stu
dent, such as physical training. Ian
gusges, social economics and history,
and natural science.
A concluding essay on the education
OF the Southern negro is conservative in
tone and evidently built up on some
real knowledge Of the subject He de-
clares that the negro can be educated;
that the negro himself, by his own ef-
forts, must reach higher levels OF intel
Hgence and character that professional
education Of teachers is a prime requisite
for further progress in the south. that
adequate provision must be made for
expert supervision; and that compulsory
education OF the negro Is demanded on
educational and political grounds. His
concluding plea is for continued co-opera-
ton in this field on the part OF all in
terested in the welfare of the nation at
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that the reader feels convinced that he
has borne an onlooker's part in the nome
life of a family of Indiana pioneers.
Laddie is the big brother of the Stanton
family. and it is his love story that Mrs.
Stratton-Porter tells; his wooing of
Pamela Pryor. the daughter of an Eng
lish family who has settled near the
Stantons in Indiana.
The book is full of that love OF nature
that goes hand in hand with the authors
idealism. The vividness OF the home life
quite lays hold of one in the charm of
the home wedding. when Shelley Stanton
was married on the moment when Leon,
facing the congregation in the little
church, recited his thirteen texts. oG-
dressing each one to a member of the
church for which he had selected it; or
when Little Sister climbed the apple tree
by the Darlor window and fell down in
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LITERARY Notes.

| Alexander, Irvine calls his My Lady
of the Chimney Corner" which is on
the Century Company's list, "a spirit
ual biography of my mother" and also
the torn manuscript Of the most
beautiful life I ever knew"
, The Century Company reports new
printings of Bertha Runkle's tale OF
| romance and adventure. The Scarlet
Rider" of Edmund c. Bentley's mys-
terry tale. The Woman in Black,
which is proving very popular also in
England. and the thirty-second large
edition of Kipling's Jungle Book"
The second Of the volumes being
published by the Century Company for
the Bureau of Social Hygiene will be
Abraham Flexner's Prostitution in
Europe" which will be issued this fall.
1t is based upon a years careful study
Of conditions abroad. The first of the
series, George J. Kneeland's Com
mercialized Prostitution in New York
City" is in its second printing!
Many pages of Nelson Lloyd's new
novel. David Malcolm (Scrfbners),
are bright with pictures of society,
newspaper life, and European war. 1t
is a love story that begins in child
hood and develops in the varied scenes
of New York. Italy. and Greece. The
main neld OF this romance Is New York
but 1t opens and closes in the valley
which The Soldier OF the Valley" and
others of Mr.. Lloyd's novels have made
at dear to many as some familiar
countryside The hero is a war corre-
spond-nt; the heroine a young woman
he meets in childhood. by singular
chance.
William Morton Fullerton. formerly
of the stan of the London Times, whose
new book, Problems of Power" has
Just been published by Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons. is now In this country as
a representative of the international
Urban Exhibition. Lyons, France. Mr..
Fullerton. who is an American citizen,
was recently presented by the French
government with the cross of the Le-
g!on of Honor.
w. Fl. Fitchett. who has written so
vividly of English battlefelds. now
tells the story OF Australia in a one
volume book called "The New World
of the South: Australia in the Making
(Scribner's). Its chief characteristics Is
that swinging. vigorous style that has
made popular DIR. Fitchett's books even
among those who do not so much
value his scholarly accuracy, a style
wonderfully adapted to, the narrative.
A fondness for the letter 'eB' seems
to have seized the George H. Doran
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ZA~ N~<<

The next installment Of Mr. RooSerelt's Chapters
q . Possible Autobiography is entitled The Po-
lice. the Politicians. and Vice"
Published by special arrangement with the Out
look, Of which Theodore Roosevelt Is the con-
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tributins editor, through the Mcclure Nevspa,
per syndicate. Copyright l9l3 By the Outlook
Company. Al rights reserved, including right
Of trznsation.l
The next installment will APPEAR in The Washing
ton Sunday Herald Scptemba !.
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LADDIE-A TRUE BLUE STORY: By Gene
stratton-Porter. Doubleday, Page & Co. New
York.
"a True Blue Story" is the best de-
scription Of Mrs Stratton-P Porter's new
book. The simplicity Of the style is sub
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31

A fondness for the letter 'rBs' seems
to have seized the George H. Doran
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31

Agriculture, science, the peace move
ment, and many other large public ques-
tions appear in the Doubleday, Page x
Co.'S list OF nonfictIon for the coming
season. Although the titles are few, in
accordance with the Doubleday, Page &
Co. principle of fewer and better books,
all these volumes may be classed under
the head Of better books
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31

All kinds Of Incidents occurred in con-
hection with this crusade. One OF them
introduced me to a friend who remains
a friend yet. His name was Edward ].
Bourke. He was one Of the men who
entered the police through our examina-
tions shortly after l took office. / had
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CANAAN.

An entertainment will be given at
Grange hall. Wednesday evening. March
;, the proceeds to so for the benefit OF
the library.
y meeting of the library association was
held, Wednesday evening and elected the
following officers President. Mrs Lila
Harris; vice president Mrs. " innifrea
Moody; secretary, Mrs. Clara Moody
treasurer. Harry b, Harris; purchasing
committee, Mrs. Harriette Lord, Mrs. ola
Maxfield. Mrs. Florence Smith, H. u.
Harris and George r. Maxfield
Mrs. Nellie Drawn of Skowhegan. who
has been the guest oil MI. and Mrs. r. A.
Harris for several days, returnee home.
Monday.
Mrs. Bessie Jewell and daughter. Doris.
passed Friday with Mrs. Iris Buzzell
Mrs. Gladys Spaulding of Hartland has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Nelson.
Grover Hall cut his foot. severing an
artery while at work in the woods he
walked as far as Mr.. Chases, who tool.
him home. where the wound was dressed
by "A physician. who was obliged to take
several stitches. lie is reported as doing
finely.
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WASHINGTON,

EAST-W. w. Light of Lake View
Farm recently sold a pony to parties
at Livermore Falls and will ship it
next Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Prescott recently
visited at Alfred Vannahs, at Razor
vile.
Charles +. Overlook went to Belfast,
Saturday. to get an upright piano for
Leland Johnston, which he purchased
of Mr.. Il, S. Pitcher last week.
Mrs. F'rancena Millay and Mrs. Bes-
sic Light went to Camden, Saturday,
returning Sunday.
Edmund and Rex. Prescott have been
helping w NJ. Prescott cut and haul
logs, during the past week.
Walter Light and George Flanders
of Liberty with a gasoline engine, Were
a: A. T. Johnston's, last week, saving
wood.
Alice Fuller of Liberty is stopping
with Mrs. T.. c. Light, for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred MiIlay, of Liber-
ty were at c. e. Overlock's, one even
ing. last week.
Miss Blanche Turner, of Jefferson,
who has been visiting at Allan Rip
lpy's for the past two weeks. returned
home, Friday.
w. w. Light went to Camden. Satur-
day, with load of long lumber
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-04
ST. AL BANS.

Mrs. Anna Nining, who hay been very
i'll with pneumonia. is mitch better Hel
son, selden Winning. of seattleeW WASH ar
rived Saturday morning.
Lailand Parkman Of Springfsla Mass
is here on account of the catfeaI illness
of his mother. ..rs. Clara Parkman. Her
other son, Malcomb Parkman. OF Dexter,
was also in town, sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Elliott and sister
Gladys ireland, were guests at Mrs. Ber-
tina Batchelders. sunday.
Eddie Bonney. who is employed at Fay
x SCOTS. Dexter was at home over sun
day.
Mrs. Anna Prescott. who has been III
with la grippe, is much better.
Mrs. Minta Soule, who has been i'll for
some months. left saturday, for Paine 5
hospital in Bangor for treatment.
Isaac Osborn, who is 90 years old and
has the distinction Of being the oldest
person in town. is confined to his home
with a cold.
c. c. Hanson was in Bangor, Saturday.
Students from NJ. c. l. are at home for
the winter vacation