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New-York tribune., 1913-08-17

brought TO the station house. In this
case neither policeman used his revolver,
and each brought I'm his man, although
the latter was armed and resisted arrest
one Of the officers taking in his prisoner
after having been himself severely
wounded A lamentable feature OF the
case was that this same officer was a
man who. though capable of great gal
lantry, was also given 10 Sinking his
work. and We were finally obliged to dis
miss him from the force, after passing
over two or three glaring misdeeds In
view Of his record for courage.
The mounted squad have, of course
many opportunities TO distinguish them
selves in stopping runaways. In May
1895, a mounted policeman named Heyer
succeeded in stopping runaway al
Kingsbridge under rather noteworthy
circumstances. Two men were driving
In buggy. when the horse stumbled
and in recovering himself broke the head
stall. so that the bride fell off The horse
was a spirited trotter and at once rar
away at full speed. Heyer saw the oc'
currence and followed at a run. Wher
he got alongside the runaway he seized
him by the forelock, guided him dexter
ously over the bridge, preventing HIN
from running into the numerous wagons
that were on the road, and finally forced
him up a hill and into a wagon shed
Three months later this same oiiice
saved man from drowning.
The members Of the bicycle squad
which was established shortly after w
took Office. soon grew to show not onl!
extraordinary proficiency on the whee
but extraordinary daring. They fire
auently stopped runaways, wheelini
alongside of them and grasping tn
horses while going at full speed: and
what was even more remarkable
they managed not only TO overtak
but to jump into the vehicle and captur
on two or three different occasions mel
who were guilty OF reckless driving an
New-York tribune., 1913-08-17
The Ex-President Recalls and Discusses Hi:
Years Of Service as Police Commissioner
in This City-The Problems That Con-
fronted Him and Their Solution.

of the service and the city, and the
merits of the men themselves, that we
drew down upon our heads the bitter and
malignant animosity of the bread-and-
butter spoils politicians. They secured
the reDeal Of the Civil Service law by the
State Legislature. They attempted, ana
almost succeeded in the effort, TO legis-
late US out of Office. They joined with the
baser portion OF the sensational press in
every species of foul, indecent falsehood
and slander as to what we were doing.
They attempted TO seduce or frighten us
by every species of intrigue and cajolery,
Of promise of political reward and threat
Of political punishment. They failed in
their purpose. ! believe in political or
ganizations, anG l believe In practical
politics. II a man is not practical he is
of no use anywhere. But when poll
ticians treat practical politics as foul
politics, and when they turn what ought
TO be necessary and useful political or
ganization into a machine run by pro-
fessional spoilsmen Of low morality In
their own interest, then 1t is time to drive
the politician from public life, and either
to mend or destroy the machine. accord
ing as the necessity may determine.
We promoted to roundsman a patrol
man with an already excellent record
for gallantry shown in fray which re-
suited IN the death Of his antagonist. He
was after a gang Of toughs who had just
waylaid, robbed and beaten man. They
scattered and he pursued the ringleader
Running hard, he gained on his man.
whereupon the latter suddenly turned and
fired full in his face. The officer already
had his revolver drawn, and the two shots
rang out almost together. The policeman
was within fraction Of death, for the
bullet from his opponents pistol went
- l. hrnLrn the
New-York tribune., 1913-08-17

Figures In the office OF the Horse
Owners Association are the basis of the
estimate that twelve hundred horses
were poisoned annually In New York for
ten years. The best information avail
able indicates that gangsters in this
business of poisoning collected from
100000 to 100000 annually. This sum-
mer there have been four horses pois-
oned and nothing collected by gangsters.
New-York tribune., 1913-08-17
Field for Intrigue and Conspiracy was Limit
less and Opportunity for Good Core
spondingly Limited-Steps Taken
Toward Better Things.

who fought violently in resisting arrest
They were picket men, being young and
active and any feat of daring which
could be accomplished on the wheel they
were certain 10 accomplish.
Three Of the best riders OF the bicycle
squad. whose names and records happen
TO occur 10 me were men OF the three
ethnic strains most strongly represented
| In the New York police force. being re-
| spectively OF native American, German
and Irish parentage.
The German was a man OF enormous
power, and he was able to stop each OF
Z the many runaways he tackled without
losing his wheel Choosing his time, ne
would get alongside the horse and seize
the BIT I'm his left hand, keeping his right
on the crossbar OF the wheel. BY de-
grees he then got the animal under con-
| troll. He never failed TO stop II ana
he never lost his wheel. He also never
failed to overtake any 'scorcher, al
though many Of these scorchers were
/ professional riders, who deliberately
violated the law to see If they could not
get away from him; for the wheelmen
soon get to know the officers whose beats
| they cross.
The Yankee, though tall powerful
man and very good rider scarcely
came up TO the German in either respset'
he possessed exceptional ability, however,
as well as exceptional nerve and cool
ness. and he also won his promotion. Hs
stopped about as many runaways; but
when the horse was really pancstrlcken
he usually had to turn his wheel loose
getting a firm grip on the horses reins
and then kicking his wheel so that II
would fall out Of the way OF injury from
the wagon.
The third member Of the trio. tau
sinewy man, with flaming red hair, Whlen
rather added 10 the terror he inspired III
evildoers. was usually stationed IN
rather tough part OF the city. where tnels
was tendency 10 crimes OF violence ano'
incidentally. an occasional desire 10
harass wheelmen. The officer was az
good of his wheel as on 1t. and he speed-
ilv established perfect order on his beat.
, being always willing to take chances
in getting his man. He was no respec'e'
OF persons. and when IL became MS uu''
10 arrest a wealthy man for perslstehtly
refusing 20 have his carriage lamps ngnt'
ed after nightfall he brought him IN "i',.
the same indifference that he dispIayeo
I'm arrestinC a street corner tough WHO
had thrown a brick at wheelman'
New-York tribune., 1913-08-17
Nv Theodore Roosevelt.

ITRING our two years service VIC
found II necessary over hum
IL dred times to single out men for
special mention because Of some feat OF
heroism. The heroism usually took one
of four forms: Saving somebody from
drowning. saving somebody from
burning building, stopping a runaway
team or arresting some violent law
breaker under exceptional circumstances.
To illustrate our method of action VIII
take two of the first promotions Inaue
after 1 became Commissioner. one case
was that of an old fellow, veteran OF
the Civil War, who was at the time
roundsman. / happened to notice one
day that he had saved a woman from
drowning, and had him summoned, so that
/ might look into the matter. The old Iel-
low brought up his record before me, ana
showed not a little nervousness and agita-
ton: for It appeared that he had grown
gray in the service had performed teat
after feat Of heroism. but had no political
backing OF any account No heed had ever
been paid him. He was one of the quiet
men who attend solely to duty, and' al
though a Grand Army man, he had never
sought to use influence Of any kind Now
at last, he thought there was chance for
him. He had been twenty-five years on the
force, and during that time had saved
some twenty-five persons from death by
drowning, varying the performance two
or three times by saving persons from
burning buildings Twice Congress had
passed laws especially to empower the
then Secretary Of the Treasury, John
Sherman, to give him a medal for dis
tinguished gallantry in saving life. The
lifesaving society had also given him Its
medal, and so had the Police Department.
There was not a complaint in all his
record against him for an infractton OF
duty, and he was sober and trustworthy,
lie was entitled TO his promotion; and he
got It, there and then. 1t may be worth
mentioning that ne kept on saving life
after ne was given his sergeantcy. On
October q, 1896, he again rescued man
from drowning. 1t was at night, nobody
else was in the neighborhood, and the
dock from which he jumped was in alb
solute darkness. and he was ten minutes
in the water, which was very cold. He
was fifty-hve years old when he saved
this man. 1t was the twenty-ninth per-
son whose life he had saved during his
twenty-three years service in the depart
New-York tribune., 1913-08-17
THE POLICE AS FlREMEN.

Occasionally policeman would psi
form work which ordinarily comes WIZ
I'm the domain of the fireman. I'm NoVem'
her 1896. an officer who had previously
saved a man from death by dro~nins
added to his record by saving hVe pe'.
sons from burning. He was at the ul''
asleep, when he was aroused py '"N
in a house a few doors away. hu''''n.
over the roofs OF the adjoining houses u"''.
he reached the burning building ne iou",
that on the fourth floor the flames nov
cut off all exit from an apartment y.
which there were four women TWO Z"
them over tfty. and one OF the osn..s
with a six-months-old baby. The on'os.
ran Gown TO the adjoining houses ''es.
open the door OF the apartment OH "
same floor--the fourth-and crept ou'
the coping. less than three mches w.
that ran from one house 10 the o'"e
Being a large and very powerful anu
tive man. he managed 10 keep ho,O
the casing Of the window Win one To-
and with the other to reach 10 'ne vs."
dow OF the apartment where the "on''I
and child were The firemen appess
and stretched net underneath -.
crowd that was looking on suddenly "
came mouonless and silent. Then' -,
by one, he drew the women out Oh 1T 80,
window. and, holding them tight Asa .s,r.
the wall. passed them into the o'nel .,,nS, "
dow. The exertion In such all a," s,v
WINS great. and he strained himself 'a'.
but he possessed practical mind' ana .ssn
soon as the women were saved nc ~.
a prompt investigation of the cause ., ,.... -.
fire and arrested two men whose 49, n
| ness. as was afterwsrd proved cau''N
The next instalmept OF MI ~
"Chauters OF a Possible AntosiI,srs'ss A,,i,1,sns "a
! Is entitled .'The Police, the foli.n.S ,.' ~ Az
Vice" IL VIII appear In the Issue
gust 81. ,,omsnt with "fne
| outlook" OF which Theodore hoose'M McCiurs
contributing editor, through ,e ieM. By
Newspaper syndicate. Copyrish,.,. rsssvsd.
The outlook Company. All r's"''
including rights Of translation
New-York tribune., 1913-08-17
eJAcOD A Rus

0ACOD r
.ur-.un LOOKED AT LIFE AND IT'S PROBING FROM SubSM
1AE,y INF SAME STANDPOINT OUR IDEALS AND PRINCIPLES AND
PURPOSES AND OUR etLEES As TO The METHODS NECESSARY 70
REALIZE THEM WERE ALIKE
New-York tribune., 1913-08-17
THE LINE OF DUTY.

The other man was patrolman whom
We promoted to roundsman for activity
in catching a burglar under rather pc
culiar circumstances. 1 happened to note
his getting a burglar one week. Appa-
rently he had fallen into the habit, for
he got another the next week. In the
latter case the burglar escaped from the
house soon after midnight, and ran away
toward Park avenue. with the policeman
in hot chase. The New York Central
Railroad runs under Park avenue. and
there is a succession of openings in the
top of the tunnel. Finding that the
policeman was gaining on him. the burg
lar took a desperate chance and leaped
down one of these openings, at the risk
OF breaking his neck Now the burglar
was running for his liberty, and IT was
the part OF wisdom for him 10 imperil
life or limb: but the policeman was
merely doing his duty, and nobody could
have blamed him for not taking the
jump. However. he jumped; and in this
particular case the hand of the Lord was
heavy upon the unrighteous. The burglar
had the breath knocked out of him and
the "cop" didn't. When his victim could
walk, the officer trotted him around to
the station house; and a week after
had the officer up and promoted him. for
be was sober, trustworthy and strictly at
tentive to duty.
THE GOOD OF THE SERVICE.
Now, think that any decent man Of
reasonable intelligence will agree that we
were quite right in promoting men In
cases like these. and quite right In eX-
Guiding politics from promotions. Yet 1t
was because OF our consistently acting In
this manner. resolutely warning on dis
honesty and on that peculiar form OF
Saseness which masquerades as "practi-
cal" politics, and steadily refusing to pay
heed TO any consideration except the good
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-17
SENTENCE SERMONS IN
PULPITS OF Ell PASO

in
Him. hearts in household of faith and
deiOns E Morgan
n Highland Park Methodist church
and
normal human PO"erev Perry J. Rice "t First Christian Church
aceordingiyev C Oeee First Presby-
nnObH
webdeH at Trinity
church
appalling Is
action against iRev Boyd n" Highland Park Baptist
that it with Him. the greatest commandment
E WestHninster PresbyteriHn church
God can time to be nations
afford to make him waitRev E. H. cOObs at St Paul u-
church
Who with the confessed Jesus savior
uniform Ou"ardy submitting
of
have
Oea daepIegone back with the LOR
F. Williams First baptist
Thousands whom
all their lives 1t knO" that God for Chrs sake
wide o. al
beIveev Clements Episcopal church
which the sacrifice is made the surrender Of the will the
sacrifice and the
sion vII-Rev H.
those who those
have failed The former I. an in SEPARATION the latter is
poerusnaon o There will will cry
not L.
Baptist church
central Presbytap Tesa East FL rnso Pryte~
Church
The you for common
scnse-Rey. Bnber AItura Presbyterian
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-17
Ell PASO PROOF

should Convince Every FL PasO Reader
The frank statement Of a neighDor,
telling the merits Of a remedy,
Bids you pause and believe
The same endorsement
BY some stranger far away
Commands no belief at all.
Here's an FL PasO case.
An Fl PasO citizen IeStifies.
Read and be convinced
W. T. Kitchen, L. 5. custom inspector.
FL PasO. Texas. says: q have used
DOans Kidney Pills for various kidney
complaints and found them very bene-
fetal / had pains in my back and
when I went to Wards Pharmacy, I got
a box Of Doan's Kidney Pills. They
greatly relieved me-
The above statement must carry con-
viction to the mind of every reader.
Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy
ask distinctly for DOan'S Kidney Pills,
the same that Mr. Kitchen had-the
remedy backed by home testimony. soc
all stores. Foster-Milburn Co, Props,
Buffalo. \. Y.
When Your Back is Lame-Remem-
Der the Name."-Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-17

DAY IN
Stafford A SUCCESS

Stafford. Ariz.. March 17.-Safford's
first cleanup day was a success. and
not only was much rubbish and trash
removed, but many improvements have
been made The following have all had
their store fronts repainted: J. r
Welker. Young & Ridgeway, John T.
Weber and others. G. T. Mcintyre is
remOdeling his building and il will be
used as a new millinery store. The
railroad has set out some trees and
Wilbur Ijams has parked his properly
near the Jones hotel Saturday, March
%, will be the day for school elections
in Arizona. The term of John Weber,
Of Stafford. district. will expire then,
and Mr. Weber declines another term
The funeral of Mrs. Virginia l. Nc
Afee occurred in Stafford. Services
were conducted by the Rev. c. C. Rick
man. and large number attended the
funeral services. both at the church
and grave. Mrs. McAfee was muir
dered by a drunken Jap at Globe she
was a former resident of Stafford and
was laid to rest by the side of her
husband, who died here about two
years ago. Her 14-year-Old niece mas
been sent to relatives in Georgia
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-17
AMERICAN CHRISTIANS SPEND
100000 FOR PALMS ALONE

About s60.OOO is paid by Christian
people Of America for palms to have
and to wear on Palm Sunday, so called
because Of the waving Of palms by
the people on the occasion Of Christs
entry into Jerusalem. The sum is
steadily increasing because Episcopal
and Lutheran churches are encOurag-
ing the use of palms on Palm sunday,
as well as Catholic churches, and be
cause each year more and more beneV-
olentlv minded and thoughtful people
buy palms. nave them made into
crosses or passion flowers. and send
them into wards in hospitals The use
of palms in symbOlical shapes Tor
wearing on Palm Sunday and for a lay
- or two thereafter is growing, especial
y among working men whose duties
compel them to work on Sunday
The supply Of palms comes eX-
clusively from Florida. and the cost
Of them is almost wholly transpOrta-
ton. handling and in some cases stOr-
age for a week or a fortnight until
used. OF until they change wholly from
green to a beautiful yellow or paae
corn color. New York and vicinity
leads in sums expended, paying out
about $4,000 each year Chicago dis
tributes to a wide area and takes
about the same number. Cincinnati,
Boston, St Louis, Baltimore and Buff
faIo are the other largest distributing
centers. taking from $4,000 to $4,000
worth each year. Not all are used in
the cities named, but 90 to supply
tributary territory. The price IN moss
cities. delivered. is - a. hundred
heads Not a few women clever with
their hands each year make extra
money constructing the crosses and
Dsssfon flowers for the hospitals Most
dealers send surplus stocks to hos
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-17

the limit BY their opponents they are
classcd as old fogies and out of date.
They arc sale TO be old men in years
ard WAYS. The fact seems to be. how
eve -aat there are two schools Of
thought. in which are young and old
men. That a theological war is just
ahead is freely predicted Presbyter-
ians Of both ways of thinking say they
deplore war, that of the theological
kind most Of all but like the heroic
Balkans they will take up arms if
they must. The stake is the bible as 1t
is, or as it may be made over. man
made part stricken out, GOd-made part
left in The fight is over what in it
is man-made and what GOd-made. In
terest is intense throughout the cOun-
try.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-17
FACE A SIGHT
WITH PIMPLES
AND BLACKHEADS
Don't Stand 1t Another Day! ResfnoI
VIII Clear Your skin.

Pimples and blackheads disappear,
unsighty compilations become clean,
clear, and Velvety. and hair health ana
beauty are made certain by the regular
use of ResinOI Soap and an Occasi OnsI
application of ResinOl Ointment. These
soothing. healing preparations do their
work easily, quickly and at little cost.
when even the most expensive and com
plicated beauty treatments" utterly
fail.
The nearest drugstore is sure to have
ResinOl Soap and ResinOI Ointment
Why not get some tOday2 You can't
begin too soon to get rid OF those ugly,
embarrassing complexion blemishes-
The ResinOl medication is so gentle Vet
50 effective. that IL can be used freely
on the tenderest skin Doctors through
out the country have prescri bed ResinCI
for eighteen years. You can test it free
timOre, Nd, for generous trial.=Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-17

the third sermon on "The Things Of
Cod The choir is preparing a spe-
cial Easter program for Easter sun
day. and it viii be presented in the
Goes to Albuquerque.
Rev. Miles Hanson, of the First Con
gTegatiOnal church. leaves for Albu-
querque. where on Sunday he breaches
the conference sermon of the ANNUAL
meetings Of the Congregational Union
of New Mexico and Arizona On Tues
day Mr.. Hanson viii address the con
terence. his subject being The church
of the Future Its Use OF the Bible"
First Baptist Officers.
The pastors, deaCOnS and Sunday
school superintendeDJs will meet this
evening at 1880 at the First Baptist
church for the semi-mOnthly meeting.
The meeting Of the Westminster Pres
byterian deacOIls has been changed
from Tuesday until Thursday evening
There were four additions to the
Trinity Methodist church Sunday and
a large crowd in attendance.
Each afternoon this week, except
Saturday. the Missionary society of the
First Christian church will hold
PRAYER service from 2-50 to $3.50 in me
parlOrs Of the church.
Rev. E. c. Morgan. Of the Highland
Park Methodist church, preached at
Canutillo, Texas. Sunday afternoon.
st. Clements Calendar.
St Clements calendar for week Is:
Services Thursday and Friday at 10 q.
m; Tuesday. Thursday and Friday at
I p m; Wednesday. Thursday and Fri
day. .. m; administration Of bap-
tism, Saturday. at p. m; commun-
ion on Easter day, 1850. $50 and
$3.50 a m.
The Guild meets on Monday a 2:30
p. m; Daughters of the King, Tuesday
after service
To Organize 3. y. p. L.
The City B. Y. p. L. win meet with
the Highland Park local union on
Tuesday evening at s p. NJ, at which
time the city organization will be per-
fected- There will be a devotional nd
social meeting in connection with this
meeting.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-17
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH
WOMEN COMPLETE ITS CHAIN

WOMEN GOMBLEIE1 IFS CBAAN
The national council of Jewish
women has just completed its chain o.
sections and agents in the south
through the organization of Jewish
women in Galveston, Houston and
Dallas in Texas, and Little Rock and
Hot Springs, Ark, and providing Of
additional secretaries for sociay ser
vice in sections already formed in
cities of the south and middle west
The councils purpose, in so far as this
Jewish girls coming to America and
seeking work and homes in and near
these cities. 1t is claimed that the
most perfect. system Of immigrant pro-
lection for girls has been built up by
the council.
A unique part of this Jewish immi-
grafton work extends also to foreign
countries. Many girls coming 10
America are not allowed to land be
cause Of defective sight, possibly weak
minds. Efforts are made at foreign
ports to prevent the sailing OF such
girls, but many get through, only to
be sent back again by our government
The trouble is, however, that not
few who start on the return journey
never reach their friends Some COM
nit suicide through disappointment,
but more are robbed and led astray
by men. The council has now what
it claims is a perfect chain Of sections
here. and in Russia. Germany and Aus
tria- from which largest numbers come
so that practically no depOrted girl
need 90 wrong, and none remaining
here may be for a moment without
"a IA bic ChaDerOu